IBMAL Faculty | Department of Physics

IBMAL Faculty

Dr. Floyd D. McDaniel - Professor and Director

Dr. McDaniel directs the Ion Beam Modification and Analysis Laboratory (IBMAL), and is actively pursuing research in atomic/molecular physics and materials analysis. He is the coordinator of the Trace Element Accelerator Mass Spectroscopy Project. The IBMAL contains five electrostatic accelerators with potentials from 200KV to a 3 MV tandem accelerator.

Dr. Jerome L. Duggan - Regents Professor

Dr. Duggan is actively pursuing research in several areas involving electrostatic accelerators. He has activities in Particle Induced X-ray Emission, high energy proton microprobes, and Nuclear Reaction Analysis. He is the organizer of the internationally known "Denton Accelerator Conference" held biannually at UNT.

Dr. Samuel E. Matteson - Professor

Dr. Matteson has been instrumental in developing Accelerator Mass Spectroscopy for stable isotopes, an extremely sensitive characterization technique for detecting trace impurities in solids. Dr. Matteson also investigates the infiltration of flourine into flint projectile points in order to determine the age of archeological artifacts.

Dr. Duncan L. Weathers - Associate Professor

Dr. Weathers investigates experimentally the widely-applied process of sputtering, which might be described as "atomic sand blasting," in which atoms are removed from a surface by the impact of energetic atoms or ions. He uses the technique of Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy for his sputtering analysis.

Dr. B.Rout - Assistant Professor

Dr. Rout is actively pursuing research in several experimental areas involving condensed matter physics, materials science, nano-science and technology. His current research interests include materials analysis and modification using high energy focused ion beams; Growth and analysis of micro-nanostructures using UHV techniques involving MBE, E-beam, Ion beam.

Dr. T. Reinert - Assistant Professor