When collimated beams of low energy ions are used to bombard materials, the surface often
develops a periodic pattern or “ripple” structure. Different types of patterns are observed to …

Surface etching by ion sputtering can be used to pattern surfaces. Recent studies using the
high-spatial-resolution capability of the scanning tunnelling microscope revealed in fact that …

Ion beam irradiation of solid surfaces may result in the self-organized formation of well-
defined topographic nanopatterns. Depending on the irradiation conditions and the material …

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 …

Hydrodynamic pattern formation (PF) and dewetting resulting from pulsed-laser-induced
melting of nanoscopic metal films have been used to create spatially ordered metal …

We study the self-organized ordering of nanostructures produced by ion-beam sputtering of
targets amorphizing under irradiation. By introducing a model akin to models of pattern …

We have observed nanopattern formation with robust and controllable spatial ordering by
laser-induced dewetting in nanoscopic metal films. Pattern evolution in Co film of thickness …

Low-energy ion-beam sputtering, ie the removal of atoms from a surface due to the impact of
energetic ions or atoms, is an inherent part of numerous surface processing techniques …

A continuum model, based on the damped Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation, is shown to
reproduce the morphology evolution during ion sputtering quite successfully. In a very …

The self-assembled nanostructured materials described in this book offer a number of
advantages over conventional material technologies in a wide range of sectors. World …