INTEFF_TOTEM was a Proof-of-Concept project in the framework of “Innovazione tecnologica dalla fisica fondamentale” (INTEFF) program promoted by INFN Technology Transfer Committee (CNTT). This project was funded by the Ministry of Economic Development (MISE) for the period from February 2021 to August 2022. The project aim was the enhancement of the INFN patent no. WO 2019/053570 “Method for obtaining a solid target for radiopharmaceuticals production”, developed within the framework of the LARAMED project at LNL. A technological R&D program to improve the deposition efficiency of some materials (e.g., Cr, ZnO) on different substrates (metal and non-metal) with Magnetron Sputtering (MS) technique was carried out. The goal was to limit, as much as technically achievable, the losses of the material to deposit, to make this technique also attractive for the expensive isotopically enriched materials. Such materials are typically used to manufacture cyclotron solid targets for the production of medical radionuclides. The initial estimated Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of this patent was 4. At the end of the project, to evaluate the developed technology some targets were irradiated with the proton beam of the medical cyclotron available at the S. Cuore Don Calabria Hospital (SCDCH) in Negrar, (VR). Thus, with the performed improvement we have achieved a TRL of 6. Moreover, a technological development of another INFN patent held by LARAMED group (no. WO 2019/220224 A1, “A method and a target for the production of 67Cu”) is strictly related to this project. The first step towards the manufacturing of a ZnO multilayer target for 67Cu production with a high energy cyclotron (e.g., the BEST 70p at LNL) was studied using both MS and Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) techniques. The INTEFF_TOTEM project was carried out in the framework of the LARAMED target development activities [1] and in collaboration with the Surface Technologies and Superconductivity Service at the LNL.
Results of INTEFF_TOTEM Project: magneTron sputering cyclotron TargEt Manufacturing
A. Kotliarenko;P. Martini;L. Mou;G. Pupillo;
2023
Abstract
INTEFF_TOTEM was a Proof-of-Concept project in the framework of “Innovazione tecnologica dalla fisica fondamentale” (INTEFF) program promoted by INFN Technology Transfer Committee (CNTT). This project was funded by the Ministry of Economic Development (MISE) for the period from February 2021 to August 2022. The project aim was the enhancement of the INFN patent no. WO 2019/053570 “Method for obtaining a solid target for radiopharmaceuticals production”, developed within the framework of the LARAMED project at LNL. A technological R&D program to improve the deposition efficiency of some materials (e.g., Cr, ZnO) on different substrates (metal and non-metal) with Magnetron Sputtering (MS) technique was carried out. The goal was to limit, as much as technically achievable, the losses of the material to deposit, to make this technique also attractive for the expensive isotopically enriched materials. Such materials are typically used to manufacture cyclotron solid targets for the production of medical radionuclides. The initial estimated Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of this patent was 4. At the end of the project, to evaluate the developed technology some targets were irradiated with the proton beam of the medical cyclotron available at the S. Cuore Don Calabria Hospital (SCDCH) in Negrar, (VR). Thus, with the performed improvement we have achieved a TRL of 6. Moreover, a technological development of another INFN patent held by LARAMED group (no. WO 2019/220224 A1, “A method and a target for the production of 67Cu”) is strictly related to this project. The first step towards the manufacturing of a ZnO multilayer target for 67Cu production with a high energy cyclotron (e.g., the BEST 70p at LNL) was studied using both MS and Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) techniques. The INTEFF_TOTEM project was carried out in the framework of the LARAMED target development activities [1] and in collaboration with the Surface Technologies and Superconductivity Service at the LNL.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
