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 …

Ion beam erosion can be used as a process for achieving surface smoothing at microscopic
length scales and for the preparation of ultrasmooth surfaces, as an alternative to …

Extending planar two-dimensional structures into the three-dimensional space has become
a general trend in multiple disciplines, including electronics, photonics, plasmonics and …

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 …

We study the self-organized ordering of nanostructures produced by ion-beam sputtering of
targets amorphizing under irradiation. By introducing a model akin to models of pattern …

A theory is developed that explains the genesis of the strikingly regular hexagonal arrays of
nanoscale mounds that can form when a flat surface of a binary compound is subjected to …

Nanopatterning of solid surfaces by low-energy ion bombardment has received
considerable interest in recent years. This interest was partially motivated by promising …

On the proper timescale, amorphous solids can flow. Solid flow can be observed
macroscopically in glaciers or lead pipes, but it can also be artificially enhanced by creating …

We present ion beam erosion experiments performed in ultrahigh vacuum using a
differentially pumped ion source and taking care that the ion beam hits the Si (001) sample …

The classical theory of ion beam sputtering predicts the instability of a flat surface to uniform
ion irradiation at any incidence angle. We relax the assumption of the classical theory that …