PLATFORM: Microwave Dielectric Materials

平台赠款将支持的主要活动是目前在微波介质材料领域的工作。这些材料被用作微波通信系统中的过滤元件、治疗肝癌的微波消融治疗中的元件以及天线元件和振荡器的衬底。物理电子和材料集团目前在复杂介电随温度变化的测量、材料随温度变化的拉曼光谱以及开发可行的损耗理论方面拥有世界公认的专业知识。在对该小组的展望中，我们设想开发PLD铁电薄膜、可调谐材料或频率捷变材料，并将MEMS的使用作为这一倡议的一部分--后者正在与Chalmers等公司合作。这项研究将由该平台打算支持的关键博士后工作人员进行，我们还将发展我们与该领域其他领先团队的良好联系，如FZJ、泰利斯、谢菲尔德、密歇根大学和其他机构。

The main activity that the Platform grant will support is the current work in the area of Microwave Dielectric Materials. These materials are used as filter elements in microwave communications systems, as elements in microwave ablation therapy to treat liver cancer and as substrates for antenna elements and oscillators. The Physical Electronics and Materials group is now world recognised with particular expertise in complex dielectrics measurements as a function of temperature, Raman spectroscopy of the materials as a function of temperature and the development of a workable theory of loss. In the Forward Look for the group we envisage the development of PLD ferroelectric films, tuneable or frequency agile materials and the use of MEMS as part of this initiative - the latter being in collaboration with e.g. Chalmers. The research will be carried out by the key post doctoral staff that the Platform is intended to support and we will also develop our already good links with other leading groups in the area such as FZJ, Thales, Sheffield, UMIST and others.