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 …

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 …

Studies on nanocomposite films with an optimized composition of 0.6 ZnO-0.4
BaTiO3/Al2O3 were carried out to understand the effect of swift heavy ion (SHI)-induced …

We report the growth and characterization of uniform-sized nanoparticles of cobalt on n-type
silicon (100) substrates by swift heavy ion (SHI) irradiation. The Co thin films of 25-nm …

In this study thin Zr films (135 nm) were deposited on 6H-SiC substrate at room temperature
by sputter deposition. The Zr/SiC couples were irradiated by 167 MeV Xe 26+ ions at room …

The influence of noble gases ion implantation on the depth distribution of elements in the
TiO 2/SiO 2 bilayers on the Si substrates has been investigated using the Rutherford …

Swift heavy ion (SHI) beam mixing at metal/Si system forms various silicides at the interface.
In the present study SHI induced mixing has been investigated at Si/Mn/Si interfaces using …

Swift heavy ion (SHI) induced modification at metal/Si interfaces has emerged as an
interesting field of research due to its large applications. In this study, we investigate SHI …

Energetic ion beams are proving to be versatile tools for modification and depth profiling of
materials. The energy and ion species are the deciding factor in the ion-beam-induced …

In this study we investigated depth distributions of elements in the multilayer structures of
TiO2/SiO2/Si before and after ion irradiation. The samples were implanted with Ne+, Ar+ …