Scientific understanding of any kind of radiation effects starts from the primary damage, ie
the defects that are produced right after an initial atomic displacement event initiated by a …

Abstract In recent years Ion Beam Sputtering (IBS) has revealed itself as a powerful
technique to induce surface nanopatterns with a large number of potential applications …

Porous anodic alumina (PAA) films are widely used as templates for functional
nanostructures, because of the high regularity and controllability of the pore morphology …

When collimated beams of low energy ions are used to bombard materials, the surface often
develops a periodic pattern or “ripple” structure. Different types of patterns are observed to …

Glasses are usually shaped through the viscous flow of a liquid before its solidification, as
practiced in glass blowing. At or near room temperature (RT), oxide glasses are known to be …

Structural rearrangements control a wide range of behavior in amorphous materials, and
visualizing these atomic-scale rearrangements is critical for developing and refining models …

Energetic particle irradiation can cause surface ultra-smoothening, self-organized
nanoscale pattern formation or degradation of the structural integrity of nuclear reactor …

This review covers some key concepts related to embedding of the noble metal
nanoparticles in polymer surfaces. The metal nanoparticles embedded into the polymer …

Plastic deformation in metallic glasses well below their glass transition temperatures T g
occurs spatially heterogeneously within highly localized regions, termed shear …

Self-organized porous anodic oxide films are produced when reactive metals such as
aluminum and titanium are electrochemically oxidized in baths that dissolve the oxide. The …