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The influences of the ionization processes in the target, and of the c
harge state of the incident ions on atomic collision processes are stu
died in elementary and compound semiconductors. The radiation damaging
and sputtering experiments, which are presented here, suggest that io
nization enhances atomic displacement processes. Charge-state-dependen
t influences on nuclear and electronic processes are only observed wit
hin the first few nanometers of the ion trajectory.