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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

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