Magnetic excitations in ferromagnets and structural disorder

Measurement and Reduction of Radiation Damage in Frozen Hydrated Crystalline Specimens

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100069867 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 36 (3) ◽

pp. 70-77 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

R.M. Glaeser ◽

S.B. Hayward

Keyword(s):

Diffraction Pattern ◽

Structural Information ◽

Structural Disorder ◽

Structural Features ◽

Biological Macromolecules ◽

Diffraction Intensity ◽

Object Structure ◽

Specimen Material ◽

Unit Cells ◽

Identical Unit

Highly ordered or crystalline biological macromolecules become severely damaged and structurally disordered after a brief electron exposure. Evidence that damage and structural disorder are occurring is clearly given by the fading and eventual disappearance of the specimen's electron diffraction pattern. The fading and disappearance of sharp diffraction spots implies a corresponding disappearance of periodic structural features in the specimen. By the same token, there is a oneto- one correspondence between the disappearance of the crystalline diffraction pattern and the disappearance of reproducible structural information that can be observed in the images of identical unit cells of the object structure. The electron exposures that result in a significant decrease in the diffraction intensity will depend somewhat upon the resolution (Bragg spacing) involved, and can vary considerably with the chemical makeup and composition of the specimen material.

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Xenon ion irradiation of superconducting YBa2Cu3O7 thin films

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100173595 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 48 (4) ◽

pp. 92-93

Author(s):

H. Watanabe ◽

B. Kabius ◽

B. Roas ◽

K. Urban

Keyword(s):

Defect Formation ◽

Ion Irradiation ◽

High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽

Structural Disorder ◽

Flux Lines ◽

Pinning Effect ◽

Magnetic Flux Lines ◽

Resolution Electron ◽

Radiation Induced ◽

Induced Defects

Recently it was reported that the critical current density(Jc) of YBa2Cu2O7, in the presence of magnetic field, is enhanced by ion irradiation. The enhancement is thought to be due to the pinning of the magnetic flux lines by radiation-induced defects or by structural disorder. The aim of the present study was to understand the fundamental mechanisms of the defect formation in association with the pinning effect in YBa2Cu3O7 by means of high-resolution electron microscopy(HRTEM).The YBa2Cu3O7 specimens were prepared by laser ablation in an insitu process. During deposition, a substrate temperature and oxygen atmosphere were kept at about 1073 K and 0.4 mbar, respectively. In this way high quality epitaxially films can be obtained with the caxis parallel to the <100 > SrTiO3 substrate normal. The specimens were irradiated at a temperature of 77 K with 173 MeV Xe ions up to a dose of 3.0 × 1016 m−2.

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