A Queensland research project has received $638,853 in funding under the ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) scheme to build a powerful Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) facility at QUT.
The project High-speed multi-modal in situ Transmission Electron Microscope platform is led by Distinguished Professor Dmitri Golberg, who is Co-Director of the QUT Centre for Materials Science and an ARC Laureate Fellow.
Professor Golberg, from the School of Chemistry and Physics in the QUT Faculty of Science, said the project aimed to enhance the existing Transmission Electron Microscope at QUT with features including a laser to illuminate samples, improvements to its resolution and a state-of-the-art liquid cell holder which will enable sophisticated in situ experiments.
“The instrument will accelerate research into hydrogen production and carbon dioxide transformation, and thus support Australia’s move to a more sustainable economy.” Professor Golberg said.
“This facility will enable us to study the way green hydrogen is produced, down to the level of individual atoms.
“It will also provide a greater understanding of the properties of other future materials at the nanoscale.
“The facility will represent a unique opportunity for the Australian materials science community to investigate the structure-property relationships for diverse economically relevant materials.”
The research team includes QUT researchers Professor Golberg, Professor Anthony O’Mullane, Associate Professor Jamie Riches, Dr Chao Zhang and Dr Konstantin Faershteyn, along with Dr Ruth Knibbe and Professor Yusuke Yamauchi from The University of Queensland, Associate Professor Shery Chang from The University of NSW and Associate Professor Porun Liu from Griffith University.
Picture, clockwise from left: Distinguished Professor Dmitri Golberg, Associate Professor Jamie Riches, Professor Anthony O'Mullane, Dr Konstantin Faershteyn and Dr Chao Zhang.
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