Aoptical furnace for quantum materials discovery

Project funded by Carlsberg Foundation (Research Infrastructure), grant CF20-0255. Participating organisations named by the source: KU University of Copenhagen. Runs n/a to 2023-08-30. Source: OpenAIRE Graph, from the funder's project data (collected by OpenAIRE on 2025-08-01); national funding data, not CORDIS. Abstract given by the source: The project aims at synthesizing new quantum materials based on extended lattices. Materials with important magnetic and electronic properties can be either molecular in nature, built from discrete 0-dimesional units, or extended structures, typically 3-dimensional, with covalent or ionic bound lattice structures. Such non-molecular materials provide for important important quantum properties, including high temperature superconductivity. As they consist of typically high-melting solids, they require high temperatures for synthesis and for growth of large single crystals. The so-called optical floating zone furnace covered by this grant will be used to explore this class of materials and in particular synthesize crystals of sufficient size to be studied by neutron techniques.What? Why? How?

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AI-assisted summary: The project, funded by the Carlsberg Foundation, aims to synthesize new quantum materials using an optical floating zone furnace. It involves KU University of Copenhagen and focuses on materials with significant magnetic and electronic properties. Suggested technology pillar: enabling. Generated by AI from the public source text; it may contain errors and the original source is authoritative.