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| Reference Number | EP/V05385X/1 | |
| Title | An Aberration Corrected STEM with Integrated Science Driven AI to Quantify Dynamic Functionality in Advanced Energy Technologies and Biomaterials | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Not Energy Related 90%; Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research (Other Supporting Data) 10%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Physics) 20%; PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials) 50%; PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Computer Science and Informatics) 30%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 90%; Other (Energy technology information dissemination) 10%; |
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| Principal Investigator |
Professor ND Browning Mech, Materials & Aerospace Engineerin University of Liverpool |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 October 2021 | |
| End Date | 30 September 2023 | |
| Duration | 24 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £4,847,945 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Energy; Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology | |
| Region | North West | |
| Programme | NC : Engineering, NC : Physical Sciences | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Professor ND Browning , Mech, Materials & Aerospace Engineerin, University of Liverpool (99.996%) |
| Other Investigator | Dr RA D'Sa , Mech, Materials & Aerospace Engineerin, University of Liverpool (0.001%) Professor L Liu , Biochemistry & Systems Biology, University of Liverpool (0.001%) Dr B Mehdi , Mech, Materials & Aerospace Engineerin, University of Liverpool (0.001%) Dr M K Patel , Mech, Materials & Aerospace Engineerin, University of Liverpool (0.001%) |
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| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , University of Ulster (0.000%) Project Contact , Johnson Matthey plc (0.000%) Project Contact , National University of Singapore (0.000%) Project Contact , Northwestern University, USA (0.000%) Project Contact , University of Colorado at Boulder, USA (0.000%) Project Contact , NSG Group (UK) (0.000%) Project Contact , National Research Council (CNR), Italy (0.000%) Project Contact , Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Ireland (0.000%) Project Contact , Henry Royce Institute (0.000%) Project Contact , University of Cadiz (0.000%) Project Contact , Saarland University (0.000%) Project Contact , UK SuperSTEM Laboratory (0.000%) Project Contact , University of Arizona (0.000%) Project Contact , University of Strasbourg (0.000%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | We will install a 300kV aberration corrected STEM that utilises artificial intelligence (AI) to simultaneously improve the temporal resolution and precision/sensitivity of images while minimizing the deleterious effect of electron beam damage. Uniquely, this microscope goes beyond post-acquisition uses of AI, and integrates transformational advances in data analytics directly into its operating procedures - experiments will be designed by and for AI, rather than by and for a human operator's limited visual acuity and response time. This distributed algorithm approach to experimental design, is accomplished through a compressed sensing (CS) framework that allows measurements to be obtained under extremely low dose and/or dose rate conditions with vastly accelerated frame rates. Optimizing dose / speed / resolution permits diffusion to be imaged on the atomic scale, creating wide-ranging new opportunities to characterise metastable and kinetically controlled materials and processes at the forefront of innovations in energy storage and conversion, and the wide range of novel engineering/medical functionalities created by nanostructures, composites and hybrid materials. The microscope incorporates in-situ gas / liquid / heating / cryo and straining / indentation stages to study the dynamics of synthesis, function, degradation / corrosion and regeneration / recycling on their fundamental length and time scales. It will be housed in the Albert Crewe Centre (ACC), which is a University of Liverpool (UoL) shared research facility (SRF) specialising in new experimental strategies for high-resolution/operando electron microscopy in support of a wide range of academic/industrial user projects. UoL supports all operational costs for the SRFs (service contracts, staff, consumables, etc), meaning that access to the microscope will always be "free at the point of use" for all academic users. This open accessibility is managed through a user-friendly online proposal submission and independent peer review mechanism linked to an adaptable training/booking system, which allows the ACC to provide extensive research opportunities and training activities for all users. In particular, for early career scientists, we commit experimental resources supporting UoL's commitment to the Prosper project for flexible career development and the Research Inclusivity in a Sustainable Environment (RISE) initiative that is creating a research culture maximising inclusivity and diversity synergistically with encouraging creativity and innovation. This new microscope aligns to several priority areas of research into materials, energy and personalised medicine at the UoL, priority research areas of EPSRC and national facilities in electron microscopy, imaging and materials science, and UKRI plans for infrastructure growth (https://www.ukri.org/research/infrastructure/). In addition to supporting extensive research programs at UoL linked to investments in the Materials Innovation factory (MIF), the Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy (SIRE) and the new Digital Innovation Facility (DIF), this unique and complimentary microscope will be affiliated to and leverage from partnership with the national microscopy facilities at Harwell (ePSIC) and Daresbury (UKSuperSTEM) and the Henry Royce Institute, as well as form extensive research links to the Rosalind Franklin Institute and the Faraday Institution. We have established (and will expand through outreach activities) an extensive network of partners/collaborators from the N8 university group, Johnson Matthey and NSG, the Universities of Swansea, Birmingham, Warwick, Oxford, Cambridge, Loughborough, Edinburgh and Glasgow and Northwest UK area SME's as well as from universities in the USA, Ireland, Germany, Japan, France, Italy, Denmark, India, Singapore, China, South Africa and Spain who will create a dynamic, innovative and collaborative community driving the long-term research impact of this facility | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 24/11/21 | |
