Feb 15 – 19, 2026
Grand Hotel Mediterraneo
Europe/Rome timezone
12th International Conference on Isotopes - 12ICI

MULTI COPPER AND GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES PRODUCTION BY IRRADIATION OF ZnO TARGET VIA MEDICAL CYCLOTRON

Feb 16, 2026, 1:58 PM
2m
Americas Room (Grand Hotel Mediterraneo)

Americas Room

Grand Hotel Mediterraneo

Poster 1. Isotopes Production and Devices Poster Session 1

Speaker

Petra Martini (University of Ferrara, Ferrara, ITALY)

Summary

The study explores the production of medically relevant copper radioisotopes by proton irradiation of enriched ZnO targets. Different reactions enable the generation of ⁶¹Cu, ⁶⁴Cu, and ⁶⁷Cu across specific energy ranges, while gallium isotopes also appear as valuable by-products. The researchers propose a multi-isotope production strategy and developed methods for Zn/Cu separation and ZnO recycling.

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Authors

Alessandra Boschi (University of Ferrara, Ferrara, ITALY) Alessandro Niorettini (University of Ferrara, Ferrara, ITALY) Alisa Kotliarenko (National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Legnaro, ITALY) Chiara Favaretto (IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella,) Daniele Peruzzi (IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella,) Emiliano Cazzola (IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella,) Francesca Porto (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) Gaia Pupillo (National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Legnaro, ITALY) Gaja Piteo (University of Padova, Padova, ITALY) Giancarlo Gorgoni (IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella,) Giorgia Speltri (University of Ferrara, Ferrara, ITALY) Juan Esposito (National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Legnaro, ITALY) Licia Uccelli (University of Ferrara, Ferrara, ITALY) Liliana Mou (National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Legnaro, ITALY) Lorenza Marvelli (University of Ferrara, Ferrara, ITALY) Lucia De Dominicis (National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Legnaro, ITALY) Petra Martini (University of Ferrara, Ferrara, ITALY) Rebecca Napolitano (University of Ferrara, Ferrara, ITALY) Renzo Tassinari (University of Ferrara, Ferrara, ITALY) Sara Cisternino (National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Legnaro, ITALY)

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