New 16 Tesla magnet launched to advance materials characterisation instrumentation as a result of collaboration between Oxford Instruments and Quantum Design
Oxford Instrument's new 16 Tesla magnet can now be found at the heart of Quantum Design's high field Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS).
This extends an already successful collaboration between the two companies, which goes back to an original strategic alliance agreed in 2001.
Researchers using this high field PPMS will now be able to characterise materials faster than other techniques and will be able to produce better quality data.
The new 16T enhanced PPMS system provides a wider experimental scope and greater flexibility in laboratory design as many experiments can be carried out on this one, fully automated instrument.
Easy to use and offering high throughput, the 16 Tesla PPMS is suited to applications such as high field magnetometry, electron and thermal transport measurements, magnetic phase transition and non-fermi liquid materials. Researchers are already reaping the advantages of these high magnetic fields for the characterisation of functional materials with novel magnetic and electronic properties.
The integration of the Oxford 16 Tesla magnet and Quantum Design's new Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM) into the PPMS architecture provides high quality data far faster, and with greater ease, than other techniques such as torque magnetometry.
The high quality of the magnet enables real-time measurements to be made with excellent signal-to-noise ratio for sweeps across the full magnetic field range when performing VSM measurements on high temperature superconductors, manganites, borides, and a variety of other new materials.
According to Jerry Daviess, president of Quantum Design, "The power of this 16T magnetic environment integrated into our PPMS enables a wealth of materials experiments that can be accessed via our extensive measurement systems.
This demonstrates the strength of our relationship with Oxford Instruments, meaning that by advancing scientific instrumentation together, we can very effectively meet the evolving needs of materials characterisation scientists." Jim Hutchins, sales director at Oxford Instruments, added: "In addition to performance and flexibility, the new 16T magnet design has been optimised for cryogenic efficiency and effectively extends the useful range of the PPMS's magnetic field environment.
