Ion bombardment induced ripple topography on amorphous solids
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Radiation Effects
- Vol. 33 (2) , 65-73
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00337577708237469
Abstract
Earlier studies of the ion bombardment induced ripple morphology on the surfaces of amorphous solids when compared with geomorphological effects are shown to possess many similar features. The present study, with 40 keV Ar+ ion bombarded Si suggests that analogies are incomplete, however, and that greater similarities with the process of macroscopic sandblasting (corrasion) exist. It is shown that the genesis of wave like structures on Si is from isolated features, which have the appearance of ripple trains, which are faceted. It is suggested that these features result from particle flux enhancement processes near surface dimples generated by stress induced surface lifting.Keywords
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