@article { ISI:000238989300008,
	title = {Irradiation effects of 12 eV oxygen ions on polyimide and fluorinated ethylene propylene},
	journal = {Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids},
	volume = {161},
	number = {8},
	year = {2006},
	month = {AUG},
	pages = {495-504},
	publisher = {TAYLOR \& FRANCIS LTD},
	type = {Article},
	address = {4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXON, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>Polyimide (PI) and Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (FEP) samples (15mm x 15mm x 50 mu m ) were exposed to atomic oxygen ions of average energy similar to 12 eV and flux similar to 5x10(13) ions cm(-2) s(-1) , produced in the Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) plasma. The energy and the flux of the oxygen ions at different positions in the plasma were measured by a retarding field analyzer. The fluence of the oxygen ions was varied from sample to sample in the range of similar to 5x10(16) to 2x10(17) ions cm(-2) by changing the irradiation period. The pre- and the post-irradiated samples were characterized by the weight loss, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) techniques. The weight of the PI and FEP samples decreased with increasing the ion fluence. However, the erosion yield for the PI is found to be higher, by almost a factor five, when compared with that of FEP. On the surface region of irradiated samples, the concentrations of the carbon, fluorine, and oxygen and their corresponding chemical bonds have changed appreciably. Moreover, blisters and nanoglobules were also observed even at a fluence of similar to 10(17) ions cm(-2) . This oxygen ion fluence is almost two orders of magnitude lower than that of the 5 eV atomic oxygen, which a satellite encounters in the space, at the low Earth orbit, during its mission period of about 7 years.</p>},
	keywords = {atomic oxygen, ECR plasma, FEP, FTIR, Polyimide, SEM, weight loss, XPS},
	issn = {1042-0150},
	doi = {10.1080/10420150600810224},
	author = {Majeed, Riyadh M A Abdul and Purohit, V. S. and Bhoraskar, S. V. and Mandale, A. B. and Bhoraskar, Vasant N.}
}
@article { ISI:000235256200004,
	title = {Preparation of gamma-Fe2O3 nanoparticles using DC thermal arc-plasma route, their characterization and magnetic properties},
	journal = {Scripta Materialia},
	volume = {54},
	number = {7},
	year = {2006},
	month = {APR},
	pages = {1235-1240},
	publisher = {PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD},
	type = {Article},
	address = {THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>gamma-Fe2O3 particles were prepared, for the first time, using a direct current thermal arc-plasma route. The powder was characterized using X-ray diffraction, Mossbauer spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, chemical analysis, vibrating sample magnetometry C and transmission electron microscopy. The high purity, stoichiometry and spherical morphology of the gamma-Fe2O3 particles (saturation magnetization = 79 emu g(-1) and coercivity = 348 Oe) were confirmed. (c) 2006 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {chemical analysis, DC thermal arc-plasma route, maghemite, Mossbauer spectroscopy, XPS},
	issn = {1359-6462},
	doi = {10.1016/j.scriptamat.2005.12.029},
	author = {Banerjee, Indrani and Khollam, Y. B. and Balasubramanian, C. and Pasricha, R. and Bakare, P. P. and Patil, K. R. and Das, A. K. and Bhoraskar, S. V.}
}
