RustBCA

Spec sheet

Purpose

RustBCA is a general-purpose code for simulating ion–material interactions, including sputtering, reflection, and implantation, using the binary collision approximation.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Platforms

The maker says the code builds with Cargo on Windows, macOS, and Linux.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Free plan

YesRead 24 Sep 2026 · github.com

License

The repository identifies its license as GPL-3.0.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Assessment tools

NoRead 24 Sep 2026 · github.com

Authoring tools

NoRead 24 Sep 2026 · github.com

Delivery mode

desktopRead 24 Sep 2026 · github.com

Geometry

Supported targets include homogeneous, layered, triangular-mesh, spherical, and 3D triangular-mesh geometries, plus amorphous solid or liquid and gaseous targets.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Installation

Installation requires the Rust toolchain; Python 3.6+ and listed Python libraries are optional for helper scripts and input-file manipulation.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Interaction potentials

Available potentials include Kr-C, ZBL, Lenz-Jensen, Moliere, Lennard-Jones 12-6, and Morse, and multiple potentials can be used in one simulation.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Language bindings

RustBCA provides libraries for including its ion–material interactions in simulations written in C/C++, Python, and Fortran.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Lesson library

NoRead 24 Sep 2026 · github.com

Limitations

RustBCA models materials as amorphous and static, so it cannot capture ion channeling or temperature effects, and BCA does not directly simulate multi-body effects or chemical sputtering.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Model outputs

The code models reflection, implantation, transmission, sputtering, and displacement damage from energetic ion–target interactions.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Physics features

Electronic stopping options include Oen–Robinson, Lindhard–Scharff, equipartition, and Biersack–Varelas interpolation up to about 1 GeV per nucleon.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Reproducibility

With a user-specified seed, RustBCA states that results are exactly reproducible across machines and thread counts.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Results

CSV outputs can include emitted-particle energies and directions, implanted-ion positions, displacements, and full ion and target-atom trajectories.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Testing and validation

The wiki reports unit and integration tests and benchmarking against F-TRIDYN, empirical formulas, molecular-dynamics simulations, and experimental data where available.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Physics Simulation Software#46 of 897.7