Ion beam analysis textbook published

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Yongqiang Wang (Materials Science in Radiation and Dynamics Extremes, MST-8) in collaboration with former Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher Michael Nastasi (now at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln) and the late Jim Mayer authored a new ion beam analysis textbook. Ion Beam Analysis: Fundamentals and Applicationsfocuses on the fundamentals and applications of ion beam methods of materials characterization. The authors explain the basic characteristics of ion beams as applied to the analysis of materials as well as ion beam analysis of art and archaeological objects. Primarily geared to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, the book is 450 pages with 15 chapters, and features homework problems after each chapter.

Ion Beam Analysis: Fundamentals and Applications explains how ions interact with solids and describes what information can be gained. The authors begin by covering the fundamentals of ion beam analysis, including kinematics, ion stopping, Rutherford backscattering, channeling, elastic recoil detection, particle induced x-ray emission, and nuclear reaction analysis. Then the book examines applications for a broad range of potential uses in thin film reactions, ion implantation, nuclear energy, biology, and art/archaeology. The authors discuss classical collision theory, detail the fundamentals of five specific ion beam analysis techniques, and illustrate specific applications, including biomedicine and thin film analysis.

Wang leads the Ion Beam Materials Laboratory, a LANL resource devoted to materials research through the use of energetic ion beams. He serves as the acting team leader for MST-8’s Experimental Radiation Sciences team. Wang has authored or coauthored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications including 3 book chapters, 2 U.S. patents, and the Handbook of Modern Ion Beam Materials Analysis- Second Edition (MRS Publisher, 2009). He is a member of the International Committee for Ion Beam Analysis, and he co-chaired the 2014 International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry.

The Materials Science and Engineering Division of the DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences and the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), a DOE nanoscience user facility jointly operated by Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories, provided funding. The research supports the Laboratory’s Materials for the Future and Nuclear and Particle Futures science pillars. Technical contact: Yongqiang Wang