Proton irradiation of beryllium deposits on different candidate materials to be used as a neutron production target for accelerator-based BNCT

Once well bonded deposits were obtained, some of them were irradiated with a 150 keV proton beam and with a 1.45 MeV deuteron beam. Both deposits, pristine and irradiated, were characterized by profilometry, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and electron probe microanalyzer.