The Manufacturing, Materials and Minerals Group contains the core of CSIRO’s research focus in the materials, manufacturing, minerals, mining, chemicals, health and infrastructure sectors.
National Research Flagships offer full and top-up Flagship Postgraduate Scholarships to high quality students who wish to work on a Flagship research project.
An exciting conference that will bring together international world leaders in polymer sciences and industry leaders to share perspectives and work towards producing superior products for the marketplace into the future.
How old meets new as the ancient technique of spinning is used to produce a very modern material – a carbon nanotube yarn in this video. The ability to spin carbon nanotubes into a yarn that retains the carbon fibres’ remarkable properties could have a range of important applications, from medicine to the aerospace industry. (5:00)
In a world first, Mr Ken Atkinson, an Australian scientist, has spun yarns from minute fibres of carbon, without the need for a binder to hold the yarn together.
After developing a manufacturing process for making wool blend air filters and seeing his work applied in commercial products, Dr Jürg Schütz is now investigating filters containing carbon nanotubes.
An information sheet that provides an understanding of the potential risks associated with nanoparticle use in the community, workplace and environment.
There is currently considerable debate about the potential hazards posed to humans and the environment upon exposure to carbon nanotubes. CSIRO is working to address these issues.
