Ångström Laboratory

The Ångström Laboratory

House 10 of the Ångström Laboratory, pictured 13 May 2022
Address	Lägerhyddsvägen 1
Location	Uppsala, Sweden 59°50′18″N 17°38′51″E / 59.83837°N 17.64761°E / 59.83837; 17.64761
ZIP code	75237
Affiliations	Uppsala University
Nobel laureates	Kai Siegbahn
Website	www.angstrom.uu.se
Ångström Laboratory class=notpageimage| Location of Ångström in Uppsala

The Ångström Laboratory (Swedish: Ångströmslaboratoriet) is a facility of Uppsala University. It hosts multiple research laboratories and departments of natural science and engineering.^[1][2]

The facility is named after Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ångström and his son Knut Ångström, both of whom were professors at Uppsala University in the 19th century.^[3] It was first inaugurated in 1997,^[4] at Polacksbacken [sv], 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).^[5]

Ångström was erected south-west of the regiment site, initially primarily to accommodate a cleanroom. 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.^[3][6]

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 Crown Princess of Sweden Victoria.^[4][7][8][9] 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 state-owned enterprise. In 2018 the enterpreise reported that they had invested 1.2 billion SEK towards the project.^[10]

The represented departments at Ångström Laboratory include:^[11]

• 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 Technical and natural science faculty of Uppsala University [sv] is at Ångström.

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.
• Ångström Advanced Battery Centre [sv]
• FREIA Laboratory (Facility for Research Instrumentation and Accelerator Development)^[12]
• Tandem Laboratory^[13][14]

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  Ångströmlaboratoriet 2007
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  Flygelhusen 2008
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  Westerlundteleskopet 2009
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  Polacksbacken [sv]

The Ångström Laboratory has been the source of multiple spin-off companies, some listed below:^[15]

• Peafowl Plasmonics,^[16] plasmonic solar cells
• Altris,^[17] sodium-ion battery manufacturer
• Disruptive Materials AB,^[18][19] which make Upsalite
• Vertical Wind AB,^[20] vertical-axis wind turbines
• ChromoGenics AB,^[21] photochromic materials

• The Svedberg Laboratory
• Gustavianum
• Carolina Rediviva

• Official website