TY  - JOUR
A1  - Henriques, A.
A1  - Jurado, B.
A1  - Grieser, M.
A1  - Denis-Petit, D.
A1  - Chiron, T.
A1  - Gaudefroy, L.
A1  - Glorius, J.
A1  - Langer, Christoph
A1  - Litvinov, Yu. A.
A1  - Mathieu, L.
A1  - Meot, V.
A1  - Perez-Sanchez, R.
A1  - Pibernat, J.
A1  - Reifarth, R.
A1  - Roig, O.
A1  - Thomas, B.
A1  - Thomas, B. A.
A1  - Thomas, J. C.
A1  - Tsekhanovich, I.
T1  - Indirect measurements of neutron cross-secti at heavy-ion storage rings
JF  - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
N2  - Cross sections for neutron-induced reactions of short-lived nuclei are essential for nuclear astrophysics since these reactions in the stars are responsible for the production of most heavy elements in the universe. These reactions are also key in applied domains like energy production and medicine. Nevertheless, neutron-induced cross-section measurements can be extremely challenging or even impossible to perform due to the radioactivity of the targets involved. Indirect measurements through the surrogate-reaction method can help to overcome these difficulties.

The surrogate-reaction method relies on the use of an alternative reaction that will lead to the formation of the same excited nucleus as in the neutron-induced reaction of interest. The decay probabilities (for fission, neutron and gamma-ray emission) of the nucleus produced via the surrogate reaction allow one to constrain models and the prediction of the desired neutron cross sections.

We propose to perform surrogate reaction measurements in inverse kinematics at heavy-ion storage rings, in particular at the CRYRING@ESR of the GSI/FAIR facility. We present the conceptual idea of the most promising setup to measure for the first time simultaneously the fission, neutron and gamma-ray emission probabilities. The results of the first simulations considering the 238U(d,d') reaction are shown, as well as new technical developments that are being carried out towards this set-up.
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1668/1/012019
VL  - 1668
IS  - Art. 012019
PB  - IOP
CY  - Bristol
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hoffmann, Andreas
A1  - Rohrbach, Felix
A1  - Uhl, Matthias
A1  - Ceblin, Maximilian
A1  - Bauer, Thomas
A1  - Mallah, Marcel
A1  - Jacob, Timo
A1  - Heuermann, Holger
A1  - Kuehne, Alexander J. C.
T1  - Atmospheric pressure plasma-jet treatment of polyacrylonitrile-nonwovens—Stabilization and roll-to-roll processing
JF  - Journal of Applied Polymer Science
N2  - Carbon nanofiber nonwovens represent a powerful class of materials with prospective application in filtration technology or as electrodes with high surface area in batteries, fuel cells, and supercapacitors. While new precursor-to-carbon conversion processes have been explored to overcome productivity restrictions for carbon fiber tows, alternatives for the two-step thermal conversion of polyacrylonitrile precursors into carbon fiber nonwovens are absent. In this work, we develop a continuous roll-to-roll stabilization process using an atmospheric pressure microwave plasma jet. We explore the influence of various plasma-jet parameters on the morphology of the nonwoven and compare the stabilized nonwoven to thermally stabilized samples using scanning electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and infrared spectroscopy. We show that stabilization with a non-equilibrium plasma-jet can be twice as productive as the conventional thermal stabilization in a convection furnace, while producing electrodes of comparable electrochemical performance.
KW  - batteries and fuel cells
KW  - electrospinning
KW  - fibers
KW  - irradiation
KW  - porous materials
Y1  - 2022
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.52887
SN  - 0021-8995 (Print)
SN  - 1097-4628 (Online)
N1  - Weitere Informationen: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Fördernummer: 13XP5036E. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Fördernummern: 390874152, 441209207, 327886311
VL  - 139
IS  - 37
SP  - 1
EP  - 9
PB  - Wiley
ER  -