Nanotechnology at Monash

Monash University is recognized as one of the leading centres of nanoscience in Australia, with world-class capabilities in specific disciplines:

Nanoscale materials science and engineering

• School of Physics
• Department of Materials Engineering
• School of Chemistry
• Chemical Engineering

Nanobiotechnology

• Victorian College of Pharmacy
• ARC Centre for Green Chemistry

Images courtesy of Nanotechnology Victoria Ltd

The University has some of Australia's most advanced scientific infrastructure for characterization and fabrication at nanoscale. This includes electron microscopy, spectroscopy, biospectroscopy, particle characterization and rheology, and x-ray diffraction. Monash will further extend its nanoscience and nanotechnology capabilities with the commissioning of the Australian Synchrotron at the Clayton campus in 2007.

Monash University is active in the commercialization of nanotechnology principally through Nanotechnology Victoria, of which Monash is a founding Member.

Monash University leads the National Centre for Advanced Materials Technologies (CAMT). CAMT uses a number of sophisticated nanotechnologies developed by the School of Physics & Materials Engineering Australia's leading materials research centre in offering analytic, consulting and prototyping services to industry

Monash University is a founding member of the Australian Materials Technology Network (Future Materials). Future Materials offers industry-wide advisory services, and produces a monthly newsletter, in which nanotechnology products regularly feature.