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The positron annihilation characteristics of the layered semiconductor InSe have been investigated. No evidence for low temperature positron trapping is found in as-grown and heavily deformed InSe. The temperature dependence of the S-parameter in these sample exhibits an increase rate in good agreement with the linear expansion coefficient along the c-axis. The positron lifetime spectra of electron-irradiated 0.01% Sn-doped InSe show a long-lifetime component of 336 ps which is tentatively attributed to positrons trapped at isolated In vacancies. Isochronal annealing experiments performed on these samples show that the recovery of the positron lifetime measured at 77K is accomplished in two stages. The first, starting after annealing at 150K, could be induced by the formation of complexes (VIn-SnIn). The second stage, observed at temperatures T≥375K, is attributed to the dissociation of these complexes and subsequent annealing of the In vacancies.
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de la Cruz, R.M., Pareja, R., Segura, A. et al. Positrons and electron-irradiation induced defects in the layered semiconductor InSe. Appl. Phys. A 54, 147–151 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00323901
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