Interaction of slow highly charged ions with two dimensional materials

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Richard Wilhelm
• Subject Area: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: from 2016 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 322051344

The project aims on studies of interaction processes of slow highly charged ions during transmission through two-dimensional materials. Charge capture and energy loss mechanisms will be investigated. The comparison of different two-dimensional materials, i.e. metallic (graphene), insulating (hBN) and semi-conducting (MoS2), is in the focus of this project.Charge capture is accompanied with the deposition of large amounts of energy (kiloelectronvolts) withing a few femtoseconds in a volume of only a few cubic nanometers. The associated power densities may lead to the formation of permanent nanostructures, which will also be investigated within this project.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants