Advanced Materials Characterisation Facility (AMCF)

The AMC Facility is run by Research Manager Dr. Richard Wuhrer, and has a wide range of state-of-the-art instruments including; SEM’s, XRD’s, AFM, Micrometrics, Probes and Thermal Characterisation for materials (biological and non-biological) characterisation.
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SEM

UWS’s latest generation field emission Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) equipped with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy for elemental analysis offers ultra high resolution for use in nanotechnology, engineering, chemistry, physics and biomedicine, among other fields.

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X-Ray Diffraction Analysis

Applications range from qualitative and quantitative phase identification, under ambient or non-ambient conditions, to crystal structure solution from powder samples, crystallite size determination, micro strain analysis, residual stress analysis, and preferred orientation.

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Thermal Characterisation

The advanced thermal analysis facility is unique in Australia. Thermal characterisation is used in the development of such materials as polymerd, layered silicate nanocomposites, as well as analysis of mineralogy and biological systems.

  
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Vibrational Spectroscopy

The vibrational spectroscopy facility consists of Mid infrared and multi-laser Raman micro-spectrometers, which are used for determining the chemical structure of biological samples and organic materials.