title: XPS Study of Ion Irradiated and Unirradiated UO2 Thin Films.
abstract: XPS determination of the oxygen coefficient kO = 2 + x and ionic (U(4+), U(5+), and U(6+)) composition of oxides UO2+x formed on the surfaces of differently oriented (hkl) planes of thin UO2 films on LSAT (Al10La3O51Sr14Ta7) and YSZ (yttria-stabilized zirconia) substrates was performed. The U 4f and O 1s core-electron peak intensities as well as the U 5f relative intensity before and after the (129)Xe(23+) and (238)U(31+) irradiations were employed. It was found that the presence of uranium dioxide film in air results in formation of oxide UO2+x on the surface with mean oxygen coefficients kO in the range 2.07-2.11 on LSAT and 2.17-2.23 on YSZ substrates. These oxygen coefficients depend on the substrate and weakly on the crystallographic orientation. On the basis of the spectral parameters it was established that uranium dioxide films AP2,3 on the LSAT substrates have the smallest kO values, and from the XRD and EBSD results it follows that these samples have a regular monocrystalline structure. The XRD and EBSD results indicate that samples AP5-7 on the YSZ substrates have monocrystalline structure; however, they have the highest kO values. The observed difference in the kO values was probably caused by the different nature of the substrates: the YSZ substrates provide 6.4% compressive strain, whereas (001) LSAT substrates result only in 0.03% tensile strain in the UO2 films. (129)Xe(23+) irradiation (92 MeV, 4.8 × 10(15) ions/cm(2)) of uranium dioxide films on the LSAT substrates was shown to destroy both long-range ordering and uranium close environment, which results in an increase of uranium oxidation state and regrouping of oxygen ions in uranium close environment. (238)U(31+) (110 MeV, 5 × 10(10), 5 × 10(11), 5 × 10(12) ions/cm(2)) irradiations of uranium dioxide films on the YSZ substrates were shown to form the lattice damage only with partial destruction of the long-range ordering.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University , Moscow 119991, Russia.|NRC "Kurchatov Institute" , Moscow, 123182, Russia.
authors.forename: Yury A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Teterin
authors.affiliation: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge , Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Aleksej J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Popel
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University , Moscow 119991, Russia.
authors.forename: Konstantin I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Maslakov
authors.affiliation: NRC "Kurchatov Institute" , Moscow, 123182, Russia.
authors.forename: Anton Yu
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Teterin
authors.affiliation: NRC "Kurchatov Institute" , Moscow, 123182, Russia.
authors.forename: Kirill E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Ivanov
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University , Moscow 119991, Russia.|NRC "Kurchatov Institute" , Moscow, 123182, Russia.
authors.forename: Stepan N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Kalmykov
authors.affiliation: Interface Analysis Centre, School of Physics, University of Bristol , Bristol BS8 1TL, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Springell
authors.affiliation: Interface Analysis Centre, School of Physics, University of Bristol , Bristol BS8 1TL, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Thomas B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.affiliation: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge , Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Farnan