Special Issues/Surface Modification and Passivation of Materials by Ion Beams. Surface Modification of Steel Materials by Metal Ion Implantation.

Modification and nanostructuring of magnetic materials by ion irradiation

The growth and modification of materials via ion–surface processing

A wide variety of gas phase ions with kinetic energies from 1–10 eV increasingly are being used for the growth and modification of state-of-the-art material interfaces. Ions can be used to deposit thin films; expose fresh interfaces by sputtering; grow mixed interface layers from ions, ambient neutrals, and/or surface atoms; modify the phases of interfaces; dope trace elements into interface re...

Use of Intense Ion Beams for Surface Modification and Creation of New Materials

Surface modification of 9Cr18 bearing steels by a metal and carbon co-plasma immersion ion implantation

Ž . In the aerospace industry, 9Cr18 martensitic stainless steel AISI 440 is commonly used as a bearing material. Because of its Ž . ability to rapidly treat irregular industrial components, plasma immersion ion implantation PIII is an effective method to improve the wear resistance of 9Cr18 precision bearings and prolong their working lifetime. Vacuum arc plasma sources provide a good means of...

Nanoscopic surface modification by slow ion bombardment

We present systematic scanning tunneling microscopy (STM)/atomic-force microscopic (AFM) investigations on nanoscopic defect production at atomically clean surfaces of SiO2, Al2O3 and highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) after bombardment by slow (impact energy ≤ 1.2 keV) singly and multiply charged ions under strict ultra-high vacuum (UHV) conditions. Combined STM and AFM studies show tha...