Accessing MCN

Dedicated staff are on hand to provide either services or training and technical support to users where appropriate. Industry access at commercial rates is available for proprietary research. Research collaborations, contract research and development or consulting are also welcomed.

The MCN access and pricing policy requires that all academic publications arising from the use MCN subsidised facility time are required to acknowledge MCN. Please include acknowledgements in the following form and report any new publications to the MCN facility manager. 

Papers:
Please use the following in the acknowledgement section of any papers.
“This work was performed in part at the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication”

Presentations:
The MCN logo should be included on the acknowledgements slide of a Presentation. Click here to download the eps source file MCN logo.

The following four steps are required to access the MCN facilities and services.

Step 1:

The first step is to contact one of our Instrument Managers or email MCN-enquiries@nanomelbourne.com. They can advise you on the feasibility of your proposed project, and can usually give you a time line and cost estimate. MCN will respond to your initial contact within two working days.

 

Instrument Manager Primary Responsibilities Email Phone
Matteo Altissimo Electron Beam Lithography / Scanning Electron Microscopy matteo.altissimo@nanomelbourne.com 0399029654
Eugeniu Balaur
 Electron Beam Lithography / Focused Ion Beam Lithography
 mcn-enquiries@nanomelbourne.com 0399029654
Fatima Eftekhari
 Electron Beam Lithography / Focused Ion Beam Lithography
 fatima.eftekhari@nanomelbourne.com 0399029658
Fiona Glenn
 Electroplating / PC2 Laboratory / Biology-Chemistry Laboratory

fiona.glenn@nanomelbourne.com

(Available Mon, Tue, Fri)

 0399024614
Lachlan Hyde Thin Film Characterisation / Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) / Polymer Solar Cell Glovebox
 lachlan.hyde@nanomelbourne.com 0399024615
Sasikaran Kandasamy Reactive Ion Etching/ Thin Film Deposition / Plasma Enhanced CVD
 sasikaran.kandasamy@nanomelbourne.com 0399029655
Sean Langelier Direct Write Photolithography / Thin Film Deposition / Dicing / Bonding / Microfluidics
 sean.langelier@nanomelbourne.com 0399024100
Yang Lim Polymer 3D Prototyping / Direct Write Photolithography / Dicing / Bonding
 yang.lim@nanomelbourne.com 0399029616
Ricky Tjeung Photolithography / Reactive Ion Etching / Thin Film Deposition / Plasma Enhanced CVD / Thin Film Characterisation
 ricky.tjeung@nanomelbourne.com 0399029659
Hemayet Uddin
 Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) / Confocal Microscopy / TIRF / Microspectrophotometer / Thin Film Characterisation

hemayet.uddin@nanomelbourne.com

(Available Mon, Tue, Wed)

 0399029657
John Zhu Confocal Microscopy / Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) / TIRF / Hyperspectral Imaging /
john.zhu@nanomelbourne.com 0399024616

 

Step 2:

Once you have agreed your project details with the relevant Instrument Manager(s) you will be asked to submit a user registration form located on our online booking system.

Step 3: 

Once your registration is approved you will need to attend an MCN facility induction if you intend to perform any of the work yourself.

Information on all aspects of MCN is contained in the USER MANUAL.

MCN Safety inductions are held onsite every Monday at 10:00am, unless advised otherwise. No booking is required, please check the MCN website before attending in case the induction session has been rescheduled.

Please contact the Client Services Manager if you have any questions regarding inductions.

Client Services Manager
 John Zhu
 john.zhu@nanomelbourne.com

t: +61 (3) 9902 4616

Step 4: 

Contact the relevant Instrument Manager(s) to begin appropriate instrument training if necessary.

Further information regarding our access policies can be found below: