Functional materials
Use the suite of specialised in situ equipment coupled with the high flux and quick collection to study how materials respond and adapt to changing conditions
Carbon capture, gas storage, and catalysis
- Investigate these applications using state-of-the-art gas control rigs and sample cells to understand gas uptake, material selectivity, binding positions, and kinetics
Energy storage materials
- Study dielectrics to understand switching behavior on the atomic level using electric field cells
- Analyse battery materials under various conditions to optimise performance
Drug development and formulation
- Use high-pressure crystallography to identify polymorphs of drug compounds, affecting solubility, stability, and bioavailability
- Apply pressure in the formation of co-crystals to improve drug formulation and enhance therapeutic properties
Light-based sensors, adaptive lenses, and optical memory devices
- Study light-induced structural transitions in photochromic and photo-switchable materials for use in light-based sensors, adaptive lenses, and optical memory devices
- Investigate photo-induced phase transitions to enable high storage density and rapid switching speeds in optical memory devices
