Ultra high vacuum scanning probe microscope facility

超高真空扫描隧道显微镜为理解用于电子、工程和医疗应用的新型材料奠定了基础，包括薄膜、纳米结构、先进半导体、纳米结构(有机或无机)导体和纳米尺度界面(异质结构)。它是支撑未来技术中新的超科学议程的核心技术。目前和未来的一些研究领域将受益于该仪器的存在，这将增强澳大利亚在纳米技术研究和开发方面的竞争力。对这一领域的博士和研究生进行培训对于开发纳米技术的潜力以造福于澳大利亚的未来是至关重要的。

Ultra high-vacuum scanning tunneling microscopy underpins advances in the understanding of novel materials for electronics, engineering and medical applications, including thin-films, nanostructures, advanced semiconductors, nanostructured (organic or inorganic) conductors, and nanoscale interfaces (heteronanostructures). It is a core technique underpinning the new Superscience agenda in Future Technologies. A number of present and future research fields will benefit from the presence of this instrument, which will enhance Australia's competitiveness in nanotechnology research and development. Training of PhD and graduate students in this area is essential to exploit the potentiality of nanotechnology for the future benefit of Australia.