Accelerator Based Materials Research
Accelerator based materials research group operates Ion Beam Analysis facilities located in the Accelerator Laboratory and for example ALD and HIM tools in the Nanoscience Center NSC.
The ion beam analysis research offers high quality capabilities in materials analysis and fabrication. An essential part of the work of the group is also to train students on applications of accelerators in materials science and technology. The group uses MeV ion beams from 1.7 MV Pelletron accelerator to probe the elemental compositional and structural properties of materials, keV beams from helium ion microscope (HIM) and does atomic layer deposition (ALD) with state-of-the-art equipment.
Access to ion beam analysis and helium ion microscopy at JYFL is supported for eligible external research teams via EU H2020 project RADIATE.
The ion beam analysis research offers high quality capabilities in materials analysis and fabrication. An essential part of the work of the group is also to train students on applications of accelerators in materials science and technology. The group uses MeV ion beams from 1.7 MV Pelletron accelerator to probe the elemental compositional and structural properties of materials, keV beams from helium ion microscope (HIM) and does atomic layer deposition (ALD) with state-of-the-art equipment.
Access to ion beam analysis and helium ion microscopy at JYFL is supported for eligible external research teams via EU H2020 project RADIATE.
Overview
Core fields of research
Basic natural phenomena and mathematical thinking
Research areas
Nuclear and accelerator based physics
Nanoscience Center
Second quantum revolution
Faculty
Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Department
Department of Physics
Research group description
The research activities of the group can be divided into three main areas:
- Fundamental studies of ion–matter interactions
- Detector, data acquisition and analysis software development and
- Application of ion beam techniques for materials and thin film studies.
The key infrastructure of the group is the 1.7 MV Pelletron accelerator and all the research equipment in its beamlines. In Nanoscience Center (NSC) clean room the group is a very active user of a helium ion microscope (HIM) and a versatile atomic layer deposition (ALD) tool. The group is an active link between the two research infrastructures Accelerator Laboratory and Nanoscience Center. In addition, the group focuses strongly in detector development related to the ion beam techniques. The group is also tightly linked to the other thin film research groups and industry in Finland.
