Jonteknologiskt centrum

The Ion Technology Center will sustain and advance the prominent role of the Tandem Laboratory as a national infrastructure, presently employed by more than 400 annual users.The project will be coordinated by UU, The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Linköping University (LiU) and Karolinska Institutet (KI).Support will guarantee the development and sustainable operation in line with the evolving scientific demands of a broad Swedish national scientific, industrial and societal user community for high-quality material analysis and modification.

The laboratory hosts four tandem and single end accelerator systems and associated clean room and sample preparation infrastructure to be used for world-leading research in Ion Beam Analysis (IBA), Ion Beam Modification of Materials (IBMM) and Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS).Within AMS, apart from world-leading research in archeology, biomedicine or Earth sciences also Swedish society and numerous authorities will receive decisive support by the continual activities at the laboratory.In IBA, collaborative research will be conducted, with access also for industrial partners.

The expected activities range from materials science over inorganic and organic chemistry to life sciences within top-notch sample environments including in-situ and in-operando analysis.In IBMM, advanced materials with tailored properties will be produced on request from numerous research groups in electronics, plasma research as well as by industrial users.