PLATFORM: Microwave Dielectric Materials

该平台赠款将支持的主要活动是微波介电材料领域的当前工作。这些材料被用作微波通信系统中的滤波器元件，用于肝癌的微波消融治疗元件，以及用作天线元件和振荡器的衬底。物理电子和材料组现在在复杂的电介质测量（温度函数），材料的拉曼光谱（温度函数）和可行的损耗理论的发展方面具有特殊的专业知识，是世界公认的。在该小组的前瞻性展望中，我们设想开发PLD铁电薄膜，可调谐或频率敏捷材料，并使用MEMS作为该计划的一部分-后者与Chalmers等合作。该研究将由该平台旨在支持的关键博士后人员进行，我们还将发展与该领域其他领先团体（如FZJ， Thales, Sheffield， UMIST等）的良好联系。

The main activity that the Platform grant will support is the current work in the area of Microwave Dielectric Materials. These materials are used as filter elements in microwave communications systems, as elements in microwave ablation therapy to treat liver cancer and as substrates for antenna elements and oscillators. The Physical Electronics and Materials group is now world recognised with particular expertise in complex dielectrics measurements as a function of temperature, Raman spectroscopy of the materials as a function of temperature and the development of a workable theory of loss. In the Forward Look for the group we envisage the development of PLD ferroelectric films, tuneable or frequency agile materials and the use of MEMS as part of this initiative - the latter being in collaboration with e.g. Chalmers. The research will be carried out by the key post doctoral staff that the Platform is intended to support and we will also develop our already good links with other leading groups in the area such as FZJ, Thales, Sheffield, UMIST and others.