Introduction
Beijing Radiation Center (BRC), established in 1979, is an entity for scientific research, teaching, and technical development, under the leadership of Beijing Normal University and Beijing Academy of Science and Technology. The BRC is one of the earliest organizations in the P R China to offer doctoral degree programs in the fields of theoretical physics and condensed matter physics.
The BRC has engaged in research and development in ion beam physics and its applications, modification of material surfaces by ion beams, theoretical physics and condensed matter physics, nanomaterials, semiconductor materials and devices, functional films, X-ray optics, radiation effects and radiation processing, accelerator physics and accelerator techniques, nuclear physics and nuclear analysis, microarc oxidation coatings, and electronics and control systems. It has received more than 20 awards, including Science and Technology Progress Prizes from the State Science and Technology Commission, State Education Commission, and the Beijing Municipal Government, and Beijing International Invention golden medals. A number of national patents have been granted. Over 100 papers have been published annually in refereed journals. The BRC has a permanent staff of over 50, including 8 professors and 2 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The BRC offers doctoral degrees in theoretical physics, condensed matter physics, particle physics and atomic physics, and nuclear techniques and applications. It offers master's degrees in the above 4 fields, as well as optics and materials physics and chemistry. BRC has an open laboratory ¨C Key Laboratory of Beam Technology and Material Modification of the Ministry of Education. This laboratory is open nationally and internationally to scientists for research in the field of interaction between materials and radiation beams. Over 40 doctoral students and 220 master students have graduated from BRC.
There are five research groups in the BRC: Theoretical Physics, Ion Beam Physics, Nuclear Physics and Technology, Semiconductor Materials and Device, and Materials Physics. Professor Huang Zu-qia, an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is currently the Director of the Academic Committee of the BRC. Professor Wang Nai-yan, also an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is currently the Director of the BRC.