Study

Our division teaches a broad range of courses from fundamental undergraduate physics to specialised Master’s and PhD courses. We are heavily engaged in managing the MSc programmes in Energy Systems Engineering, Materials Engineering as well as Materials Science. For students interested in deepening their knowledge of materials science as well as their experimental skills, we regularly offer diploma-work and shorter projects.

Degree and student projects

We regularly offer thesis work as well as shorter projects. The projects span a broad range from fundamental to applied topics and provide an excellent opportunity to become acquainted with the research being conducted within the division. While the majority of our work is experimental using various smaller and bigger laboratory set-ups at the Ångström Laboratory, we occasionally also offer projects with a stronger focus on simulations.

All projects are based at the Ångström Laboratory in Uppsala, within the Division of Materials Physics, and can start during either the autumn or spring semesters. Students should be enrolled in a programme at Uppsala University. A list of currently available projects can be found below. Click on the project title for more information.

Synthesis of Self-Supporting Nano-Porous Membranes Using Microfabrication and Ion Irradiation

Contact: Tuan Tran

Advancing 2D materials as ultra-thin membranes for efficient purification of hydrogen

Contact: Tuan Tran

Modifications of plasma-facing materials for fusion research

Contact: Eduardo Pitthan Filho

Volatile fission-product diffusion in reactor-fuel matrices

Contact: Robert Frost

Ultralow-energy ion implantation for the modification of 2D materials

Contact: Robert Frost

Simulation of target and moderator combinations for a compact accelerator-driven neutron source

Contact: Robert Frost

Programmes and courses we are responsible for

Master's Programme in Energy Systems Engineering

Courses we are teaching

PhD course: Ion beam materials analysis

Attention: The course will run next in May 2025!

The Tandem Laboratory, in cooperation with the Division for Materials Physics, offers a PhD course within ion beam materials analysis on a yearly basis. PhD students from universities and technical institutes from all over Sweden are welcome to participate. The course, with an extent of 5 ECTS credits, consists of a series of lectures and lab exercises.

Course content overview:

Fundamental interactions between ions and matter
The different ion-beam-based analytical (IBA) methods at the Tandem Laboratory
Instruments and other hardware relevant for experiments
Simulation programs and data handling

In addition, students will participate in two lab exercises covering Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) and Elastic recoil detection analysis (ERDA) at the Tandem Laboratory. Participants are encouraged to bring samples from their own research.

Successful alumni of the course are welcome to join the IBA user group. This means that they are granted access to the Tandem Laboratory and can book beamtime at our accelerators to employ IBA methods in their own research work.

More information on the course can be obtained from Robert Frost: rob.frost@physics.uu.se

Contact

Programme Professor
Daniel Primetzhofer
Head of Division
Gabriella Andersson
Visiting address: Ångström Laboratory, Regementsvägen 10, Uppsala, House 4, floor 1 and House 6, floor 1.