Scanning probe microscopy of ion-irradiated materials

• Published in: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms Vol. 151; no. 1; pp. 42 - 55
• Main Author: Neumann, R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.05.1999
• Subjects: 07.79.-v; 61.80.Jh

The modifications of solids induced by irradiation with energetic ions have been the subject of numerous studies with a large variety of methods, including in particular also microscopy. During the past decade, the techniques of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) opened up a novel access to the charact...