Other In-House Research
The lab’s long-range planning includes enhancements to user programs, both for high field research and related fields. The programs featured on this page complement and help extend the capabilities of existing programs.
The Cryogenics Group performs research and development projects involving very low temperature science and technology. This work is important to the Magnet Lab because many magnets, including superconducting magnets, operate at temperatures below ambient, which they need in order to carry high electrical currents.
This group creates and maintains leading Web sites on optical microscopy, conducts biological research and creates photomicrographs of amazing detail.
In 2006, the Mag Lab began ramping up a program for growing exotic crystals that possess special properties. The program is part of the lab’s Quantum Materials Group, the centerpiece of which is a new, state-of-the-art image furnace capable of growing crystals such as magnetic oxides and high-temperature superconductors. Access to these samples — the demand for which currently far outstrips the supply — and the ability to create completely new ones will give the lab and its research partners a distinct advantage.
