Welcome to the
Australian Microscopy & Microanalysis Research Facility (AMMRF)
Established in July 2007 under the Commonwealth Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS), the AMMRF is a joint venture between Australian university-based microscopy and microanalysis centres. The AMMRF is a national grid of equipment, instrumentation and expertise in microscopy, microanalysis, electron and x-ray diffraction and spectroscopy providing nanostructural characterisation capability and services to all areas of nanotechnology and biotechnology research.
Operating in nodes located in major capital cities (Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth and Sydney) with links to smaller units in specialist facilities, the Facility provides access to a vast array of instrumentation. These include widely used optical, electron, x-ray and ion beam techniques and importantly, state-of-the-art flagship platforms that form world leading capabilities. Such capabilities include pulsed-laser local electrode atom probe, high-throughput cryo-electron tomography, high-resolution SEM and spectroscopy, high-precision ion microprobe and ultra-high resolution TEM platforms.
By combining new flagships with existing capabilities, the Facility offers a complete, modern suite of instruments accessible to all Australian publicly researches on merit basis and a nominal fee schedule. Industry based researchers can also access the facilities for proprietary research at commercial rates.
MEDIA RELEASE
08 February 2008, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Launch of the South Australian Research Facility (SARF)
The South Australian Research Facility (SARF) was launched yesterday by the Hon Paul Caica MP, South Australian Minister for Science and Information Economy.
SARF is the South Australian node of the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility, the peak Australian facility for the nanometric analysis of the structure and chemistry of materials in physical and biological systems.
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NEWS
13 December 2007AMMRF Travel and Access Program Now Online!
The AMMRF Travel and Access Program (TAP) is now operational. This strategic program that assists researchers to conduct short-duration secondments to core nodes within the AMMRF aims is to provide access for researchers to state-of-the-art instrumentation and expertise for nanostructural analysis. Applications can be made online at any time. They are not too lengthy and are processed quickly, so that within 3 weeks applicants will know the outcome. We look forward to welcoming you to a node soon!
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