Spatial distribution of particles sputtered from single crystals by gas cluster ions

The results of molecular dynamics simulations of the bombardment of the Cu (100) and Mo (100) single-crystals by 10 keV Ar cluster ions of different sizes are presented in this paper. Spatial distributions of sputtered material were calculated. The anisotropy of the angular distributions of sputtered atoms was revealed. It was found that the character of the anisotropy is different for Cu and Mo targets. The reasons leading to this anisotropy are discussed according to the dependences of the angular distributions on the cluster size and on the target material.Peer reviewe