Santala, MelissaRadmilovic, VelimirGiulian, RaquelRidgway, Mark CGlaeser, Andreas MGronsky, Ronald2015-12-102015-12-101359-6462http://hdl.handle.net/1885/49896Sapphire was implanted with Pt ions at room temperature and at liquid-nitrogen temperature, inducing correspondingly different amounts of accumulated damage in the target crystals. Subsequent thermal annealing at 1000 and at 1600 °C resulted in Pt precipKeywords: Accumulated damage; Degree of crystallinity; High-resolution electron microscopy (HREM); Interface structures; Liquid nitrogen temperature; matrix; Orientation relationship; Room temperature; Thermal-annealing; Transition alumina; Ceramic materials; Corun Ceramics; High-resolution electron microscopy (HREM); Implantation; Interface structure; Refractory metals201010.1016/j.scriptamat.2009.10.0232016-02-24