Surface nanostructuring and optical activation of lithium fluoride crystals by ion beam irradiation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Mussi, V ^a   Granone, F ^a   Boragno, C ^a   Buatier De Mongeot, F ^a   Valbusa, U ^a   Marolo, T ^b   Montereali, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALS; IRRADIATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

OPTICAL ACTIVATION; VISIBLE SPECTRAL RANGE;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33644890738     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2177660     Document Type: Article

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