156 research outputs found
Protonnyalábos mikromegmunkálás = Proton beam Micromachinig
A téma keretében a mikromegmunkálás módszerét telepítettük az ATOMKI pásztázó proton mikroszondájához. Második lépésben különböző nyomdetektor és más reziszt anyagokat vizsgáltunk a mikromegmunkálás szempontjából. A megmunkált anyagok különböző jellemzőit vizsgáltuk a besugárzási paraméterek függvényében. Az előállított eszközök (mikrostruktúrák) alkalmazási lehetőségeit fel kívántuk kutatni, mikrostruktúrákat állítottuk elő demonstrációs és konkrét alkalmazási célból. A világon második kutatócsoport lettünk e témában, szerepünk azonban nem másodrendű. Kihasználva saját adottságainkat, a nemzetközi irodalomhoz új kutatási eredményekkel járultunk hozzá. Az ATOMKI pásztázó proton mikroszondája így egy új, perspektivikus alkalmazási területet nyert. | We have installed the Proton Beam Micromachining (PBM) / P-beam Writing (PBW) method on the Scanning Nuclear Microprobe of ATOMKI. We have investigated various solid state nuclear track detector and other resist materials for micromachining properties. We have characterized various properties of materials as a function of irradiation parameters. We have explored the potential application areas of the produced microstructures. We have created products for demonstration and real application purposes. We became the second research group in the world in this field, but our role is not of secondary importance. Exploiting our resources, we have added new scientific results to the literature. The Scanning Nuclear Microprobe of ATOMKI has gained a new, prosperous application area
Cross section measurement of the astrophysically important 17O(p,gamma)18F reaction in a wide energy range
The 17O(p,g)18F reaction plays an important role in hydrogen burning
processes in different stages of stellar evolution. The rate of this reaction
must therefore be known with high accuracy in order to provide the necessary
input for astrophysical models.
The cross section of 17O(p,g)18F is characterized by a complicated resonance
structure at low energies. Experimental data, however, is scarce in a wide
energy range which increases the uncertainty of the low energy extrapolations.
The purpose of the present work is therefore to provide consistent and precise
cross section values in a wide energy range.
The cross section is measured using the activation method which provides
directly the total cross section. With this technique some typical systematic
uncertainties encountered in in-beam gamma-spectroscopy experiments can be
avoided.
The cross section was measured between 500 keV and 1.8 MeV proton energies
with a total uncertainty of typically 10%. The results are compared with
earlier measurements and it is found that the gross features of the 17O(p,g)18F
excitation function is relatively well reproduced by the present data.
Deviation of roughly a factor of 1.5 is found in the case of the total cross
section when compared with the only one high energy dataset. At the lowest
measured energy our result is in agreement with two recent datasets within one
standard deviation and deviates by roughly two standard deviations from a third
one. An R-matrix analysis of the present and previous data strengthen the
reliability of the extrapolated zero energy astrophysical S-factor.
Using an independent experimental technique, the literature cross section
data of 17O(p,g)18F is confirmed in the energy region of the resonances while
lower direct capture cross section is recommended at higher energies. The
present dataset provides a constraint for the theoretical cross sections.Comment: Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. C. Abstract shortened in order
to comply with arxiv rule
Tilted pillar array fabrication by the combination of proton beam writing and soft lithography for microfluidic cell capture Part 2: Image sequence analysis based evaluation and biological application
As a continuation of our previously published work, this paper presents a detailed evaluation of a microfabricated cell capture device utilizing a doubly tilted micropillar array. The device was fabricated using a novel hybrid technology based on the combination of proton beam writing and conventional lithography techniques. Tilted pillars offer unique flow characteristics and support enhanced fluidic interaction for improved immuno-affinity based cell capture. The performance of the microdevice was evaluated by an image sequence analysis based in-house developed single cell tracking system. Individual cell tracking allowed in-depth analysis of the cell-chip surface interaction mechanism from hydrodynamic point of view. Simulation results were validated by using the hybrid device and the optimized surface functionalization procedure. Finally, the cell capture capability of this new generation microdevice was demonstrated by efficiently arresting cells from a HT29 cellline suspension
Transverse and secondary voltages in BSCCO single crystals
Multicontact configuration is one of the most powerful arrangements for
electrical transport measurements applied to study vortex phase transition and
vortex phase dimensionality in strongly anisotropic high-Tc superconducting
materials. In this paper we present electrical transport measurements using a
multiterminal configuration, which prove both the existence of guided vortex
motion in BSCCO single crystals near the transition temperature and that
secondary voltage in zero external magnetic field is induced by thermally
activated vortex loop unbinding. The phase transition between the bound and
unbound states of the vortex loops was found to be below the temperature where
the phase coherence of the superconducting order parameter extends over the
whole volume of the sample. We show experimentally that 3D/2D phase transition
in vortex dimensionality is a length-scale-dependent layer decoupling process
and takes place simultaneously with the 3D/2D phase transition in
superconductivity at the same temperature.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, to be published in Physica
Observation of the X17 anomaly in the decay of the Giant Dipole Resonance of Be
Angular correlation spectra of pairs produced in the
Li(,)Be nuclear reaction were studied at a proton beam
energy of ~=~4.0~MeV, which corresponds to the excitation energy of the
Giant Dipole Resonance (GDR) in Be. The spectra measured show a peak like
anomaly at 120 and a broader anomaly also above 140. Both
anomalies could consistently be described by assuming that the same
hypothetical X17 particle was created both in the ground-state transition and
in the transition going to the broad (=1.5~MeV), first excited state in
Be. The invariant mass of the particle, which was derived to be (stat.)~MeV, agrees well with our previously published values.Comment: 5 pages, 7 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with
arXiv:2209.1079
Bombardment of CO ice by cosmic rays: I. Experimental insights into the microphysics of molecule destruction and sputtering
We present a dedicated experimental study of microscopic mechanisms
controlling radiolysis and sputtering of astrophysical ices due to their
bombardment by cosmic ray ions. Such ions are slowed down due to inelastic
collisions with bound electrons, resulting in ionization and excitation of ice
molecules. In experiments on CO ice irradiation, we show that the relative
contribution of these two mechanisms of energy loss to molecule destruction and
sputtering can be probed by selecting ion energies near the peak of the
electronic stopping power. We have observed a significant asymmetry, both in
the destruction cross section and the sputtering yield, for pairs of ion
energies corresponding to same values of the stopping power on either side of
the peak. This implies that the stopping power does not solely control these
processes, as usually assumed in the literature. Our results suggest that
electronic excitations represent a significantly more efficient channel for
radiolysis and, possibly, also for sputtering of CO ice. We also show that the
charge state of incident ions as well as the rate for CO production in the
ice have negligible effect on these processes.Comment: Accepted for publication in Ap
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