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HEStaff exchange2023–2027

MAMBA · Materials irradiation: from basics to applications

Horizon Europe — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2023-11-01 → 2027-10-31
EU contribution
€1,637,600
Participants
14
Scheme
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-SE

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Results in brief

Materials irradiation: from basics to applications

Quite frequently matter is subject to irradiation. Think of electronic devices in space, radiotherapies, materials in the nuclear industry, or radiation detectors. A common denominator is that radiation brings matter out of equilibrium, sometimes quite dramatically, leading to physical, chemical, and biological phenomena at all scales, from attosecond and nanometer deposition to meters and days at the engineering or biological scale, where macroscopic phenomena like failure, fracture, or death can occur. Whether it is avoiding or mitigating damage or harnessing the effects of radiation, it is crucial to understand the fundamental mechanisms of material response to intense and fast energy deposition. The research aim of MAMBA is to advance our understanding of material response to irradiation and to apply it to tailor and control the properties of materials exposed to intense radiation environments. We selected five case studies lying at the frontier of knowledge, and spanning applications in diverse, although connected, fields: space electronics, photovoltaic cells, radiation-resistant nanostructures, radiation detectors, proton radiotherapy, and radiolytic hydrogen generation. These topics are being addressed through a combination of common experimental and modelling techniques. This commonality allows for cross-pollination between themes and for implementing a rich training program.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

Quite frequently matter is subject to irradiation. One can think of electronic devices in space, radiotherapies, materials processing by sputtering, nanoparticle modification, materials in the civil nuclear industry, radiation detectors, and many others. There is a common denominator to these scenarios, and is that radiation brings matter out of equilibrium, sometimes quite dramatically as in laser ablation, leading to a variety of physical, chemical, and biological phenomena at all scales, starting at the attosecond and nanometer with electronic excitation, and going up to meters and days or even years at the engineering or biological scale, where macroscopic phenomena like failure, fracture, explosion, or death can occur as a consequence of irradiation. Sometimes the goal is to avoid or mitigate damage, and other times is to harness the effects of radiation to alter the properties of materials. In all these scenarios it is crucial to understand the fundamental mechanisms of material response to intense and fast energy deposition.The research aim of MAMBA is to advance our understanding of material response to irradiation and to apply it to tailor and control the properties of materials exposed, purposedly or involuntarily, to intense radiation environments. We have selected five case studies lying at the frontier of knowledge, and spanning applications in diverse, although connected, fields: space electronics, photovoltaic cells for space applications, radiation-resistant nanostructures for nuclear fusion applications, radiation detectors for clinical studies, proton radiotherapy, and radiolytic hydrogen generation in nuclear decommissioning. These topics will be addressed through a combination of experimental and modelling techniques that, to a large degree, are common to these areas. This commonality allows for cross-pollination between themes and for implementing a rich training program that includes Schools, workshops and many PM of secondments.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID · MadridCoordinatorSpain
  • ASOCIACION CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION COOPERATIVA EN NANOCIENCIAS CIC NANOGUNE · San SebastianSpain
  • CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · ParisFrance
  • COMISION NACIONAL DE ENERGIA ATOMICA · BUENOS AIRESArgentina
  • CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE · RomaItaly
  • FYZIKALNI USTAV AV CR, VVI · PRAHA 8Czechia
  • ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI FISICA NUCLEARE · FrascatiItaly
  • THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST · BELFASTUnited Kingdom
  • UNIVERSIDAD DE LA HABANA · PLAZACuba
  • UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MEXICO (UNAM) · CIUDAD DE MEXICOMexico
  • UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO · ROSARIOArgentina
  • UNIVERSITE DE TOULOUSE · ToulouseFrance
  • UNIVERSITE LYON 1 CLAUDE BERNARD · Villeurbanne CedexFrance
  • UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA · PretoriaSouth Africa

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union