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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 and microanalysis that provides nanostructural characterisation capability and services, including widely used optical, electron, X-ray, ion-beam and scanning-probe techniques and world-leading flagship platforms. The latter include pulsed-laser local-electrode atom probe, high-throughput cryo-TEM, high-resolution SEM and spectroscopy, as well as high-precision ion microprobes.

This collaborative facility, comprising research expertise and research infrastructure, is accessible by all Australian researchers, enabling discovery and innovation in Australian science.

The AMMRF is truly a national facility. Operating nodes in major capital cities, and with links to smaller units in specialist facilities, it provides access to a vast array of instrumentation. By combining new flagships with existing capabilities, the AMMRF offers a complete, modern suite of instruments accessible to all Australian publicly funded researchers on the basis of merit and a nominal fee schedule. Industry-based researchers can also access the facilities for proprietary research at commercial rates.

Through public and user fora and participation at national and international conferences, the AMMRF leadership has devised a future vision for this Facility that will continue to provide Australian researchers with the state-of-the-art in nanostructural analysis. By considering Australia's current and emerging scientific strengths and research goals, and research and technological trends overseas, this holistic vision encompasses the needs of the present and future user-communities. A specific portfolio of new generation nanostructural analysis tools has been selected to meet the current and future demands for advanced characterisation.

Vision

The AMMRF is Australia’s peak research facility for the characterisation of materials through macro, meso, nano and atomic length scales by means of advanced microscopy and microanalysis.

Mission

The AMMRF is a user-focused, interdisciplinary organisation that employs microscopy and microanalysis to explore structure–function relationships of materials in the physical, chemical and biological sciences and their technologies. Accessible to all Australian researchers, the facility provides a quality user experience enabled through the provision of world-class research services, research training and research programs.

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