The aim of this work is to investigate the feasibility of ion beam analysis techniques for monitoring swift heavy ion track formation. First, the use of the in situ Rutherford backscattering spectrometry in channeling mode to observe damage build-up in quartz SiO₂ after MeV heavy ion irradiation is demonstrated. Second, new results of the in situ grazing incidence time-of-flight elastic r...

BACKGROUND The concept of a rational respectively emotional acceptance of disease is highly valued in the treatment of patients with depression or addiction. Due to the importance of this concept for the long-term course of disease, there is a strong interest to develop a tool to identify the levels and factors of acceptance. We thus intended to test an instrument designed to assess the level o...

In this work, amorphous hydrogen-free silicon nitride (a-SiNx) and hydrogenated (a-SiNx:H) films were deposited by radio frequency (RF) sputtering applying various amounts of hydrogen gas. Structural optical properties investigated as a function concentration. The refractive index 1.96 was characteristic for SiNx thin film with increasing H2 flow it decreased to 1.89. hydrogenation during the p...

Plasma edge-localized modes (ELMs) can cause considerable fuel retention in fusion reactor vessel walls by implanting plasma particles with high energies and fluxes. The effect of deuterium ions implanted into tungsten ELM-relevant was studied laboratory conditions using ion beams. Deuterium implantations were done at room temperature low fluxes fluences corresponding to JET ITER estimates a si...

The previous article about material screening for Gerda points out the importance of strict material screening and selection for radioimpurities as a key to meet the aspired background levels of the Gerda experiment. This is directly done using low-level gamma-spectroscopy. In order to provide sufficient selective power in the mBq/kg range and below, the employed gamma-spectrometers themselves ...

The electric properties of polymers are increasingly important in a wide range applications such as sensors, energy storages, microelectronics, and filtration membranes among others. In this work, the effect multi-energetic Au ion implantation on graphene oxide (GO), polyimide (PI), polyethylene terephthalate (PET) polylactide (PLLA) elemental, chemical, structural end is presented with potenti...

This paper presents preparation of boron-doped Al2O3 thin films by atomic layer deposition (ALD) using phenylboronic acid (PBA) and trimethylaluminum (TMA) as precursors. Deposition temperatures 160–300 °C are studied, giving a maximum growth per cycle (GPC) 0.77 Å at 200 °C. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) force (AFM) used to study the surface morphology roughness films. At...

Computationally guided high-throughput synthesis is used to explore the Zn-V-N phase space, resulting in of a novel ternary nitride Zn$_2$VN$_3$. Following combinatorial PVD screening, we isolate and synthesize polycrystalline Zn$_2$VN$_3$ thin films with wurtzite structure on conventional borosilicate glass substrates. In addition, demonstrate that cation-disordered, but phase-pure (002)-textu...