Structural Changes of Makrofol Polymer due to Argon Ion Beam Irradiation

Abstract. Okasa AM, Sjahril R, Riadi M, Mahendradatta M, Sato T, Toriyama K, Ishii K, Hayashi Y, Abe T. 2021. Evaluation of Toraja (Indonesia) local aromatic rice mutant developed using heavy-ion beam irradiation. Biodiversitas 22: 3474-3481. The aromatic local Toraja rice "Pare Bau" has a good grain quality and aroma. However, it has some disadvantages, including a late heading and low yield for a modern farming system. This study aims to evaluate and select early heading as well as high yield mutant lines induced by heavy-ion beam irradiation. Furthermore, dry seeds of Pare Bau were irradiated with Argon-ion (300 keV/?m) and Carbon-ion (30 keV/?m) at RI-beam factory, RIKEN Nishina Center, Japan. The germination percentages of the M1 seeds were 49% for Pare Bau irradiated with Argon-ion (PB-A), 53% for Pare Bau irradiated with Carbon-ion (PB-C), and 70% for the Control. The 13 PB-A and 13 PB-C M1 plants were selected, and the seeds were sampled in the paddy field of Hasanuddin University (20 m asl.), Makassar. During the following planting season, the M2 generation plant was examined in Enrekang District (650 m asl.), South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Based on the early heading and a larger number of panicles, the 18 PB-A and one PB-C M3 line were selected from a total of 404 M2 survival plants. The selected lines and control were grouped into seven clusters based on the quantitative phenotypic traits, indicating the existence of genetic variability. The plant yield was significantly correlated with plant height, the number of tillers, the number of panicles, as well as grain weight per panicle, which showed that these traits are good criteria for selection.

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Improving the Thermal Stability of Photoresist Films by Ion Beam Irradiation

MRS Proceedings ◽

10.1557/proc-504-443 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 504 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

F. C. Zawislak ◽

Irene T. S. Garcia ◽

D. Samios ◽

D. L. Baptista ◽

P. F. P. Fichtner ◽

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Keyword(s):

Thermal Stability ◽

Energy Density ◽

Structural Changes ◽

Considerable Increase ◽

Ion Beam ◽

Cross Linking ◽

Beam Irradiation ◽

Ion Beam Irradiation ◽

Large Loss ◽

Thermal Stability Of

ABSTRACTThe thermal stability of ion irradiated 1.7 μm thick AZ-1350J photoresist films was investigated using the RBS and ERDA techniques to measure the composition of the irradiated and annealed films. The films have been irradiated with He, N and Ar ions at energies from 380 to 760 keV and fluences between 2 × 1015 and 1016 ions cm−2. A considerable increase in the thermal stability of the He irradiated film is observed from ≈200°C – when the non-irradiated film starts to decompose – to 400°C after the irradiation. The FTIR spectroscopy and the SEM observations were used to study the chemical structural changes and the surface morphology of the irradiated samples. The results are discussed in terms of the energy density deposited by the ions, the large loss of H during irradiation, and the resulting increase in cross-linking density.

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Ion Beam-Induced Amorphization of the Pyrochlore Structure-Type: A Review

MRS Proceedings ◽

10.1557/proc-792-r2.1 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 792 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

R. C. Ewing ◽

J. Lian ◽

L. M. Wang

Keyword(s):

Structural Changes ◽

Dominant Role ◽

Ion Beam ◽

Pyrochlore Structure ◽

Fluorite Structure ◽

Radiation Response ◽

Beam Irradiation ◽

Ion Beam Irradiation ◽

Wide Range ◽

The Ideal

ABSTRACTThis paper reviews the recent developments in the understanding of the radiation-damage processes in A2B2O7 (Fd3m; Z=8) pyrochlore-structure compounds. Pyrochlore structure compounds display a wide range of behaviors in response to ion beam irradiation. Some compositions, such as Gd2Ti2O7, are amorphized at relatively low doses (∼0.2 dpa at room temperature) while other compositions, such as Gd2Zr2O7, do not amorphize (even at doses of 36 dpa at 25 K) and instead disorder to a defect fluorite structure. The response to ion beam irradiation is highly dependent on compositional changes that affect both the structural distortion from the ideal fluorite structure and the associated energetics of the disordering process. Generally, the ionic size of the cations plays a dominant role in determining the radiation response of different pyrochlore compositions. However, the cation ionic radius ratio criteria cannot be applied all-inclusively in predicting the radiation “tolerance” of a pyrochlore. Systematic irradiation studies of the radiation response of rare-earth (A-site) pyrochlores in which B = Ti, Zr, and Sn have shown that the behavior of the pyrochlore also depends on the cation electronic structure, i.e., the type of bonding, which is closely related to the polyhedral distortion and structural deviation from the ideal fluorite structure. These structural changes affect the dynamic defect recovery process directly linked to the material's response to and recovery from irradiation.

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