We study energy loss spectra of bromine ions scattered from silver thin films in the range 4 to 36 MeV forward reflection geometry. The different contributions are analyzed by complementary Monte Carlo simulations. assess dependence scattering yield and nuclear electronic losses on penetration depth detected ions. For larger depth, we observe decreased elastic increased trajectory length compar...

The NEWS-G collaboration uses spherical proportional counters (SPCs) to search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). In this paper, we report the first measurements of nuclear quenching factor in neon gas at 2 bar using an SPC deployed a neutron beam TUNL facility. energy-dependence is modeled simple power law: αEnrβ; determine its parameters by simultaneously fitting data collected...

SAE 1020 is a widely used plain carbon steel, as mortar reinforcement in buildings and small machine parts. But aside from good mechanical properties, its surface suffer from severe corrosion and high wear rate, due to modest hardness. Chromium (Cr) in excess of 12% in Fe alloys renders them resistant to several corrosive attacks. So we tried to introduce Cr in such amounts into the surface of ...

With the rapid advances being made in novel high-energy ion-beam techniques such as proton beam writing, single-ion-event effects, ion-beam-radiation therapy, ion-induced fluorescence imaging, proton/ion microscopy, and ion-induced electron imaging, it is becoming increasingly important to understand the spatial energydeposition profiles of energetic ions as they penetrate matter. In this work ...

We present experimental and simulation results for focused ion beam (FIB) milling of microchannels in lithium niobate in this paper. We investigate two different cuts of lithium niobate, Y- and Z-cuts, and observe that the experimental material removal rate in the FIB for both Y-cut and Z-cut samples was 0.3 μm(3)/nC, roughly two times greater than the material removal rate previously reported ...

Nuclear fusion is a promising source of clean energy that can be one of the key future suppliers of the world’s increasing power demand. One of today’s main challenges faced by scientists and engineers regarding nuclear reactors is to design plasma-facing components (PFCs) that can withstand extreme conditions of temperature, pressure, and ions/particles irradiation. Material evolution and dama...

AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) were exposed to 3 MeV protons at fluences of 6 10, 4 10 and 1 10 protons/cm. The drain saturation currents decreased by 20% and the maximum transconductance decreased by 5% at the highest fluence. As the fluence increased, the threshold voltage shifted more positive values. After proton irradiation, the gate leakage current increased. The Sch...

The biological damages are mainly produced by direct ionization and excitation of bio-molecular DNA electrons or by indirect chemical reaction of water radiolysis products with DNA. In this work, we restricted our study on the interaction of energetic ion proton beams with liquid water; since the water represents over 80% of the most-soft tissues. The proton collisions with water molecules are ...

Ion-beam induced effects in -Al2O3 of c, a, and r orientations were studied by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry RBS in channeling configuration using 1.4 MeV He ions. 150 keV Ar, 150 keV K, or 80 keV Na ions were step by step implanted at 15 K followed immediately by the RBS analysis without changing the sample environment. Defect annealing was observed during the RBS measurement, which i...

Measurements of the quenching factor for sodium recoils in a 5 cm diameter NaI(Tl) crystal at room temperature have been made at a dedicated neutron facility at the University of Sheffield. The crystal has been exposed to 2.45 MeV mono-energetic neutrons generated by a Sodern GENIE 16 neutron generator, yielding nuclear recoils of energies between 10 and 100 keVnr. A cylindrical BC501A detector...