This chapter reviews the evolving state of knowledge concerning fission-track (FT)
annealing, primarily in apatite and zircon, based on theory, experiments, and geological …

Understanding the mechanisms of damage formation in materials irradiated with energetic
ions is essential for the field of ion-beam materials modification and engineering. Utilizing …

This review concentrates on the specific properties and characteristics of damage structures
generated with high-energy ions in the electronic energy loss regime. Irradiation …

The annealing kinetics of the high energy ion damage in amorphous silicon dioxide (a-SiO
2) are still not well understood, despite the material's widespread application in material …

Nanostructuring of surfaces and two-dimensional materials using swift heavy ions offers
some unique possibilities owing to the deposition of a large amount of energy localized …

Investigation of the ion track morphologies and track etching behaviour in polycarbonate
(PC) films was carried out using synchrotron based small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) …

Small angle X-ray scattering measurements were performed on natural apatite of different
thickness irradiated with 2.2 GeV Au swift heavy ions. The evolution of the track radius along …

Irradiation temperature dependant morphology of near surface latent tracks and surface
hillocks in TiO 2 was investigated. Irradiation was performed on single crystal [110] oriented …

In this study, latent and etched ion tracks generated by high electronic excitation in alpha
quartz (α-SiO 2) were characterized. Single crystals of Y-and Z-cut α-SiO 2 were irradiated at …

Small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) was used to quantitatively study the morphology of
aligned, monodisperse conical etched ion tracks in thin films of amorphous SiO 2 with …