… PhD student Ruben Hamans decided to find out together with colleagues from the DIFFER group on Nanomaterials for … nearby. (Top left) Each fluorescence burst signal is fitted with a two-dimensional Gaussian function and the molecule position (red dot) is determined with super-resolution accuracy. (Top right) Map of the …
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… 10 megawatt of fusion power for an extended period of time, as opposed to transiently. Our models predicted … to D-T to see if the predicted fusion power is in line with the targets. We had very encouraging results, whereby … the behavior of the tokamak plasma. Our interaction with the diagnosticians and experimentalists is key, both …
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… research group very interesting. I am fascinated by things with light and that worked out well at DIFFER." Light on … actually more interesting. It worked out very well at the time to be able to identify, one by one, all the different … so-called catalytic reactions that take place at the same time." Inspiration Aalbers was never a good English student …
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… ITER project. Image Figure 1. Double-null configuration with a lower-bias (a), balanced (b), and upper bias (c) … the dynamics of the double-null configuration for the first time. The results were striking: fluctuations in … Even when the power-sharing was modulated up to 200 times per second, the fluctuations appeared at the targets …
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… Berkel, already for two years. Derks is researching models with the aim to make informed choices for control technology … a temperature of over 150 million degrees Celsius, several times the core temperature of the sun. Facing such … we ensure that the wall does not melt? It all starts with a time-dependent model, because we must understand evolution …
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… to stack different layer types together to form materials with novel properties: van der Waals (vdW) systems. The … At the basis is a low-energy electron microscope (LEEM). With this unique instrument, we probe the reflection of … that, we have developed a novel technique, coined angle- resolved reflected-electron spectroscopy (ARRES) [1]. …
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… virtually inexhaustible and inherently safe energy sources with the potential to meet humanity’s growing energy demand. … direction The design of these control algorithms requires time-dependent models that tell us something about behavior … between the hot core plasma and the reactor wall, but time-dependence has received little attention. This PhD …
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… element in the reduction of CO 2 is the change of vehicles with internal combustion engines to electric battery powered … are thus required, preferably quantitative and spatially resolved. X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is a … information on the material under investigation, in a time- and spatially resolved manner. Here, I will explain …
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… element in the reduction of CO 2 is the change of vehicles with internal combustion engines to electric battery powered … are thus required, preferably quantitative and spatially resolved. X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is a … information on the material under investigation, in a time- and spatially resolved manner. Here, I will explain …
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… this for a scientific research institute like DIFFER? Well, with nanoprinting technology, DIFFER researchers can produce nanoparticles with ease enabling the creation of new materials. “At DIFFER … fundamental research on materials, processes, and systems. With the VSParticle machine, we are able to make a large …
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… JET’s tritium experiments yield a new energy record: Q&A with DIFFER researcher Matthijs van Berkel Published on … of fusion reactors or different aspects of it. At the same time we use this information to develop and apply feedback … reactor we burn hydrogen and we produce helium. At the same time, materials from the wall can end up in the core of the …
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… CO 2 into useful molecules, only by heating it to a plasma with a microwave. Researchers at DIFFER can, but nobody … of Monte Carlo (MC) calculations – accurate but computing-time-consuming – and the electron transport equation which … of the motion of the electrons but only for a very short time. Then I use a deterministic method, that means I solve …
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… behind significant developments at the institute. Starting with an Ion Beam Facility (IBF) that operated 500 hours per … I am using 20 percent of our Singletron accelerator’s time for the company Thorizon. I have users for the other … is that it can only provide ions to one beam line at the time. If it goes here, than it doesn’t go there; you cannot …
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… hassle’ Published on December 15, 2020 It was a practical with a calorimeter – how do you heat up a litre of water – … at the University of Nagoya, and that was a fantastic time. I really wanted to go back, and PhD research seemed to … type. So why do you still choose science for the time being? ‘It’s the room I have to go my own way and set …
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… 2020 By combining a deep understanding of plasma physics with machine learning techniques, DIFFER researchers … and particle transport in the fusion reactor up to 100.000 times faster than before: a vital tool to optimize the … are very accurate, but require a lot of supercomputing time. Depending on how detailed the model is, this can range …
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