Resources
Heavy Ion Backscattering Spectrometry (HIBS)
Ion Beam Materials Research Laboratory User Facility
Virtual Lab Tour (6M)
Radiation-Solid Interactions
The Radiation-Solid Interactions Department possesses both personnel and facilities specialized for:
- The use of ion beams to
• analyze the composition of solids
• modify solids on the atomic scale
• study and simulate micro-area radiation effects on systems
- Exploring the basic science of material defects and their effect on electronic, photonic and/or mechanical properties
- Advanced microscopy for nanoscience/technology
The Ion Beam Lab (IBL) has systems capable of accelerating virtually any atom in the periodic table to energies ranging from an eV to 0.4 GeV and five nuclear microscopes.
The department also has an equally powerful array of defect characterization tools that exist to measure and quantify the effect of both point and extended defects in materials, including two TEMs, two SEMs, and a nanoindenter. The main goal of this department is to perform basic R&D that impacts programs involving National Defense.