Abstract The Moon and Mercury are airless bodies, thus they are directly exposed to the
ambient plasma (ions and electrons), to photons mostly from the Sun from infrared range all …

The focused ion beam (FIB) is a powerful tool for fabrication, modification, and
characterization of materials down to the nanoscale. Starting with the gallium FIB, which was …

Surface-bounded exospheres result from complex interactions between the planetary
environment and the rocky body's surface. Different drivers including photons, ion, electrons …

The porosity of the upper layers of regolith is key to the interaction of an airless planetary
body with precipitating radiation, but it remains difficult to characterize. One of the effects that …

The reflection of solar wind protons as energetic neutral atoms (ENAs) from the lunar surface
has regularly been used to study the plasma‐surface interaction at the Moon. However …

Total sputtering yield and spatial distributions of sputtered atoms are important for numerous
deposition techniques. We performed SRIM (Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter) …

Nanostructured tungsten has been proposed as a promising option for plasma facing
materials in future fusion reactors, because compared to conventional tungsten it shows …

The sputtering yields of solids under ion bombardment are highly sensitive to the roughness
of their surfaces. Understanding how sputtering is exactly affected by different surface …

The solar wind continuously impacts on rocky bodies in space, eroding their surface, thereby
contributing significantly to the exosphere formations. The BepiColombo mission to Mercury …

An efficient removal of He ash by active pumping in future fusion devices is necessary to
avoid fuel dilution and not degrade the core confinement properties. Therefore, a deep …