SYNTHESIS AND ENGINEERING OF NANOSTRUCTURES BY ENERGETIC IONS ; SYNTHESIS AND ENGINEERING OF NANOSTRUCTURES BY ENERGETIC IONS ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; A. SYNTHESIS OF NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILM AND NANOSTRUCTURES AT SURFACE BY LOW ENERGY ION BEAMS ; ENERGETIC ION BEAMS IN NANOSTRUCTURING: AN OVERVIEW ; 1. INTRODUCTION: ; 2. ION OF ENERGIES UPTO A FEW MEV IN SYNTHESIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES ; 2.1. Synthesis of Nanocomposite Thin Films by Atom Beam Co-Sputtering ; 2.2. Creation of Nanoripples at Surface by KeV Ion Beams ; 2.3. Buried Nanostructures by Ion Implantation
2.4. Buried Nanostructures by Ion Beam Mixing 2.5. Precipitation Resulting from Electronic Energy Deposited by Ions ; 3. HIGH ENERGY (SWIFT HEAVY IONS) IN SYNTHESIS OF THE NANOSTRUCTURES ; 3.1. Creation of Carbon Nanowire in Si Based Gels ; 3.2. Creation of Carbon Nanowires in Fullerene ; 3.3. Si and Ge Nanoparticles by SHI Irradiation of Si and Ge Suboxide; 3.4. Reduction of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles by SHI ; 3.5. Latent Tracks as Templates for Nanostructures ; 3.6. Ion Tracks in Polymers for Grafting Functional Monomers ; 4. HIGH ENERGY (SWIFT HEAVY IONS) IN MODIFYING THE NANOSTRUCTURES
4.1. Engineering the Size of Buried Nanostructures 4.2. Engineering the Shape of Nanoparticles Embedded in Silica ; 4.3. Influence of SHI on Magnetic Nanoparticles of Fe Embedded in Silica ; 5. FOCUSED ION BEAMS FOR NANO STRUCTURES ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; NANOFABRICATION BY FOCUSED ION BEAMS ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. FOCUSED ION BEAM SYSTEM ; 3. PRINCIPLES OF FIB MICRO FABRICATION ; 4. FABRICATION STEPS; 5. APPLICATION WITH EXAMPLES ; 5.1 Nanostructures by FIB Milling ; 5.2 3D nanostructures by FIB CVD deposition ; 5.3 Morphology and Stoichiometry
5.4 Nano Size Sensors SUMMARY ; ACKNOWLEDGMENT ; REFERENCES ; SYNTHESIS OF NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS BY ATOM BEAM CO-SPUTTERING; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. ATOM BEAM SPUTTERING SET UP FOR SYNTHESIS OF NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS ; 3. SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PLASMONIC NANOCOMPOSITES ; 3.1. Gold-Silica Nanocomposites ; 3.2. Au-Si Core-Shell Nps Embedded in Silica ; 4. SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GE-SILICA NANOCOMPOSITES; 5. SYNTHESIS ND CHARACTERIZATION OF NI DOPED ZNO ; 6. MECHANISM OF NUCLEATION AND GROWTH OF NPS IN THE CO-SPUTTERING PROCESS ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES
LOW ENERGY ION BEAM ASSISTED DEPOSITION OF TIN-NI NANOCOMPOSITE COATINGS ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. DEPOSITION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HARD COATINGS (TIN-NI NANOCOMPOSITES); 2.1. Deposition ; 2.2. Chemical Composition and Phase Characterization ; 2.3. Residual Stress Measurement ; 2.4. Hardness and Tribology ; 3. ANALYSIS OF CHARACTERIZATION OF TIN-NI NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILM ; 3.1. Chemical Composition and Microstructural Analysis; 3.2. Internal Stresses ; 3.3. Hardness and Thermal Stability ; 3.4. Wear Resistance ; 3.5. Qualitative Coating Toughness Evaluation
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