Materials Science Capability for Healthy and Sustainable Living Research at King's College London

国王学院正在申请五项资本设备，以支持健康和可持续生活材料科学研究。这些项目将有助于支持杰出的工程和物理科学研究，使英国能够在2050年前实现其净零二氧化碳排放的目标，以及世界一流的医疗保健研究，最终将为一系列常见的健康状况带来更有效，更便宜的治疗方法。我们请求支持以下项目：原子力显微镜（AFM）套件：这是一个模块化套件，用于构建原子力显微镜，该设备使用小探针对生物和其他材料进行物理成像并与之相互作用，用于生物物理学研究。台式粉末X射线衍射仪：X射线衍射仪，可以表征新材料的物理特性，例如用于储能应用的材料。Apium M220医用3D打印机：该仪器允许现场3D打印由聚合物聚醚醚酮（PEEK）制成的无菌医疗植入物，减少了昂贵和浪费的加工需求。这是一种设备，它产生的光具有与太阳相同的特性，能够对能源应用中的新型材料进行严格的测试和基准测试。球楔引线键合机：该产品将用于与金属和半导体基板、薄膜和纳米结构材料进行坚固且可再现的电连接，使用Au、Al或Cu线，使得在诸如低能量光致发光和电池技术的领域的研究成为可能。

King's is requesting five items of capital equipment which will support Materials Science for Healthy and Sustainable Living research. These items will help support both outstanding engineering and physical sciences research into the science and technologies which will enable the UK to achieve its goal of net zero CO2 emissions by 2050, and world class healthcare research which will ultimately result in more effective, and less costly treatments for a range of common health conditions.We are requesting support for the following items;Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) Kit: This is a modular kit to build an Atomic Force Microscope, a device that uses a small probe to physically image and interact with biological and other materials for research in biophysics.Benchtop Powder X-ray diffraction instrument: X-ray diffraction instrument that can characterise the physical properties of novel materials such as those developed for energy storage applications.Apium M220 medical 3D printer: This instrument allows sterile medical implants made of the polymer polyether ether ketone (PEEK) to be 3D printed on site, reducing the need for expensive and wasteful machining.Solar Simulator: This is a piece of equipment which produces light with the same characteristics as that from the sun, enabling rigorous testing and benchmarking of novel materials for energy applications.Ball and Wedge Wire Bonder: This item will be used to make robust and reproducible electrical connections to metallic and semiconductor substrates, thin-film and nanostructured materials, using either Au, Al or Cu wire, enabling research in areas such as low energy photovoltaics and battery technologies.