SPIN-Lab

该提案将开发一个核心实验室，将关键的研究工具汇集在一个管理良好的中心：SPIN-Lab中，用于表征孤立和耦合自旋。这将通过更新现有工具以及购买最先进的仪器来取代老化或超额预订的设施来实现。因此，我们将实施一个连贯的愿景，集中在一个单一的机构通常不优先考虑的技术组合，这将是在英国独一无二的。最终，SPIN-Lab将被定位为一个领先的国家磁性研究中心，由一名研究人员提供支持，并由一个董事会管理，其中包括来自材料，物理，化学，地球科学，生命科学和化学工程的成员。目前的用户群超过50名调查员，横跨三个学院，仅在帝国理工学院，我们将通过例如伦敦纳米技术中心与伦敦的机构密切合作。主要研究工具包括：（a）先进的SQUID量子设计磁性测量系统（MPMS-3），可在光激发、高压和交变磁场等条件下进行超高灵敏度的磁性测量。(b)最先进的连续波电子顺磁共振（EPR）光谱仪与激光耦合。(c)升级以确保现有工具的可持续性，实现无低温操作，并扩展功能，包括铁磁共振、磁力显微镜、固态核磁共振和低温霍尔探头。我们的研究将首先应用于以下重大挑战：（1）工程新的解决方案：塑料电子，催化，电池，太阳能燃料;（2）健康和福祉：热疗和磁传感;（3）引领数据革命：自旋电子学和微波激射器;（4）发现和自然世界：自然磁性，光合作用，光化学。

This proposal will develop a core laboratory that brings together the critical research tools for the characterisation of isolated and coupled spins in a well-managed hub: SPIN-Lab. This will be achieve through the upgrade of exiting tools together with the purchase of state-of-the art instruments to replace ageing or oversubscribed facilities. Therefore, we will implement a coherent vision centred on a combination of techniques that is not usually prioritised in a single institution, and that will be unique in the UK. Ultimately SPIN-Lab will be positioned as a leading national centre for magnetism research, supported by a research officer and managed by a board including members from Materials, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Life Sciences and Chemical Engineering. The current user base is over 50 investigators, spanning three faculties, at Imperial alone, and we will work closely with London-based institutions via for example the London Centre for Nanotechnology. The facility will be open to external users who will amount to 20% of the usage.Key research tools include: (a) a state-of-the-art SQUID-based Quantum Design Magnetic Properties Measurement System (MPMS-3) that will perform ultra-high sensitivity magnetic measurements in a range of conditions such as under photoexcitation, at high pressure, and in alternating fields. (b) A state-of-the-art continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrometer coupled with a laser. (c) Upgrades to ensure sustainability of existing tools by implementing cryogen-free operation, as well as extending functionality to include ferromagnetic resonance, magnetic force microscopy, solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance and low temperature Hall probe. Our research will initially be applied to the following grand challenges: (1) Engineering novel solutions: Plastic electronics, catalysis, batteries, solar fuels; (2) Health and well-being: Hyperthermia and magnetic sensing; (3) Leading the data revolution: Spintronics and the Maser; (4) Discovery and the natural world: Natural magnetism, photosynthesis, photochemistry.