Radiation Effects in Insulators (REI) is a long-running international conference series
dedicated to basic and applied scientific research relating to radiation effects in
insulators
Insulator may refer to:
* Insulator (electricity), a substance that resists electricity
** Pin insulator, a device that isolates a wire from a physical support such as a pin on a utility pole
** Strain insulator, a device that is designed to work ...
and non-metallic materials. It is held every second year in locations around the world.
The REI conference has a long history.
Since the first conference was held in 1981, REI has been the international forum to present and discuss the latest achievements in the field of insulating materials modification through different kind of radiation (
ions
An ion () is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge.
The charge of an electron is considered to be negative by convention and this charge is equal and opposite to the charge of a proton, which is considered to be positive by conven ...
,
electrons
The electron ( or ) is a subatomic particle with a negative one elementary electric charge. Electrons belong to the first generation of the lepton particle family,
and are generally thought to be elementary particles because they have no ...
,
neutrons, etc). The conference regularly attracts about 200 attendees.
Topics covered
The REI conference covers a wide range of topics including the following.
Atomistic and Collective Processes of Radiation Effects
* Fundamental knowledge on atomistic and electronic
defect production and stability
* Irradiation-induced microstructural evolution and material modifications
* Fundamentals, theory and computer simulations
* Advances in defect and material characterization
* Radiation response of nanomaterials
*
Swift heavy ion
Swift heavy ions are the components of a type of particle beam with high enough energy that electronic stopping dominates over nuclear stopping.M. Toulemonde, W. Assmann, C. Dufour, A. Meftah, F. Studer, and C. Trautmann,
Experimental phenomena a ...
irradiations
* Neutron irradiations
* Laser-solid interactions
* Electron-solid interactions
Irradiated Materials
* Simple and complex oxides
* Carbides and nitrides
* Polymers
* Ionic crystals
* Semiconductor and scintillator materials
* Glasses and silica
* Carbon-based materials
* Nanocomposites and nanostructured materials
Applications
* Nuclear materials: fission, fusion and waste forms
* Functional nanocomposites
* Photonic, bio-medicine and sensing materials
* Micro- and nano-patterning
* Materials processing with swift heavy ions and cluster beams
Proceedings
The proceedings of REI-1 (1981) and REI-3 (1985) were published in the peer-reviewed journal ''Radiation Effects'', renamed
Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids in 1989. The proceedings of REI-1 are found in volume 64
ssues 1-4and volume 65
ssues 1-4of this journal. The proceedings of REI-3 are found in volume 97
ssues 3-4 volume 98
ssues 1-4 and volume 99
ssues 1-4of this journal.
The proceedings of REI-2 (1983) and every REI conference since REI-4 (1987) have been published in the peer-reviewe
Elsevierjournal
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B. These REI proceedings can be found in the following volumes of this journal: REI-2 (vol. 1), REI-4 (vol. 32), REI-5 (vol. 46), REI-6 (vol. 65), REI-7 (vol. 91), REI-8 (vol. 116), REI-9 (vol.141), REI-10 (vol. 166-167), REI-11 (vol. 191), REI-12 (vol. 218), REI-13 (vol. 250), REI-14 (vol. 266), REI-15 (vol. 268), and REI-16 (vol. 286).
REI conferences held
The complete list of REI conferences held up to 2013 is as follows.
The chairmen for the conferences prior to 2009 are taken
from the list of proceedings editors in
References
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Physics conferences
Radiation effects