The Australian Nanotechnology Network

Applied Nanotechnology Group - QUT

Name of Group Leader:

Professor John Bell

Physical Address:

Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering
Queensland University of Technology
2 George Street
Brisbane QLD 4000

Mailing Address:

Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering
Queensland University of Technology
GPO Box 2434
Brisbane QLD 4001

Phone:

+61 7 3864 4298

Fax:

+61 7 3864 1529

Email:

j.bell@qut.edu.au

Nanotechnology Research Programs/Activities:

Composite carbon nanotube/polymer photovoltaic devices
Nanostructured titania for photocatlaysis
Dye-sensitised solar cells - fabrication and modelling
Focussed Ion-Beam Scanning Electron Microscopy for surface modificastion and nanoscale machining
Ge/Si quantum dots for memory applications
Pillared Clays
Nanomaterials fabrication in microgravity

Scale of Nanotechnology Research Effort:

8 academic staff
4 postdoctoral researchers
12 research students
annual budsget (total) est: $2million

Nanotechnology research facilities:

Focussed Ion Beam SEM (to be installed in 2006)
Ion Implanter
Physical Vapour deposition
STM/AFM
hydrothermal synthesis
Vibrational Spectroscopy
Sol-gel spin- and dip-coating facilities