The group fka NVSF
Brief history
The group formerly known as Nuclear Solid State Physics
(NVSF)
was formed by merging two older groups.
One of them called itself originally Nuclear Spectroscopy
(KS)
but later changed the name to Hyperfine Interactions
(HFI).
The other group was named Van de Graaff-generator
(VDGG),
which was later changed to Ion Beams
(IB).
Around the millenium change, the research of the group Nuclear Solid State Physics was focused on the growth of thin layers in relation with their (surface) structure and functional properties, in particular the magnetic properties. Most layers were synthesized by gas-metal interactions, either by MBE in a low gas pressure or by oxidation or nitriding of metal layers.
The main techniques developed in the group to characterize the layers were based on the use of ion beams and on hyperfine interations probed with radioactive nuclei. We also applied other techniques like AFM, STM , XRD, (X)TEM, (X)SEM, XPS, LEED, RHEED, and measured the magnetic susceptibility at frequencies up to 500 MHz. A magnetic spectrograph, developed in our group and installed at the tandem accelerator of the University of Utrecht, was used for high-resolution depth profiling. In relation with ion-beam analysis, work was done on the study of ion-solid interactions.
Meanwhile the group has stopped all its activities, and its members have either retired or taken new jobs. These pages will, therefore, no longer be maintained.
Around the millenium change, the research of the group Nuclear Solid State Physics was focused on the growth of thin layers in relation with their (surface) structure and functional properties, in particular the magnetic properties. Most layers were synthesized by gas-metal interactions, either by MBE in a low gas pressure or by oxidation or nitriding of metal layers.
The main techniques developed in the group to characterize the layers were based on the use of ion beams and on hyperfine interations probed with radioactive nuclei. We also applied other techniques like AFM, STM , XRD, (X)TEM, (X)SEM, XPS, LEED, RHEED, and measured the magnetic susceptibility at frequencies up to 500 MHz. A magnetic spectrograph, developed in our group and installed at the tandem accelerator of the University of Utrecht, was used for high-resolution depth profiling. In relation with ion-beam analysis, work was done on the study of ion-solid interactions.
Meanwhile the group has stopped all its activities, and its members have either retired or taken new jobs. These pages will, therefore, no longer be maintained.