Swedish researchers welcome positive signal on ESS in Lund

After the ESS meeting last night it´s now very likely that the place for a European ESS will be Lund, Sweden. Swedish researchers welcome the positive signal.

- ESS will provide an enormous opportunity to deepen our knowledge in several key areas relevant to society and to science. Location of ESS in Sweden will allow our researchers to participate deeply in design, construction and exploitation of the world leading facility, says Adrian Rennie, Professor of Neutron Scattering and Chairman of the Swedish Neutron Scattering Society.

- I look forward to extend our existing work in areas such as flow of soft materials, surface science and magnetism and that Sweden and Uppsala will become an enhanced focus of international collaboration.

Uppsala University has been the largest Swedish centre for work in neutron scattering for a number of years. Recently, the Centre for Neutron and X-Ray scattering has been supported with new staff and has received considerable support for design, construction and use of neutron scattering equipment.

Uppsala researchers exploit neutron scattering as a tool to study the structure and properties of materials on the scale of atoms and molecules. The method is unique in its ability to investigate motion inside materials, structures that include light atoms such as hydrogen, and magnetism. Neutron scattering is exploited in disciplines that range from physics, chemistry, biological sciences and materials engineering to tackle basic and applied problems that include investigation of drug delivery vehicles, design of new magnetic compounds for advanced technology, energy storage, environmental problems related to climate change as well as basic ideas in quantum physics.

For more information, please contact Adrian Rennie, +46 70 425 09 14, eller Björgvin Hjörvarsson, +46 70 425 07 15