SRIM 2008

SRIM is a collection of software packages which calculate many features of the transport of ions in matter. Typical applications include: * Ion Stopping and Range in Targets: Most aspects of the energy loss of ions in matter are calculated in SRIM, the Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter. * Ion Implantation: Ion beams are used to modify samples by injecting atoms to change the target chemical and electronic properties. Most of the kinetic effect s associated with the physics of this kind of interactions are found in the SRIM package. * Sputtering: The ion beam may knock out target atoms, a process called ion sputtering. The calculation of sputtering, by any ion at any energy, is included in the SRIM package. * Ion Transmission: Ion beams can be followed through mixed gas/solid target layers, such as occurs in ionization chambers or in energy degrader blocks used to reduce ion beam energies. * Ion Beam Therapy: Ion beams are widely used in medical therapy, especially in radiation oncology. Typical applications are included.