Origin of complex impact craters on native oxide coated silicon surfaces

Engineering & Materials Science

• Silicon oxides 100%
• Oxides 59%
• Silicon 54%
• Substrates 32%
• Amorphous silicon 15%
• Atomic force microscopy 14%
• Molecular dynamics 12%
• Crystalline materials 12%
• Atoms 11%
• Silica 11%
• Ions 10%
• Momentum 10%
• Defects 7%
• Computer simulation 6%

Chemical Compounds

• Silicon Oxide 85%
• Oxide 37%
• Displacement 28%
• Molecular Cluster 22%
• Surface 22%
• Simulation 21%
• Amorphous Material 15%
• Amorphous Silicon 15%
• Momentum 15%
• Cluster Ion 13%
• Atomic Force Microscopy 9%
• Molecular Dynamics 8%

Physics & Astronomy

• craters 78%
• silicon oxides 72%
• rims 18%
• point impact 11%
• simulation 8%
• silicon 8%
• stopping 8%
• amorphous silicon 7%
• occurrences 6%
• silicon dioxide 5%
• atomic force microscopy 5%
• molecular dynamics 5%
• momentum 5%
• oxides 4%
• defects 4%
• atoms 3%
• ions 3%
• energy 2%