2-3 September 2026
We look forward to welcoming you to the 2026 UKNIBC User Day at the University of Surrey which is home to 4 Ion implanters, 2 Single Ion Implanters, 2 Focused Ion Beams and a bespoke Ion Beam Analysis facility.
The focus will be on presentations by our wide-ranging user community but we also warmly welcome those whose projects are ongoing and prospective users who are looking to explore the possibilities. This will be an excellent opportunity to share your research and to discover the potential offered by the UKNIBC with fellow users and the operators of the facilities within the centre.
Celebrate the grand opening of our new Multimodal Ion Beam Imaging Facility!
Registration is free. Please let us know if you would like to present a poster when registering.
Posters should be A0 Portrait to fit the boards.
Please direct any enquiries related to the event to n.clifton@surrey.ac.uk
The meeting will take place in the Lecture Theatre Block (building 23) on the Stag Hill Campus on the map that can be found here.
Registration deadline: EOD 20 August 2026
Programme
Day 1 — Wednesday, 2 September
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Time |
Session |
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10:30 – 12:30 |
Steering Committee Meeting |
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12:30 – 13:15 |
Lunch Break & Poster Session |
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Welcome & Session 1 |
Chair: Satheesh Krishnamurthy |
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13:15 – 13:30 |
UKNIBC Facilities Updates |
Satheesh Krishnamurthy – University of Surrey Jonathan Hinks – UKAEA Fred Currell – University of Manchester |
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13:30 – 13:55 |
Cornerstone |
Graham Reed – CORNERSTONE, University of Southampton |
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13:55 – 14:20 |
The challenges of ion implantation in silicon carbide |
Peter Ward – University of Warwick |
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14:20 – 14:45 |
Power technologies with (ultra)wide band gap semiconductors |
Martin Kuball – University of Bristol |
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14:45 – 15:10 |
Quantum Diamond: Doping during growth process and via implantation |
M.S. Ramachandra Rao – Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras (online) |
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15:10 – 15:30 |
Coffee Break & Posters |
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Session 2 |
Chair: Fred Currell/Andy Smith |
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15:30 – 15:55 |
Tuning and Activation of Dopants in Cubic Silicon Carbide 3C-SiC on Silicon Substrates |
Vishal Shah – University of Warwick |
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15:55 – 16:20 |
Ion beams in aid of materials testing for nuclear structures |
Enrique Jimenez – University of Birmingham |
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16:20 – 16:45 |
Hydrogen in dielectrics grown by atomic layer deposition for silicon surface passivation |
Sophie Pain – University of Birmingham |
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16:45 – 17:10 |
Irradiation induced ordering and precipitation observed in a novel FeCrNiSi alloy |
Luke Howard – University of Birmingham |
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17:10 – 17:35 |
Development of In-Situ Proton Irradiation Creep Testing Capability |
Laurence Skidmore – University of Manchester |
Day 2 — Thursday, 3 September
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Time |
Session |
Notes |
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9:00 – 9:30 |
Coffee & Registration |
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Session 1 |
Chair: Roger Webb |
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9:30 – 10:00 |
Inside the Multimodal Ion Beam Imaging Facility |
Melanie Bailey – King’s College London Catia Costa – University of Surrey |
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10:00 – 10:15 |
Cluster SIMS – an overview of analytical capabilities |
Nick Lockyer – University of Manchester |
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10:15 – 10:30 |
MeV SIMS – new accelerator-based technique for analysis of organic samples |
Iva Bogdanovic – Ruđer Bošković Institute |
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10:30 – 10:45 |
Integrated Chemical Imaging in Cells and Tissues |
Matija Lagator – The Rosalind Franklin Institute |
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10:45 – 11:00 |
Adventures in bio-analysis on the J105 |
John Fletcher – University of Gothenburg |
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11:00 – 12:00 |
IBC Tours & Official opening ceremony |
At Nodus Centre |
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12:00- 13:30 |
Lunch Break + Poster Session |
Posters on display; IBC Tour drop-in available |
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Session 2 |
Chair: Ella Schneider / Catia Costa |
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13:30 – 13:50 |
Synthetic Diamond and drivers for ion implantation |
Daniel Twitchen – Element 6 |
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13:50 – 14:10 |
Nanoscale Photography of Implanted Ions via Near-field Microscopy |
Xinyun Liu – University of Manchester (online) |
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14:10 – 14:30 |
Coherent control of NV centers and P1 bath in FIB implanted samples |
Annarita Ricci – Fraunhofer IAF (online) |
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14:30 – 14:50 |
Role of doping in contact controlled TFT performance and design for manufacture |
Radu Sporea – University of Surrey |
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14:50 – 15:10 |
Electron microscopy towards detection of crystal damage resulting from single-ion implantation |
Aurys Silinga – DTU Nanolab (online) |
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15:10 – 15:20 |
Sponsor Talk |
Syed Jafri – A-Gas |
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15:20 – 15:40 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 3 |
Chair: Matthew Sharpe / Josh Bird |
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15:40 – 16:05 |
Next-Generation 4H-SiC Power Devices Enabled by Gate-Oxide Elemental Analysis and Deep Ion Implantation Superjunctions |
Kyrylo Melnyk – University of Warwick |
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16:05 – 16:30 |
ToF-ERDA-Guided Composition-Property Relationships in Amorphous Lithium-Iron-Phosphate Thin Films |
Shunli He – University College London |
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16:30 – 16:55 |
Time-of-Flight Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis for Hydrogen Characterisation at Electrochemical Random-Access Memory and Solar-Cell Nanolayer Interfaces |
Sarawut (Boom) Siracosit – University of Oxford |
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16:55 – 17:20 |
Development and application of a MALDI-PIXE multimodal workflow – Hugo Delattre |
Hugo Delattre – University of Surrey & National Physical Laboratory |
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17:20 – 17:25 |
Closing Remarks |
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