EPSRC Capital Award for Core Equipment

在申请核心设备资金的邀请之后，谢菲尔德大学在其EPSRC资助的实验室和社区中推广了这一机会。意向书被收集起来，一个跨系小组就什么符合拟议的预算、标准和机构战略做出了决定。资本投资将支持以下领域：-通过购买磁控溅射真空沉积系统制造半导体/有机设备。-通过创建一套设备来进行粒子涂层和表征，包括Zeta电势和DLS粒子测定仪系统、介电光谱分析和真空负载锁定，以及我们的金属蒸发器。-通过收购自相关器进行需要超快光谱分析的研究。-在任意波形发生器的支持下进行量子技术。-使用Ar离子激光进行光刻。-购买4台Jackal Rover和1台Tiago移动机器人的Robotics。设备将安装在理工学院两个学院的6个实验室。新设备预计将提高现有设施的效率，开辟合作研究的新领域，并使新的见解成为可能。

Following the invitation to apply for core equipment funding, the University of Sheffield promoted the opportunity across its EPSRC funded laboratories and communities. Expressions of interest were collected and a cross-faculty panel made the decision about what would fit with the proposed budget, criteria and institutional strategies. Capital investment will support the following fields:- Semiconductor/organic devices fabrication through the purchase of a magnetron sputtering vacuum deposition system.- Particle coating and characterisation by creating a suite of equipment including a Zeta potential and DLS particle sizer system, dielectric spectroscopy and a vacuum loadlock addition to our metal evaporator.- Research requiring ultrafast spectroscopy through the acquisition of an autocorrelator.- Quantum technology with the support of an arbitrary waveform generator.- Lithography with an argon ion laser.- Robotics with the purchase of four Jackal Rovers and a Tiago mobile robot.Equipment will be hosted in six laboratories across the two faculties of Science and Engineering. New equipment is expected to increase the efficiency of existing facilities, open up new areas of collaborative research and enable novel insights.