Aluminium nitride (AlN) ceramics have received significant attention owing to their excellent thermal conductivity, robust mechanical properties and potential for radiation resistance. Their unique ...

Two-dimensional materials such as graphene promise to form the basis of incredibly small and fast technologies, but this requires a detailed understanding of their electronic properties. New research ...

Heavy-ion irradiation, as a novel breeding method, has demonstrated high efficiency in creating diverse new mutants. Compared to other physical mutagenic sources, such as X-rays and γ-rays, ...

To develop structural materials for advanced reactor concepts and life extension of existing reactors will require a new paradigm for irradiation testing of candidate materials. This new paradigm is ...

The safe long term disposal of high level nuclear waste from reprocessing has proven to be problematic worldwide with few countries having a long term strategy. This may be due to a range of reasons, ...

Following carbon-ion irradiation of virtual targets, the researchers scanned the head phantom in a PET/CT system. (CC BY 4.0/Front. Oncol. 10.3389/fonc.2021.621394) Carbon-ion therapy is a promising ...

Osaka University-led research team achieves first realization of laser-generated energetic ions. Experimental setup with the large-area suspended graphene target. Click for info. Laser-driven ion ...

A collaboration involving researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of Duisburg-Essen has shown that when graphene is irradiated with ions, or electrically charged ...