The mission of the centre is:

  • to innovate, accelerate and translate scientific materials discoveries to transformative technologies
  • to invent, design and optimise materials from soft and condensed matter
  • to develop comprehensive pathways towards controlling and tuning materials properties and function.

Our facilities

We bring together cutting-edge instrumentation in mass spectrometry, atomic resolution transmission electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy.

Along with world-class technical expertise, our purpose-built facilities enable an efficient research space for novel material discoveries. Our laboratory spaces will provide critical research visibility for QUT on a national and global scale while nurturing emerging collaborative research.

State-of-the-art instrumentation currently under construction includes:

  • Double-aberration-correction high resolution transmission electron microscope (JEOL NEOARM)
  • Focused ion beam microscope (FIB)
  • Time-of-flight mass spectrometer (ToF-SIMS).

Our expert research team also take advantage of expert scientists and infrastructure, including the Central Analytical Research Facility (CARF).

This research supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

The LABS

Meet some of the people changing our world for the better, with a behind the scenes snapshot of science that can:

  • transform diamonds into high powered, energy efficient electronics
  • change plastics into truly biodegradable food for organisms
  • teach robots how to navigate the world like humans do.
Download The LABS (PDF file, 17.9 MB)

Our scholarships

We're offering PhD and Masters top-up scholarships in QUT’s Annual scholarship round.

Researching with us will provide you with the opportunity to:

  • work with a team of leading researchers
  • undertake your own innovative research in and across the fields of materials sciences
  • gain an internationally-recognised postgraduate qualification.

Find out more

More information

Bio inspired nanostructures for advanced batteries

Research news

21 February

Tighter regulation of AI required to protect journalism and vulnerable journalists

Formal newsroom policies should be urgently adopted regarding how, when and why generative artificial intelligence is appropriate for journalistic use, says a QUT researcher and co-author of a paper examining the impact of generative AI on visual journalism.

13 February

Made with Love: QUT researchers question how much shoppers care

Love might be in the air for Valentine’s Day, but QUT researchers have found not all consumers are smitten with handmade products at the point of purchase, especially if they like to shop at speed.

Contact us

Find us at
Level 2, E Block
Gardens Point