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  • New 1.25MV Implanter Arrives at Surrey Ion Beam Centre

    New 1.25MV Implanter Arrives at Surrey Ion Beam Centre

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    A new 1.25MV Implanter from High Voltage Engineering Europa (HVEE) has been delivered to the Surrey Ion Beam Centre. This is the result of a £2,195,000 grant from the EPSRC strategic equipment initiative. The Instrument has been 2 years in the making and was delivered to the Centre at the beginning of February. It will…

  • Indian Science & Technology Minister Visits the Ion Beam Centre

    Indian Science & Technology Minister Visits the Ion Beam Centre

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    The Indian Minister of State of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh, visited the University of Surrey and the Surrey Ion Beam Centre on 28th April 2023. The focal point of the visit was to discuss semiconductor research and development that can help spur the next generation of technologies and industries in…

  • Doping

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    Traditional Ion Implantation is often used in the semiconductor industry to change the electronic properties of materials by introducing dopant ions into the semiconductor.

  • Ion Cut

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    Ion implantation offers a unique way of transferring thin layers of single crystal material from one wafer to another.

  • Cultural Heritage

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    We can use Ion Beam Analysis – PIXE – to look at the trace elements in Cultural Heritage Materials to provide insight in to provenance and origins of the materials. We show an example of a ‘Leonardoesque’ painting.

  • Metals in Proteins

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    MicroPIXE can be used to correctly identify the metal atoms in metaloproteins. X-ray crystallography is very good at identifying the important structure of the protein, but it can be difficult to distinguish the metal in the protein if one exists. A recent random sample of 36 protein samples found that 50% of them had been…

  • Gun Shot Residue

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    Gunshot residue (GSR) is conventionally studied by SEM-EDS. We use Ion Beam Analysis – PIXE – to look for GSR signatures in cases where SEM-EDS is unable to detect all the required three elemental components used to distinguish GSR from other environmental particulates.

  • Multilayers

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    Semiconducting amorphous iron disilicide (a-FeSi2) can be made by ion beam mixing a multilayer stack of pure Fe and Si layers. We show how Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy can be used to determine the resulting depth profile of the elements in the modified material system.

  • CrystalDraw

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    CrystalDraw has been written to produce models of crystal structures and their associated axial and planar channelling directions in three-dimensions and to generate their corresponding two-dimensional projections. Visualisation of the models using specially written macros within Paraview illustrates how to orient and manipulate crystals for channelling measurements and guide interpretations of collected channelling data. Crystal…

  • Ion beam analysis and the DataFurnace

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    Ion beam analysis is an enabling technology for thin film scientists and engineers. It is a powerful group of analytical techniques (known as “Total-IBA“) for determining the elemental composition of thin films. We can get accurate (and traceable) analyses, with good spacial resolution both laterally and in depth. Overview Ion beam analysis (IBA) involves the…