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Nano Material Properties Engineering Lab
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The lab uses fast ions to tell apart differences as small as a single atom.
AboutAbout the lab
Tracing the structure and properties of the nano world.
The Nano Material Properties Engineering Lab studies the interaction between fast ions and material surfaces, and develops analysis and processing methods that use it.
When matter reaches the size of nanometers, it shows properties different from both the atomic world and the visible world.
Using ion beams, the lab investigates the structure of solids and liquids at the nanoscale and develops materials processing methods and surface analysis methods.
It is a lab in the Department of Micro Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering.
Key terms
- Ion beam
- A stream of electrically charged atoms accelerated to high speed in an accelerator
- RBS (Rutherford backscattering spectrometry)
- An analysis method that shoots fast ions at a material and determines the types and depths of the atoms inside from the energy of the ions that bounce back
- Cluster ion
- A charged particle in which many atoms are bound together as one
ResearchResearch themes
The lab conducts basic research on the interaction between ion beams and solid surfaces, and applies it to structural analysis of solids and liquids at the nanoscale and to the development of materials processing and surface analysis methods.
*Illustrative imageUnraveling How Fast Ions Interact with Surfaces
When ions strike a material's surface at a grazing angle, they are reflected without entering the material. Using this mirror-like reflection, the lab studies the interaction between fast ions and surfaces, laying the foundation for ion beam techniques.
*Illustrative imageHigh-Resolution RBS That Distinguishes Single Atomic Layers
The lab improved the RBS method, raising depth resolution from about 10 nm to 0.2 nm and making compositional analysis possible one atomic layer at a time.
Processing and Analysis with Cluster Ions
When fast cluster ions made of many atoms strike a target, energy is concentrated in an extremely small region, producing effects different from those of single-atom ions. The lab clarifies the mechanism and develops efficient processing methods and highly sensitive analysis methods.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorKaoru Nakajima
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Holifield charging chains and high-energy acceleration tubes ( )” Oak Ridge National Laboratory / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Unraveling How Fast Ions Interact with Surfaces: “Schematic-representation-of-the-ion-beam-mixing-process” there is no name attached to the photo / CC0 (cropped)
- High-Resolution RBS That Distinguishes Single Atomic Layers: “AN2000 camera UNIPD” Fralucali / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Quantum Beam Science Lab): “Ion Beam - GPN” NASA/GRC / Public domain (cropped)
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