Bonding of dopants to irradiated polymers

Authors :: R. Klett
D. Fink
H. Omichi
C. Mathis
L. Wang
V. Hnatowicz
F. Hosoi
Lewis T. Chadderton
Jiří Vacík
Source :: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 116:434-439
Publication Year :: 1996
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 1996.
Abstract: Latent tracks are formed in polyimide, polypropylene and polyethylene by irradiation with 0.5 to 3 GeV heavy ions. They are then doped with aqueous LiCl, organo- Li THF , or C 60 THF solutions for well-defined periods after the irradiation. Subsequently, the excess of non-trapped Li dopant fraction is washed out. The remaining lithium-doped polymer zones along the latent ion tracks are studied here. The depth distribution of the bonding efficiency, as determined by neutron depth profiling, points out an electronic nature of the bonding process.

Subjects :: chemistry.chemical_classification
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Materials science
Dopant
Ion track
Doping
Inorganic chemistry
Neutron depth profiling
Polymer
Polyethylene
Ion
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Irradiation
Instrumentation

ISSN :: 0168583X
Volume :: 116
Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Accession number :: edsair.doi...........b2e453a8135209a909644988fe1ebf69
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-583x(96)00084-5