The 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, microanalysis, electron and x-ray diffraction and spectroscopy providing nanostructural characterisation capability and services to all areas of nanotechnology and biotechnology research.

Operating in nodes located in major capital cities (Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth and Sydney) with links to smaller units in specialist facilities, the Facility provides access to a vast array of instrumentation. These include widely used optical, electron, x-ray and ion beam techniques and importantly, that form world leading capabilities. Such capabilities include pulsed-laser local electrode atom probe, high-throughput cryo-electron tomography, high-resolution SEM and spectroscopy, high-precision ion microprobe and ultra-high resolution TEM platforms.

By combining new flagships with existing capabilities, the Facility offers a complete, modern suite of instruments accessible to all Australian publicly researches on merit basis and a nominal fee schedule. Industry based researchers can also access the facilities for proprietary research at commercial rates.

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

The AMMRF is based around a nodal structure of major microscopy centres, together with Linked Laboratories and Linked Centres.

The AMMRF is funded by