Abstract

This study aims to learn more about the structure of densified silica with focus on the metamict-like silica phase (density = 2.26 g/cm3) by examining the formation of E’ point defects and interstitial molecular oxygen O2 by 2.5 MeV electron irradiation. High-dose (11 GGy) irradiation creates a metamict-like phase and a large amount of interstitial O2, which is destroyed upon subsequent additional lower-dose electron irradiation. The O2 cathodoluminescence (CL) data indicate that the formation of O2 from peroxy linkages Si–O–O–Si in silica network is strongly dependent on the intertetrahedral void sizes. The position and shape of the O2 emission line support the idea that the configuration of these voids in metamict phase is close to that of non-densified silica. Moreover, data support the strong correlation between the formation of 3-membered rings of Si–O bonds and E’-centers when silica density increases from 2.20 to 2.26 g/cm3.

Details

Title
Probing densified silica glass structure by molecular oxygen and E’ center formation under electron irradiation
Author
Ollier, N. 1 ; Reghioua, I. 1 ; Cavani, O. 1 ; Mobasher, M. 1 ; Alessi, A. 1 ; le Floch, S. 2 ; Skuja, L. 3 

 CNRS, CEA\DRF\IRAMIS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Laboratoire des Solides Irradiés Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau Cedex, France (GRID:grid.508893.f) 
 Univ. Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, Villeurbanne, France (GRID:grid.7849.2) (ISNI:0000 0001 2150 7757) 
 University of Latvia, Institute of Solid State Physics, Riga, Latvia (GRID:grid.9845.0) (ISNI:0000 0001 0775 3222) 
Pages
13657
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2854688853
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2023. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.