Diamond Physics
Diamond Electronics
There is now device quality synthetic diamond. Devices based on Intrinsic and p-type material are now possible. A new era of diamond based electronics is anticipated. However, research needs to be done to in the following three areas
- Shallow molecular dopant systems
- Diamond detectors
- Correlation between electronic properties, defects, synthesis
- Hydrogen behavior in diamond
- Muonium as a hydrogen analogue in diamond
Diamond in High Energy Physics Accelerators
- Diamond as a Coherent Radiator in the Multi-Hundred GeV Regime
- Diamond as a Synchrorton Radiation Beam Optic Element
Diamond Processing
- Diamond Processing Laboratory
This laboratory prepares diamonds for electronic and accelerator applications.
Key features are crystal quality, unique geometries, defect free surface and subsurface.
- Laser Ablation
- Thermo-mechanical Etching
- Mechanical processing - Polishing and sawing
- Ion Beam Processing
- The Thin Diamond Program
Nuclear and Particle Physics
Particle Physics
- Higgs boson search at ATLAS
Medium / High Energy Physics
- QED under conditions of Strong Fields and Coherence
- High Energy Photon Initiated Nuclear and Particle Physics
- High Energy Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Physics
A comprehensive experimental investigation and theoretical modelling of light-ion induced reaction mechanisms in medium mass targets from the Coulomb barrier to the fission threshold
- Stacked Foil Spectroscopy
- Residue Momenta by Doppler Gamma - Ray Spectroscopy
- Light particle emission spectroscopy
Interdisciplinery Physics
- Accelerator Physics
- Development of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
- GEANT4 detector simulation and E-DE(x,y) detector development
- GEANT4 Simulation of a an AMS system as one large detector
- SIMION simulation of Ion Sources and Ion Source Development
Projects based on the Ion Microprobe facility
- Residue Analysis in Archeological tools
- Geochemistry
- Hydrogen Microscopy (we are workin on Diamond)
Intellectual property and Commercialisation
- Patents
- Product development
- Doping of diamond
- Coloring of diamond
- Defect engineering
- Diamond recovery Mineral-PET
- Data Acquisition Software (SourceForge Project)
- Industry Liason
Currently designing a program of research to support the PBMR project
Outreach
- The Emasondosondo program
We are working with the SAIP, the GPEDU and Columbia University on a program to bring Science to disadvantaged schools.
