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Mikael Elfman

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Applications of SU-8 in the development of a Single Ion Hit Facility

Author

  • Natalia Arteaga
  • Gvidas Astromskas
  • Magnus Gram
  • Mikael Elfman
  • Per Kristiansson
  • Erik Fors
  • Charlotta Nilsson
  • Jan Pallon

Summary, in English

The Lund Nuclear Microprobe (LNM) has been adapted to be used as a Single Ion Hit Facility (SIHF) for proton cell irradiation experiments at low dose. In order to test the capabilities of the system, Ni dot arrays and artificial cells have been fabricated with the photopolymer SU-8 and common lithographic techniques. The primary purpose of the Ni dot arrays was to determine the targeting accuracy of the beam in vacuum and in air. Additionally, this sample was employed to evaluate the system performance during cell target irradiation experiments. The Ni dot arrays were also used for beam characterization. The artificial cells were originally fabricated to test the software for cell recognition and localization, developed and implemented at the LNM. However, this sample became very functional to make small adjustments at the irradiation chamber for cell irradiation experiments. A description of the samples, fabrication procedure and applications are presented in this paper. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Department/s

  • Nuclear physics
  • Solid State Physics
  • Infection Medicine (BMC)

Publishing year

2009

Language

English

Pages

2117-2121

Publication/Series

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volume

267

Issue

12-13

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Infectious Medicine

Keywords

  • Cell irradiation
  • SU-8
  • EBL
  • Single Ion Hit Facility (SIHF)
  • PMMA

Conference name

11th International Conference on Nuclear Microprobe Technology and Applications/3rd International Workshop on Proton Beam Writing

Conference date

2008-07-20 - 2008-07-25

Conference place

Debrecen, Hungary

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0168-583X