About the Centre

Director's Welcome

The role of the Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis (CMM) is to promote, support and initiate research and teaching in the applications of microscopy and microanalysis as well as to develop the discipline of microscopy and microanalysis itself.  Within The University of Queensland, this brief requires involvement with the research and teaching programs of faculties and institutes:

  • Faculty of Science
  • Health Sciences Faculty
  • Natural Resources, Agriculture and Veterinary Science Faculty
  • Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology Faculty
  • Institute of Molecular Bioscience
  • Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology

CMM bridges the sciences and is dedicated to an understanding of the structure and composition of all materials at atomic molecular, cellular and macromolecular scales. This understanding arises primarily from the application of optical and electron-optical techniques to biological and non-biological materials, but also includes the use of x-rays, ions and surface signals.  There is a growing strength at The University of Queensland in the area of nanotechnology, and the CMM provides key characterisation technology for practitioners in this exciting new field of study.

Primary fields of research associated with materials sciences include microstructure investigations of processing parameters in ceramics, metals and polymers; interface studies on a range of metals, ceramics and composites; and the characterisation of catalysts and substrates.

 

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HAWKEN SEM FACILITY

The Hawken laboratory is the scanning electron microscopy heart of the CMM. Within the laboratory located off Cooper road, underneath the Hawken building are a series of scanning electron microscopes that can examine a very broad range of sample ...

QBP Cryo-TEM Facility

Located in the Queensland Bioscience Precinct at The University of Queensland, the Cryo-Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Facility is a laboratory that was purpose-built for standard and cryo-TEM sample prepar...

AIBN TEM Facility

The CMM facilities are located on the ground floor of the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology building. These purpose built laboratories house four state of the art transmission electron microscopes and a range of sample prepa...

Mission Statement

Our Mission Our service to the university community is provided in three key areas, namely a comprehensive suite of analytical instrumentation, strongly motivated and experienced personnel, and high standard of training programs for univer...

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