Acquisition of a Quantum Design PPMS for Research and Education

这项来自重大研究仪器计划的奖项为购买量子设计物理特性测量系统(PPMS)提供了支持。PPMS对于罗格斯大学物理系和化学系、新泽西理工学院(NJIT)、其他大学、国家实验室和工业实验室之间的广泛研究合作至关重要。该仪器将用于广泛的研究，包括在功能氧化物中发现的微观电子/磁性/结构不均匀性的研究，以及它在这些材料的宏观物理响应中的相应作用，如磁阻、磁导率、压电常数和线性/非线性光学特性。这些研究活动的成功将取决于对各种材料特性的快速表征，而PPMS将是实现这一目的的关键。PPMS将直接用于本科生和来自代表性不足群体的高中生的教育。罗格斯大学物理与天文学系将为本科生班开发新的实验。此外，NJIT的T.Tyson将在纽瓦克地区为高中生举办为期七周的暑期研讨会，其中包括超导铜酸盐的磁传输和其他磁性实验。Sabya Guha(罗格斯大学技术员)将管理PPMS的维护和操作，以确保没有经验的学生/用户的安全。*这项来自重大研究仪器项目的奖项支持新不伦瑞克罗格斯大学收购Quantum Design物理特性测量系统(PPMS)，这是一种多功能和用户友好的仪器。PPMS可用于复杂材料的各种物理性质的测量。这对于罗格斯大学、新泽西理工学院(NJIT)、其他大学、国家实验室和工业实验室的物理系和化学系之间的广泛研究合作至关重要。现代电子和磁性设备经常利用材料在受到磁场或电场、压力或光照射等外部影响时的物理响应。最近的研究表明，在具有微观电/磁/结构不均匀的材料中，大尺度的物理响应可以显著地增强。因此，在微观上不均匀的材料中这种增强的响应可以为未来的技术提供科学基础。这项研究将集中在理解和控制微观非均质性和宏观物理响应之间的相互关系。这个项目的成功将取决于对各种材料的全面表征，而PPMS将是实现这一目的的关键。PPMS将直接用于本科生和来自代表性不足群体的高中生的教育。物理与天文学系将为本科生班开发新的实验。此外，NJIT的T.Tyson将在为纽瓦克地区未被充分代表的高中生举办的为期七周的暑期研讨会中增加关于超导铜氧化物的磁输运和其他磁性实验

This award from the Major Research Instrumentation Program provides supports for acquisition of a Quantum Design Physical Properties Measurement System (PPMS). The PPMS is essential for a broad research collaboration between the Physics and Chemistry Departments at Rutgers U., New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), various other universities, a national laboratory, and industrial labs. The instrument will be used in a wide range of research, including research on the microscopic electronic/magnetic/structural inhomogeneity found in functional oxides, and its corresponding roles in the macroscopic physical response of these materials, such as magnetoresistance, magnetic permeability, piezoelectric constants, and linear/non-linear optical characteristics. The success of these research activities will depend on a speedy characterization of various material properties, and the PPMS will be essential for this purpose. The PPMS will be directly used for education of undergraduate students as well as high school students from underrepresented groups. New experiments for an undergraduate class will be developed at the Department of Physics & Astronomy (Rutgers U.). In addition, T. Tyson at NJIT will incorporate magneto-transport and other magnetic experiments on superconducting cuprates to a seven-week summer workshop for high school students in the Newark area. Sabya Guha (Technician at Rutgers) will manage the maintenance and operation of the PPMS so that the safety of inexperienced students/users will be ensured. ****This award from the Major Research Instrumentation program supports Rutgers Univ New Brunswick with the acquisition of a Quantum Design Physical Properties Measurement System (PPMS), a multi-functional and user-friendly instrument. The PPMS can be used for measurements of a wide range of physical properties in complex materials. It will be essential for a broad research collaboration between Physics and Chemistry Departments at Rutgers, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), various other universities, a national laboratory, and industrial labs. Modern electronic and magnetic devices often utilize the physical response of materials when subjected to external influences such as magnetic or electric fields, pressure, or optical irradiation. Recent investigation suggests that the large-scale physical response can be drastically enhanced in materials with microscopic electronic/magnetic/structural inhomogeneity. Thus, this enhanced response in microscopically inhomogeneous materials can provide the scientific underpinning for future technologies. The research will focus on understanding as well as controlling the inter-relationship between the microscopic inhomogeneity and macroscopic physical response. The success of this project will critically depend on a comprehensive characterization of various materials, and the PPMS will be essential for this purpose.The PPMS will be used directly for the education of undergraduate students as well as high school students from underrepresented groups. New experiments for an undergraduate class will be developed at the Department of Physics & Astronomy. Furthermore, T. Tyson at NJIT, will add magneto-transport and other magnetic experiments on superconducting cuprates to a seven-week summer workshop for underrepresented high school students in the Newark area