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Because of the size and mass of nanostructures, their electronic and magnetic property studies with conventional bulk measurement techniques are difficult or even impossible. New techniques, specifically designed for such tasks, are required. The use of radioactive ion beams for studying material properties is not yet widespread but is increasing. An important advantage of employing radioactive nuclei is the ability of detecting signals from a very low concentration of atomic impurities. It is evident that this has essential importance for the characterization, e.g., of semiconductors, because very low amounts of impurities may alter the system properties significantly. Naturally the radioactive isotopes used as dopant atoms also influence the electronic and optical properties of semiconductors according to their chemical nature.
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Räisänen, J. (2009). Nanomaterials Science with Radioactive Ion Beams. In: Hellborg, R., Whitlow, H., Zhang, Y. (eds) Ion Beams in Nanoscience and Technology. Particle Acceleration and Detection. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00623-4_17
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