Title of article
Orbital anisotropy in SnO2 thin films and its modification by swift heavy ion irradiation
Author/Authors
Thakur، نويسنده , , Hardeep and Kumar، نويسنده , , Ravi Shankar Thakur and Onkar Dikshit، نويسنده , , P. and Brookes، نويسنده , , N.B. and Sharma، نويسنده , , K.K. and Singh، نويسنده , , Abhinav Pratap and Kumar، نويسنده , , Yogesh and Gautam، نويسنده , , S. and Chae، نويسنده , , K.H.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
Pages
4
From page
322
To page
325
Abstract
We report on the observation of a strong orbital anisotropy in the orthorhombic phase of SnO2 thin films and its modification by swift heavy ion (SHI) irradiation. Structural investigations along with the Raman spectroscopy show a significant distortion of the SnO6 octahedra after SHI irradiation. The X-ray absorption and X-ray linear dichroism (XLD) experiments provide the direct evidences of change in orbital anisotropy/electronic structure due to orbital reconstruction in the SnO2 lattice after irradiation. The XLD measurements at the O K edge confirm the deterioration in the SnO6 octahedra due to controlled structural disorder induced by SHI irradiation.
Journal title
Chemical Physics Letters
Serial Year
2011
Journal title
Chemical Physics Letters
Record number
1931679
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