Ion Beam Modification of Solids: Ion-Solid Interaction and Radiation Damage

✍ Scribed by Werner Wesch, Elke Wendler (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 547
• Series: Springer Series in Surface Sciences 61
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents the method of ion beam modification of solids in realization, theory and applications in a comprehensive way. It provides a review of the physical basics of ion-solid interaction and on ion-beam induced structural modifications of solids. Ion beams are widely used to modify the physical properties of materials. A complete theory of ion stopping in matter and the calculation of the energy loss due to nuclear and electronic interactions are presented including the effect of ion channeling. To explain structural modifications due to high electronic excitations, different concepts are presented with special emphasis on the thermal spike model. Furthermore, general concepts of damage evolution as a function of ion mass, ion fluence, ion flux and temperature are described in detail and their limits and applicability are discussed. The effect of nuclear and electronic energy loss on structural modifications of solids such as damage formation, phase transitions and amorphization is reviewed for insulators and semiconductors. Finally some selected applications of ion beams are given.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Ion-Solid Interaction....Pages 3-62
Models for the Description of Track Formation....Pages 63-104
Modelling Effects of Radiation Damage....Pages 105-136
Synthesis of Nanostructures Using Ion-Beams: An Overview....Pages 137-185
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Primary Processes of Damage Formation in Semiconductors....Pages 189-241
Damage Formation, Amorphization and Crystallization in Semiconductors at Elevated Temperatures....Pages 243-285
Defect Accumulation, Amorphization and Nanostructure Modification of Ceramics....Pages 287-318
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Swift Heavy Ion Irradiation of Crystalline Insulators and Metals....Pages 321-363
Swift Heavy Ion Irradiation of Crystalline Semiconductors....Pages 365-402
Swift Heavy Ion Irradiation of Amorphous Semiconductors....Pages 403-440
Front Matter....Pages 441-441
Ion-Shaping of Nanoparticles....Pages 443-473
Low Energy Ion Beam Modification of Nanostructures....Pages 475-500
Modification of Structure and Properties of Optical Crystals....Pages 501-528
Back Matter....Pages 529-534

✦ Subjects

Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films; Solid State Physics; Optical and Electronic Materials