Welcome to the Home of AMSS

We specialize in Materials Research Using Ion Beam Techniques

Major Research Activities    

  • Ion Beam Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials

  • Ion Beam Analysis - RBS/Channelling, NRA, ERDA, Non RBS, PIXE

  • Surface patterning usig ion beam sputtering

  • Ion – Solid Interaction

  • Ion Beam Mixing - Irradiation Induced Phases, Immiscible System

  • Ion Beam Synthesis of Dilute  Magnetic  Semiconductors (Spintronics)

Major Facilities

  • 1.7 MV Tandetron Accelerator

  • 150 kV Gaseous Ion Implanter

Experimental Techniques

  • Rutherford Backscattering (Channelling)  Spectrometry

  • Particle Induced X-Ray Emission [PIXE]

  • UV Photoluminescence (PL) Spectroscopy

  • Thermal Evaporation System

  • Sample Preparation / Processing Setup

To contact us:

Dr. K. G. M. Nair

Head, AMSS

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

Kalpakkam—603 102, Tamilnadu, India

Phone: +91 44 27480085 (O)

Fax     : +91 44 27480081

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