Mechanical and Structural Properties of Fluorine-Ion-Implanted Boron Suboxide

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="792973.fig.009a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amse/volume-2012/792973/figures/792973.fig.009a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Specimen A</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="792973.fig.009b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amse/volume-2012/792973/figures/792973.fig.009b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Specimen C</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="792973.fig.009c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amse/volume-2012/792973/figures/792973.fig.009c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Specimen D</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><img alt="792973.fig.009d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amse/volume-2012/792973/figures/792973.fig.009d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b>Specimen G</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>AFM images showing what could possibly be clusters of nanoparticles embedded in the samples synthesized by fluorine-ion-beam implantation, (a) unimplanted specimen A, and ((b)–(d)) fluorine-implanted specimens C, D, and G.</table>

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Figure 9: Mechanical and Structural Properties of Fluorine-Ion-Implanted Boron Suboxide 