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Reference Number EP/X035220/1
Title EPSRC Core Equipment Award 2022 - A multi-user XRD facility for Advanced Materials research
Status Completed
Energy Categories Not Energy Related 95%;
Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research(Other Supporting Data) 5%;
Research Types Equipment 100%
Science and Technology Fields PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials) 100%
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation Not Cross-cutting 100%
Principal Investigator Dr NG Berry
No email address given
Chemistry
University of Liverpool
Award Type Standard
Funding Source EPSRC
Start Date 03 January 2023
End Date 02 July 2024
Duration 18 months
Total Grant Value £873,529
Industrial Sectors Energy; Healthcare; Manufacturing; R&D
Region North West
Programme NC : Infrastructure
 
Investigators Principal Investigator Dr NG Berry , Chemistry, University of Liverpool (99.997%)
  Other Investigator Dr S Chong , Chemistry, University of Liverpool (0.001%)
Professor W van der Hoek , Computer Scienc, University of Liverpool (0.001%)
Dr E Garcia-Tunon , Mech, Materials & Aerospace Engineerin, University of Liverpool (0.001%)
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Abstract The primary objective of the proposed equipment is to provide rapid and regular access to powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) - a fundamental solid-state characterisation technique - to a diverse user base of research teams across the University of Liverpool (UoL). PXRD is a core analysis method used to characterise the structure of materials in the solid state. It is used by teams working across materials research that addresses EPSRC strategic themes including Advanced Materials, Manufacturing the Future, Energy, Healthcare Technologies and Circular Economy.UoL will use this capital funding to establish a PXRD Shared Research Facility (SRF) in the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Shared research equipment is critical to the development of Early Career Researchers, as they typically have access to less capital funding than established PIs. By integrating the proposed PXRD equipment into UoL's SRF scheme, UoL researchers will be able to access a high quality core characterisation technique on a free-at-the-point-of-access basis which will help to accelerate the development of ECR research.Rapid access to this fundamental technique will benefit researchers across at least four UoL departments, facilitating the discovery and manufacture of new materials by researchers in Engineering, Chemistry and Physics, and enabling the analysis of artefacts and ancient materials by researchers in Archaeology, Classics & Egyptology. The diversity of the proposed equipment's user community will generate exciting opportunities for interdisciplinary research, a culture of knowledge and equipment sharing. The new Shared Research Facility will also create opportunities to enhance the training of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, to better equip them with skills relevant for materials research in academia and industry
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