Swift Heavy Ions for Materials Engineering and Nanostructuring [Paperback]

Ion beams have been used for decades for characterizing and analyzing materials. Now energetic ion beams are providing ways to modify the materials in unprecedented ways. This book highlights the emergence of high-energy swift heavy ions as a tool for tailoring the properties of materials with nanoscale structures. Swift heavy ions interact with materials by exciting/ionizing electrons without directly moving the atoms. This opens a new horizon towards the 'so-called' soft engineering. The book discusses the ion beam technology emerging from the non-equilibrium conditions and emphasizes the power of controlled irradiation to tailor the properties of various types of materials for specific needs.

Ion beams have been used for decades to analyze materials. Now they can be used to modify materials in unprecedented ways. This book discusses the use of high-energy swift heavy ions for tailoring the properties of materials with nanoscale structures.

CH-1: Ion Beams for Materials Engineering an Overview 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Challenges in Materials Science 1.3 Ion Beam Based / Assisted Processes 1.4 Materials Modification with Ion Beams 1.5 Possibilities of Tailoring the Materials Properties with Ion Beams 1.6 Why Ion beams for Materials Engineering? 1.7 Self Organization 1.8 Creation of New Materials and Futuristic Technologies 1.9 References CH-2: Ion Matter Interaction 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Nuclear and Electronic Energy Loss in Materials 2.3 Cooperative Effects of Nuclear and Electronic Energy Losses 2.4 Applications of Low Energy Ion Impact on Solids 2.5 Applications of high Energy Ion Impact on to Solids 2.6 Applications of Etched Tracks in Solids 2.7 Simulation Efforts to Understand Ion Irradiation Induced Modifications 2.8 Perspectives of Ion Solid Interaction 2.9 Summary 2.10 References CH-3: Ion Beam Analysis 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Proton Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) 3.3 Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry (RBS) 3.4 Ion Channeling 3.5 Medium EnerlS