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Cover Picture: Phys. Status Solidi A 206/6
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
physica status solidi (a)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.532
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1862-6319
pISSN - 1862-6300
DOI - 10.1002/pssa.200990007
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , ion , photonics , electronics , irradiation , materials science , excitation , engineering physics , lithium (medication) , optoelectronics , nanotechnology , physics , chemistry , nuclear physics , engineering , electrical engineering , mechanical engineering , medicine , quantum mechanics , endocrinology
The structural damage induced by ion irradiation on dielectric materials and associated device degradation has been, so far, explained on the basis of collisional processes mostly ignoring the electronic excitation. However, recent works, mainly focused on lithium niobate and reviewed in the Feature Article spotlighted on the front cover (Antonio Rivera et al., pp. 1109–1116), offer conclusive evidence that at high ion energy and moderate mass ( A > 15) electronic excitation may induce a giant enhancement over the damage rate due to nuclear collisions. These results are expected to have a deep impact on many technologies including storage of radioactive waste, radiation‐resistant materials for fusion reactors, lifetime of components and devices in space missions, nano‐patterning in electronics and photonics, and possibly heavy‐ion therapy in medicine (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)