Materials Science Capability for Healthy and Sustainable Living Research at King's College London

国王学院正在申请五项资本设备，用于支持健康和可持续生活的材料科学研究。这些项目将有助于支持杰出的工程和物理科学研究，这些研究将使英国能够实现到2050年二氧化碳净零排放的目标，以及世界一流的医疗保健研究，这将最终导致更有效，更便宜的治疗一系列常见健康状况。我们要求支持以下项目：原子力显微镜（AFM）套件：这是一个模块化套件，用于构建原子力显微镜，这是一种使用小探针进行物理成像并与生物和其他材料相互作用的设备，用于生物物理学研究。台式粉末x射线衍射仪：x射线衍射仪，可以表征新材料的物理特性，如为储能应用而开发的材料。Apium M220医用3D打印机：该设备允许由聚合物聚醚醚酮（PEEK）制成的无菌医用植入物在现场进行3D打印，减少了昂贵和浪费的加工需求。太阳模拟器：这是一种能够产生与太阳相同特性的光的设备，可以对能源应用的新材料进行严格的测试和基准测试。球和楔线键合器：该项目将用于使用Au， Al或Cu线与金属和半导体衬底，薄膜和纳米结构材料进行坚固且可重复的电连接，从而使低能量光伏和电池技术等领域的研究成为可能。

King's is requesting five items of capital equipment which will support Materials Science for Healthy and Sustainable Living research. These items will help support both outstanding engineering and physical sciences research into the science and technologies which will enable the UK to achieve its goal of net zero CO2 emissions by 2050, and world class healthcare research which will ultimately result in more effective, and less costly treatments for a range of common health conditions.We are requesting support for the following items;Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) Kit: This is a modular kit to build an Atomic Force Microscope, a device that uses a small probe to physically image and interact with biological and other materials for research in biophysics.Benchtop Powder X-ray diffraction instrument: X-ray diffraction instrument that can characterise the physical properties of novel materials such as those developed for energy storage applications.Apium M220 medical 3D printer: This instrument allows sterile medical implants made of the polymer polyether ether ketone (PEEK) to be 3D printed on site, reducing the need for expensive and wasteful machining.Solar Simulator: This is a piece of equipment which produces light with the same characteristics as that from the sun, enabling rigorous testing and benchmarking of novel materials for energy applications.Ball and Wedge Wire Bonder: This item will be used to make robust and reproducible electrical connections to metallic and semiconductor substrates, thin-film and nanostructured materials, using either Au, Al or Cu wire, enabling research in areas such as low energy photovoltaics and battery technologies.