Annual Report 2007 ANNUAL REPORT 2007 MISSION STATEMENT AND OBJECTIVES ............................................................................. 3 Mission Statement....................................................................................................................... 3 Year 3 in Review ........................................................................................................................ 4 Structure and Management ......................................................................................................... 5 ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY ARCNN................................................................................. 9 DISTINGUISHED LECTURER TOURS ................................................................................ 11 Prof Jacob Israelachvili........................................................................................................ 11 Prof E.G. Wang.................................................................................................................... 12 Prof Selim Ünlü ................................................................................................................... 13 Dr H C Liu ........................................................................................................................... 15 SPECIAL LECTURES ............................................................................................................. 16 Prof Hiroaki Misawa............................................................................................................ 16 Special Lecture – Prof G Ramanath..................................................................................... 17 INTERNATIONAL VISITS BY NETWORK MEMBERS..................................................... 18 Ms Tina Rankovic –Taiwan Nano 2007 .............................................................................. 18 Australian Delegation to India for the Indo–Australia Symposium on Multifunctional Nanomaterials Nanostructures and Applications 19-21 December..................................... 21 LONG TERM VISITS.............................................................................................................. 25 Miss Brianna Thompson (Intelligent Polymers Research Institute) – visit to the Bionic Ear Institute, Melbourne............................................................................................................. 25 Ms Massey De Los Reyes (Ian Wark Institute) - visit to the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO).................................................................................... 29 Mr Dinesh Kumar Venkatachalam (RMIT University) – visit to the Electronic Materials Engineering Department at the Australian National University.......................................... 29 OVERSEAS TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS................................................................................. 30 Dr Dusan Losic (Uni South Australia) – visit to the University of Chicago, USA. ............ 30 Dr Jozelito Razal (Uni Wollongong) – visit to the University of Dallas, USA...................32 Mr Craig Bell (Uni of Queensland) – visit to the University of Pensylvania, USA........... 34 Mrs. Xiaoxia Yin (University of Adelaide) – visit to Reading University and Cambridge University in the U.K........................................................................................................... 35 Ms Tara Schiller (Queensland Institute of Technology) – visit to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), USA............................................................................. 36 Mr Jingxian Yu (Flinders University) – visit to the University of Cambridge.................... 38 Mr Tor Kit Goh (Melbourne Uni) – visit to Nagoya University, Japan ............................. 42 Miss Hannah Joyce (ANU) – visit to the University of Cincinnati (USA) ......................... 43 Mr Matthew Nussio (Flinders Uni) - visit to the University of Barcelona..........................45 Mr Chee Howe See (Sydney Uni) –visit to the University College, London...................... 45 Dr Lynn Dennany (Uni Wollongong) –visit to Dublin City University, Ireland................. 46 Dr Xiangdong Yao (Uni Queensland) – visit to the University of London (UK). .............. 50 Mr. Michael Fraser (ANU) –visit to Stanford University, USA.......................................... 51 Mr. Greg Jolley (ANU) –visit to the Centre for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory – USA.................................................................................................52 Mr. Kane O’Donnell (Uni of Newcastle) – visit to the University of Cambridge, UK....... 53 YOUNG NANOTECHNOLOGY AMBASSADOR AWARDS ............................................. 60 Mr. Kenneth Wong (University of New South Wales)........................................................ 60 Ms Yunyi Wong (University of Queensland)...................................................................... 65 Mr Akshat Tanksale (Queensland University) .................................................................... 68 Ms Jenny Riesz and Dr Joel Gilmore (Universty of Queensland)....................................... 70 Mr Martin Cole (University of South Australia) ................................................................. 77 Mr Ashley Stephens (The University of Melbourne) .......................................................... 79 TRAVEL FUNDS FOR EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS AND POST GRADUATE STUDENTS ......................................................................................................................... 79 WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES AND EVENTS ................................................................. 79 Electromaterials Science Symposium 07- 09/02/2007 – University of Wollongong.......... 80 Interaction Energies and the Structure of Surfaces and Nano-Structures 19/02/2007 - 21/02/2007 – RMIT University, Melbourne........................................................................ 84 Second Australian Nanoindentation Workshop, 18- 20/03/2007 – ANU Kioloa Campus.. 88 3rd Asian and Pacific Rim Symposium on Biophotonics - 9–11/07/2007 – Cairns............ 91 COMS2007 02/09/2007 - 06/09/2007 - Melbourne............................................................. 93 Nanostructures for Electronics Energy and Environment (Nano-E3) 23-28/09/2007 – South Stradbroke Island, QLD....................................................................................................... 96 Symposium on Metallic Multilayers - 15/10/2007 - 19/10/2007 – University of Western Australia............................................................................................................................. 101 SPIE Conference on Device and Process Technologies for Microelectronics, MEMS, Photonics and Nanotechnology 04/12/2007 - 07/12/2007 - ANU..................................... 103 WEBSITE ................................................................................................................................... 106 NANOTECHNOLOGY FACILITIES AND CAPABILITIES REGISTER.............................. 107 NEWSLETTER .......................................................................................................................... 107 MEMBERSHIP........................................................................................................................... 108 PLANNED 2008 ACTIVITIES.................................................................................................. 109 FINANCIAL STATEMENT ...................................................................................................... 110 Appendix A - ARCNN Members by State ........................................................................ 114 Appendix B – Demographic list of ARCNN Website Hits ............................................... 147 Appendix C - ARCNN News, Edition 15, October 2007.................................................. 153 Appendix D - List of ARCNN Friends.............................................................................. 159 Appendix E – ICONN 2008 Promotional Flyer ................................................................ 161 2 MISSION STATEMENT AND OBJECTIVES Mission Statement The Mission statement of the Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network is to enhance Australia’s Research in Nanotechnology and related areas, by effectively promoting and drawing together collaborations in this field. Objectives The Nanotechnology field is one of the fastest growing areas of research and technology. The Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network (ARCNN) is dedicated to substantially enhancing Australia’s research outcomes in this important field by promoting effective collaborations, exposing researchers to alternative and complementary approaches from other fields, encouraging forums for postgraduate students and early career researchers, increasing nanotechnology infrastructure, enhancing awareness of existing infrastructure, and promoting international links. The ARCNN will achieve these goals through its dedication to bringing together all the various groups working in the field of Nanotechnology and related areas within Australia. This innovative new network was created by four seed funding networks joining together in order to cover the broader areas and to create a larger more effective network. The Network aims to: 1. bring together key groups working in this area to