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
Hughes M
(2014)
Waveguides in Ni-doped glass and glass-ceramic written with a 1kHz femtosecond laser
in Optical Materials
Hughes M
(2013)
An ultra-low leakage current single carbon nanotube diode with split-gate and asymmetric contact geometry
in Applied Physics Letters
Hughes MA
(2013)
On the analogy between photoluminescence and carrier-type reversal in Bi- and Pb-doped glasses.
in Optics express
Hughes MA
(2014)
n-type chalcogenides by ion implantation.
in Nature communications
Hughes MA
(2014)
Crystal field analysis of Dy and Tm implanted silicon for photonic and quantum technologies.
in Optics express
Incerti S
(2007)
Monte Carlo simulation of the CENBG microbeam and nanobeam lines with the Geant4 toolkit
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Ishibashi Y
(2006)
Excitation and pressure effects on photoluminescence from dislocation engineered silicon material
in physica status solidi (b)
Ishii M
(2014)
Luminescence quenching of conductive Si nanocrystals via "Linkage emission": Hopping-like propagation of infrared-excited Auger electrons
in Journal of Applied Physics
Ishii M
(2014)
Electrical observation of non-radiative recombination in Er doped Si nano-crystals during thermal quenching of intra-4f luminescence
in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
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
James C
(2015)
Modifying polyester surfaces with incompatible polymer additives
in Reactive and Functional Polymers
Jayatilleka H
(2011)
Probing energy transfer in an ensemble of silicon nanocrystals
in Journal of Applied Physics
Jeynes C
(2006)
Quality assurance in an implantation laboratory by high accuracy RBS
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Jeynes C
(2012)
"Total IBA" - Where are we?
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Jeynes C
(2012)
Accurate determination of quantity of material in thin films by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry.
in Analytical chemistry
Jeynes C
(2016)
Thin film depth profiling by ion beam analysis.
in The Analyst
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
Jeynes J
(2009)
Proceedings of the First International Conference on Biomedical Applications of High Energy Ion Beams
in Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Jeynes J
(2010)
Microbeam PIXE analysis of platinum resistant and sensitive ovarian cancer cells
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Jeynes J
(2006)
Generation of Chemically Unmodified Pure Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Solubilizing with RNA and Treatment with Ribonuclease A
in Advanced Materials
Jeynes JC
(2013)
"Broadbeam" irradiation of mammalian cells using a vertical microbeam facility.
in Radiation and environmental biophysics
Jeynes JC
(2013)
Measuring and modelling cell-to-cell variation in uptake of gold nanoparticles.
in The Analyst
Jeynes JC
(2016)
Direct quantification of rare earth doped titania nanoparticles in individual human cells.
in Nanotechnology
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
Jones B
(2011)
Comparison of MeV monomer ion and keV cluster ToF-SIMS
in Surface and Interface Analysis
Jones B
(2010)
Surface analysis with high energy time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry measured in parallel with PIXE and RBS
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Jones B
(2008)
Particle radiotherapy in the UK.
in Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain))
Jordan D
(2010)
The Development of Semi-Insulating Silicon Substrates for Microwave Devices
in Journal of The Electrochemical Society
Kaabar W
(2011)
Elemental and structural studies at the bone-cartilage interface
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
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
Kah M
(2008)
Interaction of the end of range defect band with the upper buried oxide interface for B and BF2 implants in Si and silicon on insulator with and without preamorphizing implant
in Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena
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
Karlberg T
(2006)
The structures of frataxin oligomers reveal the mechanism for the delivery and detoxification of iron.
in Structure (London, England : 1993)
Kashtiban R
(2010)
Study of erbium-doped silicon nanocrystals in silica
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Khamsuwan J
(2011)
High-energy heavy ion beam annealing effect on ion beam synthesis of silicon carbide
in Surface and Coatings Technology
Khamsuwan J
(2012)
Ion-beam synthesis and photoluminescence of SiC nanocrystals assisted by MeV-heavy-ion-beam annealing
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Kirkby K
(2007)
A scanning focussed vertical ion nanobeam: A new UK facility for cell irradiation and analysis
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Knights A
(2009)
Observation of non-radiative de-excitation processes in silicon nanocrystals
in physica status solidi (a)
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
Koslover DJ
(2008)
The crystal structure of the Escherichia coli RNase E apoprotein and a mechanism for RNA degradation.
in Structure (London, England : 1993)
Langridge MT
(2014)
The fabrication of aspherical microlenses using focused ion-beam techniques.
in Micron (Oxford, England : 1993)
Lazzeri P
(2008)
Interactions of photoresist stripping plasmas with nanoporous organo-silicate ultra low dielectric constant dielectrics
in Thin Solid Films
Lee WP
(2006)
Distribution of surfactants in latex films: a Rutherford Backscattering study.
in Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Leonard S
(2014)
Molybdenum nano-precipitates in silicon: A TEM and DLTS study
in physica status solidi (b)
Littlejohns C
(2015)
Ge-on-Si Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition for Low-Cost Photodetectors
in IEEE Photonics Journal
Litvinenko K
(2016)
The quadratic Zeeman effect used for state-radius determination in neutral donors and donor bound excitons in Si:P
in Semiconductor Science and Technology
Litvinenko KL
(2015)
Coherent creation and destruction of orbital wavepackets in Si:P with electrical and optical read-out.
in Nature communications
| 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 |