Acquisition of a Physical Properties Characterization Facility for Research and Student Training

有关物质物理性质的基本信息，如电荷传输、比热和磁化强度，在许多不同的领域中变得越来越重要。材料研究仪器项目的这一奖项将用于从量子设计公司购买物理性能测量系统，该系统将构成UCR物理性能表征设施的核心能力。使用这台仪器，可以测量比热、电输运和交流/扭矩磁力测量作为温度的函数，从0.5K到350K，场高达14T。UCR、几所当地大学和一家政府实验室的凝聚态物理、化学、工程和生命科学研究人员对该设备的能力表示了广泛的兴趣。该仪器还支持UCR在材料科学方面的倡议。一些感兴趣的体系包括：具有明确结构的生物材料和pi共轭大分子材料，镧系元素和吖系元素金属间化合物体系，奇异的磁性和超导材料，富勒烯化学，以及分子金属，如苯基中性自由基导体。除了研究计划，该仪器还将用于物理专业本科生的必修高级实验室课程。近年来，人们对展示新的自然基本原理的外来材料非常感兴趣，有时可以利用这些材料来生产有用的产品。随着新体系的合成，表征它们的基本性质，如电荷运动的方式、热响应和磁响应是重要的。来自材料研究仪器项目的这项奖励的资金将用于从量子设计公司购买物理性能测量系统。该仪器是全自动化的，具有复杂的控制系统，可以在大范围的温度范围内对小样本进行这些测量，并根据所施加的磁场进行测量。在凝聚态物理、化学、材料科学和生命科学领域工作的科学家经常与这种类型的信息有用的新材料或系统打交道，我们预计来自UCR的几个部门、一些当地大学和一个政府实验室的研究人员将使用这种设备。该仪器还将用于物理专业本科生的必修高级实验室课程。

Basic information on the physical properties of materials, such as charge transport, specific heat, and magnetization, are increasingly important in a number of different fields. This award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research program will be used to purchase a Physical Property Measurement System from Quantum Design that will form the core capability of a Physical Properties Characterization Facility at UCR. With this instrument, the specific heat, electrical transport, and AC/torque magnetometry can be measured as a function of temperature from 0.5 K to 350 K and field up to 14 T. Broad interest has been expressed in the capability of this facility by researchers in condensed matter physics, chemistry, engineering, and the life sciences from UCR, several local colleges, and a government laboratory. The instrument also supports UCR's initiative in materials science. Some of the systems of interest include: biomaterials and pi-conjugated macromolecular materials with well-defined architectures, lanthanide and actinide intermetallic systems, exotic magnetic and superconducting materials, Fullerene chemistry, and molecular metals such Phenalenyl-based neutral radical conductors. Along with the research program, the instrument will be used in a required advanced laboratory course for undergraduates majoring in Physics.In recent years, there is much interest in exotic materials that exhibit new fundamental principles of nature, which can sometimes be exploited to yield useful products. As new systems are synthesized, characterizing their basic properties such as the way electric charge moves, the thermal response, and the magnetic response is important. Funds from this award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research program will be used to purchase a Physical Property Measurement System from Quantum Design. This instrument is fully automated and has sophisticated control systems for performing these measurements on small samples over a large range of temperatures and as a function of applied magnetic field. Scientists working in condensed matter physics, chemistry, materials science, and the life sciences often deal with new materials or systems where this type of information is useful, and we expect researchers from several departments at UCR, some local colleges, and a government laboratory to use this equipment. The instrument will also be used in a required advanced laboratory course for undergraduates majoring in Physics.