Advanced Materials, Vol.13, No.19, 1431-1431, 2001
Nanocomposite materials formed by ion implantation
Ion implantation is a versatile and powerful technique for synthesizing nanometer-scale clusters and crystals embedded in the near-surface region of a variety of hosts in order to create nanocomposite materials with often unique properties. Some of the principal features of this nanophase materials synthesis technique (see Figure), as well as the materials properties that are exhibited by nanocomposites created using ion beams, are reviewed.