South of England Analytical Electron Microscope [ATEM]

英国多年来一直处于领先地位，并率先使用透射电子显微镜研究每一类工程材料。该提案旨在为英格兰南部的牛津大学、布里斯托尔大学、南安普顿大学、埃克塞特大学、萨里大学和巴斯大学安装最先进的快速采集和高通量分析透射电子显微镜（ATEM）作为区域研究设施。南安普顿大学和巴斯大学是epsrc资助的英国高等教育设施和设备共享网络Uniquip的创始成员，该应用程序包含该网络，旨在提高机构内部和机构之间研究设备的可见性和访问权限。在牛津强大的本地基础设施的支持下，该仪器将使我们能够解决关键的分析问题，并在6所合作大学的23名学术人员组成的研究小组中产生更大的战略重要性项目影响，这些研究小组与bbb20个工业合作伙伴共同开展项目。我们选择的特定主题领域将利用ATEM在广泛的工程主题中促进新材料的开发，包括发电、半导体材料、纳米技术和催化，并帮助英国工业保持竞争力和增加市场份额。

The UK has for many years held a leading position and pioneered the use of transmission electron microscopy in the study of every class of engineering material. This proposal is to install a state-of-the-art fast acquisition and high-throughput analytical transmission electron microscope (ATEM) as a regional research facility for a group of universities in the South of England: Oxford, Bristol, Southampton, Exeter, Surrey, and Bath. Southampton and Bath Universities are founder members of the EPSRC-funded UK HE Facilities and Equipment Sharing Network Uniquip, and this application embraces the network aims to increase the visibility of and access to research equipment within and between institutions.Supported by a strong local infrastructure in Oxford, the instrument will allow us to address key analytical problems and generate greater impact in projects of strategic importance in the research groups of 23 academic staff in the 6 partner universities, working on projects with >20 industrial partners. The specific theme areas we have selected to work on will use the ATEM to contribute to the development of novel materials across a wide range of engineering themes, including power generation, semiconductor materials, nanotechnology and catalysis, and to assist UK industry to maintain competitiveness and grow market share.