University of Surrey Ion Beam Centre
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Surrey
Department Name: Advanced Technology Institute
Abstract
This proposal is to support the development, training and core componants of the successful national Ion Beam Centre. Innovations over the next four years include: extending the DanFysik Implanter to give a low energy capability (down to 200 eV); replacing the beam line on the 2MV implanter to give an 8 inch wafer capability; add a verifiable low dose capability for ion beam induced damage studies. Funding is being sort from other sources to also build a horizontal and vertical nanobeam to expand both ion beam analysis capabilities and exploit research at the biomedical interface.An added advantage of these developments will be to place the IBC in a position that it will be able to expand its research base from micro electronic materials into new areas including cultural heritage, biomedical applications, nanotechnology and geology and cosmology. In 4 years time we expect the IBC to be funded: One third from industry; one third from other funding bodies; one third from EPSRC. This will significantly reduce the amount of funding requested from EPSRC.Efficiency gains within the IBC will allow us to reduce the ticket price from 240 currently to 180 for this new grant period.
Publications
Gonzalez-Zalba M
(2013)
A hybrid double-dot in silicon
Bright NJ
(2013)
Chemical changes exhibited by latent fingerprints after exposure to vacuum conditions.
in Forensic science international
Bangura AF
(2013)
The Wiedemann-Franz law in the putative one-dimensional metallic phase of PrBa2Cu4O8.
in Scientific reports
Webb R.P.
(2013)
What Ion Beams Can Do for Medical Technology
in Med-Tech Innovation
Prakrajang K
(2013)
MeV single-ion beam irradiation of mammalian cells using the Surrey vertical nanobeam, compared with broad proton beam and X-ray irradiations
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Jeynes JC
(2013)
"Broadbeam" irradiation of mammalian cells using a vertical microbeam facility.
in Radiation and environmental biophysics
Lourenço MA
(2013)
High temperature luminescence of Dy3+ in crystalline silicon in the optical communication and eye-safe spectral regions.
in Optics letters
Hardie C
(2013)
Nanoindentation of model Fe-Cr alloys with self-ion irradiation
in Journal of Nuclear Materials
El Mubarek H
(2013)
Reduction of phosphorus diffusion in germanium by fluorine implantation
in Journal of Applied Physics
Romolo FS
(2013)
Integrated Ion Beam Analysis (IBA) in Gunshot Residue (GSR) characterisation.
in Forensic science international
Yang P
(2013)
Size limit on the phosphorous doped silicon nanocrystals for dopant activation
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Hardie C
(2013)
Effects of irradiation temperature and dose rate on the mechanical properties of self-ion implanted Fe and Fe-Cr alloys
in Journal of Nuclear Materials
Dudeck K
(2013)
Direct observation of indium precipitates in silicon following high dose ion implantation
in Semiconductor Science and Technology
Bailey MJ
(2013)
Enhanced imaging of developed fingerprints using mass spectrometry imaging.
in The Analyst
Guan W
(2013)
Nanopatterning by ion implantation through nanoporous alumina masks.
in Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
Hughes MA
(2013)
On the analogy between photoluminescence and carrier-type reversal in Bi- and Pb-doped glasses.
in Optics express
Milosavljevic M
(2013)
Ion irradiation induced solid-state amorphous reaction in Ni/Ti multilayers
in Applied Surface Science
Barazzuol L
(2013)
Evaluation of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor ABT-888 combined with radiotherapy and temozolomide in glioblastoma.
in Radiation oncology (London, England)
Finch P
(2013)
Femtosecond pulse generation in passively mode locked InAs quantum dot lasers
in Applied Physics Letters
Crowe I
(2013)
Donor ionization in size controlled silicon nanocrystals: The transition from defect passivation to free electron generation
in Journal of Applied Physics
Jeynes JC
(2013)
Measuring and modelling cell-to-cell variation in uptake of gold nanoparticles.
in The Analyst
Razali M
(2013)
Point defect engineering study of phosphorus ion implanted germanium
in physica status solidi c
Ahmad M
(2013)
Micro-PIXE and micro-RBS characterization of micropores in porous silicon prepared using microwave-assisted hydrofluoric acid etching.
in Microscopy and microanalysis : the official journal of Microscopy Society of America, Microbeam Analysis Society, Microscopical Society of Canada
Baig H
(2013)
Numerical modelling and experimental validation of a low concentrating photovoltaic system
in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Guan W
(2013)
Fabrication and characterisation of embedded metal nanostructures by ion implantation with nanoporous anodic alumina masks
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Armstrong D
(2013)
Effects of sequential tungsten and helium ion implantation on nano-indentation hardness of tungsten
in Applied Physics Letters
Milosavljevic M
(2013)
High dose ion irradiation effects on immiscible AlN/TiN nano-scaled multilayers
in Thin Solid Films
Langridge MT
(2014)
The fabrication of aspherical microlenses using focused ion-beam techniques.
in Micron (Oxford, England : 1993)
Wisby I
(2014)
Coupling of a locally implanted rare-earth ion ensemble to a superconducting micro-resonator
in Applied Physics Letters
Potter K
(2014)
Total ionizing dose response of fluorine implanted Silicon-On-Insulator buried oxide
in Microelectronics Reliability
Wéra AC
(2014)
Influence of the nucleus area distribution on the survival fraction after charged particles broad beam irradiation.
in Physics in medicine and biology
Hughes MA
(2014)
n-type chalcogenides by ion implantation.
in Nature communications
Hughes M
(2014)
Waveguides in Ni-doped glass and glass-ceramic written with a 1kHz femtosecond laser
in Optical Materials
Edwardson C
(2014)
Positron annihilation studies of fluorine-vacancy complexes in phosphorus- and fluorine-implanted germanium
in Semiconductor Science and Technology
Gonzalez-Zalba M
(2014)
Evidence of magnetic field quenching of phosphorous-doped silicon quantum dots
in Current Applied Physics
Markevich V
(2014)
Titanium in silicon: Lattice positions and electronic properties
in Applied Physics Letters
Marqués L
(2014)
Modeling and experimental characterization of stepped and v-shaped {311} defects in silicon
in Journal of Applied Physics
Hughes M
(2014)
Ion-implantation-enhanced chalcogenide-glass resistive-switching devices
in Applied Physics Letters
Jeynes JC
(2014)
Investigation of gold nanoparticle radiosensitization mechanisms using a free radical scavenger and protons of different energies.
in Physics in medicine and biology
Betz A
(2014)
Ambipolar quantum dots in intrinsic silicon
in Applied Physics Letters
Webb R
(2014)
A Festschrift for Mark T. Robinson
in Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids
Antwis L
(2014)
Development of a fast acting vacuum isolation valve for use with ambient ion beam analysis techniques
in Vacuum
Gurbich A
(2014)
Evaluation of Non-Rutherford Alpha Elastic Scattering Cross-sections for Silicon
in Nuclear Data Sheets
Mohamad AS
(2014)
Dielectrophoretic response of DNA shows different conduction mechanisms for poly(dG)-poly(dC) and poly(dA)-Poly(dT) in solution.
in IEEE transactions on nanobioscience
Leonard S
(2014)
Molybdenum nano-precipitates in silicon: A TEM and DLTS study
in physica status solidi (b)
Paneta V
(2014)
Benchmarking experiments for the proton backscattering on 23Na, 31P and natS up to 3.5MeV
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Hughes MA
(2014)
Crystal field analysis of Dy and Tm implanted silicon for photonic and quantum technologies.
in Optics express
Buis C
(2014)
Effects of dislocation walls on charge carrier transport properties in CdTe single crystal
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
| Description | The Ion Beam Centre supported 40 EPSRC full grants during the period of the Facility grant. It provided 6828 beam hours to EPSRC projects as full grants, pump priming activities for EPSRC student projects and a quality assurance and development programme. During this time period a new technique to analyse the heavy metal components of proteins using PIXE was developed and exploited by a number of small start up companies and University research groups. Generally Ion Beam Analysis techniques and ion implantation facilities for academic and industrial users continued to be required. |
| Exploitation Route | The provision of ion beam facilities to many other EPSRC grants has allowed for successful completion of these grants. Without the provision of the ion beam facilities many of these grants would not have been able to contemplated. |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Chemicals Construction Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Electronics Energy Environment Healthcare Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology Culture Heritage Museums and Collections Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology Transport |
| URL | http://www.ionbeamcentre.co.uk |
| Description | The ion beam facilities available at Surrey continued to be used and supported a large number (46) of EPSRC full grants during this time period. It also provided more than 55 pump priming projects for more than 27 academic groups around the UK. Surrey also became part of a large EU consortium offering Transnational Access to academics and industries across Europe. More than 50 different companies and a further 25 National Centres around Europe have accessed the Ion Beam Centre since the start of this project |
| First Year Of Impact | 2006 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Chemicals,Construction,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Electronics,Energy,Environment,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal Economic |
| Description | EU FP7 MCITN |
| Amount | £1,800,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 317169 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2013 |
| End | 12/2016 |
| Description | FP7 Integrated Infrastructures Initiative (I3) |
| Amount | € 1,176,245 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 227012 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 02/2009 |
| End | 02/2013 |
| Description | Impact Acceleration Account - Plasma Antennnas |
| Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2014 |
| End | 03/2015 |
| Description | Impact Acceleration Account - Proctor & Gamble |
| Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2013 |
| End | 07/2014 |
| Description | Kyoto |
| Organisation | University of Kyoto |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration in setting up a vacuum MeV SIMS system. The group at Kyoto provided us with several hardware items and initial technological support |
| Collaborator Contribution | We provided our expertise in microbeams and imaging. Interfacing our equipment with theirs to provide an enhanced imaging capability. |
| Impact | Papers and joint talks at conferences as well as technical meetings at the IAEA in Vienna and the creation of a Coordinated Research project on MeV-SIMS and Heavy Ion PIXE |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | University of Malaysia |
| Organisation | University of Malaysia |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Providing Beam Time for on-going project |
| Collaborator Contribution | Providing sample for analysis |
| Impact | On going |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Title | DataFurnace - WiNDF |
| Description | Simulated Annealing data fitting algorithm for rapid interpretation and simulation of MeV Ion Beam Analysis spectra |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Impact | Product is now used in 25MeV accelerator labs world wide, under continual development. The IAEA ran a Technical Meeting to do an inter-comparison between different software available for this kind of work. WiNDF came out on top. |
| URL | http://www.surrey.ac.uk/ati/ibc/research/ion_beam_analysis/ndf.htm |
| Company Name | Si-Light Technologies Ltd |
| Description | |
| Year Established | 2002 |
| Impact | Si-Light has developed a Dislocation Engineering, a revolutionary technology to promote the generation and amplification of light within silicon itself. |
| Website | http://www.si-light.net |
| Description | IAEA Consultant Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Part of a small consultant panel to determine how to setup and run a "Roadmap for Ion Beam Technologies". A survey of the community was conducted and advertised at a number of international conferences, as well as a workshop at the International Conference on Ion Beam Analysis in Croatia this year. A second workshop will be held at the International Conference on Ion Beam Modification of Materials in New Zealand in 2016 to include this aspect into the roadmap. The Roadmap is to be held on the accelerator portal of the IAEA website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://nucleus.iaea.org/sites/accelerators/IBT_Roadmap/SitePages/Home.aspx |
| Description | Radio4 Science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Radio 4 "Inside Science" interview on IBA of ageing paint from the Rosslyn Chapel. Interview was broadcast on 9th April 2015. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05pqtgd |