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
Giubertoni D
(2008)
Correlation of local structure and electrical activation in arsenic ultrashallow junctions in silicon
in Journal of Applied Physics
Milosavljevic M
(2010)
Correlation of Structural and Optical Properties of Sputtered FeSi 2 Thin Films
in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
Wisby I
(2014)
Coupling of a locally implanted rare-earth ion ensemble to a superconducting micro-resonator
in Applied Physics Letters
Hughes MA
(2014)
Crystal field analysis of Dy and Tm implanted silicon for photonic and quantum technologies.
in Optics express
Lucarelli D
(2007)
Crystal structure and function of the zinc uptake regulator FurB from Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
in The Journal of biological chemistry
Lourenço M
(2011)
Crystalline-silicon-based infra-red LEDs and routes to laser diodes
in Thin Solid Films
Giubertoni D
(2010)
Deactivation of submelt laser annealed arsenic ultrashallow junctions in silicon during subsequent thermal treatment
in Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, Nanotechnology and Microelectronics: Materials, Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena
Sharp J
(2006)
Deactivation of ultrashallow boron implants in preamorphized silicon after nonmelt laser annealing with multiple scans
in Applied Physics Letters
Cristiano F
(2006)
Defects evolution and dopant activation anomalies in ion implanted silicon
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Peng N
(2007)
Depth profile analysis for MgB2 thin films, formed by B implantation in Mg ribbons using energetic ion backscatterings
in Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
Bailey M
(2010)
Depth profiling of fingerprint and ink signals by SIMS and MeV SIMS
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Galer S
(2011)
Design concept for a novel SQUID-based microdosemeter.
in Radiation protection dosimetry
Bright NJ
(2012)
Determination of the deposition order of overlapping latent fingerprints and inks using secondary ion mass spectrometry.
in Analytical chemistry
Antwis L
(2014)
Development of a fast acting vacuum isolation valve for use with ambient ion beam analysis techniques
in Vacuum
Abriola D
(2011)
Development of a reference database for Ion Beam Analysis and future perspectives
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
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
Bennett N
(2008)
Differential Hall characterisation of ultrashallow doping in advanced Si-based materials
in Materials Science and Engineering: B
Pichler P
(2006)
Diffusion and activation of dopants in silicon and advanced silicon-based materials
in Physica Scripta
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
Mazzucato S
(2012)
Dilute nitride and GaAs n-i-p-i solar cells.
in Nanoscale research letters
Dudeck K
(2013)
Direct observation of indium precipitates in silicon following high dose ion implantation
in Semiconductor Science and Technology
Jeynes JC
(2016)
Direct quantification of rare earth doped titania nanoparticles in individual human cells.
in Nanotechnology
Lourenço M
(2007)
Dislocation engineered silicon light emitting devices
in Thin Solid Films
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 |