The injection of material into a target specimen in the form of an accelerated ion beam offers
a most valuable tool for altering its physical, chemical, structural, surface and interface …

The effects of 1.75 MeV N 5+ ion beams of varying fluences, ranging from 1× 10 11 to 1× 10
14 ions/cm 2, have been used to investigate the structural, optical, and chemical properties …

Lead‐containing plexiglass is prepared successfully via copolymerization of lead‐
methacrylate (Pb (MAA) 2 and the acrylic monomer such as methyl methacrylate, methyl …

Structural and free volume properties of polyallyl diglycol carbonate (PADC) commercially
known as CR-39 polymer films of thickness 250 μm were irradiated with 50 MeV Li3+ ions at …

The irradiation of polymeric materials with swift heavy ions (SHI) results in a change of their
free volume properties which have strong correlation with their macroscopic properties …

Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM)
analyses were adopted for in-depth (at the nanoscale level) and surface (at the microscale …

The effect of various radiations to a polymer is more complex and intense, compared to that
in other materials, in view of the more complex structure and low bonding energies (5 10 eV …

Polymer based ion conducting materials have potential applications as an electrolyte and
separator in the field of lithium batteries. Solid polymer electrolytes for lithium batteries are …

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films in thickness of 12 μm are irradiated by Xe and Au
ions at the energies of 9.5 and 11.4 MeV/u and with the ion fluence from 5× 10 9 cm− 2 to 1× …

Passage of energetic heavy ions produces damage in a polymeric material resulting into the
creation of latent tracks due to dissociation of bonds, cross-linking, formation of free radicals …