Research

NSTC projects span a wide range of topics and range from fundamental to applied in nature. Some examples are:

• Sensors for chemical and biological hazards based on functionalised carbon nanotubes
• Next generation computer memory
• Materials for hydrogen storage
• Statistical mechanics of nanoscopic systems
• Devices for microfluidic manipulation
• Van der Waals forces in nanostructures
• Materials for high-density information storage
• Environmentally sustainable mineral processing
• Materials for sequestration of carbon dioxide

Our in-house experimental facilities include:

• Microfabrication laboratory
• Atomic force microscopy
• Raman spectroscopy
• X-ray powder diffraction
• Inert atmosphere materials synthesis and handling
• Vibrating sample magnetometer
• Manifolds for gas-solid interactions

NSTC researchers also access major facilities elsewhere, including supercomputing resources, synchrotron x-ray instruments in the USA and France, and neutron-beam instruments in Australia, UK and France.