MRI: Acquisition of SQUID Magnetometer for the Exploration of the Next Generation of Materials and the Study of Complex Spin Phenomena

MRI：获取 SQUID 磁力计用于探索下一代材料和研究复杂自旋现象

• 批准号: 1337567
• 负责人: Stephen Wilson
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Boston College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1337567&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; SQUID; Magnetometer; Exploration

DMR-1337567StephenThis award through the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program at NSF supports the acquisition of a state-of-the-art magnetometer for education, research training, and the exploration of a host of novel materials. The magnetometer utilizes a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) for magnetic flux detection providing extremely high resolution and a critical characterization tool in the study a broad array of magnetic phenomena in complex materials. Researchers ate Boston College and numerous, regional, external users all engage in substantial materials synthesis and discovery efforts that will, along with their educational activities, tremendously benefit from the acquisition of the magnetometer. In particular, the instrument will support the exploration of the next generation of materials in fields ranging from complex oxides, to catalyst development, to energy harvesting materials, to high temperature superconductors---all of which hold the promise of pushing the frontiers of modern materials discovery. Additionally, the instrument will support undergraduate involvement in leading edge research as well as serve as a tool for stimulating interest in science for underrepresented high school interns.The SQUID magnetometer acquired through this award will have an immediate impact in its operation as a user facility to support both research and materials exploration at Boston College and in regional research programs. Fostering this discovery and development of novel materials has both near term and long-term societal significance where advances in materials historically underlie a significant fraction of technological advances. Additionally, the ability to operate this instrument without the loss of liquid helium renders it a high-throughput, low-cost, facility that stands to dramatically amplify its long-term regional scientific output. The ease of access and low-cost operation of the instrument will enable the training of the next generation of research scientists at undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels and provide a critical resource for the discovery of the next generation of functional materials.

NSF的主要研究工具（MRI）计划DMR-1337567Stephenthis颁发了奖项，支持收购最先进的磁力计，用于教育，研究培训和探索许多新型材料。 磁力计利用超导量子干扰装置（squid）进行磁通检测，从而在研究中提供了极高的分辨率和一个关键的特征工具，其中包括复杂材料中广泛的磁现象。研究人员吃了波士顿学院和许多区域外部用户，都从事大量材料的综合和发现工作，这些工作将及其教育活动从获得磁力计的获取中受益匪浅。 特别是，该仪器将支持探索从复杂的氧化物到催化剂开发到能量收集材料到高温超导体的田野中的下一代材料的探索 - 所有这些都持希望推动现代材料发现的前沿。 此外，该仪器将支持本科参与领先的研究，并用作刺激对科学不足的高中实习生的兴趣的工具。通过该奖项获得的鱿鱼磁力计将对其作为用户设施的运营产生直接影响，以支持波士顿学院的研究和材料探索。 培养这种新型材料的发现和发展具有短期和长期社会意义，在历史上，材料的进步是技术进步的很大一部分。 此外，在不损失液体氦气的情况下操作该仪器的能力使其成为高通量，低成本的设施，可极大地扩大其长期的区域科学输出。 该仪器的访问和低成本操作的易用性将使本科生，研究生和博士后水平的下一代研究科学家培训，并为发现下一代功能材料提供关键资源。