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Cyclotron Resource Centre (CRC)

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Picture credit : Aurore Delsoir

Technical and scientific expertise

Exploitation of multi-charge ion beams, protons and neutrons for radiation resistance testing of electronic components used in space or at CERN (also via γ-sources) and the production of microporous membranes

Main equipment

  • Ion beams of the CYCLONE 110 cyclotron:
    • protons up to 65MeV
    • heavy ions up to Xe
    • neutrons
  • Cobalt 60 gamma irradiation

Get an overview of the platform’s facilities via a virtual tour.

Applications

  • Radiation resistance tests on electronic components
  • Production of microporous membranes

Services available to

  • UCLouvain students and researchers
  • Non-UCLouvain parties

  • 13 October 2021
    Le cyclotron labellisé ‘site historique’
    50 ans après son inauguration sur le campus de Louvain-la-Neuve, le Cyclotron de l’UCLouvain a été labellisé « site historique » par la Société européenne de physique ce 12 octobre.

Testimonial of it4ip

Testimonial of it4ip

December 2025 – M. Etienne Ferain, Chief Executive Officer of it4ip, shares his experience regarding his collaboration with the Cyclotron Resource Center.

He regularly relies on the heavy ion beam produced by the CRC to perform custom irradiation of track-etched polymer films, thereby meeting the highly specific requirements of his clients in the fields of biotechnology, medical applications, and nano- and microelectronics.