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Canada's particle accelerator centre
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Spin-Polarized Local Probes of Soft Matter and Chemistry
Our research involves using spin-polarized, radioactive probes (muons and 8Li+) and the corresponding magnetic resonance techniques (muon spin rotation, relaxation and resonance (µSR) and beta-detected NMR (βNMR), respectively) to study the depth dependence of dynamics in polymers, the dynamics of different components of biomembranes, the interaction of drug molecules and cosurfactants with membranes, lithium ion diffusion in battery materials, and the structure and reactivity of free radicals. Our research covers a wide range of topics bridging chemistry, condensed matter physics, and biology.
The experiments are carried out at large-scale facilities in Canada (TRIUMF), the U.K. (ISIS) and Switzerland (PSI).
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Centre for Molecular and Materials Science |
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