Wide-angle neutron polarisation analysis to study energy and quantum materials

Project funded by Swedish Research Council (Project grant), grant 2021-06157_VR. Participating organisations named by the source: Lund University. Funded amount: SEK 15,700,000, as stated by the source. Runs 2021-12-01 to 2025-11-30. Keywords: Naturvetenskap, Natural Sciences, Fysik, Physical Sciences, Den kondenserade materiens fysik, Condensed Matter Physics. Source: OpenAIRE Graph, from the funder's project data (collected by OpenAIRE on 2025-12-06); national funding data, not CORDIS. Abstract given by the source: Establishing a sustainable society is one the great challenges of our time. One of the main obstacles is how to efficiently harvest, store and use green energy. To move to this new future whilst maintaining our standards of living, a new generation of advanced functional materials is needed. The focus of this project is on energy storage and quantum materials, where the new generation of neutron sources will play a crucial role. Neutron scattering is ideal for studying ionic motion in batteries and the magnetic signatures of quantum materials. Just as the electron spin of the electron is exploited in spintronics, with the neutron spin we can improve measurements via polarization. Polarized sunglasses allow us to see more clearly on the open sea by screening out the light reflected by the water. Similarly, with polarized neutrons, we can screen out unwanted background, gather more information on magnetic signals, and separate out collective and separate ionic movements in a battery. In this project, we will develop and deliver the instrumentation needed to use polarized neutrons on five of the instruments at the ESS and ISIS neutron sources. This will dramatically improve these instruments’ capabilities, allowing them to carry out ground-breaking research that was not previously possible. These new experiments are not limited to our own research interests, but we will use these new opportunities in a comprehensive research program on quantum and energy materials.

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AI-assisted summary: The project, funded by the Swedish Research Council with a grant of SEK 15,700,000, focuses on energy storage and quantum materials using neutron scattering techniques. It runs from December 1, 2021, to November 30, 2025, and involves Lund University. Suggested technology pillar: enabling. Generated by AI from the public source text; it may contain errors and the original source is authoritative.