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SPM investigation of C$$_{60}$$ thin films irradiated with energetic ions

Narumi, Kazumasa; Naramoto, Hiroshi

Transformation of C$$_{60}$$ thin films on Si(111) substrates by irradiation with 360 keV $$^{40}$$Ar$$^{+}$$ and $$^{40}$$Ar$$^{4+}$$ ions at fluences of 1.0$$times$$10$$^{12}$$/cm$$^{2}$$ to 1.1$$times$$10$$^{16}$$/cm$$^{2}$$ was investigated by atomic force microscopy. As-prepared insulating films become conductive after the irradiation up to the fluence of 1.1$$times$$10$$^{14}$$/cm$$^{2}$$, where the film is found to be almost transformed into a form of amorphous carbon by Raman-spectroscopy analysis. This results from conductive carbon species due to decomposition of the C$$_{60}$$ molecule. Considerable topographic change is observed up to the fluence of 1.1$$times$$10$$^{15}$$/cm$$^{2}$$ where the lines characteristic of the C$$_{60}$$ film fade out of the Raman spectra, which is due to sputtering and to densification of the C$$_{60}$$ molecule.

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