Atomic and molecular clusters can be considered to be a distinct form of matter, a “bridge”
between atoms on the one hand and solids on the other. Interest in clusters comes from …

This book supplies a systematic description of the preparation, characterization, and
manipulation of cluster beams for the synthesis of nanocrystalline materials. It addresses all …

Tracks of energetic heavy ions on the surface and in the bulk of highly oriented pyrolytic
graphite were investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy. Ni, Zn, Xe, and U ions in the …

This paper discusses angular distributions of sputtered particles from the target in cluster ion
beam irradiation. For a copper target, the angular distribution of Cu particles with Ar cluster …

Large gas-cluster-ion bombardment has been shown to be a unique tool for generating a
variety of bombarding effects over a broad range of acceleration energies. A hardness …

Sputtering phenomena by gas cluster ions were modeled based on experimental results,
and the surface smoothing effects with cluster ion beam were studied with Monte Carlo …

Hydrogen free Ti-doped amorphous carbon layers were prepared by dual beam pulsed
laser deposition using two excimer lasers. The air-exposed surfaces were analyzed by high …

A cluster ion irradiation system with cluster size selection has been developed to study the
effects of the cluster size in surface processing using cluster ions. A permanent magnet with …

The conventional ion beam sputter-cleaning technique is frequently used for removing
surface adsorbates and carbon contamination from air-exposed glass surfaces. Due to the …

Molecular Dynamics (MD) and Monte Carlo (MC) models of energetic gas cluster irradiation
of a solid surface have been developed to investigate the phenomena of crater formation …