… light, but uses a stream of fast ions to probe a material's surface and subsurface. The Ion Beam Facility is connected … detailed ion beam studies, DIFFER wants to add a unique new research facility for energy materials to the Dutch research … look at what happens to the sample during exposure to the plasma." Bridge between research themes The Ion Beam …
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… Themes of the day were the future directions of energy research on solar fuels and fusion energy. In 1959, the FOM Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen was founded to become the Dutch home base for research into fusion energy. “Let us make a sun on earth”, …
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… First plasma in the Upgraded Pilot-PSI facility Published on April … facility Upgraded Pilot-PSI (UPP). With this new facility, research will be performed on what occurs in the top several … ( IBF ) that is already active at DIFFER for material research. The IBF offers the necessary diagnostics to …
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… fusion project in the world and will produce its First Plasma in 2025. The reactor is designed to demonstrate the … in southern France over the past months. There, researchers, engineers and companies from 35 countries are … combarable to the heat and particle bombardment near the surface of the sun. As expected, the wall material was able …
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… of transition metals such as zinc or nickel, report DIFFER researchers Mike Gleeson, Tesfaye Belete and Richard van de … (l) and Tesfaye Belete (r) in the DIFFER Materials and Surface Science laboratory - photo: Bram Lamers Making … the necessary hydrogen by performing the reaction in a plasma (ionized gas) of water molecules. Richard van de …
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… through our request beam time page. Not only for fusion research We, ourselves, use the ion beam facility mainly for fusion-related research , but our instrument can support a plethora of … HVE . The accelerator extracts ions from a radio frequency plasma and accelerates these electrostatically over (at …
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… Nanoprinting technology creates new research opportunities for energy material development at … As nanoparticles are of great importance for scientific research, this cutting-edge nanoprinting technology helps DIFFER to take research on energy materials a step further. An equipment …
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… Cover article Physics Today diagnoses plasma instabilities Published on October 26, 2015 26 … these instabilities is a major part of the fusion research at DIFFER. Right image: simulation (a) and … the simulation can reproduce these kind of instabilities. (Images copyright Physics Today) Go to the News page. … 26 …
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… At DIFFER we do ground-breaking fundamental scientific research to develop novel future energy technologies, … university groups and industrial partners. Our research focuses on two major energy themes: research into fusion energy as a clean, safe and sustainable …
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… of tasks; I am involved inboth pre- and post- award research administration, as well as handling research-related legal matters. I saw this position as an inspiring opportunity to further develop my skills in research administration and management, thereby contributing …
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… Perek worked on the MANTIS camera system that monitors the plasma within a fusion reactor. It helps controllers to make … and offered him a job. He declined, preferring to work in research instead. More work to do The MANTIS camera is … to obtain plasma densities and temperatures from the images. These reveal the temperature at the divertor and …
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… Published on April 20, 2017 In a newly granted European research project together with scientists from the … of water molecules. Diffusion processes on the surface or in the electrolyte are the next scale; these … devices where performance depends on multi-scale interaction. If our approach is successful, we can do …
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… 3D-printed prototype holders for liquid metal in DIFFER's research facility Magnum-PSI and discovered that a … vapor shield above the liquid metal self-regulates the surface temperature to 800-900 o C. Self-repairing and … and exposing their two prototype designs to reactor-grade plasma conditions in DIFFER's facility Magnum-PSI. This …
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… Fusion scientists drive groundwater research forward Published on June 02, 2022 Fusion … DIFFER, together with an international team of groundwater researchers, have written a paper on new ways to determine … the inspiration for two improved methods. One for fusion plasmas and one for water fluxes.” Why do hydrologists need …
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… New calculations reveal what’s happening in plasma Published on May 08, 2020 Imagine converting CO 2 … molecules, only by heating it to a plasma with a microwave. Researchers at DIFFER can, but nobody really understands the … of mechanisms are coupled together such as flow, power and interaction between the particles.” The third-year PhD …
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