Computer Simulation of Ion-Solid Interactions

✍ Scribed by Dr. Wolfgang Eckstein (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 302
• Series: Springer Series in Materials Science 10
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In this book the author discusses the investigation of ion bombardment of solids by computer simulation, with the aim of demonstrating the usefulness of this approach to the problem of interactions of ions with solids. The various chapters present the basic physics behind the simulation programs, their structure and many applications to different topics. The two main streams, the binary collision model and the classical dynamics model, are discussed, as are interaction potentials and electronic energy losses. The main topics investigated are backscattering, sputtering and implantation for incident atomic particles with energies from the eV to the MeV range. An extensive overview of the literature is given, making this book of interest to the active reseacher as well to students entering the field.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Introduction....Pages 1-3
The Binary Collision Model....Pages 4-32
Classical Dynamics Model....Pages 33-39
Interaction Potentials....Pages 40-62
Inelastic Energy Loss....Pages 63-72
Thermal Vibrations and Specific Energies....Pages 73-82
Programs Based on the BCA Model....Pages 83-107
Programs Based on the Classical Dynamics Model....Pages 108-110
Trajectories....Pages 111-120
Ranges....Pages 121-141
Backscattering....Pages 142-168
Sputtering....Pages 169-218
Radiation Damage....Pages 219-235
Back Matter....Pages 237-296

✦ Subjects

Mathematical Methods in Physics;Numerical and Computational Physics;Solid State Physics;Spectroscopy and Microscopy;Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films