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
Ohe T
(2018)
Adsorption and diffusion of strontium in simulated rock fractures quantified via ion beam analysis
in Mineralogical Magazine
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
Gonzalez-Zalba M
(2014)
An Exchange-Coupled Donor Molecule in Silicon
in Nano Letters
Hakim MM
(2012)
Thin film polycrystalline silicon nanowire biosensors.
in Nano letters
Mazzucato S
(2012)
Dilute nitride and GaAs n-i-p-i solar cells.
in Nanoscale research letters
Jeynes JC
(2016)
Direct quantification of rare earth doped titania nanoparticles in individual human cells.
in Nanotechnology
Guan W
(2012)
Patterned ion beam implantation of Co ions into a SiO2 thin film via ordered nanoporous alumina masks.
in Nanotechnology
Litvinenko KL
(2015)
Coherent creation and destruction of orbital wavepackets in Si:P with electrical and optical read-out.
in Nature communications
Hughes MA
(2014)
n-type chalcogenides by ion implantation.
in Nature communications
Howard K
(2013)
Biomass preservation in impact melt ejecta
in Nature Geoscience
Powell JJ
(2015)
An endogenous nanomineral chaperones luminal antigen and peptidoglycan to intestinal immune cells.
in Nature nanotechnology
Homewood K
(2015)
The rise of the GeSn laser
in Nature Photonics
Fernando Gonzalez-Zalba M
(2012)
A hybrid double-dot in silicon
in New Journal of Physics
Coleman P
(2012)
Vacancy-type defects created by single-shot and chain ion implantation of silicon
in New Journal of Physics
Sterk A
(2012)
Predictability of extreme values in geophysical models
in Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Gurbich A
(2014)
Evaluation of Non-Rutherford Alpha Elastic Scattering Cross-sections for Silicon
in Nuclear Data Sheets
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
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
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
Hashim S
(2010)
The thermoluminescence response of oxygen-doped optical fibres subjected to photon and electron irradiations
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
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
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
Colaux J
(2015)
On the traceably accurate voltage calibration of electrostatic accelerators
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Al-Shehri S
(2015)
Fabrication of three-dimensional SU-8 microchannels by proton beam writing for microfluidics applications: Fluid flow characterisation
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
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
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
Barradas N
(2006)
Accurate simulation of backscattering spectra in the presence of sharp resonances
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
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
Jeynes C
(2012)
"Total IBA" - Where are we?
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Peruško D
(2008)
On the ion irradiation stability of Al/Ti versus AlN/TiN multilayers
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Milosavljevic M
(2008)
Formation of dislocation loops in silicon by ion irradiation for silicon light emitting diodes
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Gurbich A
(2007)
Evaluation of non-Rutherford proton elastic scattering cross-section for magnesium
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Beck L
(2008)
Characterization of paint layers by simultaneous self-consistent fitting of RBS/PIXE spectra using simulated annealing
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Merchant M
(2010)
The influence of stray DC magnetic fields in MeV ion nanobeam systems
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
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
Simon A
(2006)
High lateral resolution 2D mapping of the B/C ratio in a boron carbide film formed by femtosecond pulsed laser deposition
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Merchant M
(2007)
A survey of two-stage focusing systems for nanobeam design
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
Gomez-Morilla I
(2006)
An evaluation of the accuracy and precision of X-ray microanalysis techniques using BCR-126A glass reference material
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Reid D
(2010)
The structure of ion beam amorphised zirconolite studied by grazing angle X-ray absorption spectroscopy
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Campbell J
(2011)
A GUPIX-based approach to interpreting the PIXE-plus-XRF spectra from the Mars Exploration Rovers: I. Homogeneous standards
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Scapellato G
(2012)
Role of self-interstitials on B diffusion in Ge
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Stoytschew V
(2016)
MeV-SIMS yield measurements using a Si-PIN diode as a primary ion current counter
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
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
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
Rombouts P
(2007)
A microPIXE investigation of the interaction of cells of Schizosaccharomyces pombe with the culture medium
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Sellin P
(2007)
Charge transport in polycrystalline and single crystal synthetic diamond using ion beam induced charge imaging
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Pascual-Izarra C
(2007)
Towards truly simultaneous PIXE and RBS analysis of layered objects in cultural heritage
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
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
Barradas N
(2007)
International Atomic Energy Agency intercomparison of ion beam analysis software
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
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 |