SHIM 2015 Swift Heavy Ions in Matter

The XPnano group at LSI (Ecole Polytechnique, France) synthesises nanoporous polymer membranes using ion track technology in collaboration with the CIMAP (GANIL). The zone of defects along the ion-trajectory, namely the latent track, is rich of radicals in numerous polymers and may be directly modified chemically by radio-induced grafting (Ion-track grafting). Latent tracks may also be etched...

Metallic nanowires have great potential for future plasmonic applications. By varying nanowire dimensions, composition, shape and morphology, their plasmonic resonance frequency and near field characteristics can be tuned for specific sensing functions in the infrared and visible light range. For their implementation as sensors, however, two main challenges are being tackled: (i) the...

Graphene is an ultimate thin membrane with carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice and extra high mechanical property. Introduced nanopores in graphene can be used in water desalination technologies because of high efficiency in rejecting salt ions. Here, swift heavy ion was used to prepare single nanopore in monolayer graphene which was transferred to PET membrane. After asymmetric...

Since two-dimensional materials with their unique physical properties have become accessible to experimental physics, the scientific interest in this material class has been very high as they promise a multitude of possible applications. In particular, it has been shown that ionizing particle irradiation allows structuring of these 2d materials [1- 4]. In addition to graphene, so-called...