04-5-1131-2017/2021
 
Priority: 1
   
Status: In-progress
 
Radiation Physics, Radiochemistry, and Nanotechnology
Investigations Using Beams of Accelerated Heavy Ions

Leaders:     S.N. Dmitriev
P.Yu. Apel

Participating countries and international organizations:
Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Spain, USA, Vietnam.

Issues addressed and main goals of research:
Transition to a new level of research and development in the fields of radiation solid-state physics, applied radiochemistry, and materials science, with possible nanotechnology applications. The main emphasis will be on the modification of the materials at the nanometer scale and on the study of the effects produced by heavy ions in matter with the aim of revealing the fundamental mechanisms and developing nanotechnology applications for ion beams. Upgrade of the FLNR facilities for the production of medical isotopes and the development of materials modification methods.

Expected results in the current year:
  • Formation of subnanometer channels in ion-irradiated polyethylene terephthalate films using a combination of photolytic treatment and liquid extraction. Investigation of the transport properties of fabricated ion-selective membranes.

  • Clarification of the role of osmotic effects occurring during etching of asymmetric track nanopores and the evaluation of the interrelation between their diode-like properties and osmotic phenomena.

  • Use of transmission electron microscopy and molecular dynamic simulation for the analysis of latent tracks of swift heavy ions in polycrystalline and amorphous silicon nitride as a material for minor actinides utilization.

  • Study of the structure and the electrical properties of graphene oxide modified by high-energy ion irradiation.

  • Study of the structure effects and gas swelling behavior of ferritic steels for nuclear reactors by electron microscopy techniques under high-energy ion irradiation.

  • Preparation and characterization of functional polymer nanofibers, including biodegradable, immobilized on the surface of metallized track membranes for membrane-sorption separation of electrolyte solutions.

  • Formation, morphology and composition of superhydrophobic layers on the surface of track-etched membranes using electron-beam dispersion coating of polymers in vacuum for membrane distillation process.

  • Application of X-ray fluorescence and gamma-activation analysis for assessing the environmental impact from existing industrial facilities, in particular coal-fired thermal power plants (in cooperation with Mongolia).

  • Expansion of the equipment infrastructure and the adoption in labs of new physicochemical methods of research (spectroscopy of surface-enhanced Raman scattering, dynamic light scattering, measurement of thermo-stimulated currents in dielectrics) and synthesis (electrospinning) of nanostructures.

  • A feasibility study for the construction of a DC-140 cyclotron.

List of Activities
  Activity or Experiment Leaders
Status
      Laboratory or other
    Division of JINR
Main researchers
1. Investigations of radiation
damages in solids and
formation of nanostructures
V.A. Skuratov
P.Yu. Apel
Data taking
  FLNR V.A. Altynov, I.V. Blonskaja, O.M. Ivanov, L.I. Kravets, O.V. Kristavchuk, N.S. Kirilkin, E.A. Korneeva, N.E. Lizunov,A.N. Nechaev, O.L. Orelovich, V.F. Reutov, D.V. Shchegolev, V.K. Semina, V.V. Shirkova, A.S. Sohatsky
  LIT V.V. Trofimov
  FLNP M.V. Frontasyeva, A.I. Kuklin, I.A. Bobrikov
2. Production of ultra-pure
isotopes
S.N. Dmitriev
Manufacturing
  FLNR Yu.V. Albin, G.A. Bozhikov, T.P. Drobina, M.V. Gustova, G.Ya. Starodub, A.V. Sabelnikov, G.K. Vostokin
3. Radioanalytical studies M.V. Gustova
Data taking
  FLNR N.S. Gustova, S.P. Kaplina, A.V. Sabelnikov
4. Project of cyclotron complex DC-140 G.G. Gulbekian
Preparation
  FLNR S.L. Bogomolov, B.N. Gikal, M.V. Habarov, G.N. Ivanov, I.A. Ivanenko, I.V. Kalagin, N.Yu. Kazarinov, V.A. Kostyrev, N.F. Osipov, S.V. Pashchenko, N.N. Pchelkin, V.A. Semin, V.A. Veryovochkin
  VBLHEP A.A. Fateev, 2 pers.

Collaboration
Country or International
Organization
City Institute or Laboratory
Belarus Minsk BSU  
  Gomel GSU  
    MPRI NASB  
Bulgaria Plovdiv PU  
China Beijing Beijing Fert Co  
    PKU  
Cuba Havana CEADEN  
Czech Republic Prague CU  
  Brno BUT  
  Olomouc UP  
  Rez NPI CAS  
Germany Darmstadt GSI  
  Quedlinburg IST  
    MiCryon Technik  
Hungary Budapest GetGiro Kft  
Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan BA INP  
    ENU  
    NU  
  Almaty PhysTI  
Moldova Chisinau IAP  
    MSU  
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar CGL  
    NRC NUM  
Poland Warsaw INCT  
    WUT  
  Lublin UMCS  
  Torun UMK  
Russia Moscow IC RAS  
    ISPM RAS  
    GPI RAS  
    LPI RAS  
    MAI  
    MIEM  
    RIVS  
    SINP MSU  
  Chernogolovka BInEPCP RAS  
    ISSP RAS  
  Dubna Trackpore Technology  
  Kaliningrad IKBFU  
  Krasnodar KSU  
  Novosibirsk ISP SB RAS  
  Obninsk REATRACK-Filter  
  St. Petersburg Ioffe Institute  
  Vladimir Vladisart  
Romania Bucharest CSSNT-UPB  
    IFIN-HH  
    UPB  
  Baia Mare TUCN-NUCBM  
  Magurele INFLPR  
Serbia Belgrade INS "VINCA"  
Slovakia Bratislava IEE SAS  
    PF SK  
South Africa Pretoria UP  
  Bellville UWC  
  Port Elizabeth NMU  
  Stellenbosch SU  
Spain Valencia UV  
USA Stanford, CA SU  
  Knoxville, TN UTK  
  Oak Ridge, TN ORNL  
Vietnam Hanoi IOP VAST