ENHANCEMENT OF PULSED-MAGNETIC FIELD FACILITY

新材料的开发和对其特性的理解取决于尖端的测量技术。特别是，强磁场的使用已被证明是揭示新型磁性，金属和超导材料的宝贵工具。基于这些材料的设备有可能对技术产生变革性影响。虽然实验室的电磁铁可以提供高达1或2特斯拉的大磁场，超导磁体可以达到20-25特斯拉，但最有前途的材料需要更大的场强来进行研究。这项EPSRC拨款将加强牛津大学的脉冲磁场设施，以达到高达70特斯拉的磁场，并且比目前可用的持续时间更长。它还将培养专门知识，以推行一项开拓性的磁铁技术发展方案。这将为英国创造一种独特的能力，并允许英国学术界和工业界的研究人员进行专业测量，否则这是不可能的。此外，这将使这些科学家能够利用他们在高领域研究和先进材料制造方面令人印象深刻的记录所产生的科学机会。

The development of new materials and the understanding of their properties is contingent on cutting-edge measurement techniques. In particular, the use of intense magnetic fields has proven to be an invaluable tool in shedding light on novel magnetic, metallic and superconducting materials. Devices based upon such materials have the potential for transformative effects on technology. Although laboratory electromagnets can deliver large fields of up to 1 or 2 tesla, and superconducting magnets can reach up to 20-25 tesla, the most promising materials require significantly larger field strengths for their investigation. This EPSRC grant will enhance the pulsed-magnetic field facility at Oxford in order to achieve fields of up to 70 tesla and for longer durations than currently available. It would also foster the expertise to pursue a programme of pioneering magnet technology development. This would create a unique capability for the UK and allow specialised measurements to be performed by researchers in UK academia and industry that would not otherwise be possible. Furthermore, it would permit these scientists to exploit the scientific opportunities arising from their impressive track record in high field research and advanced materials fabrication.