Advances in Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials have played a profound role for the last few decades development of the modern society and it has paved the way for the present Digitalization age. Further developments in combination with AI, VR, Big data and Quantum Computation, will in the next decade be a major driver for disruptive innovations in various verticals as well as an effective...
Bio-functionalized surfaces are of great interest for a wide range of applications, particularly in biomedical diagnostics and implantable medical devices. We have shown that radicals embedded in polymeric surfaces facilitate simple, one-step surface-functionalisation [1]. The radicals are created by energetic ion bombardment of the surfaces. Covalent immobilisation of functional molecules is...
Graphene is an extraordinary material with a combination of properties including electrical conductivity, exceptional strength and biocompatibility that makes it attractive in a number of areas of application.
Careful control of all steps from sourcing the graphite, to exfoliation and chemical modification of graphene sheets, is important in rendering the dispersions obtained amenable to...
The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics draws on key advances of the 21st century, nanoscience, and photonics to help understand life at the molecular level.
This talk will focus on next-generation nanotechnologies developed in our Centre for probing, imaging and interacting with the living systems. These address the key challenges of ultrasensitive...
Progress in satellite technologies is ongoing and eventually finds applications back on Earth. The global space industry is expecting significant growth based on cheaper launch capabilities and standardised satellite platforms. Thousands of small satellites (such as CubeSats) are expected to be launched over the next decade: a disruptive space revolution boosting Earth imaging, internet,...
Semiconductor technologies are at the basis of most miniaturized systems available to us, whether in the form of microprocessors, or micro and nano -sensors, miniaturised cameras and acoustic systems, etc. Such systems are made of integrated circuits and nanoscale components built in parallel on a semiconductor substrate, following a sequence of hundreds of subtractive, thin -film based...
Aside from the search for extraterrestrial life, the biggest questions confronting astronomers today relate to two fundamental properties of the Universe. Despite their similar names, dark matter and dark energy have vastly different attributes. The nature of both is unknown, yet together they constitute 95 percent of the Universe’s mass-energy budget. In this talk, astronomer Fred Watson...
