Publication Type
Journal
Journal Name
Scripta Materialia
Publication Date
Page Numbers
2 to 5
Volume
110
Abstract
A combination of an inelastic thermal spike model suitable for insulators and molecular dynamics
simulations is used to study the effects of temperature and electronic energy loss on ion track
formation, size and morphology in SrTiO3 systems with pre-existing disorder. We find temperature
dependence of the ion track size. We also find a threshold in the electronic energy loss for a given
pre-existing defect concentration, which indicates a threshold in the synergy between the inelastic
and elastic energy loss.
