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
Lourenço M
(2008)
Dislocation-engineered silicon light emitters for photonic integration
in Semiconductor Science and Technology
Lee WP
(2006)
Distribution of surfactants in latex films: a Rutherford Backscattering study.
in Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Ugarte M
(2014)
Distribution of trace elements in the mammalian retina and cornea by use of particle-induced X-ray emission (PIXE): localisation of zinc does not correlate with that of metallothioneins.
in Metallomics : integrated biometal science
Crowe I
(2013)
Donor ionization in size controlled silicon nanocrystals: The transition from defect passivation to free electron generation
in Journal of Applied Physics
Rudawski N
(2008)
Dopant-stress synergy in Si solid-phase epitaxy
in Applied Physics Letters
Fiorini F
(2011)
Dosimetry and spectral analysis of a radiobiological experiment using laser-driven proton beams.
in Physics in medicine and biology
Grime G
(2011)
Editorial
in X-Ray Spectrometry
Pawlak B
(2006)
Effect of amorphization and carbon co-doping on activation and diffusion of boron in silicon
in Applied Physics Letters
Hamilton J
(2006)
Effect of buried Si/SiO2 interface on dopant and defect evolution in preamorphizing implant ultrashallow junction
in Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena
Paul S
(2006)
Effect of fluorine on the activation and diffusion behavior of boron implanted preamorphized silicon
in Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena
Han S
(2006)
Effect of Gd implantation on the structural and magnetic properties of GaN and AlN
in Applied Physics Letters
Analytis JG
(2006)
Effect of irradiation-induced disorder on the conductivity and critical temperature of the organic superconductor kappa-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(SCN)2.
in Physical review letters
O'Driscoll I
(2012)
Effect of proton bombardment on InAs dots and wetting layer in laser structures
in Applied Physics Letters
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
Obradovic M
(2015)
Effects of helium ion irradiation on bubble formation in AlN/TiN multilayered system
in Thin Solid Films
Hardie C
(2013)
Effects of irradiation temperature and dose rate on the mechanical properties of self-ion implanted Fe and Fe-Cr alloys
in Journal of Nuclear Materials
Armstrong D
(2013)
Effects of sequential tungsten and helium ion implantation on nano-indentation hardness of tungsten
in Applied Physics Letters
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
Alzanki T
(2006)
Electrical profiles of 20nm junctions in Sb implanted silicon
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
Tsang WM
(2007)
Electron field emission properties of Co quantum dots in SiO2 matrix synthesised by ion implantation.
in Ultramicroscopy
Tsang W
(2006)
Electron field-emission properties of Ag-SiO2 nanocomposite layers
in Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena
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
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 |