Research activities at the Tandem Laboratory
The Tandem Laboratory conducts cutting-edge radiocarbon dating as well as ion beam-based materials analysis and modification in a wide range of fields; from fundamental research to practical applications for industry and society.
Radiocarbon dating and AMS
Radiocarbon dating using accelerator mass spectrometry combines high precision with extreme sensitivity, and is used in fields such as archaeology, geology, glaciology and medicine.
Materials research
Our expertise within ion beam induced modification of materials as well as non-destructive analysis of materials composition and structure contributes to basic research and industrial applications in a wide range of fields.
Latest publications
- Substitutional Mn dimers in graphene created by ultralow-energy cluster-ion implantationHe, Chen; Zambrana, Karina Landivar; Lotfy, Ahmed Samir et al., 2027
- Preventing H2O2‑Triggered Covalent Cross-Linking Enables All-Aqueous Processable and Recoverable FunctionalizedPolythiophene-Based Cellulose CoatingsHeimonen, Johanna; Bruschi, Cecilia; Shimolo, Asaminew Y. et al., 2026
- Ion-energy-driven low-temperature growth of Ti3SiC2 MAX coatings by reactive cathodic arc evaporationGitschthaler, Arno; Ruwoldt, Veronika; Dörflinger, Philipp et al., 2026
- Ion microprobe determination of ex vivo trace element molarities: the LINAEUS code suiteWhitlow, Harry J.; Nagy, Gyula; Frost, Robert J. W. et al., 2026