
“中国科学院强磁场科学中心”成立于2008年4月30日,其前身是“合肥强磁场科学技术研究中心”。国家为发展我国强磁场科学事业,借建设稳态强磁场实验装置大科学工程的机会而设立的研究机构,挂靠在合肥物质科学研究院的非法人研究单位。
长远预设目标:一、强磁场的产生;二、强磁场下的物性研究;三、依托强磁场实验装置进行科学技术发明。
研究领域和发展方向:开展稳态强磁场实验条件下的物理、材料、化学、生命科学、及药学等多学科前沿基础研究;开展强磁场条件下的各种新技术和新材料研究,促进相关技术的发明和应用;研究并持续发展强磁场技术,满足我国多学科前沿探索对于稳态强磁场实验条件不断增长的需求。
稳态强磁场实验装置:
稳态强磁场实验装置是国家发改委支持的“十一五”国家重大科技基础设施,建设磁场强度从20T到45T具有不同实验功能的多个稳态强磁场实验装置:(1)五台高功率水冷磁体;(2)系列超导磁体;(3)系列核磁共振谱仪系统;(4)大型动物高场磁共振成像系统;(5)四大技术装备系统;(6)满足多学科实验需求的各种强磁场下实验测试系统以及极低温和超高压实验条件;(7)磁场强度达45T/室温孔径32mm的混合磁体。

The High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences
The High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CHMFL) is located in Hefei, the capital city of Anhui Province. Development of the lab started in May, 2008 and is now almost complete. The project includes construction of a hybrid magnet, five high power resistive magnets and four superconducting magnets. To support normal operation of these magnets, some supporting systems have been constructed for the resistive magnets: a 28MW high stability power supply, a 20 MW water-cooling system, and a central control system. A cryogenic system supplies liquid helium for the superconducting magnets, the hybrid magnet, and general experimental use. State-of-the-art measurement systems have been purchased or are being developed. When complete, CHMFL will be a National Research Center in China for multi-disciplinary studies in fixed and slowly varying high magnetic fields.
Missions:CHMFL aims to develop and operate world-class steady high magnetic field facilities for use by in-house, national and international scientists. CHMFL research areas are condensed matter physics, nano-material fabrication and analysis, neuroscience, structural biochemistry, pharmacology, and health science. An active program of research and development will produce new magnet technologies, magnets, and instruments for unique measurements.
Organization :CHMFL is made up of four divisions: high field magnet science & technology, condensed matter science, interdisciplinary biological science, and instrument and measurement development. Every division has several subdivisions or groups, responsible for different projects.
Current Status :Three water-cooled magnets have been finished and put into service: a 10 MW magnet producing 27.5 T in a 32 mm bore, a 24 MW magnet with 35 T in a 50 mm bore, and a 25.2 MW magnet producing 38.5 T in a 32 mm bore. The final two resistive magnets, 25 T in a 50 mm bore and 20 T in a 200 mm bore, are ready for testing.
The following instruments are available for users: an 18.8 T, 54 mm bore superconducting magnet with a 950 MHz spectrometer for high-resolution NMR; a 9.4 T, 400 mm bore, high field MRI scanner, an 18 T, 52 mm cold bore magnet with installed instrumentation for scanning tunneling microscopy, magnetic microscopy, and atomic force microscopy (SMA), The hybrid magnet is still under construction. It is scheduled to be completed in middle of 2015. Instruments not linked to particular magnets include cryostats and probes for transport and magnetic measurements; a fast-pulse optical measurement system; a Fourier transform infrared spectrometry system; and a high pressure measurement system.
CHMFL has in total 158 employees, 21 postdocs and 102 graduated students. Quite a number of young scientists with oversea education and working experiences were recruited to the CHMFL.
Scientific Research :The CHMFL in-house scientific programs has been growing in past few years. The ongoing scientific and technical studies focus on five areas:
High-field magnet technology
Instrument and technology developments
Condensed matter physics
Material science under extreme conditions
Life science and biomedicine