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Materials Science with Ion Beams

By R. S. Averback , P. Bellon (auth.) , Harry Bernas (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2010
ISBN
3540887881, 9783540887881, 3540889469, 9783540889465
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-88789-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9960696 bytes)
Series
Topics in Applied Physics 116
Edition
1
Pages
376\385
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Beam Physics;Condensed Matter Physics;Engineeringgeneral;Optical and Electronic MaterialsParticle Acceleration and Detection

Description

This book introduces materials scientists and designers, physicists and chemists to the properties of materials that can be modified by ion irradiation or implantation. These techniques can help design new materials or to test modified properties; novel applications already show that ion-beam techniques are complementary to others, yielding previously unattainable properties. Also, ion-beam interactions modify materials at the nanoscale, avoiding the often detrimental results of lithographic or chemical techniques. Here, the effects are related to better-known quasi-equilibrium thermodynamics, and the consequences to materials are discussed with concepts that are familiar to materials science. Examples addressed concern semiconductor physics, crystal and nanocluster growth, optics, magnetism, and applications to geology and biology.

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