Welcome to the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science
The new ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) brings together eminent scientists, led by Professor Gordon Wallace of the University of Wollongong, to develop the nano-science and nano-technology related to the movement of electric charge within and between materials. The ARC Centre studies these processes as they are fundamentally important to a diverse array of phenomena important in many biological and industrial processes.
Under Professor Forsyth’s leadership, the Monash node brings together Professors Macfarlane, Spiccia and Cheng as well as ARC fellows Udo Bach, Bjorn Winther-Jensen, Steve Pas, Jenny Pringle and more than twenty research fellow and students. The team studies a range of electroactive materials and phenomena as well as their application in batteries, dye sensitised solar cells and corrosion protection.
The activities of ACES fall into two key areas – Bionics and Energy – which are supported by a major platform of research in Synthesis and Characterisation of New Electromaterials.
The Centre is truly multi-disciplinary, spanning Chemistry, Materials Engineering and the Biological Sciences. Research is conducted in fields as diverse as ionic liquids, polymer electrolytes, bio-compatible batteries, solar energy, lithium batteries and corrosion mitigation in oil & gas and aerospace applications.
See also http://www.eng.monash.edu.au/mat/Newsletter107
The Centre was recently a major partner in a successful $6M bid to the Victorian Government to establish the Victorian Consortium for Organic Solar Cells which will develop the next generation of solar cell devices. |
