Introductory Chapter: Introduction to Ion Implantation

Shakil Khan, Ishaq Ahmed, Noaman Khalid, Mazhar Mehmood, Abdul Waheed, Maaza Malik, Carbon ions irradiation induced modifications in structural and electrical resistivity characteristics of ZrN thin films Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. ,vol. 39, pp. 530- 535 ,(2015) , 10.1016/J.MSSP.2015.05.062

Zhichun Ni, Ahmad Ishaq, Long Yan, Jinlong Gong, Dezhang Zhu, Enhanced electron field emission of carbon nanotubes by Si ion beam irradiation Journal of Physics D. ,vol. 42, pp. 075408- ,(2009) , 10.1088/0022-3727/42/7/075408

A Ishaq, Shahid Iqbal, Naveed Ali, A A Khurram, A U Akrajas, C F Dee, Shahzad Naseem, H M Rafique, Yan Long, H+, N+, and Ar+ ion irradiation induced structure changes of carbon nanostructures New Carbon Materials. ,vol. 28, pp. 81- 86 ,(2013) , 10.1016/S1872-5805(13)60068-2

Ishaq Ahmad, M. Usman, S. Rabab Naqvi, Javed Iqbal, Lu Bo, Yan Long, C. F. Dee, Aslam Baig, Substitutional carbon doping of hexagonal multi-walled boron nitride nanotubes (h-MWBNNTs) via ion implantation Journal of Nanoparticle Research. ,vol. 16, pp. 2170- ,(2014) , 10.1007/S11051-013-2170-8

Chang Fu Dee, Ishaq Ahmad, Yan Long, Zhou Xingtai, M.M. Salleh, B.Y. Majlis, Contact welding study of carbon nanotube with ZnO nanowire Physica E-low-dimensional Systems & Nanostructures. ,vol. 43, pp. 1857- 1862 ,(2011) , 10.1016/J.PHYSE.2011.06.027

Sang-Jae Kim, Tsutomu Yamashita, Masanori Nagao, Mitsunori Sato, Hiroshi Maeda, Development of 3D Focused-Ion-Beam (FIB) Etching Methods for Fabricating Micro- and Nanodevices. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. ,vol. 41, pp. 4283- 4286 ,(2002) , 10.1143/JJAP.41.4283

Ahmad Ishaq, Zhichun Ni, Long Yan, Jinlong Gong, Dezhang Zhu, Constructing carbon nanotube junctions by Ar ion beam irradiation Radiation Physics and Chemistry. ,vol. 79, pp. 687- 691 ,(2010) , 10.1016/J.RADPHYSCHEM.2010.01.006

Long Yan, Guangying Zhou, Ahmad Ishaq, Xingtai Zhou, Improving the electrical conductivity of multi-walled carbon nanotube networks by H ion beam irradiation Carbon. ,vol. 49, pp. 2141- 2144 ,(2011) , 10.1016/J.CARBON.2010.12.067

G. Husnain, Yao Shu-De, Ishaq Ahmad, H.M. Rafique, Structural and magnetic impact of Cr+-implantation into GaN thin film Solid State Sciences. ,vol. 14, pp. 735- 738 ,(2012) , 10.1016/J.SOLIDSTATESCIENCES.2012.03.022

H. Tsuji, P. Sommani, T. Kitamura, M. Hattori, H. Sato, Y. Gotoh, J. Ishikawa, Nerve-cell attachment properties of polystyrene and silicone rubber modified by carbon negative-ion implantation Surface & Coatings Technology. ,vol. 201, pp. 8123- 8126 ,(2007) , 10.1016/J.SURFCOAT.2006.01.074