Positronics and nanotechnologies: Possibilities of studying nano-objects in technically important materials and nanomaterials

Abstract

This article shows that an effective method to define the size of nano-objects (vacancies, vacancy, clusters, free pore volumes, cavities, and holes), and their concentration and chemical composition, is positron annihilation spectroscopy (PAS). A review of the state of the art of the application of the PAS technique to probe nanostructures in porous silicon, silicon and single crystal quartz samples is presented.

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positrons positronium positronics nanotechnology nano-objects silicon quartz

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