Growth and tubule formation of boron filament by electron-beam heating in an electron microscope

Masato Tomita; Takayoshi Hayashi; Satoru Suzuki; Junzo Tanaka

doi:10.1117/12.237064

26 April 1996 Growth and tubule formation of boron filament by electron-beam heating in an electron microscope

Masato Tomita, Takayoshi Hayashi, Satoru Suzuki, Junzo Tanaka

Proceedings Volume 2779, 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Materials and 3rd European Conference on Smart Structures and Materials; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.237064
Event: 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Materials, 1996, Lyon, France

Abstract

In a transmission electron microscope, we have shown that an amorphous boron filament can be obtained by Vapor-Liquid-Solid growth under intense electron irradiation (current density > 100 A/cm²) on an amorphous Boron Nitride film deposited a few-nm gold as agent. The grown filaments have gold particles on the tops and the diameter were from 10 to 100 nm. Detailed analysis of Electron Energy-Loss Spectrum of the amorphous boron was carried out. We also dynamically observed shrinking of filaments by evaporation of boron through gold particles. As a special case, boron-rich tubules of several hundreds nm diameters were also formed.

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Masato Tomita, Takayoshi Hayashi, Satoru Suzuki, and Junzo Tanaka "Growth and tubule formation of boron filament by electron-beam heating in an electron microscope", Proc. SPIE 2779, 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Materials and 3rd European Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, (26 April 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.237064

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