New $45m nanotech centre for Melbourne
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22 April 2008
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Australia’s global nanotechnology presence will be bolstered thanks to a $45 million purpose-built centre in Melbourne, due to be operational by late 2009.
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The Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication will be the Victorian node of a national network, with Monash University taking the lead for the project which is being developed by the state and federal governments, the CSIRO and several Victorian universities.
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The centre will be open to national and international research and industry users, creating a platform for global collaboration across a variety of disciplines, including new bio-compatible materials, for smarter medical implants, new water-recycling technologies, rapid and disposable diagnostics tests to improve the detection and response to infectious disease outbreaks, as well as new energy storage and generation technologies, to enable breakthroughs such as roof-tiles as cheap solar cells.
In a boost to Victoria’s R&D capability, the new centre – to be located close to the Australian Synchrotron – will also serve as a training ground for emerging high tech engineers and scientists in advanced design and product development.
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