A new type of lens is lighting the way for expanded uses of large ions and building blocks for new materials. The lens may also address one of the fundamental bottlenecks for generating bright ion ...

A research project has reached an important milestone: the first treatment of an animal tumor with radioactive ion beams has been demonstrated and published in Nature Physics. The study marks a ...

Broad-beam ion etching folds flat nanostructures into 3D photonic devices across a 4-inch wafer while preserving speed, uniformity, and optical function. (Nanowerk Spotlight) 3D photonic devices face ...

Helium ion beam (HIB) technology plays an important role in the extreme fields of nanofabrication. Due to high resolution and sensitivity, HIB nanofabrication technology is widely used to pattern ...

(Nanowerk News) Space debris is one of the biggest challenges to the safe operation of satellites and future rocket launches, which can be damaged by it. The amount of debris in space is constantly ...

Heavy ion therapy is a promising cancer treatment technique, with beams of heavy ions delivering sharper Bragg peaks and less lateral scattering than a proton beam. But as tumour targeting gets more ...

Utilizing Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) for in-line metrology is a newly emerging method of process control that requires contamination-free measurements, enabling SIMS on product wafers.

The IAEA and Croatia’s Ruđer Bošković Institute (RBI) conducted the first live virtual training workshop on advances in ion beam techniques and their applications to minimize the impact of learning ...

Ion Beam Applications SA (IBA) showcased robust growth in its third quarter of 2024, with a significant increase in equipment order intake reaching EUR 215 million and a strong order book valued at ...

In recent decades, the preparation of samples for transmission electron microscopes has transformed, thanks to the introduction of focused ion beam (FIB) instruments. Known as either single-beam or ...