Nanoanalysis for Advanced Materials and Healthcare

该提案寻求资金，通过三种互补的前沿技术来增强表征和评估先进纳米材料的能力：场发射微探针（EPMA）、联合拉曼/多光子共聚焦显微镜（Raman/MP）和小角度x射线散射（SAXS）。这套设备将用于为一个多学科研究团队产生纳米分析能力的阶梯式变化，这些研究团队共同构成了斯特拉斯克莱德新技术和创新中心（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斯特拉斯克莱德和其他英国学者能够与其他拥有互补分析设施的世界领先团体合作，从而为跨国访问创建一个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，在先进材料科学领域产生新的研究机会。

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.