TY - JOUR AU - Zayachuk, D.M. AU - Csik, A. AU - Slynko, V.E. PY - 2016/09/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Morphology of PbTe Crystal Surface Sputtered by Argon Plasma under Secondary Neutral Mass Spectrometry Conditions: Array JF - Physics and Chemistry of Solid State JA - Phys. Chem. Sol. State VL - 17 IS - 3 SE - Scientific articles DO - 10.15330/pcss.17.3.336-341 UR - https://journals.pnu.edu.ua/index.php/pcss/article/view/1244 SP - 336-341 AB - <p>We have investigated morphology of the lateral surfaces of PbTe crystal samples grown from melt by the Bridgman method sputtered by Ar<sup>+</sup> plasma with ion energy of 50&nbsp;–&nbsp;550&nbsp;eV for 5&nbsp;-&nbsp;50 minutes under Secondary Neutral Mass Spectrometry (SNMS) conditions. The sputtered PbTe crystal surface was found to be simultaneously both the source of sputtered material and the efficient substrate for re-deposition of the sputtered material during the depth profiling. During sputtering PbTe crystal surface is forming the dimple relief. To be re-deposited the sputtered Pb and Te form arrays of the microscopic surface structures in the shapes of hillocks, pyramids, cones and others on the PbTe crystal sputtered surface. Correlation between the density of re-deposited microscopic surface structures, their shape, and average size, on the one hand, and the energy and duration of sputtering, on the other, is revealed.</p> ER -