… the director of the Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research. "Over the past year, we detailed our ambitions in … research theme on Fusion Energy. With its in-house linear plasma generator Magnum-PSI , DIFFER can validate materials … such as in situ, operando studies of plasma-materials-interactions at the exhaust wall of future fusion reactors, …
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… Materials, processes, and systems for future energy DIFFER's research was, is and will be focused on materials, … and Upgraded Pilot-PSI for fusion research, the Ion Beam Facility for materials research for nuclear fusion and … used to design our high-end instruments, integrate various plasma controllers, and derive supervisory controllers. …
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… MAST Upgrade starts up its first plasma Published on October 29, 2020 A flash of purple … will give important guidance to ITER and DEMO." Fusion researchers throughout Europe followed MAST Upgrade's first … MAST Upgrade. Illustration: UKAEA Super X: sitting on the surface of the Sun MAST Upgrade's crown jewel has to be its …
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… 2025 During the 17th International Symposium on Advanced Plasma Science and its Applications for Nitrides and … 2024 Van de Sanden was awarded the prize for his excellent research achievements in plasma materials science for … he focuses on the physics and chemistry of plasma-surface interaction and on research into the direct and …
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… Magnum-PSI The main research facility in the DIFFER PSI-Lab is Magnum-PSI, a linear plasma generator that allows us to study plasma-wall … and retraction, targets can be analyzed in the TEAC with surface analysis equipment, for example with our ion beam …
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… to win clean and sustainable energy from nuclear fusion, researchers need to protect the wall of their reactor against the hot plasma (ionised gas) in their artificial sun. PhD student … down the plasma, leading to a mitigated heat flux to the surface. As the surface cools, evaporation diminishes and …
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… wants to accelerate Radiation-Induced Defect Research Published on March 14, 2025 Beata Tyburska-Pueschel … developments at the institute. Starting with an Ion Beam Facility (IBF) that operated 500 hours per year for fewer … is coupled to Magnum-PSI, the world’s most powerful linear plasma source. Image Beata Tyburska-Pueschel, the new group …
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… Research EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES 1. Development of complex … the thin film deposition parameters, annealing parameters, plasma treatment, doping, and the application of under-/ and … of new innovative 3D architectures. 3. Detecting surface intermediates during water splitting (Post Doc Aafke …
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… of an upgraded version of its successful Pilot-PSI (Plasma Surface Interaction) project. By connecting the device with … processes are involved? This is really unknown physics." Research will not necessarily limit itself to the study of …
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… safe and abundant fusion energy. Thomas Morgan at DIFFER's research facility Magnum-PSI. Credit: DIFFER / Bram Lamers Surface of the sun Fusion researchers want to generate … the surface." Liquid metal (tin) exposed to the hot, dense plasma of DIFFER's previous research facility Pilot-PSI. The …
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… 2021 DIFFER has reached an important milestone: the linear plasma generator of Upgraded Pilot-PSI (UPP) is operational … plasma generator by at least an order of magnitude”, says research engineer Marc van de Pol. Marc van de Pol in front … interaction can alter the characteristics of the surface of the target material, which may have impact on the …
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… Gerard van Rooij appointed professor of Plasma Chemistry at Maastricht University Published on May … his PhD degree at the University of Amsterdam for his research on macromolecular mass spectrometry performed at … the scientific basis of the unique devices for plasma surface interaction studies within DIFFER and participated …
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… withstand at least a year of full power operations, write researchers at DIFFER and ITER in Physica Scripta . The team … ITER's tungsten reactor wall to almost 20 hours of intense plasma bombardment in Magnum-PSI, the world's only … bombardment at the ITER wall are comparable to those at the surface at the sun. In their Magnum-PSI facility, DIFFER …
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… evolution reaction on hematite electrodes processed with He plasma irradiation Intern. J. of Hydrogen Energy 57 (2024) … molybdenum deposition Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 4 (2023) ( pdf ) 2022 Qiuhua Liang, G. Brocks, … of the magnetic exchange forces between the RuO 2 (110) surface and Fe tip ChemPhysChem (2022) e202200429 ( pdf , SI …
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… Research The PSFD group focuses on conceptualization and development of commercially viable reactor concepts for plasma-based conversion of CO 2 into solar fuels. The work … active in the energy grid infrastructure sector. The research revolves around plasma source development, …
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