National magnetochemical facility

分子或生物类型的新型磁性材料与广泛应用于记录设备的传统金属氧化物磁体有很大不同。从理解低温、强磁场或光照射下的基本特性的角度来看，它们非常重要，但它们在一系列应用中也显示出前景，例如存储设备和智能卡，以及自旋电子学和分子计算机的新领域。这里描述的需要新设备的磁化学项目，本质上是基础性的，但将为未来的纳米磁性材料提供基础。

New magnetic materials of the molecular or biological types are quite different to traditional metal oxide magnets widely used, for example, in recording devices. They are very important from the perspective of understanding fundamental properties at low temperatures, in high magnetic fields, or when irradiated by light, but they are also showing promise in a range of applications, such as memory devices and smart cards and in the new area of spintronics and molecular computers. The magnetochemical projects described here, that require the new equipment being sought, are fundamental in nature but will provide the underpinning of future nanomagnetic materials.