Nanoanalysis for Advanced Materials and Healthcare

这项提案寻求资金，以增强利用三种互补的前沿技术对先进纳米材料进行表征和评估的能力：场发射微探针(EPMA)、拉曼/多光子共聚焦显微镜(拉曼/MP)和小角X射线散射(SAXS)。这套设备将用于为多学科研究团队带来纳米分析能力的阶段性变化，他们共同构成Strathclyde新技术和创新中心(TIC)的关键部分。该设备将支持广泛的研究组合，重点是功能材料和医疗保健应用。所要求的设备套件将使Strathclyde和其他英国学者能够与拥有互补分析设施的其他世界领先组织合作，从而创建一个跨国访问的非重复设施的国际合作网络。此外，该设备将与英国国家物理实验室、英国工业界和学术界合作，在先进材料科学方面创造新的研究机会。

This proposal seeks funding to deliver enhanced capability for characterising and assessing advanced nanomaterials using three complementary, leading edge techniques: Field-emission microprobe (EPMA), combined Raman/multiphoton confocal microscope (Raman/MP) and small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). This suite of equipment will be used to generate a step-change in nanoanalysis capability for a multi-disciplinary team of researchers who together form a key part of Strathclyde's new Technology and Innovation Centre (TIC). The equipment will support an extensive research portfolio with an emphasis on functional materials and healthcare applications. The requested equipment suite will enable Strathclyde and other UK academics to partner with other world-leading groups having complementary analytical facilities, thereby creating an international collaborative network of non-duplicated facilities for trans-national access. Moreover the equipment will generate new research opportunities in advanced materials science in partnership with the National Physical Laboratory, UK industry and academia.