Chalmers is heavily engaged in the national synchrotron radiation facility MAX IV and the European Spallation Source (ESS) in Lund. We actively contribute to development of the facilities through joint research and instrumentation development projects, and participation in committees and boards.
About MAX IV
The MAX IV Laboratory is a national research center in Sweden operated by Lund University. It is a facility where researchers from around the world can come to use extremely powerful X-ray light in their research – including in fields such as materials science and life sciences.
The facility is primarily funded by Swedish and international research funders, as well as by 14 Swedish universities. MAX IV provides researchers with access to one of the world’s most advanced X-ray sources, enabling the study of materials and biological processes at an extremely detailed level.
About ESS (European Spallation Source)
The European Spallation Source (ESS) is a major European research center currently under construction in Lund, Sweden. It will use the world’s most powerful source of neutrons – tiny particles that can be used to study materials in depth.
The goal of ESS is to create a cutting-edge research facility that helps scientists make breakthroughs in areas such as materials, energy, health, and the environment. By examining how things are structured at the microscopic level, researchers hope to find solutions to some of the major societal challenges we face today.
ESS is a collaboration between several European countries and is operated as a so-called research consortium (ERIC – European Research Infrastructure Consortium).
Chalmers' contribution
Faculty at Chalmers have adjunct position at infrastructures, and, conversely, scientists at the facilities have part-time associations with Chalmers to strengthen the collaboration. Our goal is to support MAX IV and ESS in their role as state-of-the-art research infrastructure which provide Swedish universities, institutes and industry with unique tools and instrumentation for excellent and relevant research.
Researchers from Chalmers are also active users of many other large-scale infrastructures around the world, and we are represented in committees on different levels at many of these. Several of the competence centers at Chalmers are strongly linked to facilities such as MAX IV and ESS, and they are an integrated part of the toolbox we use to understand and improve the world around us. Through joint projects with Swedish companies, we aim to increase the industrial use of large-scale research infrastructure with the aim to strengthen competitiveness.
Chalmers' engagement is hosted by the Area of Advance Materials Science
Materials Science Area of Advance
Develops new materials for tomorrow's sustainable technologies, materials that can be part of solutions to global challenges in energy, health, construction, and transport.
