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Ion–solid interactions
Author(s) -
Räisänen J.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
surface and interface analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1096-9918
pISSN - 0142-2421
DOI - 10.1002/sia.1594
Subject(s) - stopping power , ion , range (aeronautics) , bragg peak , atomic physics , ion beam , physics , characterization (materials science) , nuclear physics , electron , computational physics , chemistry , engineering physics , statistical physics , nuclear engineering , irradiation , materials science , quantum mechanics , optics , engineering , composite material
In this paper emphasis is put on ion–matter interactions essential for ions in the energy range relevant for materials characterization with ion beam techniques. The slowing down processes of energetic ions in matter will be overviewed and the principles of the Bethe–Bloch theory for describing electronic stopping powers of light ions are introduced. The effective charge formulation used for depicting heavy ion electronic stopping powers is described. Basic concepts such as range, straggling, Bragg's rule and the core‐and‐bond (CAB) correction are discussed. Sources for obtaining stopping powers for practical use will be provided. Recent experiments employing the novel time‐of‐flight‐based technique used for obtaining continuous stopping power curves will be described. The presentation will conclude with a brief introduction to radiation effects caused by energetic ions incident on solids. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.