An Atomic Force Microscopy Investigation of the Tracks Made by
C+1-C+4 Bombardment on CR-39 Detectors
ZHAO Kui1,2, WU Xiu-Kun1, GUO Ji-Yu1, SUI Li1, MEI Jun-Ping1,3, NI Mei-Nan1, BAO Yi-Wen1
1China Institute of Atomic Energy, PO Box 275 (10), Beijing 102413
2Key Laboratory of Beam Technology and Material Modification (Ministry of Education), Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
3Department of Physics, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130
An Atomic Force Microscopy Investigation of the Tracks Made by
C+1-C+4 Bombardment on CR-39 Detectors
1China Institute of Atomic Energy, PO Box 275 (10), Beijing 102413
2Key Laboratory of Beam Technology and Material Modification (Ministry of Education), Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
3Department of Physics, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130
Abstract： Carbon micro-clusters are accelerated by an HI-13 tandem accelerator. The plastic nuclear track detectors CR-39 are irradiated by C1-C4 beams from the HI-13 tandem accelerator and the tracks in CR-39 are studied using an atomic force microscope (AFM). The depths and diameters of C1-C4 tracks are measured for the first time in a nanometer scale. An enhancement of energy loss is obtained for carbon cluster related to single carbon ions with the same velocity. The results show that the AFM observation is very useful in the quantitative analysis of clusters in the track detector CR-39.
ZHAO Kui;WU Xiu-Kun;GUO Ji-Yu;SUI Li;MEI Jun-Ping;NI Mei-Nan;BAO Yi-Wen. An Atomic Force Microscopy Investigation of the Tracks Made by
C+1-C+4 Bombardment on CR-39 Detectors[J]. 中国物理快报, 2003, 20(11): 1947-1949.
ZHAO Kui, WU Xiu-Kun, GUO Ji-Yu, SUI Li, MEI Jun-Ping, NI Mei-Nan, BAO Yi-Wen. An Atomic Force Microscopy Investigation of the Tracks Made by
C+1-C+4 Bombardment on CR-39 Detectors. Chin. Phys. Lett., 2003, 20(11): 1947-1949.
2003, Vol. 20 
