Ion-induced nanoscale ripple patterns on Si surfaces: theory and experiment

A Keller, S Facsko - Materials, 2010 - mdpi.com
Nanopatterning of solid surfaces by low-energy ion bombardment has received
considerable interest in recent years. This interest was partially motivated by promising …

Morphology of ion-sputtered surfaces

MA Makeev, R Cuerno, AL Barabasi - … in Physics Research Section B: Beam …, 2002 - Elsevier
We derive a stochastic nonlinear continuum equation to describe the morphological
evolution of amorphous surfaces eroded by ion bombardment. Starting from Sigmund's …

Scaling laws of the ripple morphology on Cu (110)

S Rusponi, G Costantini, C Boragno, U Valbusa - Physical Review Letters, 1998 - APS
The evolution of the Cu (110) surface morphology during low temperature (180 K) ion
sputtering was studied as a function of the incident ion beam angle θ by means of scanning …

Quantum dot and hole formation in sputter erosion

B Kahng, H Jeong, AL Barabási - Applied Physics Letters, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
Recently, it was experimentally demonstrated that sputtering under normal incidence leads
to the formation of spatially ordered uniform nanoscale islands or holes. Here, we show that …

Analytical modelling of sputter induced surface morphology

G Carter, JS Colligon, MJ Nobes - Radiation effects, 1977 - Taylor & Francis
A review is presented of the mathematical treatment of the development of surface
topography of amorphous materials bombarded by an energetic beam of particles. In the first …

Radiation damage in ion-milled specimens: characteristics, effects and methods of damage limitation

DJ Barber - Ultramicroscopy, 1993 - Elsevier
The paper reviews the nature of radiation damage produced in inorganic target materials by
sputtering with low-energy ion and atom beams, both in general and for particular types of …

The response of polycrystalline tungsten to 30 keV helium ion implantation at normal incidence and high temperatures

SJ Zenobia, LM Garrison, GL Kulcinski - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2012 - Elsevier
Polycrystalline tungsten samples were irradiated with 30keV helium ions in the Materials
Irradiation Experiment (MITE-E). Samples were held at temperatures of 500–900° C while …

Temperature and fluence effects on the evolution of regular surface morphologies on ion-sputtered Si (111)

AD Brown, J Erlebacher - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2005 - APS
Results of a survey of the morphological evolution of the surface of Si (111) are presented
for conditions in which regular patterned morphologies are spontaneously created during …

Nanostructuring of iron surfaces by low-energy helium ions

I Tanyeli, L Marot, MCM van de Sanden… - … applied materials & …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The behavior of iron surfaces under helium plasma exposure is investigated as a function of
surface temperature, plasma exposure time, and He ion flux. Different surface morphologies …

Effect of surface morphology on the sputtering yields. II. Ion sputtering from rippled surfaces

MA Makeev, AL Barabási - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics …, 2004 - Elsevier
Off-normal ion bombardment of solid targets with energetic particles often leads to
development of periodically modulated structures on the surfaces of eroded materials. Ion …