It became apparent that this class of inorganic compounds, loosely termed ceramics, presents many challenges to the understanding of ion-solid inter­ actions, the relationships among ion-beam parameters, materials parameters, and the resulting structures, as well as relationships between structure and properties.

I. Introduction and Fundamentals.- Properties Of Ceramics and their Study by Computer Simulation Methods....- Disorder, Randomness, and Amorphous Phases.- The Displacement Cascade in Solids.- Ion Energy Dissipation and Sputtering during Bombardment of Multicomponent Materials.- Mechanisms of Ion Beam Mixing.- Ion Beam Mixing Of Metals and Ceramics — Material Considerations.- The Role of Chemical Driving Forces in Bombardment-Induced Compositional change.- II. Ion-Beam Produced Microstructures.- Defect Creation In Ion Bombarded Ceramics.- Ion Beam-induced Crystalline to Amorphous Transformations in Ceramic Materials.- Ion Beam Mixing At Metal/A1203 Interfaces.- Ion Beam Mixing of Fe in Si02: Structural and Optical Properties.- Ion-Beam Alloying and Thermochemistry of Ceramics at High Temperatures.- Mossbauer Spectroscopy of Iron Implanted In Zirconia.- Ion Irradiation Studies of Oxide Ceramics.- Furnace Annealing of Sapphire Surfaces Amorphised by Ion Implantation.- III. Properties of Ion-Beam Modified Ceramics.- The Mechanical Properties of Ion Implanted Ceramics.- Tribological Properties of Ion Beam Modified Ceramics at Elevated Temperatures.- Thin Film and Near Surface Characterization Using Indentation Systems.- Tribological Properties of Ceramics Modified by Ion Implantation and by Ion Beam-Assisted Deposition of Organic Material.- Modified Pull Test for the Testing of Very Adherent Films.- Ion Irradiation of Polymer-Derived Graphitic Carbons.- Chemical Properties of Ion Implanted Ceramics.- Effects of Ion Beam Processing on Optical Properties.- Characterization of Planar Optical Waveguides in Ion-Implanted Quartz.- Fabrication of Electrooptical Waveguides by Means of Ion Implantation.- Ion Implantation of Electro-Optical Ceramics.- IV. Ion-Beam AssistedDeposition.- Plasma- and Ion-Beam Assisted Physical Vapor Deposition Processes and Materials.- Ion Beam Assisted Deposition of Thin Films and Coatings.- Ion-Beam Induced Diamond-Like Carbon Coatings.- Ion Beam Analysis and Modification of Thin-Film, High-Temperature Superconductors.- Simulation of Plasma Induced Material Damage With H-Ion Beams.- List of Participants (with address).- Author Index.

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