Research
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National facilities
One of FOM's objectives is to initiate, help manage, and grant access to facilities for researchers from the Netherlands and abroad. These researchers are from academia and industry and within and outside of physics. Some of the facilities and large set-ups are at FOM institutes, whereas others are at universities or are facilities in which FOM is a partner.
Accelerator Groningen ORsay (AGOR)
Located at the KVI in Groningen. AGOR is a superconducting cyclotron that accelerates light and heavy ions up to 200 MeV per nucleon (for protons). AGOR is suitable for nuclear physics, irradiations, radiobiology, atomic physics and surface physics; the possibility of using AGOR for proton therapy is being investigated. Further information about AGOR.
Amsterdam nanoCenter
The FOM institute AMOLF in Amsterdam houses a facility for nanomanufacturing and nanocharacteristation which uses a combination of techniques. There is a cleanroom with facilities for optic and electron beam lithography and plasma etching, a facility for thin-film deposition, a laboratory for biophysics and chemistry and innovative optical tools for nanomanufacturing, nanomanipulation and nano-analysis including optical tweezers, confocal microscopy, and near-field optical microscopy. Further information about Amsterdam nanoCenter.
Computational Materials Science (CMS)
Expertise is available at Radboud University Nijmegen and the University of Twente. This expertise and the software library can be used to study a series of problems in the field of modern condensed materials. Contact: Prof. R.A. de Groot, Radboud University Nijmegen and Prof. P.J. Kelly, University of Twente.
Free Electron Laser for Infrared eXperiments (FELIX)
At the FOM Institute DIFFER in Nieuwegein; FELIX provides radiation in the spectrum of 2500 to 40 cm-1 in picosecond pulses with a power of 107 Watt per micropulse. FELIX has been explicitly set up as a user facility and serves researchers from physics, chemistry, materials research and the biomedical sciences. Further information about FELIX.
High Field Magnet Laboratory (HFML)
At Radboud University Nijmegen, FOM and the university manage a facility with five magnets. The strongest of these is a 30 T continuous hybrid magnet. Further information about HFML.
Accelerator Groningen ORsay (AGOR)
Located at the KVI in Groningen. AGOR is a superconducting cyclotron that accelerates light and heavy ions up to 200 MeV per nucleon (for protons). AGOR is suitable for nuclear physics, irradiations, radiobiology, atomic physics and surface physics; the possibility of using AGOR for proton therapy is being investigated. Further information about AGOR.
Amsterdam nanoCenter
The FOM institute AMOLF in Amsterdam houses a facility for nanomanufacturing and nanocharacteristation which uses a combination of techniques. There is a cleanroom with facilities for optic and electron beam lithography and plasma etching, a facility for thin-film deposition, a laboratory for biophysics and chemistry and innovative optical tools for nanomanufacturing, nanomanipulation and nano-analysis including optical tweezers, confocal microscopy, and near-field optical microscopy. Further information about Amsterdam nanoCenter.
Computational Materials Science (CMS)
Expertise is available at Radboud University Nijmegen and the University of Twente. This expertise and the software library can be used to study a series of problems in the field of modern condensed materials. Contact: Prof. R.A. de Groot, Radboud University Nijmegen and Prof. P.J. Kelly, University of Twente.
Free Electron Laser for Infrared eXperiments (FELIX)
At the FOM Institute DIFFER in Nieuwegein; FELIX provides radiation in the spectrum of 2500 to 40 cm-1 in picosecond pulses with a power of 107 Watt per micropulse. FELIX has been explicitly set up as a user facility and serves researchers from physics, chemistry, materials research and the biomedical sciences. Further information about FELIX.
High Field Magnet Laboratory (HFML)
At Radboud University Nijmegen, FOM and the university manage a facility with five magnets. The strongest of these is a 30 T continuous hybrid magnet. Further information about HFML.