SuperMuSR will deliver enhanced capacity and capability relevant to a wide range of studies including Faraday Battery Challenge projects to one of the most oversubscribed ISIS instruments.
Technique: Muon spectroscopy
Contact:
Peter Baker Why do we need SuperMuSR?The upgrade will extend the capabilities to a far wider range of complex materials including liquid crystal dynamics, the antioxidant capacity of vitamins, and developing fundamental understanding of reaction kinetics. SuperMuSR will support key government priorities in Net Zero, Clean growth, life sciences and quantum technologies.
What are the unique capabilities or reasons behind the upgrade?
SuperMuSR provides the next generation of muon spectroscopy, enabling new studies with enhanced performance giving access to future functional materials and in-situ battery research with industrial partners such as Toyota.
Watch Dr Eddie Cussen from the University of Sheffield talk about SuperMuSR and it's applications in ion diffusion in materials and
operando batteries:
Watch Stephen Blundell from the University of Oxford talk about SuperMuSR and Materials for the Future:
Technical success criteria
• Count rate improvement of a factor of 20 through improved detector array with current time resolution maintained
• Time resolution increase of factor of 6-10 whilst maintaining present count rate
• Higher transverse fields available through installation of spin rotators in the beamline (giving combined spin rotation of around 70o).
