EPSRC Core Capital 2022, Nanomaterials Characterisation Suite (NCS)

我们建议创建和装备纳米材料表征套件(NCS)，这是一个共享设施，旨在大幅推动谢菲尔德大学(UoS)在EPSRC资助的以下研究领域的世界领先活动：光子材料；量子光学和信息；量子器件、部件和系统；光物质相互作用和光学现象；太阳能技术；聚合物材料。我们要求为多功能成像光谱椭偏仪；高稳定性、高分辨率原子力显微镜；以及，如果有额外资金，一个额外的项目，用于纳米成像和纳米光谱的中红外量子级联激光器，申请资金。这项投资将支持我们在纳米材料研究和开发方面的世界级计划。它将为研究人员提供最先进的仪器，用于对广泛类别的薄膜和纳米结构材料进行纳米级结构和光学分析。这将极大地扩展和补充我们在这些领域的现有能力，并实现新的科学突破。

We propose to create and equip the Nanomaterials Characterisation Suite (NCS), a shared facility designed to provide a substantial boost to world-leading activities at the University of Sheffield (UoS) in EPSRC-funded research areas of: Photonic Materials; Quantum Optics and Information; Quantum Devices, Components and Systems; Light Matter Interaction and Optical Phenomena; Solar Technology; Polymer Materials. We request funds for a versatile imaging spectroscopic ellipsometer; a high stability, high resolution, atomic force microscope; and, if the additional funding is available, an additional item, a mid-infrared quantum cascade laser for nano-imaging and nano-spectroscopy. This investment will underpin our world-class programmes on research and development of nanomaterials. It will provide researchers with access to state-of-the-art instruments for nanoscale structural and optical analysis of broad classes of thin films and nano-structured materials. This will significantly expand and complement our existing capabilities in these areas and enable new scientific breakthroughs.