Cluster Beam Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials

The book presents a new method of producing high-performance surface layers with physically new properties. Cluster beam techniques are very powerful and of relevance for a broad audience including physicists, chemists and materials scientists. This book is the first to approach these subjects and will be very useful for scientists involved in this fast growing and technologically promising field.

1. Introduction.- 2. Molecular Beams and Cluster Nucleation.- 2.1 Molecular Beams.- 2.2 Nucleation and Aggregation Processes.- 3. Cluster Sources.- 3.1 Vaporization Methods.- 3.2 Continuous Sources.- 3.3 Pulsed Sources.- 4. Characterization and Manipulation of Cluster Beams.- 4.1 Mass Spectrometry.- 4.2 Detection Methods.- 4.3 Cluster Selection and Manipulation.- 5. Thin Film Deposition and Surface Modification by Cluster Beams.- 5.1 Kinetic Energy Regimes.- 5.2 Diffusion and Coalescence of Clusters on Surfaces.- 5.3 Low-Energy Deposition.- 5.4 High-Energy Deposition.- 6. Outlook and Perspectives.- 6.1 Cluster Beam Processing of Surfaces.- 6.2 Nanostructured Materials Synthesis.- 6.3 Perspectives.- References.