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
Molodtsov S
(2008)
Accurate ion beam analysis in the presence of surface roughness
in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Gurbich A
(2008)
Status of the problem of nuclear cross section data for IBA
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Rudawski N
(2008)
Dopant-stress synergy in Si solid-phase epitaxy
in Applied Physics Letters
Bennett N
(2008)
Differential Hall characterisation of ultrashallow doping in advanced Si-based materials
in Materials Science and Engineering: B
Bennett N
(2008)
Antimony for n-type metal oxide semiconductor ultrashallow junctions in strained Si: A superior dopant to arsenic?
in Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena
Barradas N
(2008)
Advanced physics and algorithms in the IBA DataFurnace
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Komander D
(2008)
The structure of the CYLD USP domain explains its specificity for Lys63-linked polyubiquitin and reveals a B box module.
in Molecular cell
Horan K
(2008)
Structural and electrical characterisation of ion-implanted strained silicon
in Materials Science and Engineering: B
Wong L
(2008)
Annealing and deposition temperature dependence of the bandgap of amorphous FeSi 2 fabricated by co-sputter deposition
in Semiconductor Science and Technology
Karkehabadi S
(2008)
The first structure of a glycoside hydrolase family 61 member, Cel61B from Hypocrea jecorina, at 1.6 A resolution.
in Journal of molecular biology
Jeynes J
(2008)
RBS/EBS/PIXE measurement of single-walled carbon nanotube modification by nitric acid purification treatment
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Barradas N
(2008)
Summary of "IAEA intercomparison of IBA software"
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Slotte J
(2008)
Evolution of vacancy-related defects upon annealing of ion-implanted germanium
in Physical Review B
Peaker A
(2008)
Implantation defects and n-type doping in Ge and Ge rich SiGe
in Thin Solid Films
Gault AG
(2008)
Arsenic in hair and nails of individuals exposed to arsenic-rich groundwaters in Kandal province, Cambodia.
in The Science of the total environment
Giubertoni D
(2008)
Correlation of local structure and electrical activation in arsenic ultrashallow junctions in silicon
in Journal of Applied Physics
Peruško D
(2008)
High fluence nitrogen implantation in Al/Ti multilayers
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Bailey M
(2009)
Characterisation of gunshot residue particles using self-consistent ion beam analysis
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Folkard M
(2009)
The use of microbeams to investigate radiation damage in living cells.
in Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine
Webb R
(2009)
The effect of cluster density on the penetration depth of an energetic large gas cluster impinging on a silicon target
in Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids
Willies SC
(2009)
The binding of haem and zinc in the 1.9 A X-ray structure of Escherichia coli bacterioferritin.
in Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
Merchant M
(2009)
The use of the Wien filter to eliminate object slit scattering in MeV ion nanobeam systems
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Sun C
(2009)
Electroluminescence from metal-oxide-silicon tunneling diode with ion-beam-synthesized ß-FeSi2 precipitates embedded in the active region
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Smith A
(2009)
Enhancement of phosphorus activation in vacancy engineered thin silicon-on-insulator substrates
in Journal of Applied Physics
Bailey M
(2009)
Trace element profiling of gunshot residues by PIXE and SEM-EDS: a feasibility study
in X-Ray Spectrometry
Jeynes J
(2009)
Proceedings of the First International Conference on Biomedical Applications of High Energy Ion Beams
in Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Alzanki T
(2009)
Low energy antimony implantation in p-type silicon for ultra-shallow junction formation
in Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering
Sauvé V
(2009)
Mechanism for the hydrolysis of a sulfur-sulfur bond based on the crystal structure of the thiosulfohydrolase SoxB.
in The Journal of biological chemistry
Hilge M
(2009)
Ca2+ regulation in the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger features a dual electrostatic switch mechanism.
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Bailey M
(2009)
Characterisation of inhomogeneous inclusions in Darwin glass using ion beam analysis
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Peruško D
(2009)
Ion Beam Modification of Al/Ti Multilayers
in Materials and Manufacturing Processes
Bennett N
(2009)
Model for electron mobility as a function of carrier concentration and strain in heavily doped strained silicon
in Applied Physics Letters
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
Bailey M
(2009)
Accurate determination of the Ca:P ratio in rough hydroxyapatite samples by SEM-EDS, PIXE and RBS-a comparative study
in X-Ray Spectrometry
Kaabar W
(2009)
Metal deposition at the bone-cartilage interface in articular cartilage.
in Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine
Knights A
(2009)
Observation of non-radiative de-excitation processes in silicon nanocrystals
in physica status solidi (a)
Richard M
(2009)
Cellular automaton model of cell response to targeted radiation.
in Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine
Richard M
(2009)
A computer model of the Bystander effect: effects of individual behaviours on the population response.
in Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine
Wright N
(2009)
Free carrier lifetime modification in silicon
Peng N
(2009)
High concentration Mn ion implantation in Si
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Hashim S
(2009)
The thermoluminescence response of doped SiO2 optical fibres subjected to photon and electron irradiations.
in Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine
Milosavljevic M
(2010)
Ion irradiation stability of multilayered AlN/TiN nanocomposites
in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Olofinjana B
(2010)
Synthesis and Some Properties of Metal Organic Chemical Vapour Deposited Molybdenum Oxysulphide Thin Films
in Journal of Materials Science & Technology
Bradley D
(2010)
Synchrotron and ion beam studies of the bone-cartilage interface
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Milosavljevic M
(2010)
Correlation of Structural and Optical Properties of Sputtered FeSi 2 Thin Films
in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
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 |
Description | Si-Light's patented technology enables the manufacturing of efficient silicon LED's that emit light in the 1.2 microns to 1.5 microns spectrum and which are compatible with standard semiconductor manufacturing processes. |
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.com/ |
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 |