This topical review focuses on recent advances in the understanding of the formation of
surface nanostructures, an intriguing phenomenon in ion–surface interaction due to the …

The topics of lofted dust, ejected atomic and molecular species, and plasma interactions at
the Moon have made revolutionary strides since the last 'New Views of the Moon'review in …

The potential energy stored in multiply charged ions is liberated when the ions recombine
during impact on a solid surface. For certain target species this can lead to a novel form of …

A Monte-Carlo model of exospheres (Wurz and Lammer, 2003) was extended by treating the
ion-induced sputtering process, photon-stimulated desorption, and micro-meteorite impact …

Abstract Pyroxenes ((Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn) 2 Si 2 O 6) belong to the most abundant rock forming
minerals that make up the surface of rocky planets and moons. Therefore, sputtering of …

The sputtering of wollastonite (CaSiO 3) by solar wind-relevant ions has been investigated
experimentally and the results are compared to the binary collision approximation (BCA) …

The individual impacts of slow (300 eV/amu) highly charged Xe ions induce nanometer
sized pitlike structures on the KBr (001) surface. The volume of these structures shows a …

Plasma-Material Interaction in Controlled Fusion deals with the specific contact between the
fourth state of matter, ie plasma, and the first state of matter, ie a solid wall, in controlled …

We review the most salient observations and physical principles of knock-on and electronic
sputtering and the role of sputtering in several astrophysical settings and applications in …

Slow highly charged ions have been utilized recently for the creation of monotype surface
nanostructures (craters, calderas, or hillocks) in different materials. In the present study, we …