The Ångström Laboratory ( Swedish: ''Ångströmslaboratoriet'') is a facility of

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. It hosts multiple research laboratories and departments of

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and

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History

The facility is named after Swedish physicist

Anders Jonas Ångström Anders Jonas Ångström (; ; 13 August 1814 – 21 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 a ...

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 Uppland Regiment 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

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. 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 inaugurated by the

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Victoria. 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, a Swedish

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. In 2018 the enterpreise reported that they had 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), situated on top of one of the south buildings. * * FREIA Laboratory (Facility for Research Instrumentation and Accelerator Development) * Tandem Laboratory

Gallery

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Spin-off companies

The Ångström Laboratory has been the source of multiple spin-off companies, some listed below: * ''Peafowl Plasmonics'', plasmonic

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* ''Altris'', sodium-ion battery manufacturer * ''Disruptive Materials AB'', which make Upsalite * ''Vertical Wind AB'', vertical-axis wind turbines * ''ChromoGenics AB'',

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materials

References

External links

* {{authority control Uppsala University Uppsala 1997 establishments in Sweden 20th-century establishments in Uppsala County