Investigation of O7+ swift heavy ion irradiation on molybdenum doped indium oxide thin films》.pdf

Radiation Physics and Chemistry 81 (2012) 589–593 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Radiation Physics and Chemistry journal homepage: /locate/radphyschem Investigation of O7 þ swift heavy ion irradiation on molybdenum doped indium oxide thin films V. Gokulakrishnan a, S. Parthiban a,c, E. Elangovan c, K. Jeganathan b, D. Kanjilal d, K. Asokan d, R. Martins c, E. Fortunato c, K. Ramamurthi a,n a Crystal Growth and Thin Film Laboratory, School of Physics, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, India b Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, School of Physics, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, India c CENIMAT-I3N and CEMOP-UNINOVA, Materials Science Department, FCT-UNL, Caparica Campus, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal d Inter-University Accelerator Centre, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Molybdenum (0.5 at%) doped indium oxide thin films deposited by spray pyrolysis technique were Received 23 February 2011 7 þ 11 12 13 2 irradiated by 100 MeV O ions with different fluences of 5 10 , 1 10 and 1 10 ions/cm . Accepted 24 February 2012 Intensity of (222) peak of the pristine film was decreased with increase in the ion fluence. Films Available online 3 March 2012 13 2 irradiated with the maximum ion fluen