Advanced Materials
Vertical arrays of gold nanorods on patterned substrates
Fabrication of novel self-assembly metallic nanostructures show great potential for applications in biosensing, optical analysis, computing and solar energy conversion.
Working collaboratively with Instrument Manager Matteo Altissimo, Thibaut Thai of Monash University has combined bottom-up self-assembly processes with top-down techniques to generate vertical arrays of gold nanorods on patterned substrates.......(Read more)
Combinatorial Development of Nanostructured Metal Oxide Thin Films for Chemical Sensing
Dr Sasi Kandasamy, Senior Instrument Manager from the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication collaborated with Dr Adrian Trinchi and Dr Tim Muster from the Centre for Materials Science and Engineering and CSIRO to develop a rapid, convenient, and effective solution for discovering multicompositional materials with the best performance from............(Read more)
FIB Cross-section & Viewing of Carbon Nanotube Yarns
Dr Manoj Sridhar, Senior Instrument Manager from the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication, Dr Jackie Cai, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Materials Science & Engineering and Associate Professor Jie Min, visiting scholar at CSIRO from Donghua University, Shanghai, China through collaborating on this project have been able to delicately cross-section the yarns using the FEI Helios NanoLab 600 Dual-Beam Focused Ion Beam-Scanning Electron Microscope (FIB-SEM) at MCN .........(Read more)
Measuring surface charge of coated materials for anti-corrosion study
Ms Varsha Lal, Biology Lab Manager from the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication and Dr Adrian Trinchifrom CSIRO worked together collaboratively on measuring surface charge of coated material for anti-corrosion. The High Throughput Inorganic Coatings (HTIC) research team has been developing novel two, three and four layered coatings of various metal oxide compounds. These oxide formulations have been deposited from positions to yield unique combinations of layered gradient coatings.......... (Read more)
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) images of Carbon NanoTube (CNT) webs
This project was undertaken in collaboration with Dr Matteo Altissimo, Senior Instrument Manager from the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication for Ms Karolina Petkovic Duran, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering. The work performed at MCN consisted in a set of Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) images of Carbon NanoTube (CNT) webs deposited on a thermoplastic polymer and hot-embossed to form microfluidic channels. The aim of the work at the MCN was to establish whether the CNT webs layer would conform to the embossed structure without loosing the film continuity and the alignment........... (Read more)
Scanning Electron Microscope images of Nanostructures Fabricated with High Accuracy
This project is being undertaken in collaboration with Dr Matteo Altissimo, Senior Instrument Manager from the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication and Dr Tim Davis from CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering. The idea is to develop a set of processes to fabricate nano-scale metal structures in order to study their interaction with visible light, and test the experimental findings against theoretical models developed by Dr Tim Davis. The ultimate goal is to incorporate these structures into all-optical signal-processing devices........(Read more)
Controlling collisions between drops and bubbles using nanofabrication methods
An MCN technology fellowship was awarded to Raymond Dagastine. We are fabricating nano- and micro-sized devices to integrate with atomic force microscopy to develop new tools to study the real world complexity of interfaces in soft materials.........(Read more)
Nanofabricating nano-particulate building blocks
An MCN technology fellowship was awarded to A/Prof Udo Bach from Monash University. The problem that we are aiming to solve is the lack of suitable bottom-up fabrication methods that allow for the assembly of custom-defined nanostructures. This impedes the integration of a plethora of new nanoparticulate building blocks into everyday devices in applications such as electronics, optoelectronics, sensing and photovoltaics. These nanoparticles have properties that.........(Read more)