Welcome to ICNMTA 2006!

Welcome to the website of the 10th International Conference on Nuclear Microprobe Technology and Applications. The conference is organized by the Centre for Ion Beam Applications (CIBA), Physics Department, National University of Singapore, Singapore, and will be held in the summer of 2006 (9-14 July).

Singapore, a beautiful and lush tropical island, has undergone a stunning transformation during the past decades, moving from the third world to the first. Singapore is now a major player in high tech industry, and is setting up to become a global hub for the life sciences as well.

Nuclear microprobes are extremely powerful analytical tools, being applied to a wide range of scientific problems. Most of the well known ion beam analytical techniques can be used as microscopies if MeV ion beams are focused to spot sizes in the micro/nano meter range. In addition to the development of new ways to utilize these probes as analytical tools, strong progress has been made in the area of material modification very recently.

The ICNMTA2006 is an opportunity for workers in the field to introduce the latest developments in micro-beam technology, regarding both the hardware (lenses, detectors, DAQ systems etc ) and the software (data acquisition, data analysis, beam contol, etc) Furthermore, a wide range of applications micro-beams will be presented.

On Wednesday, July 12th a specialized workshop (2nd International Workshop on Proton Beam Writing) will be held at the conference venue.