Re-designing materials for a circular economy
We are creating novel ways to maximise value from waste while re-designing materials with extraordinary functionality for a waste-free tomorrow.
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Institute for Frontier Materials
The Institute for Frontier Materials is a vibrant, multi-cultural research institute, graduating more than 30 PhD students a year and training 80 post-docs at any given time. Our researchers work with industry to address material challenges in the energy, mining, environment, health, transport, textiles and manufacturing sectors.
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Imparting materials with extraordinary functionality
We seek to impart materials with extraordinary functionality – materials to clean water, materials to safely power electric vehicles, materials to save energy, in short, materials that will transform society.
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Highlighted projects
Research breakthrough means safer batteries
IFM researchers have successfully made solid state batteries which remove the risk of batteries catching fire or exploding.
Sodium ion batteries for future energy storage
IFM researchers are investigating an alternative technology to address cost and safety issues associated with the lithium-ion batteries used in everything from mobile phones to microgrids.
$15M project is good news for automotive manufacturers
The announcement of a $15m manufacturing research and development project, facilitated by the Innovative Manufacturing CRC (IMCRC), signals the future for the Australian automotive manufacturing industry.
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The foundations are being set for ground-breaking applications in clean hydrogen and nuclear energy storage, and a new range of biomedical materials, thanks to two new Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage grants to Institute for Frontier Materials.
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Explore your interest. Find a research supervisor for a 2022. Scholarships available for a 2022 start.
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Spread the news, we are opening the Call for Applications for the 2022 Round of our internal grants! Deakin-ites with new + emerging interdisciplinary projects, applications close Mon 20 Sept + @deakinresearch are hosting an information session Fri 6 Aug: https://scienceandsocietynetwork.deakin.edu.au/funding-opportunities/