Quasi-single scattering of low-energy Ne+ ions from the Fe3O4 surfaces》.pdf

ARTICLE IN PRESS Vacuum 74 (2004) 253–257 Quasi-single scattering of low-energy Ne + ions from the Fe3O4 surfaces a a, b W. Soszka , N.-T.H. Kim-Ngan *, A. Kozowski a ! Institute of Physics, Pedagogical University, Podchorazych 2, Krakow 30 084, Poland b Solid State Physics Department, Faculty of Physics and Nuclear Techniques, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland Accepted 22 December 2003 Abstract The energy spectra of positive and negative ions emitted from single-crystalline Fe3O4 (0 0 1) and (1 1 1) surfaces under low-energy Ne + ion bombardments were investigated in the temperature range from 85 to 300 K. The characteristics of the LEIS spectra of the two surfaces are very similar. The positive-charged-ion spectra have revealed the O + + 1 -recoil and the quasi-single scattering Ne –Fe peak, while a large broad O recoil signal was observed in the negative-charged-ion ones. No change of the peak shape and of the energy position have revealed for the (0 0 1) surface, whereas the (1 1 1) one implies an appearance of a small peak around 150 K attributed to recoil-oxygen ions from the double-collisions. r 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. PACS: 68.35.p; 61.18.Bn Keywords: Magnetite; Surface composition; Low-energy ion scattering (LEIS) 1. Int