The Ångström Laboratory (

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: ''Ångströmslaboratoriet'') is a facility of

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. It hosts multiple research laboratories and departments of natural science and

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History

The facility is named after Swedish physicist

Anders Jonas Ångström Anders Jonas Ångström (; 13 August 181421 June 1874) was a Swedish physicist and one of the founders of the science of spectroscopy.P.Murdin (2000): "Angstrom" chapter in ''Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics''. Ångström is also wel ...

and his son Knut Ångström, both of whom were professors at Uppsala University in the 19th century. It was first inaugurated in 1997, at , next to a site that historically served the purpose of training the

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from 1680–1912. This site later evolved to house the university's Information Technology Centre (ITC). Ångström was erected south-west of the regiment site, initially primarily to accommodate a clean room. This first construction is referred to as stage 1, including buildings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. In year 2000, stage 2 was realized, including buildings 6 and 8. Building 7 was realized in 2006, and in 2013 the FREIA laboratory was constructed between buildings 5 and 7.

New Ångström

The Ångström Laboratory initially consisted of eight buildings. However a new building 9 was completed in September 2020. Then, finally on 13 May 2023 the new front building 10 was inaugarated by the

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. Together these two new houses form the so-called "New Ångström". This New Ångström (houses 9 and 10) was built and funded by Akademiska Hus. They reported in 2018 that they invested 1.2 billion SEK towards the project.

Departments

The represented departments at Ångström Laboratory include: * The Department of Physics and Astronomy * The Department of Information Technology * The Department of Chemistry – Ångström * The Department of Mathematics * The Department of Electrical Engineering * The Department of Materials Science and Engineering * The Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering Much of the is at Ångström.

Research laboratories

Multiple research laboratories are housed in Ångström, some listed below: * Westerlund telescope (part of the

Uppsala Astronomical Observatory The Uppsala Astronomical Observatory (UAO), Astronomiska observatoriet i Uppsala) is the oldest astronomical observatory in Sweden. It was founded in 1741, though there was a professorial chair of astronomy at the University of Uppsala from 1593 ...

), situated on top of one of the south buildings. * * FREIA Laboratory (Facility for Research Instrumentation and Accelerator Development) * Tandem Laboratory

Images

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Spinoff companies

The Ångström Laboratory has been the source of multiple spinoff companies, some listed below: * ''Peafowl Plasmonics'',

plasmonic In physics, a plasmon is a quantum of plasma oscillation. Just as light (an optical oscillation) consists of photons, the plasma oscillation consists of plasmons. The plasmon can be considered as a quasiparticle since it arises from the quan ...

solar cells A solar cell, or photovoltaic cell, is an electronic device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect, which is a physical and chemical phenomenon.

* ''Altris'',

sodium-ion battery The sodium-ion battery (NIB or SIB) is a type of rechargeable battery that uses sodium ions (Na+) as its Electric charge, charge carriers. Its Lithium-ion battery#Electrochemistry, working principle and Lithium-ion battery#Design, cell constructio ...

manufacturer * ''Disruptive Materials AB'', which make Upsalite * ''Vertical Wind AB'',

vertical-axis wind turbine A vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) is a type of wind turbine where the main rotor shaft is set transverse to the wind while the main components are located at the base of the turbine. This arrangement allows the generator and gearbox to be ...

s * ''ChromoGenics AB'',

photochromic Photochromism is the reversible transformation of a chemical species ( photoswitch) between two forms by the absorption of electromagnetic radiation ( photoisomerization), where the two forms have different absorption spectra. In plain language, ...

materials

References

External links

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