Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Materials Modification by High-Fluence Ion Beams, Viana do Castelo, Portugal, August 24-September 4, 1987

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Materials Modification by High-Fluence Ion Beams, Viana do Castelo, Portugal, August 24-September 4, 1987

Many books are available that detail the basic principles of the different methods of surface characterization. On the other hand, the scientific literature provides a resource of how individual pieces of research are conducted by particular labo- tories. Between these two extremes the literature is thin but it is here

Deep implants are produced by the high-energy implantation of impurities in a host material. The thus created subsurface layers have properties that are different from the very surface and the bulk and show great promise for application in the electronics industry.

Today's shortages of resources make the search for wear and corrosion resistant materials one of the most important tasks of the next century. Since the surface of a material is the location where any interaction occurs, it is that there the hardest requirements on the material are imposed: to be