04-5-1131-2017/2021
 
Priority: 1
   
Status: Being concluded
 
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 opening the way to nanotechnology applications. The main emphasis will be on the modification of materials in the nanometer range 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 of ion beams. Upgrade of the FLNR equipment for the production of medical isotopes and the development of materials modification methods.

Expected results in the current year:
  • Comparative analysis of the radiation stability of Y-Ti(Al)-O nanoparticles in metallic matrices and bulk Y-Ti(Al) oxides against the impact of heavy ions of fission fragments energy.

  • Study of mechanical stress profiles in nitrides(AlN, Si3N4) and carbides (SiC) irradiated with high-energy ions.

  • TEM study of gas swelling of ferritic alloys depending on their structural state and their doping conditions with inert gases using homogeneous ion implantation.

  • Development and study of ion-selective track-etched membranes.

  • Hydrophobization of polyethylene terephthalate track-etched membranes by electron-beam and magnetron deposition of polymers on their surface with a view to obtaining composite membranes for their use in membrane distillation.

  • Characterization and production of biodegradable polymer nanofibers by electroforming on the surface of metallized track membranes for medical applications.

  • Development of methodological approaches to the creation of technology for manufacturing sterilizing track-etched membranes.

  • X-ray fluorescence and gamma activation analysis for estimating the impact of radiological releases from industrial facilities—in particular, coal-fired power plants—on the environment (in cooperation with Mongolia).

  • Infrastructure expansion and introduction of new physical and chemical research methods (transmission electron microscopy, thermogravimetry, and measurement of thermo-stimulated currents in dielectrics).

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, R. Rymсhanov, A. Rossouw,
A. Olejniczak,  K. Yukari 
  LIT V.V. Trofimov
  FLNP M.V. Frontasyeva, A.I. Kuklin, I.A. Bobrikov
  LRB

I.V. Koshlan
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


 Collaboration

Country or International Organization

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