Ion beam analysis

Ion beam analysis

Ion beam analysis ("IBA") is an important family of modern analytical techniques involving the use of MeV ion beams to probe the composition and obtain elemental depth profiles in the near-surface layer of solids. All IBA methods are highly sensitive and allow the detection of elements in the sub-monolayer range. The depth resolution is typically in the range of a fewnanometers to a few ten nanometers. Atomic depth resolution can be achieved, but requires special equipment. The analyzed depth ranges from a few ten nanometers to a few ten micrometers. IBA methods are always quantitative with an accuracy of a few percent. Channeling allows to determine the depth profile of damage in single crystals.

*RBS: Rutherford backscattering is sensitive to heavy elements in a light matrix
*ERD: Elastic recoil detection is sensitive to light elements in a heavy matrix
*PIXE: Particle induced X-ray emission gives the trace and minor elemental composition
*NRA: Nuclear reaction analysis is sensitive to particular isotopes
* Channelling: The fast ion beam can be aligned accurately with major axes of single crystals; then the strings of atoms "shadow" each other and the backscattering yield falls dramatically. Any atoms off their lattice sites will give visible extra scattering. Thus damage to the crystal is visible, and point defects (interstitials) can even be distinguished from dislocations.

The quantitative evaluation of IBA methods requires the use of specialized simulation and data analysis software. SIMNRA and DataFurnace are popular programs for the analysis of RBS, ERD and NRA, while GUPIX is popular for PIXE.

IBA is an area of active research. The last major international scientific conference devoted to IBA (Hyderabad, 2007) was published in Nuclear Instruments and Methods B, volume 266(8).

External links

* Bi-annual scientific conference devoted to IBA: the latest was in [http://www.uohyd.ernet.in/iba2007/ Hyderabad] in September 2007. The next in this series (19th) will be held in [http://www.iop.org/Conferences/Forthcoming_Institute_Conferences/IonBeamAnalysis/event_29233.html/ Cambridge] in September 2009
* [http://ees.elsevier.com/nimb/ "Nuclear Instruments and Methods"] : The international peer reviewed scientific journal largely devoted to IBA developments and applications
* [http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~mam/ SIMNRA] program for the simulation and analysis of RBS, ERD and NRA
* [http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/IBC/ndf/ DataFurnace] program for the simulation and analysis of RBS, ERD, NRA, PIXE and PIGE
* [http://www.itn.pt/facilities/lfi/ndf/uk_lfi_ndf.htm/ NDF] free version of NDF (the calculation engine underlying DataFurnace) for the simulation of RBS, ERD and NRA
* [http://pixe.physics.uoguelph.ca/gupix/ GUPIX] program for the simulation and analysis of PIXE


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