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 …

Ion beam erosion can be used as a process for achieving surface smoothing at microscopic
length scales and for the preparation of ultrasmooth surfaces, as an alternative to …

We derive a stochastic nonlinear continuum equation to describe the morphological
evolution of amorphous surfaces eroded by ion bombardment. Starting from Sigmund's …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The topography evolution of Si surfaces during low-energy noble-gas ion-beam erosion (ion
energy⩽ 2000 eV) at room temperature has been studied. Depending on the ion-beam …

We show that the “sputter patterning” topographical instability is determined by the effects of
ion impact-induced prompt atomic redistribution and that erosion—the consensus …

Energetic particle irradiation can cause surface ultra-smoothening, self-organized
nanoscale pattern formation or degradation of the structural integrity of nuclear reactor …

A software package for performing modelling and analysis of GISAXS (grazing-incidence
small-angle X-ray scattering) data within the distorted-wave Born approximation has been …