Facilities

The Caruso Nanoengineering Group hosts or has access to world-class facilities for the synthesis and characterisation of thin films and particle systems, as well as full PC2 (biological) labs for cell culture, bacteria, DNA/RNA work and similar. Many of the more advanced facilities are made available to the broader research community through platforms such as the Materials Characterisation and Fabrication Platform, the Melbourne Advanced Microscopy Facility, and the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication.

Atomic force microscope
Confocal microscope
Confocal Raman microscope
FTIR microscope
Fluorescence microscope
Spectroscopic ellipsometer
Light scattering – Particle Sizer
NanoSight – Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis
Quartz crystal microbalance
Quartz crystal microbalance – Dissipation (Q-Sense)
Surface plasmon resonance spectrophotometer
Fluorescence spectrophotometer
FTIR spectrophotometer
Optical waveguide lightmode spectrometer
Double beam UV-visible spectrophotometer
UV-Visible spectrophotometer
Dual polarization interferometer
Flow cytometer
Imaging-flow cytometer
Zetasizer
Microfluidic flow control systems
Automated thin film dip coater
High temperature oven
Plasma cleaner
PC2 and biological facilities
Needle probe sonicator unit
Nanoassemblr Ignite – Nano Particle Synthesis System

Access to the Materials Characterisation and Fabrication Platform at the University of Melbourne.

Imaging and microscopy facilities

Confocal Microscope (Nikon A1R+)

4-channel spectral imaging
Spectral detector
FLIM and FCS
Live imaging

Imaging Flow Cytometer (Amnis ImageStream X Mk II)

12-channel imaging
405 nm, 488 nm, 561 nm, and 640 nm excitation
Multiwell plate autosampler
Up to 5,000 cells per second

Super-Resolution Imaging (Zeiss Elyra 7 eLS Lattice SIM)

High speed live cell super-resolution imaging
Resolution down to 60 nm
Up to 255 frames per second
Single-molecule localisation capabilities

Access to electron microscopy and other imaging platforms at the Advanced Microscopy Facility.