

Research Foci
- Materials under extreme conditions of radiation and energy density
- Radiation hardness
- Materials for extreme thermal management
- Carbon materials
- Beam intercepting devices in high power accelerators
- Raman spectroscopy
- Swift heavy ions interaction with matter
- Micro-mechanical characterisation
CV
Academic Education
- Doctorate in Physics, Magnetic Materials, at Al. I. Cuza University, Iasi, Romania under the supervision of Prof. Horia Chiriac; Thesis: “Synthesis and characterization of soft magnetic amorphous alloys”
- Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, Diploma thesis: Monte-Carlo calculation of self-absorption and coincidence summing corrections for bulk gamma sources
- National Theoretical College „Stefan cel Mare“, Suceava, Baccalaureat in Mathematics & Physics
Positions
- Scientific staff at the Institute of Materials Physics, University of Münster
- Staff Scientist, Materials Research Department, GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ions Research
- Guest researcher, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung
- Senior Staff Researcher, National Institute of Materials Physics, Bucharest Romania
- Research Associate, Department of Materials, University of Oxford
- Senior Staff Researcher, National Institute of Materials Physics, Bucharest Romania
- Staff Researcher, Senior Staff Researcher, National Institute of Research and Development for Technical Physics, Iasi, Romania
Current Project
- I.FAST – Innovation Fostering in Accelerator Science and Technology - Task 4.3: Innovative beam windows for high-power accelerator applications ( – )
EU-Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: EC H2020 - Research and innovation actions | Project Number: 101004730
- I.FAST – Innovation Fostering in Accelerator Science and Technology - Task 4.3: Innovative beam windows for high-power accelerator applications ( – )
Articles in Scientific Journals, Newspapers or Magazines
Selection
- Lake, RE, Persaud, A, Christian, C, et al.. “Direct formation of nitrogen-vacancy centers in nitrogen doped diamond along the trajectories of swift heavy ions.” Applied Physics Letters, № 118: 084002. doi: 10.1063/5.0036643.
- Rogozhkin, Sergey V, Bogachev, Aleksei A, Nikitin, Alexander A, et al.. “TEM analysis of radiation effects in ODS steels induced by swift heavy ions.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, № 486: 1–10. doi: 10.1016/j.nimb.2020.10.017.
- Purushothaman, S, Haba, H, Haettner, E, et al.. “First test of graphenic carbon vacuum windows with heavy ions.” RIKEN Accel. Prog. Rep., № 2020: 134.
Complete List
- Notari, L, Pasquali, M, Carra, F, Losasso, M, Guardia-Valenzuela, J, and Tomut, M. “Dynamic response to short-pulsed U-ion beams of material candidates for vacuum beam windows manufacturing.” HELIYON, № 10 (24) e40707. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e40707.
- Accettura, C, Baudin, L, Bertarelli, A, et al.. “Experimental investigation under laser-driven shocks of the dynamic behavior of materials for beam-intercepting devices in particle accelerators.” Results in Materials, № 24 100638. doi: 10.1016/j.rinma.2024.100638.
- Notari, L, Pasquali, M, Carra, F, Losasso, M, and Tomut, M. “Materials adopted for particle beam windows in relevant experimental facilities.” Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, № 27 (024801): 024801-1–024801-31. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.27.024801.
- S. Khademorezaian, M. Tomut, M. Peterlechner, M.W. da Silva Pinto, H. Rösner, S. Divinski, G. Wilde. “Extreme rejuvenation of a bulk metallic glass at the nanoscale by swift heavy ion irradiation.” Journal of Alloys and Compounds, № 980: 1–14. doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.173571.
- K, Schuster, K, Voigt, B, Klemmed, et al.. “Recovery of release cloud from laser shock-loaded graphite and hydrocarbon targets: in search of diamonds.” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, № 56 (2): 025301. doi: 10.1088/1361-6463/ac99e8.
- Meyer, C-C, Dragoun, A, Düllmann, ChE, et al.. “Chemical conversions in lead thin films induced by heavy-ion beams at Coulomb barrier energies.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, № 1028: 166365. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2022.166365.
- Simon, Pascal, Drechsel, Philipp, Katrik, Peter, et al.. “Dynamic Response of Graphitic Targets with Tantalum Cores Impacted by Pulsed 440-GeV Proton Beams.” Shock and Vibration, № 2021 doi: 10.1155/2021/8884447.
- Bolz, Philipp Drechsel Philipp, Prosvetov, Alexey Simon Pascal, and Trautmann, Christina Tomut Marilena. “Dynamic Radiation Effects Induced by Short-Pulsed GeV U-Ion Beams in Graphite and h-BN Targets.” Shock and Vibration, № 2021 (Special Issue:Structural and Wave Propagation Effects in High-Energy Particle Impacts) doi: 10.1155/2021/8825142.
- Lake, RE, Persaud, A, Christian, C, et al.. “Direct formation of nitrogen-vacancy centers in nitrogen doped diamond along the trajectories of swift heavy ions.” Applied Physics Letters, № 118: 084002. doi: 10.1063/5.0036643.
- Rogozhkin, Sergey V, Bogachev, Aleksei A, Nikitin, Alexander A, et al.. “TEM analysis of radiation effects in ODS steels induced by swift heavy ions.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, № 486: 1–10. doi: 10.1016/j.nimb.2020.10.017.
- Purushothaman, S, Haba, H, Haettner, E, et al.. “First test of graphenic carbon vacuum windows with heavy ions.” RIKEN Accel. Prog. Rep., № 2020: 134.
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