Abstract In recent years Ion Beam Sputtering (IBS) has revealed itself as a powerful
technique to induce surface nanopatterns with a large number of potential applications …

Surface nanopatterning induced by ion beam irradiation (IBI) has emerged as an effective
nanostructuring technique since it induces patterns on large areas of a wide variety of …

The formation of periodic patterns on the surfaces of many solid materials undergoing ion-
beam irradiation has long been known. The advent of high resolution characterization …

On the proper timescale, amorphous solids can flow. Solid flow can be observed
macroscopically in glaciers or lead pipes, but it can also be artificially enhanced by creating …

Ion-beam sputtering (IBS) is known to produce surface nanopatterns over macroscopic
areas on a wide range of materials. However, in spite of the technological potential of this …

We review and augment our recent work which demonstrates that a surface layer of altered
composition can have a crucial effect on pattern formation induced by ion bombardment of a …

A theory is developed that explains the genesis of the strikingly regular hexagonal arrays of
nanodots that can form when the flat surface of a binary compound is subjected to normal …

We review recent progress toward the development of predictive models of ion-induced
pattern formation on room-temperature silicon, with a particular emphasis on efforts to …

We present a model for the effect of stress on thin amorphous films that develop atop ion-
irradiated silicon, based on the mechanism of ion-induced anisotropic plastic flow. Using …

The development of advanced materials relies crucially on the availability of suitable high-
resolution analytical characterization techniques. In this review, we discuss correlative …