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Using Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy, nuclear elastic resonance analysis, atomic force microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and wear resistance and microhardness tests, the alloy Ti41–V41–Al18 was investigated after Fe ion (60 kV) and Zr (40 kV) ion implantation and subsequent high-current electron beam (HCEB) irradiation at an energy flow density of 6 J/cm2, called duplex treatment. Profiles show that the maximum concentration of Fe ions was 16.5 at. % at 85 nm from sample surface and that of Zr ions was 0.85 at. % at 56 nm. The maximum of the Fe concentration profile was found to shift to the large sample depth toward after increasing the implantation dose. The surface alloy layer is composed of a number of structures: grains of dislocation substructure (2×1010 cm−2), grains with plates, and grains with packed martensite. The disorientation of regions is observed. After HCEB treatment, the disorientation of microregions increases (Δα=7.5°) and particles of Ti2Fe are formed. After double implantation, the dry friction wear and the friction coefficient decreased. After the duplex treatment, the thickness of the hardened layer and the wear resistance increased.

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YAG:Ce ceramics by the direct action of an electron beam with 1.4 MeV energy were synthesized on a mixture of a stoichiometric composition of Y, Al, and Ce oxides without adding any substances to facilitate the process. The synthesis is realized in a time less than 1 s. The main structural phase of the obtained ceramics is YAG and YAP can be additional. The luminescence characteristics of the synthesized samples, the excitation, luminescence, decay time, and pulsed cathodoluminescence spectra, are similar to those known for YAG:Ce phosphors. The conversion efficiency of the excitation energy into the luminescence of the samples reaches 60–70% of those used for the manufacture of LED phosphors. The set of processes that determine the rate and efficiency of radiation synthesis differs from those occurring during thermal methods by the existence of a high degree of the initial compositions’ ionization under the influence of a radiation flux and a high probability of the decay of electronic excitations into short-lived radiolysis products.