e-Research Infrastructure for the Molecular and Materials Structure Sciences

了解原子细节的分子和材料结构对于知识经济和健康的社会至关重要。例如，智能材料、纳米技术设备、储氢材料、分子开关、磁铁和传感器的发展取决于对三维原子结构的了解。治疗SARS、艾滋病和阿尔茨海默氏症等疾病以及了解衰老过程依赖于对生物分子结构的了解。通过网络远程访问结构仪器的自动化增强技术的部署和开发将极大地促进澳大利亚基于结构的研究，并使公众能够接触到这门科学。

Understanding molecular and materials structure in atomic detail is vital to a knowledge-based economy and a healthy society. The development of smart materials, nanotechnological devices, hydrogen storage materials, molecular switches, magnets and sensors, for example, depends on knowledge of three-dimensional atomic structure. Cures for illnesses such as SARS, AIDS and Alzheimer's disease and understanding the aging process depends on knowledge of biomolecular structure. The deployment and development of automation-enhanced remote access to structural instruments through the web will greatly enhance Australian structure-based research, and make this science accessible to the public.