High-temperature probes for investigating phase transitions and reaction kinetics in thin films, nanostructured materials and biomaterials.

作为温度和气体环境的功能，这种用于高温表面分析和现场诊断的基础设施将增强澳大利亚为满足医疗、通信、环境和安全应用需求的设备创造新材料的能力。该设施将使研究人员能够理解和利用界面现象，并定制加工-微观结构-成分的相关性，从而设计出具有最佳性能的新材料。具有独特功能的探针将测量表面形貌，光学性质，元素组成和晶体相。该设施将是澳大利亚第一个提供高温结构和性能综合研究的设施。

This infrastructure for high temperature surface analysis and in-situ diagnostics as a function of temperature and gas environments will enhance Australia's capabilities in creating new materials for devices that will meet needs in medical, communications, environmental and security applications. The facility will enable researchers to understand and exploit interfacial phenomena and to tailor processing-microstructure-composition correlations, so as to design new materials with the best performance possible. Probes with unique capabilities will measure surface morphology, optical properties, elemental composition and crystallographic phase.The facility will be the first in Australia to offer a comprehensive study of structure and properties at high temperature.