Applications
The centre offers a broad range of the most technologically advanced instrumentation
and scientific support services. These services are available to the students
and staff of the University of Adelaide as well as the greater community of government
departments, private businesses and industry.
Applications used in material science
- Physical metallurgy, engineered materials and welds
- Failure Analysis
- Dental restorative materials and amalgams, including reactions with mercury
- Ion implantation of materials
- Polymer Science
- Analysis of thin film multi-layers
- Semiconductors
- Petroleum geology and core sampling
- Mineralogical characterization.
- Igneous petrology
- Geochemistry
- Particle characterisation from smoke stack emissions
- Nano-imaging
- Microfossil identification and characterization.
Applications used in biological science
- Immuno-Electron Microscopy
- Stereology
- Ultramicrotomy applied to biological and physical materials
- Freeze-substitution, low temperature embedding
- SEM preparation using critical point drying
- Freeze-fracture
- High resolution rotary shadowing and negative staining of macromolecules,
viruses and bacteria
- Development of specific protocols for the preparation of plant and
animal tissue.
- Live cell imaging
- Nano imaging of cell ultrastructures
- Laser Microdissection for PCR, RT-PCR and Proteomics etc.
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