MRI: Acquisition of a Closed-Loop PPMS Enhanced for Multidisciplinary Research and Education at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette

收购物理性能测量系统为路易斯安那大学拉斐特分校的多学科材料研究提供了一个多用户平台。这一独特而强大的工具使这项工作成为可能，从而能够对材料进行现场多学科研究，这将对该区域的研究和教育能力产生变革作用。该仪器将用于基础研究；新材料设计；天然和人造材料表征；以及集能材料开发。这项仪器收购加强了几个现有的研究项目，为路易斯安那大学拉斐特分校地球和能源科学新项目的博士生提供了额外的项目，并为当地暴露不足、代表性不足的高中生的夏季研究课程奠定了基础。预计这些活动将对发展一支技术训练有素、包容性强的劳动力队伍产生显著影响。收购DyaCool物理性能测量系统为路易斯安那大学拉斐特分校的多学科材料研究提供了一个多用户平台。该仪器采用闭环式气体循环，采用低噪音固定部件技术，采用开放式结构，允许使用非标准探头增强其能力。该平台的一套适应性工具将用于基础研究；新材料设计；天然和人造材料表征；储能/收获材料开发；以及假说验证。为低温恒温器内部获得或开发的探头可测量各种固体的磁性、弹性、电学和热学性质。测量的性质对温度和磁场的依赖关系被用来揭示和理解所研究的材料中的晶格动力学、晶格-电子-磁矩耦合或能量相互作用。计划开展的具体活动包括：(1)磁学中的奇异现象；(2)新的高能效逻辑和数据存储技术；(3)岩石中磁信号的起源和分解；(4)金属添加剂-制造(AM)资格和模型验证；(5)薄膜磁阻调谐；(6)地质调查和新的AM材料数据库的系统数据收集；(7)磁性受挫热电中的磁弹性耦合。

The acquisition of a Physical Property Measurement System provides a multi-user platform for multidisciplinary materials research at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The work made possible by this unique and robust instrument enables on-site multidisciplinary research in materials that will be transformative for the region’s research and educational capacity. The instrumentation will be used for fundamental studies; new-materials design; natural and man-made materials characterization; and energy-harvesting materials development. This instrument acquisition enhances several existing research programs, provides additional projects for doctoral students in the new Earth and Energy Science program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and creates the base for summer research sessions for underexposed, underrepresented high school students from the local region. The activities are envisioned to make a marked impact in the development of a technologically well-trained and inclusive workforce.The acquisition of a DynaCool Physical Property Measurement System provides a multi-user platform for multidisciplinary materials research at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The instrument employs closed-loop gas circulation with low-noise non-moving-part technology, with an open architecture that allows for its capabilities to be enhanced with non-standard probes. The platform’s set of adaptable tools is to be used for fundamental studies; new-materials design; natural and man-made materials characterization; energy-storage/harvesting materials development; as well as hypothesis validation. The probes acquired or developed in-house for the cryostat provide measurements of magnetic, elastic, electric, and thermal properties for a wide range of solids. The temperature and magnetic-field dependence of the measured properties are used to uncover and understand lattice dynamics, lattice-electron-moment coupling, or energy interplay within the material studied. Specific activities planned are in the areas of (1) exotic phenomena in magnetism; (2) novel energy-efficient logic and data-storage technologies; (3) origin and decomposition of magnetic signals in rocks; (4) metal additive-manufacturing (AM) qualification and model validation; (5) magnetoresistance tuning in thin films; (6) systematic data collection for geological surveys and new AM-materials databases; (7) magnetoelastic coupling in magnetically-frustrated thermoelectrics.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.