Equipment

Chris
Berndt

Swinburne

03 92148706

Nanoscale patterning Dip Pen Lithography
Biochemical Assays
Gel Electrophoresis, western blotting, ELISA, spectrophotometry
Protein, cell and polymer interactions Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM-D)
Biological Microscopy Optical, Fluorescence and Confocal Microscopy
Plasma polymerization facility

Brett
Sexton

CSIRO

03 9545 2693

Micropattern generation Optec Micromaster Laser Writer
Electrical Interconnects Ball and wire bonder
Polymer coatings RF plasma polymeriser
Device packaging Hot Roll Laminator
Device packaging Microspot Welder
Device packaging Diamond Scribe and Disco Dicing Saw
Lithography Class 100 clean room , spinners, UV flood source
Lithography Electron beam lithography
Visualization Optical microscopes
Lithography Karl Suss MJB 30 Mask aligner
Vacuum oven and digital hotplates
Etching STS 320 RIE system
Michael
Austin
RMIT 03 9925 2459
Lithography Nano-imprint lithography
Lithography Photolithography
Thin film depostion PVD thermal evaporation
Thin film deposition PVD electron beam evaporation
Cleaning/packaging Plasma etcher
Thin film deposition Tube furnace access
Laboratory Class 1000 cleanroom
Thin film deposition Au electroplating
Characterisation Profiler
Thin film deposition RF sputter deposition system
Device packaging Diamond saw
Device packaging Optical polishing
Device packaging Wire bonder
Peter
Miller
Monash 03 9905 5291
Lithography/Characterisation FEI Quanta 3D FIB-SEM
Characterisation JEOL JEM 2100F FEGTEM (2008)
Characterisation Philips CM20 TEM (1992)
Characterisation JEOL JEM 2011 TEM (2000)
Characterisation JEOL JSM 7001F FEGSEM
Characterisation JEOL JSM-840A SEM (1986)
Characterisation JEOL JSM 6300F FEGSEM (1991)
Characterisation Philips EM420 (1983)
Characterisation Reichert FCS Cryo-microtome
Characterisation Reichert Ultracut E microtome
Characterisation/Visualization Olympus Optical microscope with CCD camera
Sample preparation Struers Tenupol 2, 3, 5 Twin Jet Electro-Polishers
Sample preparation Atom Probe Tip Polisher (in-house)
Sample preparation Cressington 208HR Sputter Coater
Sample preparation Dynavac Evaporative Coater
Sample preparation Dynavac SC150 Sputter Coater
Sample preparation
Gatan 691 Precision Ion Polishing System (PIPS), two systems
Sample preparation
Gatan 682 Precision Etching and Coating System (PECS) and Perpendicular Slope Cutting Tool
Sample preparation Gatan 950 Solarus Advanced Plasma System
Sample preparation Gatan 656 Dimple Grinder
Sample preparation Gatan 601 Ultrasonic Disc Cutter
Sample preparation Struers Accutom 50 Precision Saw
Sample preparation Gentle Mill
Laboratory Darkroom Facilities
Characterisation Image Plate Reader (Ditabis Micron)
Laboratory Computer room and various software packages
James
Friend
Monash 03 9905 3551
Lithography SUSSMicrotec Delta 80RC spinner
Lithography SUSSMicrotec MA6 Aligner

Wet etch suite
General facilities Vacuum oven, small spin coater, other general equipment in class 1000 area, and class 1000 area access
Thin film deposition Hummer DC/RF sputtering system
Etching Plasma etcher
Device packaging Wire bonding
Device packaging Diamond scribing system
Micromanipulator station
Characterisation Polytec PI MEMS LDV MSA-400 3D vibrometer
Characterisation Optical microscopy beyond incidental use
Laboratory Clean room 10000 area, including air bearing supported 25t floor and optical table
Characterisation Dantec MicroParticle Image Velocimeter
Characterisation Agilent 4294A impedance analyzer
Characterisation GRAPHTEC laser Doppler vibrometer
Visualisation/characterisation High-speed microvideography (Olympus iSpeed)
Visualisation/characterisation High-speed microvideography (USB)
Visualisation/characterisation Olympus fluorescence microscopy (boom unit)
Characterisation TSI Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer
Electrical measurement Advantest R3762A Network Analyzer
Electrical measurement High-voltage, pulse, high-frequency signal generation
Laboratory Analysis workstations w/ANSYS, COMSOL, Mathematica, LinkCAD

Paul
Pigram
LaTrobe University 03 9479 2618
Characterisation Ultra DLD XPS - in situ sample prep
Characterisation Nova XPS - automated
Characterisation ToF-SIMS IV
Characterisation Asylum AFM - inverted µscope
Characterisation Asylum AFM - stand alone
Andrew
Peele
LaTrobe University 03 9479 2622
Characterisation Xradia X-ray microtomography
Characterisation Confocal µscopy - Fluorescence
Characterisation Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS)
Nanoscale patterning E-beam
Etching RIE
Thin film deposition Sputtering
Daniel
Riley
Melbourne University 03 8344 2207
Thin film deposition Pulsed laser deposition
Characterisation
Atomic scale imaging (Transmission electron microscopy, STM, in vacuum, air and at different temperatures)
Characterisation Ultra high field nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Characterisation

Advanced spectroscopic techniques, allowing the detection and characterisation of single nanoparticles.
Characterisation Agilent 8453 UV-VIS Spectrophotometer
Characterisation

Cary 4000 UV-VIS Spectrophotometer (with diffuse reflectance accessory
Characterisation Ellipsometry
Characterisation Quartz crystal microgravimetry
Characterisation Raman spectroscopy
Characterisation Varian 7000 Fourier Transform-IR Spectrophotometer
Characterisation Dynamic light scattering
Characterisation Malvern HPPS particle sizer (DLS)
Characterisation Malvern Zetasizer
Sample handling Automated Sample Handling
Characterisation JEOL JAFM 4500XT UHV AFM
Characterisation Staib Surface Spectroscopy facility
Characterisation JEOL AFM (JSTM 4200A)
Characterisation
Nanonics NSOM/AFM, coupled to the Renishaw micro-Raman spectrometer.
Characterisation NT-MDT SMENA portable AFM
Characterisation
NEC 5U Pelletron, operating as a high brightness source of light ions operating at charging potentials of 0.5 to 5 MeV
Materials fabrication Ion Implantation
Characterisation Rutherford Backscattering (RBS)
Characterisation Proton Induced X-ray emission (PIXE)
Characterisation Ion Beam Induced Charge measurements (IBIC)
Characterisation Channelling Contrast Microscopy (CCM)
Characterisation Scanning Transmission Ion Microscopy (STIM)
Fabrication/Characterisation


Orsay Physics Focussed Ion Beam (FIB) with crossed electron beam for performing concurrent SEM measurements
Device fabrication


Colutron low energy ion implanter (0.01-15 keV) predominantly used for phosphorus implantation of Quantum Devices
Laboratory Class 350 Cleanroom
Laboratory Class 35 laminar flow cabinet
Thin film deposition Astex microwave HPMD/ECR system for diamond coating
Laboratory Wet chemical processing facility
Materials fabrication Inert gas furnace annealing
Characterisation Time-resolved reflectivity
Lithography
Neutronix Quintel Q4000-6 UV Photolithographic Processing
Characterisation Star Cryo-electronics DC SQUID
Characterisation SULA Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy system (DLTS)
Characterisation Dilor XY triple grating, high resolution spectrometer
Characterisation


Reinshaw RM 1000 single grating, extended wavelength Raman/luminescence system, including a Coherent 190 FRED, Kimmon HeCd and Stellar Pro 514 Modulaser
Characterisation Micro-Raman Spectrometer
Chris
Hurren
Deakin University 03 5227 2374
Characterisation Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope with EBSD
Characterisation Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)
Characterisation Tungsten filament SEM
Sample cleaning/bonding Plasma machine (atmospheric)
Thin film deposition Vacuum furnace
Fabrication Polymer blending line
Fabrication Filament extrusion
Characterisation Polymer characterization (DSC)
Characterisation DMA
Sample preparation/characterisation Metallographic facilities


MCN News

  • Jul 2010 – Official opening (TBA)
  • Mar 2010 – User open day
  • Mar 2010 – MCN to speak at Plasmonics & Excitonics Symposium
  • Feb 2010 – Professor Ian Boyd to announce MCN launch at ICONN during his address
  • Nov 2008 – “Turning of the sod” ceremony