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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Plasma Physics
  • Surface Chemistry

Background:

  • Germanium-bismuth-selenium (Ge-Bi-Se) thin films are synthesized using radio frequency magnetron sputtering.
  • Understanding the composition and structure of species generated during thin film deposition is crucial for optimizing material properties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the clusters formed by laser ablation of Ge-Bi-Se thin films.
  • To determine the stoichiometry of these clusters and compare them with elemental mixtures.
  • To elucidate the geometry of generated clusters using computational methods.

Main Methods:

  • Radio frequency magnetron sputtering for thin film preparation.
  • Laser ablation time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LA-TOF-MS) for cluster analysis.
  • Density functional theory (DFT) calculations for cluster structure determination.

Main Results:

  • Laser ablation produced approximately 20 types of positively and/or negatively charged unary, binary, and ternary clusters (e.g., Gex+, Biy+, Sez+/-, GexSez+/-, BiySez+/-, GexBiySez-).
  • Comparison with laser ablation of elemental Ge:Bi:Se mixtures validated the findings.
  • DFT calculations provided insights into the geometry of selected binary and ternary clusters.

Conclusions:

  • The study successfully characterized the stoichiometry and identified various charged clusters generated from Ge-Bi-Se thin films.
  • The findings contribute to understanding plasma plume dynamics during thin film deposition.
  • Calculated cluster geometries offer structural information relevant to thin film growth processes.