METHOD OF INTRODUCING MATERIAL INTO A SUBSTRATE BY GAS-CLUSTER ION BEAM IRRADIATION

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Method of infusing or introducing material into a substrate using a gas cluster ion beam. The method includes maintaining a reduced-pressure environment around a substrate holder and holding a substrate securely within that reduced-pressure environment. A gas-cluster ion beam formed from a pressurized gas mixture including an inert gas and at least one other atomic or molecular specie is provided to the reduced-pressure environment and accelerated. In one embodiment, the method includes irradiating the accelerated gas-cluster ion beam onto one or more surface portions of the substrate to form an infused region or gas-cluster ion-impact region therein by introducing part or all of the atomic or molecular specie into the surface. In another embodiment, the method includes modifying at least one electrical property of the surface of the substrate by irradiating the accelerated gas-cluster ion beam onto one or more surface portions of the substrate.

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TEL EPION INCBILLERICA MASSACHUSETTS 01821

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Borland, John O South Hamilton, MA 9 387
Hautala, John J Beverly, MA 60 1845
Kirkpatrick, Allen R Carlyle, MA 28 635
Kirkpatrick, Sean Littleton, MA 9 393
Skinner, Wesley J Andover, MA 9 357
Tabat, Martin D Nashua, NH 22 433
Tetreault, Thomas G Manchester, NH 6 74

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