page_title: Ion track
section_title: Irradiation apparatus and methods
hierarchical_section_title: Ion track / Irradiation apparatus and methods
caption_attribution_description: English: The ion beam is switched-off as soon as a single ion is detected
context_page_description: Ion tracks are damage-trails created by swift heavy ions penetrating through solids, which may be sufficiently-contiguous for chemical etching in a variety of crystalline, glassy, and/or polymeric solids. They are associated with cylindrical damage-regions several nanometers in diameter and can be studied by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry, transmission electron microscopy, small-angle neutron scattering, small-angle X-ray scattering or gas permeation.
context_section_description: Several types of swift heavy ion generators and irradiation schemes are currently used:
caption: Single ion system
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