Ion and Plasma Surface Interactions Group

This is an IOP special interest group, which is a community of IOP members focused on a particular discipline, application or area of interest.

Special interest groups allow members to connect and share knowledge and ideas. The IOP funds groups to deliver a range of activities including events, prizes and bursaries. All of our groups are driven by members.

About the group

As a special interest, member-driven group, we are interested in all things related to the interaction of charged or neutral particles with a solid. These include:

fabrication of materials and devices by plasma
ion and atom beam methods
equipment for producing these species
the diagnostics for controlling the processes

We provide a forum for industrial and academic researchers and physicists interested in the interaction of energetic particles with solids.

What we do

We discuss:

new investigations
ideas
concepts
data and applications

Our members are interested in:

energy-loss process and ranges
radiation damage
sputtering
ion-induced electron emission
ion channelling
pulsed laser deposition
plasma-assisted CVD
atmospheric plasmas

We also follow the investigation of solids and surface probing by use of ion beams including atom location, and the principles and use of ion implantation for doping of solids.

We have strong links with industrial and academic laboratories and organisations and work closely with other IOP groups, notably:

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Group prizes

Thesis Prize

This prize is for the year's most outstanding PhD thesis.

Find out more about the Thesis Prize, including previous winners.

Annual Poster Prize

This prize is for the best poster presentation by a student attending the group’s annual Plasmas, Surfaces and Thin Films meeting.

Find out more about the Annual Poster Prize, including previous winners.

Group events

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Committee and contacts

Chair	Dr Erik Wagenaars, CPhys MInstP
Secretary	Dr Oliver Greenwood, MInstP
Treasurer	Professor Roger Webb, CPhys MInstP
Ordinary Member	Dr Luke Antwis, MInstP
Ordinary Member	Dr Hayley Brown, MInstP
Ordinary Member	Miss Beaujolais Bussell, MInstP
Co-opted Member	Dr Gianfranco Claudio, MInstP
Ordinary Member	Professor John Colligon, CPhys FInstP
Ordinary Member	Dr Patrick Isherwood, MInstP
Ordinary Member	Professor Roger Smith, CEng CPhys MInstP
Ordinary Member	Professor John Walls, CPhys FInstP
Ordinary Member	Professor Vladimir Vishnyakov, FInstP

Email: [email protected]