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Nanoacoustic Defect Manipulation in Solids

Materials Science 2007-05-23 v1 Other Condensed Matter

Abstract

Within a nanoscale volume, an acoustic wave interacts with radiation defects in ionic solids. The radiation-induced optical absorption in ionic crystals is remarkably removed by a room-temperature ultrasonic treatment of the crystals. It is shown that the effect can be explained by defect migration processes occurring in ultrasonic fields. The inter-ion charge exchange, termed as acoustically-stimulated chemical reaction, is furthermore suggested to occur affecting the defect migration. This new method of a cold annealing of radiation defects in solids can be regarded as nanoacoustic defect manipulation.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0412685,
  title  = {Nanoacoustic Defect Manipulation in Solids},
  author = {Igor Ostrovskii and Nataliya Ostrovskaya and Oleg Korotchenkov and James Reidy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0412685},
  year   = {2007}
}

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8 pages and 4 figures