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
De La Mora E
(2012)
Structural changes caused by radiation-induced reduction and radiolysis: the effect of X-ray absorbed dose in a fungal multicopper oxidase.
in Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography
Yi X
(2015)
Characterisation of radiation damage in W and W-based alloys from 2 MeV self-ion near-bulk implantations
in Acta Materialia
Ferroni F
(2015)
High temperature annealing of ion irradiated tungsten
in Acta Materialia
Grime G
(2009)
Materials Patterning and Characterisation at the Nanometre Scale Using Focused MeV Ion Beams: Present Achievements and Future Prospects
in Acta Physica Polonica A
Berhanuddin D
(2012)
Co-Implantation of Carbon and Protons: An Integrated Silicon Device Technology Compatible Method to Generate the Lasing G-Center
in Advanced Functional Materials
Lourenço M
(2016)
Silicon-Modified Rare-Earth Transitions-A New Route to Near- and Mid-IR Photonics
in Advanced Functional Materials
Jeynes J
(2006)
Generation of Chemically Unmodified Pure Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Solubilizing with RNA and Treatment with Ribonuclease A
in Advanced Materials
Doria D
(2012)
Biological effectiveness on live cells of laser driven protons at dose rates exceeding 109 Gy/s
in AIP Advances
Colaux J
(2014)
High accuracy traceable Rutherford backscattering spectrometry of ion implanted samples
in Anal. Methods
Bailey MJ
(2012)
Chemical characterization of latent fingerprints by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization, time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry, mega electron volt secondary mass spectrometry, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic imaging: an intercomparison.
in Analytical chemistry
Jeynes C
(2012)
Accurate determination of quantity of material in thin films by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry.
in Analytical chemistry
Bailey MJ
(2012)
Evaluation of particle-induced X-ray emission and particle-induced ?-ray emission of quartz grains for forensic trace sediment analysis.
in Analytical chemistry
Abdul-Karim N
(2016)
Morphological Variations of Explosive Residue Particles and Implications for Understanding Detonation Mechanisms.
in Analytical chemistry
Bright NJ
(2012)
Determination of the deposition order of overlapping latent fingerprints and inks using secondary ion mass spectrometry.
in Analytical chemistry
Colaux J
(2015)
Accurate electronics calibration for particle backscattering spectrometry
in Analytical Methods
Milosavljevic M
(2006)
Optimising dislocation-engineered silicon light-emitting diodes
in Applied Physics B
Markevich V
(2014)
Titanium in silicon: Lattice positions and electronic properties
in Applied Physics Letters
Bennett N
(2006)
Highly conductive Sb-doped layers in strained Si
in Applied Physics Letters
Finch P
(2013)
Femtosecond pulse generation in passively mode locked InAs quantum dot lasers
in Applied Physics Letters
Hughes M
(2014)
Ion-implantation-enhanced chalcogenide-glass resistive-switching devices
in Applied Physics Letters
Armstrong D
(2013)
Effects of sequential tungsten and helium ion implantation on nano-indentation hardness of tungsten
in Applied Physics Letters
Gonzalez-Zalba M
(2012)
Tunable aluminium-gated single electron transistor on a doped silicon-on-insulator etched nanowire
in Applied Physics Letters
Zavada J
(2006)
Ultraviolet photoluminescence from Gd-implanted AlN epilayers
in Applied Physics Letters
Rudawski N
(2007)
Solid phase epitaxy in uniaxially stressed (001) Si
in Applied Physics Letters
Mallik K
(2006)
Enhancement of resistivity of Czochralski silicon by deep level manganese doping
in Applied Physics Letters
Sharp J
(2006)
Deactivation of ultrashallow boron implants in preamorphized silicon after nonmelt laser annealing with multiple scans
in Applied Physics Letters
Bennett N
(2009)
Model for electron mobility as a function of carrier concentration and strain in heavily doped strained silicon
in Applied Physics Letters
O'Reilly L
(2008)
Constraints on micro-Raman strain metrology for highly doped strained Si materials
in Applied Physics Letters
Ishii M
(2012)
Investigation of the thermal charge "trapping-detrapping" in silicon nanocrystals: Correlation of the optical properties with complex impedance spectra
in Applied Physics Letters
Lourenço M
(2007)
Extraordinary optical gain from silicon implanted with erbium
in Applied Physics Letters
Hughes M
(2013)
An ultra-low leakage current single carbon nanotube diode with split-gate and asymmetric contact geometry
in Applied Physics Letters
Ney A
(2011)
Irradiation enhanced paramagnetism on graphene nanoflakes
in Applied Physics Letters
O'Driscoll I
(2012)
Effect of proton bombardment on InAs dots and wetting layer in laser structures
in Applied Physics Letters
Abdulmalik D
(2006)
Fluorine-vacancy complexes in ultrashallow B-implanted Si
in Applied Physics Letters
Han S
(2006)
Effect of Gd implantation on the structural and magnetic properties of GaN and AlN
in Applied Physics Letters
Rudawski N
(2008)
Dopant-stress synergy in Si solid-phase epitaxy
in Applied Physics Letters
Hamilton J
(2007)
Boron deactivation in preamorphized silicon on insulator: Efficiency of the buried oxide as an interstitial sink
in Applied Physics Letters
Pawlak B
(2006)
Suppression of phosphorus diffusion by carbon co-implantation
in Applied Physics Letters
Lourenço M
(2008)
Silicon light emitting diodes emitting over the 1.2-1.4µm wavelength region in the extended optical communication band
in Applied Physics Letters
Hamilton J
(2006)
Diffusion and activation of ultrashallow B implants in silicon on insulator: End-of-range defect dissolution and the buried Si/SiO2 interface
in Applied Physics Letters
Wisby I
(2014)
Coupling of a locally implanted rare-earth ion ensemble to a superconducting micro-resonator
in Applied Physics Letters
Sharp J
(2008)
Surface proximity and boron concentration effects on end-of-range defect formation during nonmelt laser annealing
in Applied Physics Letters
Pawlak B
(2014)
Local traps as nanoscale reaction-diffusion probes: B clustering in c-Si
in Applied Physics Letters
Betz A
(2014)
Ambipolar quantum dots in intrinsic silicon
in Applied Physics Letters
Smith A
(2006)
Vacancy-engineering implants for high boron activation in silicon on insulator
in Applied Physics Letters
Pawlak B
(2006)
Effect of amorphization and carbon co-doping on activation and diffusion of boron in silicon
in Applied Physics Letters
Jeynes JC
(2009)
Proceedings of the First International Conference on Biomedical Applications of High Energy Ion Beams.
in Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine
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 |