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Announcements


2010 - 2013 Editions

December 2013

  • FIB-SEM with three new capabilities
  • Microsensors to monitor blood pressure
  • New AFM capability - PFQNM
  • Put your research in the spotlight
  • SPIE closes 2013 with a bang
  • 2014 Seminar Series
  • Holiday greetings
  • MCN does Movember
  • ANFF Showcase highlights

October 2013

  • MCN first in Australia to have boron-doped diamond growth capability
  • SPIE conference brings together nano experts
  • Be rewarded for your work
  • FIB-SEM enhanced with micro gripper
  • Thinner, more durable electronics on the horizon
  • Prestigious journal coups for MCN users and Tech Fellows
  • Industry meets research at COMS 2013
  • Crowd Sourcing - the new frontier
  • Nanopatch - taking the hurt out of vaccines
  • New PVD sputter system online
  • Inductions now bimonthly
  • MCN presents at NanoS-E3
  • New faces at MCN

July 2013

  • NASA connects to MCN for Carbon Nanotubes
  • Microflow battery company in residence
  • Biocapabilities with ANFF Victoria
  • MCN industry snapshot
  • UniMelb project strengthened with new appointment
  • New faces at MCN
  • Hyperspectral Microscopy
  • Induction Refreshers

March 2013

  • Image of the year winner announced
  • Spectroscopic ellipsometer delivered
  • Creating a new optical material
  • Understanding Corrosion
  • Kleindiek micromanipulator
  • New faces at MCN
  • Induction refreshers

October 2012

  • Eureka moment for MCN Senior Tech Fellow
  • New technology fellows appointed
  • A golden project with the Australian Synchrotron
  • Up close with microspectrometry
  • New funding for industry R&D
  • Industrial Strength Capability docks at MCN
  • Make your publication count
  • Asher promises deep clean
  • MD named SACS leader
  • Beamers trade secrets
  • MCN users score high on impact

June 2012

  • Industry looks to partner with MCN in R&D
  • Characterisation of gold nanoparticle surface assembly
  • Is high throughput screening relevant to you?
  • Equipment updates
  • Featured Publications
  • Image of the year competition
  • Nanoexperts host fabrication workshop
  • Prepaid access for university researchers

April 2012

  • Helping physicians diagnose meningococcal meningitis
  • Enzyme hosts CSIRO’s microfluidic enzyme research
  • Equipment updates
  • How to include MCN in your next ARC grant
  • Outcomes of the MCN user survey
  • NT12 Conference 2012
  • MCN Hits the airwaves on Triple R
  • Beyond Vendor week 2012
  • MCN featured journals

December 2011

  • Announcing MCN Tech Fellows
  • Protecting the national water supply
  • The STIUP program - connecting industry with Australia’s innovators
  • Liquitab seeks the expertise of MCN Tech Fellow James Friend
  • New Equipment update
  • MCN Vendor week - a showcase of nanotechnology presesnt and future
  • Nanotechnology: a major theme in ARC grants

July 2011

  • Encouraging the next generation of nanoscientists
  • Deakin opens its new nanolab facility
  • Visit from Professor Lord Alec Broers
  • Tech Fellows to be announced
  • MCN on film
  • New faces at MCN
  • Announcements
  • New equipment

September 2010

  • MCN is officially launched
  • A word from the director
  • Class 100 Update
  • Visit to Vistec
  • Shooting of department of education TV campaign
  • Polymer Electronics capability installed
  • EVG mask aligner & NIL installed

July 2010

  • FEI Helios NanoLab 600 Dual Beam FIBSEM installed
  • Staff profile
  • MCN industry open day a big success
  • MCN seminars
  • MCN unveils biological imaging capability

April 2010

  • MCN opens its doors
  • A word from the director
  • MCN welcomes its first users
  • Probing the living nano world
  • MCN at ICONN
  • Nano meets bio - nanofluidics, lab on a chip processes