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UKNIBC User Day 2025

Post author By admin
Post date October 22, 2025

Monday 8th December 2025

We look forward to welcoming you to the 2025 UKNIBC User Day at the University of Surrey which is home to 4 Ion implanters, 2 Single Ion Implanters, 2 Focused Ion Beams and a bespoke Ion Beam Analysis facility.

The focus will be on presentations by our wide-ranging user community but we also warmly welcome those whose projects are ongoing and prospective users who are looking to explore the possibilities. This will be an excellent opportunity to share your research and to discover the potential offered by the UKNIBC with fellow users and the operators of the facilities within the centre.

Registration is free. We will be inviting talks directly from our user community but you are also highly encouraged to get in-touch if you wish to present. You are also very welcome to bring posters to be displayed during the lunchtime session – just let us know if you plan to do this when you register.

Please direct any enquiries related to the event to r.webb@surrey.ac.uk

Registration has now Closed for 2025. We will have another User Day in 2026 hope to see you there.

The meeting will start at 09:15 for coffee with the first talk at 09:30. The meeting will close at 17:00. Lunch and coffee/tea will be provided.

The meeting will take place in the 5G Centre on the Stag Hill Campus on the map that can be found here.

All users, particularly those with pump priming and student grants are strongly encouraged to attend, or to at the least send a poster that can be shown during the breaks. We can print your poster here to make it easier – just email for more details.

Posters should be A0 Portrait to fit the boards.

There is a prize awarded for the best student poster presentation courtesy of the Paul Bailey Memorial Fund.

The programme below is subject to change:

Time	Name	Organization	Title
09:15	Registration Opens @ the 5G/6G Centre
09:30	Prof Stephen Jarvis	Vice Chancellor of University of Surrey	Opening Remarks
09:40	Slava Kuksenko	UKAEA	Ion Irradiation Applications for Developing Advanced Materials for Fusion Energy
10:00	Aidan Cole-Baker	Amentum	*Ion irradiations supporting nuclear fission and fusion reactor design and operation – an industrial perspective*
10:20	Xiaoling Zhang	Teer Coatings	Novel solid lubricant coatings for space applications in air and in vacuum
10:40	Luke Wilkins	University of Warwick	*Hydrogen in aluminium oxide films for surface passivation of silicon photovoltaics*
11:00	Coffee & Posters
11:20	Aikaterini Tzanetou	Fraunhofer, Germany	*Colour centre formation in diamond using focused N and Sn ion beam implantation for quantum technology applications.*
11:40	Oscar Lloyd-Willard	University of Surrey	*Detection of Single Antimony Ions in Silicon Through Thin SiO2 Layers Using Secondary Electrons*
12:00	Thomas Gill	University College London	*Compositional Analysis of Thin Film Solid Electrolytes*
12:20	April Logan	University of Southampton	*High Resolution Phase Trimming of Ge Ion Implanted MZIs via Electrical Annealing*
12:40	Luke Howard	University of Birmingham	*Irradiation of Novel Alloys, Including Silicide-Strengthened and Ferritic Super-alloys for Nuclear*
13:00	Lunch & Posters
14:00	Karim Bakkar	Imperial College London	*Lattice Strain Reversal and Thermal Degradation in Irradiated Tungsten Carbide*
14:20	Tamas Zagyva	Imperial College London	*Irradiation-Induced Lattice Strain in Tungsten Boride Neutron Shielding Materials*
14:40	Lewis Blackburn	University of Sheffield	*In-situ Ion Irradiation of Candidate Plutonium Waste Forms*
15:00	Anamul Haq Mir	UKAEA	*Combining ToF-ERDA and Electron Microscopy to Study Diffusion in Nuclear Waste Forms*
15:20	Coffee & Posters
15:40	Akhil Gupta	University of Oxford	*Investigating Irradiation Damage in Iron Based Superconductors*
16:00	Ehikhioya Innocent	University of Huddersfield	*Microstructural Evolution of Compositionally complex MAX phases Irradiated with 6 keV He+ at 350C, 600C and 800C*
16:20	Mustafa Akif Yildirim	University of Warwick	*Hydrogen Profiling in SiO2 and HfO2/SiO2 Gate Stacks on 4H-SiC Using Time-of-Flight Elastic Recoil Detection (ToF-ERD)*
16:40	Fred Currell, Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Johnathan Hinks	UKNIBC Facilities	*Facility Updates*
17:00	Close & Lab Tours

Posters Presentations will include:

News News 2024 User Day 2024

UKNIBC User Day 2024

Post author By admin
Post date October 31, 2024

Wednesday 11th December 2024

We look forward to welcoming you to the 2024 UKNIBC User Day at the University of Surrey which is home to 4 Ion implanters, 2 Single Ion Implanters, 2 Focussed Ion Beams and a bespoke Ion Beam Analysis facility.

Please direct any enquiries related to the event to r.webb@surrey.ac.uk

Registration has now Closed. If you are still desperate to attend, please email me at R.Webb@surrey.ac.uk and we will fit you in somehow!

The meeting will start at 09:30 for coffee with the first talk at 10:00. The meeting will close at 17:30. Lunch and coffee/tea will be provided.

The meeting will take place in the Lecture Theatre Block – Building 23 on the Stag Hill Campus on the map that can be found here.

Posters should be A0 Portrait to fit the boards.

Talks will include the following:

	Name	Organisation	Title
09:30			Coffee
10:00	Tsz Yu Katherine Lo	University of Southampton	Optimisation of ion implantation induced defect based photo detectors in silicon photonics.
10:20	Curtis Hentschel	Cardiff University	Implant isolation for optoelectronic devices and material characterisation
10:40	Pawan Mishra	Cardiff University	Achieving Selectivity and Reduced Absorption for Low loss Monolithic Photonics Integration by Ion Implantation
11:00	Joshua Cunday	Newcastle University	Use of Ion Beam Techniques in the Study of an Industrial Metal-Polymer Surface Segregation Problem
11:20	Venkat Daramalla	University of Cambridge	Combined Ion Beam analysis: elemental depth profile, composiition quantification of advanced battery cathodes
11:40	Gabriele Parisi	University of Pavia	On the study and characterisation of the border effect in diamond detectors using IBIC analysis
12:00	Hazel Gardner	UKAEA	Investigating the thermal and irradiation stability of chemical vapor deposited erbium oxide tritium barrier coatings for Li breeder blanket applications
12:20	Alex Leide	UKAEA	Using ion beams to replicate fusion transmutation effects in SiC composites and shielding.
12:40	Jae Sung Yun	University of Surrey	Proton Radiation Study of Halide perovskite Solar Cells for Space Applicatio
13:00			Lunch & Posters
14:00	Frederick Currell & Samir Shubeita	University of Manchester	Update on the Dalton Cumbrian Facility
14:15	Charlie Perkins	University of Manchester	Manchester Inhomogeneous Radiation Chemistry by Linear Expansions (MIRaCLE), building future simulation support for DCF users
14:30	Elspeth Garman	University of Oxford	PIXE metal identification in medically relevant proteins at the Surrey Ion Beam Centre
14:50	Emillio Corte	University of Torino	keV ion implantation towards deterministic approach.
15:10	Nigel Mason	University of Kent	Ion irradiation of space borne materials.
15:30			Coffee & Posters
15:50	Maulik Patel	Liverpool University	Radiation effects in ceramics using UKNIBC facilities
16:10	James Daw	University of Manchester	Tracking fission product diffusion in graphite for Generation IV nuclear reactors
16:30	Matthew Lloyd	University of Birmingham	Ion and Neutron Irradiation Damage in Tungsten Alloys
16:50	Jonathan Hinks	University of Huddersfield	Of MEIS and MIAMI – An Update on Best Laid Schemes
17:05	Satheesh Krishnamurthy	University of Surrey	Update on the Surrey Ion Beam Centre
17:20			Close & Lab Tours

Note: This is a very tight programme. We are relying on the presenters to stick to the time of their talks….

User Day 2023

User Day Programme 2023

Post author By admin
Post date October 31, 2024

This year the meeting took place on 12th September 2023 at the University of Huddersfield, which was home to the Medium Energy Ion Scattering (MEIS) and the Microscopes and Ion Accelerators for Materials Investigations (MIAMI) facilities.

The focus was on presentations by our wide-ranging user community but we also warmly welcomed those whose projects are ongoing and prospective users who are looking to explore the possibilities. This was an excellent opportunity to share research and to discover the potential offered by the UKNIBC with fellow users and the operators of the facilities within the centre.

Registration was, as usual, free. Invited talks came directly from our user community but users were also highly encouraged to get in-touch if they wished to present. As usual users were very welcome to bring posters to be displayed during the lunchtime session.

The Programme was as follows:

Time	Title	Name	Institute
09:00	Coffee & Morning Nibbles
09:30	Dean’s Introduction	Paul Harrison	Huddersfield
09:35	Welcome & Housekeeping	Jonathan Hinks	Huddersfield
09:40	Surfactant-mediated epitaxial growth of large area 2D transition metal chalcogenides	Akhil Rajan	St Andrews
10:00	Quantitative correlation of multi modal MSI-PIXE imaging: novel techniques to molecule/element co-location	Conner Newstead	Surrey
10:20	Ion irradiation of hydrous rare earth phosphates	Ruwaid Rafiuddin	Huddersfield
10:40	Multimodal Imaging of mammalian tissue for elements and lipids using PIXE, RAMAN and Fluorescent Microscopy	Johanna von Gerichten	Surrey
11:00	Coffee
11:20	Spectacular advances in AlGaAsBi	Robert Richards	Sheffield
11:40	Effect of hydrogen on fatigue crack propagation in irradiated nuclear reactor steels	Melissa Weihrauch	Liverpool
12:00	Accelerated Development of MAX Phase Ceramics for Advanced Nuclear Systems	Konstantina Lambrinou	Huddersfield
12:20	In-situ depth profiling of low energy Cs implant into copper by MEIS	Reza Valizadeh	ASTeC / Cockcroft Institute
12:40	Lunch & Posters
13:40	Surrey Ion Beam Centre Update	Roger Webb	Surrey
14:00	Dalton Cumbrian Facility Update	Andy Smith	Manchester
14:20	MIAMI Facility Update	Graeme Greaves	Huddersfield
14:40	MEIS Facility Update	Andrew Rossall	Huddersfield
15:00	Coffee
15:20	SEISMIC Facility: Current capabilities in spatially resolved single cell omics and future developments	Jake Penny	Surrey
15:40	Impact of dual-beam irradiation mode on damaged tungsten structures by in-situ TEM	Enrique Jimenez-Melero	Manchester
16:00	Radiation behaviour of nano-structured ferritic superalloys	Kan Ma	Birmingham
16:20	Combined Ion Beam Analysis on advanced cathode thin films for Li-ion micro batteries	Venkateswarlu Daramalla	Cambridge
16:40	Closing Address	Roger Webb	Surrey

Posters were available for viewing during the lunch and coffee breaks.

User Day 2022

User Day Programme 2022

Post author By admin
Post date October 31, 2024

This year the meeting was held on the 14th September 2022 we organised an in person User Day at the University of Surrey. Users had the opportunity to present their work in person.

The Programme for the day was as follows:

Time	Name	Institute	Title
09:30			Coffee
09:50			Welcome
10:00		University of Surrey	UKNIBC Update
10:20		University of Surrey	Ion Beam (Implantation) Induced Strain of Single-Crystal Membranes
10:40		University of Leicester	Ion-Implanted Diamond to Fight Fungus in Space
11:00		University of Oxford	Using Ion Implantation to Understand Neutron Damage in Tungsten
11:20		University of Southampton	Silicon Photonics Prototyping with CORNERSTONE
11:40		University of Cambridge	Composition & Depth Profile of Light Elements of Epitaxial Y=Thin Films by Ion Beam Analysis
12:00			Lunch & Posters
14:00		University of Manchester	Applications at the DCF Facility
14:20		University of Manchester	Ion implantation of nuclear graphite to study fission product behaviour
14:40		University of Oxford	Understanding Radiation Damage in REBCO High Temperature Superconductors for Fusion Applications.
15:00		University of Surrey	Deterministic Ion Implantation using the SIMPLE tools
15:20		University of Surrey	The RAISIN Network for Ion Implantation for Quantum Technologies
15:40		University of Huddersfield	An Update in the MIAMI Facility
16:00			Development of Next Generation APDs Based on Al_xGa_1-xAs_1-yBi_y
16:20		University of Huddersfield	An Update on the MEIS Facility
16:40			Close

User Day 2021

User Day Programme 2021

Post author By admin
Post date October 31, 2024

This year on the 2nd September 2021 we organised a hybrid User Day at the University of Surrey. Users had the opportunity to present their work virtually or in person at the University. We tried to encourage people to join the event in person – numbers were limited to maintain social distancing. However, many people were still not quite ready to engage fully with an event with many people and full participation at the User Day via remote access was provided.

The Programme for the day was as follows:

Time	Name	Institute	Title
10:00			Coffee
10:25			Welcome
10:30	John Kilner	Imperial College	The Surface of Complex Oxides: Ion Beam Analysis of Energy Materials
10:50	Niels Claessens	IMEC/ KU Leuven	Ensemble and microbeam RBS: probing the areal density of high-Z atomic species in 3D microscale structures
11:10	Ella Schneider	Surrey	²⁸Si Enrichment for Quantum Computers Using Ion Implantation and Layer Exchange
11:30	Hazel Gardiner	Oxford	Degradation of Alloys for Molten Salt Reactors
11:50	Joseph Alexander	UCL	Quantum Memories Using Defect Spins in Solids
12:10			Lunch & Posters
14:00	Gillian Gehring	Sheffield	Magnetism in Implanted Oxides
14:20	Kan Ma	Birmingham	Drastic impact of micro-alloying on austenitic model alloy microstructure under irradiation
14:40	Mingchu Tang	UCL	Antiphase-boundaries free GaAs grown on on-axis Si (001) substrate grown by molecular beam epitaxy
15:00	Han Du	Southampton	Introduction to CORNERSTONE
15:20	Andrew Rossall	Huddersfield	Thermal behaviour of Cu and Au nanoparticles grown on CeO2 thin films
15:40	Jonathan Hinks	Huddersfield	Tailoring the Microstructure of MAX Phase Ceramics for Nuclear Applications
16:00	Andy Smith	DCF, Manchester	Ion Beam Developments at the Dalton Cumbrian Facility
16:20	Jonathan England	Surrey	Surrey Ion Beam Centre Update
16:40			Feedback Session
16:50			Close

Poster Presentations

All the posters can be viewed one after the other by following this link

Posters can be viewed individually by following the links in the table below:

No.	Name	Institute	Title
1	Alexia Beale	Surrey	Self-Stratification of Binary Linear and Star Polymers during the Drying of Thin Films
2	Matthew Sharpe	Surrey	Using TRI3DYN to Model Low Energy O2 SIMS of Si:Ge Delta Layers
3	Gabriele Parisi	Surrey	Performance assessment of a diamond-based microdosimeter by means of IBIC technique.
4	Matthew Sharpe	Surrey	Comparative Study of Epitaxial Grown GaNAsBi/GaAs Structures Using Photoreflectance and Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry
5	Pierre Couture	Surrey	ion beam induced charge, a nanobeam technique mapping silicon PIN photodiode assessing charge collection capability and uniformity
6	Holly-May Lewis	Surrey	DAPNe-LC-MS as a method of detecting drugs and lipids simultaneously in a single cell
7	Jonathan England	Surrey	Kinetic Monte Carlo Modelling of Implant Layer Exchange using SPPARKS
8	Jonathan England	Surrey	Extending TRI3DYN to Model Ion Driven Chemical Etching of Nanostructures
9	Callum McAleese	Surrey	Depth Analysis of ToF-ERD Using TRIM
10	Janella Marie de Jesus	Surrey	Studying the feasibility of sequential elemental and molecular imaging
11	William Iliffe	Oxford	In-situ measurements of the effect of radiation damage on the superconducting properties of coated conductors.
12	Toby Palmer	Surrey	Studying Surfactant Migration in Adhesive Films Using RBS & ERD
13	Alex Rubenstein	Surrey	Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Cluster Sputtering of Gallium Arsenide
14	Graeme Greaves	Huddersfield	An Introduction to the MIAMI Facility
15	Holly-May Lewis	Surrey	IBA, DAPNe and LC-MS delivers improved spatially resolved analysis
16	Theo Hobson	Liverpool	In-situ Doping for CSS Growth of n-CdTe Solar Cells.
17	Mikhail Lavrentiev	UKAEA	Thermal Desorption Spectrometry and Reflectivity of Self-Irradiated Molybdenum
18	Stephen Sutton	Cardiff	The Institute for Compound Semiconductors

News News 2024

New 1.25MV Implanter Arrives at Surrey Ion Beam Centre

Post author By admin
Post date February 7, 2024

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 take 3 weeks to complete the installation and a further few weeks for us to fully commission the instrument. We expect to be able to run the first user samples through the equipment shortly after Easter.

This new implanter will be able to take much of the existing load from our current implanters (a 2MV HVEE implanter and a 200kV Danfysik implanter). This will free up these two implanters for more explorative and time consuming activities that have been hard to schedule previously because of the high demand put on them, specifically for high energy (1-2MeV) implantation.

Several academic research and industrial companies working in semiconductor and quantum processing are already engaged with the implant facilities at Surrey and it is expected that the new implanter will allow us to satisfy the increasing demand of this kind of instrument.

Tags Implantation, Irradiation, Surrey IBC

News News 2023

Indian Science & Technology Minister Visits the Ion Beam Centre

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Post date April 28, 2023

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 28^th 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 IC design and manufacture. He was accompanied by Mr Sanjeev Kumar Varshney (Adviser & Head, International Bilateral Cooperation Division, Department of Science & Technology) and Dr Rama Bansal (Head, CSIR).

Ion Implantation

Doping

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Post date February 27, 2023

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

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Ion Implantation

Ion Cut

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Post date February 27, 2023

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

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Ion Beam Analysis

Cultural Heritage

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Post date February 27, 2023

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.

Tags Cultural Heritage, Da Vinci, IBA, Ion Beam Analysis