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Strong ties built over more than 25 years between ACES researchers and European collaborators have led to significant achievements in biomedical engineering and electromaterials science.
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THE EUROPEAN DIMENSION
ACES: The European Dimension
ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science in Australia
ConneCt with a Global leader
in advanced materials and integrated device development at the
Australia and Ireland enjoy close links through people-to-people connections, trade
and investment, and cultural and sporting ties. Both countries share a common
interest in innovation through science and in promoting collaboration in research and
development.
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science has developed significant
research ties in Ireland, notably with Dublin City University. These collaborations have
combined Irish sensing technologies with Australian materials science and fabrication
capabilities and have resulted in the development of innovative wearable technologies,
including sweat-monitoring watches and diagnostic knee-sleeves. The future
possibilities for these technologies seem to be limited only by the imagination.
The Australian Embassy in Ireland has twice hosted an ACES and Dublin City University
bio-printing event. It has been a pleasure to showcase the result of this collaboration
and to see groups of like-minded researchers sharing ideas and working towards a
common goal.
The long-standing collaboration between ACES and Ireland was made formal in 2014
when Dublin City University became an official Partner Organisation of the centre,
signalling that there are likely to be many more research breakthroughs in the future.
I look forward to a continued involvement in fostering the Australia-Irish research
connection and wish the ACES team, and collaborators, all the best for their research
and building of research networks across Europe.
Ruth AdlerAustralian Ambassador to Ireland
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Foreword
ACES is a global leader in
advanced materials and
integrated device development
Funded by the Australian Government, the ARC Centre of Excellence for
Electromaterials Science (ACES) consists of six Australian and five international partner
organisations, including three European partners.
The ACES research program incorporates six themes: 3D Electromaterials,
Electrofluidics & Diagnostics, Synthetic Energy Systems, Synthetic BioSystems, Soft
Robotics and Ethics, Policy & Public Engagement.
Encompassing researchers, clinicians and industry partners worldwide, ACES is uniquely
positioned to translate materials research into innovative next-generation solutions for
clean energy and medical bionics.
The ACES leadership boasts three prestigious Australian Laureate Fellows and many
internationally-regarded researchers including chemists, biologists and engineers.
Read more about how ACES innovates, at www.electromaterials.edu.au
to the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science
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Welcome Foreword
Strong ties built over more than 25 years between ACES researchers and European collaborators
have led to significant achievements in biomedical engineering and electromaterials science.
I am pleased to report that these relationships have been further strengthened, as ACES
recently entered a new seven-year phase of $AUD25 million Australian Government funding
through the Australian Research Council. With the renewed funding came three new official
European ACES partner organisations - Dublin City University (Ireland), University of Warwick
(UK) and Friedrich Alexander University (Germany).
Our links with other European partners are also critical to our ongoing success. Our full list of
European collaborators is on pages 8 and 9.
The launch of a global Master of Philosophy in BioFabrication course is an example of how
ACES is exploring new partnerships with European institutions, in this case Utrecht University
in the Netherlands, and University of Wurzburg in Germany.
Our European network is extensive, and we remain committed to seeking alliances in
Europe. I invite you to peruse the ACES ‘European Dimension’ in this booklet and online
at www.electromaterials.edu.au, and I welcome the opportunity to discuss collaborative
research programs and exchange of researchers with you in person.
Professor Gordon WallaceDirector, ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials ScienceAustralian Laureate Fellow@GordonGWallace
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Message froM the DirectorThe ARC Centre
of Excellence for
Electromaterials Science
is focused on translating
its established body
of materials science
knowledge into the next
generation of functional
devices, for health and
energy applications.
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Message froM the Director
3D Electromaterials
Developing high performance
electromaterials fabrication protocols to
enable integration into devices wherein
the extraordinary properties discovered
in the nano-domain are retained within
macroscopic structures for applications in
energy, robotics, bionics and diagnostics.
Electrofluidics and Diagnostics
Developing next-generation integrated
diagnostic platforms for applications in
biomedical, industrial and environmental
monitoring, through the control of
fluids within 3D structures containing
electromaterials.
Synthetic Energy Systems
Using new materials to create devices
in three key energy-related areas: solar
fuels, energy storage and thermal energy
conversion. Developing low-cost energy
devices using waste heat, and solar-driven
carbon dioxide reduction processes to
produce high value fuels.
Synthetic BioSystems
Developing implantable, self-powered
structures that support the development
of tissue structure to monitor, maintain
and restore function in neural tissues for
applications in epilepsy and schizophrenia
sufferers and the ageing human brain.
Soft Robotics
Developing a multi-digit, fluid and highly
dexterous 3D robotic hand with a control
system, programmable mechanical
compliance, integrated sensors and a
neural interface system, for applications in
industrial, personal and prosthetic robotic
systems.
Ethics, Policy and Public Engagement
Anticipating, understanding, evaluating
and responding to ethical, policy and
community concerns arising from
emerging technologies, to guide ongoing
ACES research.
ACES RESEARCh
Professor Unwin heads a team who sink their teeth
into unraveling scientific challenges with the aid of new
microscopy techniques to understand the interaction on and
between surfaces, such as the action of acid on tooth enamel,
for example.
The team recently provided data to assist with the launch
of a toothpaste by using a technique whereby they could
‘challenge’ a tooth enamel surface with exposure to acidic
droplets and look at the resulting erosion damage to the
surface.
Professor Unwin said the new method offered greater data
acquisition over standard methods.
“The advantage of the technique compared to conventional
approaches is that many hundreds of measurements could
be made on each enamel surface study, and sectors of the
surface could be treated with different protections in different
sectors, to build up a comprehensive picture,” he said.
The team has also used the techniques to study other dental
problems. “We’ve also looked at dentinal hypersensitivity and
treatments,” Professor Unwin said.
The technique used can determine how fast fluid moves
through dentine (the biomaterial under enamel that contains
microtubules).
“This is the cause of pain (sensitive teeth),” he said.
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Professor Patrick Unwin aces Partner investigator
University of warwick, United kingdom
Professor Unwin is a leading academic in the field of electrochemistry and brings to ACES his unique capability to understand and create novel nanostructured materials.
The University of Warwick is one of the leading UK universities, commonly ranked in the top 10 of UK Universities for quality of research; with state-of-the-art facilities in electrochemical imaging and nanomanipulation.
“Through our technique flow rates through individual tubes can
be measured and optimal strategies for treating hypersensitivity
developed.”
The WEC-SPM system opens new perspectives on wide-ranging
processes, Professor Unwin said, including, for example, in energy
conversion and utilisation, the development of new generations
of molecular sensors, with improved sensitivity and selectivity and
understanding natural processes around us, from cell function to
geochemistry.
Professor Unwin said the new methods were being adopted by
industry.
“Aspects of the WEC-SPM platform are being commercialised under
licence by BioLogic/Uniscan and other companies are developing
related instrumentation,” he said.
“The WEC-SPM platform is also being rolled out to key academic
groups in the USA and Europe via an open innovation licence.
“We are at the start of a new era of nanoscale electrochemical imaging,
and techniques such as those on the WEC-SPM have much to offer.”
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The secret to successful collaboration depends on
complementary expertise, funding and relationships.
NEW SOLAR TECHNOLOGy DEvELOPED THROUGH AUSTRALIAN-GERMAN COLLABORATION
A collaboration between ACES and Germany’s largest scientific
organisation is developing new solar technology.
With seven academic publications in print and several more on
the way, the collaboration is a highly successful one, which ACES
Professor Leone Spiccia said relied on three factors.
“you have to have complementary expertise, you have to be able to
find the funding, and you have to get on with the people,” he said.
Hitting it offThe Helmholtz Association is Germany’s largest scientific
organisation, with more than 37,000 employees and an annual
budget of almost €4 billion.
The collaboration began in 2009, when a German photovoltaics
delegation visited Monash University in Australia, sponsored by
the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. During
the visit, Professor Spiccia met Professors Klaus Lips and Wolfgang
Eberhardt from Helmholtz Centre Berlin.
“With some people you quickly find common interests and really
hit it off right from the start, and that’s what happened in this case,”
Professor Spiccia said.
FundingProfessor Lips and Professor Spiccia won a travel grant in 2009
jointly funded by the German and Australian Government to
promote collaboration with Australia in photovoltaics and solar fuels.
After successful exchange visits between the two groups in 2010,
Professors Lips and Eberhardt, together with Professor Annie Powell
from KIT, sponsored Spiccia in his application for the Humboldt
Research Award, which was successful. As a result, Spiccia spent
much of 2011 in Berlin working with Klaus’ team and developing a
new collaboration with Professor Emad Aziz.
In 2014, Spiccia received the prestigious Helmholtz Association
International Fellowship, awarded to only eight researchers annually.
This will enable him to further strengthen ties between ACES
and Helmholtz Berlin, and to take advantage of the new Energy
Materials In-situ Laboratory Berlin.
ComplementarityDuring her PhD at ACES/Monash University, Doctor Monika Fekete
visited Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and was impressed, particularly
with the centre’s solar cell fabrication equipment, and the
automated equipment for testing the efficiency of dozens of solar
cells at a time.
“They had a multimillion-dollar, beautiful new characterisation
facility,” Doctor Fekete said.
“It was really amazing.”
Though Doctor Fekete spent just one week in Berlin, her visit
sparked research which led to two publications in the next year in
the field of novel catalysts for water-splitting.
Whereas the Monash/ACES group brings capabilities to create and
test novel catalysts, the Helmholtz-Berlin team offers their expertise
in Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy, X-ray Absorbtion
spectroscopy and femtosecond laser spectroscopy, to look at what
goes on during catalysis at a deeper level.
As a result, the Monash team have been able to improve the
mechanistic understanding of catalysis by their materials.
Professor Leone Spiccia (left) and Professor Klaus Lips
«CollaboratorsRWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne,
Saint-Etienne, France
Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, Pessac, France
Centre National de la Recerche Scientifique, Paris, France
University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands
Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
University of Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands
ABO Akademi University, Turku, Finland
University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Instituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
Ospedale Niguarda Ca’Granda, Milan, Italy
«CollaboratorsUniversity of the West of England, Bristol, UK
University College, London, UK
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Bath University, Bath, UK
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
National Institute for Biological Standards and Control,
Hertfordshire, UK
Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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ACES IN EUROPE
«PARtnER InvEStIGAtoRS
Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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«CollaboratorsLinköping University, Linköping, Sweden
Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
Adam Mickiewicz University in Pozna, Pozna, Poland
Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy
of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
Lvov Polytechnic National University, Lvov, Ukraine
University of the Basque Country, vizcaya, Spain
CIC EnergiGUNE, Alava, Spain
Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
Tecnalia Corporación Tecnológica, Bizkaia, Spain
University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Polymat, San Sebastien, Spain
Instituto de Carboquímica (CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
University of Mons, Mons, Belgium
Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium
University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
Professor Dirk M. Guldi’s work in the field of charge transfer/
nanocarbons may revolutionise solar cell devices and energy-
harnessing.
“Our work on singlet fission – intramolecular not
intermolecular – in nanocarbons/pentacenes constitutes a
conceptional breakthrough, in that it documents the great
potential of synthetically tailored acenes to surpass the 30 per
cent Shockley-Queisser limit and its impact in terms of easing
device fabrication,” he said.
Professor Guldi said the breakthrough of his team’s
research work was that the process didn’t require external
encouragement, as is the case for intermolecular singlet
fission.
“Intramolecular fission implies that the process of generating
up to two triplet excited states from one singlet excited
state happens within the same molecule rather than in an
intermolecular fashion, that is, between two molecules,” he
said.
“Since the process is intramolecular in nature it is not
dependent on external stimuli – temperature, crystal packing,
etc.”
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Professor Dirk GulDiACes Partner investigator
friedrich-Alexander-universität erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Professor Guldi is internationally recognised for his outstanding contributions to designing, synthesising and testing novel nanometre-scale structures as integrative components for solar energy conversion.
He brings a wealth of experience not only to the materials-focused ACES projects, but also to the characterisation projects. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg has established its reputation as a top-ranking institution in cutting-edge research; encouraging interdisciplinary research.
The application of the research is to modulate light harvesting and
transform it into efficient electron transfer systems that power the
catalytic splitting of water, that is, water oxidation and proton reduction.
Professor Guldi said there are significant challenges in producing
synthetically tailored acenes, including upscaling, stability and solubility,
but the forecast gain is outstanding.
“Under optimum conditions it will enhance device performance by up
to 200 per cent,” he said.
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THINKERS IN RESIDENCE: PARTNERING FOR SUCCESSDeakin University’s Thinkers in Residence program has provided a fantastic
platform to deepen existing ACES-European collaborations, resulting in
significant papers and major funding awards.
Deakin has furthered the collaboration with a visit by Professor David
Mecerreyes, a polymer chemist at Polymat -University for the Basque Country
in northern Spain.
“He has over 160 papers which is outstanding considering his young age,” said
Doctor Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo, a researcher at Deakin/ACES who worked with
Mecerreyes in Spain before moving to Australia.
Complementary skillsMecerreyes’ Innovative Polymers Group specialises in new polymer synthesis,
while Professor Maria Forsyth’s group at Deakin works in characterisation and
application in electrochemical areas such as batteries, fuel cells and corrosion.
“I think that my expertise is highly complementary to Professor Maria Forsyth’s
group,” Professor Mecerreyes said.
“I am quite confident that the visit will be beneficial and it will be an important
step forward for a long and fruitful collaboration.”
The groups have exchanged PhD students in the past two years. The
collaboration has already resulted in two papers, and an application for funding
via the European Union’s Marie Curie scheme.
ImpactIn 2013, Deakin hosted another Spanish researcher as a Thinker in Residence,
renowned battery expert Michel Armand of the CIC Energigune cooperative
research centre in Spain.
“He’s a very brilliant researcher,” Doctor Pozo-Gonzalo said. “He was a very
good addition to the group, very accessible and humble. He is extremely
knowledgeable is so many different areas.”
During his visit, Armand made important contributions to several projects,
including the setting up of a $6 million lithium battery energy bank to store
excess power generated in summer, for use in winter.
“[This approach] is very progressive,” Professor Armand said at the time. “This
is one of the first commercial installations of this type in the world.”
Since Armand’s visit, the ACES-CIC collaboration has produced four high-impact
research papers and won $680,000 in research funding.
ReputationThe international reputation of ACES lead researchers, such as Professor Maria
Forsyth, has been key to sparking connections with Europe.
The Spanish connection started when Doctor Pozo-Gonzalo was attracted by a
move to Australia following seven years of research in Spain.Picture: University of the Basque Country
Professor Dermot Diamond has two passions in life. One
is music; Dermot can be found most weekends playing his
fiddle at the Cobblestones Pub in Dublin. The other passion,
the one that has morphed into a long and successful career,
is science.
Perhaps though, the link between music and science isn’t as
tenuous as it seems.
At first, each note can be tricky to master, harmonising with
other instruments is tough, but eventually you end up with
something meaningful. Science is a bit the same for Dermot.
He enjoys taking an obscure concept and showing how it
impacts positively on society through practical demonstration.
“I’m trying to harness the incredible power of nano and
molecular-scale control of materials and their functionality,
which ultimately controls their macrobehaviour,” Dermot
said. “It’s a fundamental concept that will lead to more
effective ways to undertake chemical sensing which is used in
everything from health diagnostics, environmental monitoring
to monitoring the quality of our food.”
Dermot believes the translation of these basic science
concepts into meaningful devices that will have a positive
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Professor Dermot DiamonDaCes Partner investigator
Dublin City University
Professor Dermot Diamond has almost 30 years of research experience in the areas of sensors, diagnostics, materials chemistry and microfluidics, that will feed into ACES projects.
The National Centre for Sensor Research at Dublin City University, at which Professor Diamond is Director, is a world-renowned, large-scale, multidisciplinary research facility comprising custom-designed laboratories, a range of specialist support units and equipment, and dedicated technical and administrative staff.
impact on society comes down to collaboration.
“The translation of research into real world applications cannot be
achieved without a critical mass of specialised researchers working
on key topics along the continuum, together with researchers with
a broader perspective who can move knowledge, knowhow and
concepts along towards impact,” he said.
That’s one of the reasons Dermot is thrilled that DCU recently
signed on as a formal partner of ACES, strengthening a twenty-year
collaborative relationship.
“The partnership will leverage our strengths in sensing technologies
and the 3D printing capabilities of ACES to translate fundamental
research into functional devices,” he said. “I look forward to the rich
interplay between our teams over the coming seven years and to
building on our existing program of visiting exchanges. I have no doubt
that we will see great impact coming from these collaborative projects
and exchanges,” he said.
It could just be the ultimate ‘scientific band’.
The translation of basic science concepts into meaningful devices comes down to collaboration.
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RESEARCHERS ARE
DEvELOPING A WATCH
THAT WILL MONITOR
HyDRATION LEvELS
THROUGH THE
WEARER’S SWEAT
the ChallengeTop-level athletes are constantly looking for an edge over their
competitors as well as technology that will keep them in peak
physical condition.
The Sweatch project aims to assist athletes to monitor their
hydration levels and alert them to overhydration, dehydration or
overexertion.
Dublin City University is developing a wearable electrochemical
sensor that detects sodium levels in sweat and has employed
ACES’ (through the Australian National Fabrication Facility) 3D
printing and rapid prototyping expertise to integrate the device’s
components and accelerate the project.
Project InnovationA prototype device has been achieved, allowing real-time
sampling and analysis of sodium levels in sweat through the
combination of the specialities of industrial partners Shimmer,
who provided the microchip, DCU, who generated the concept,
system design, communications and sensors, and UOW, who
accelerated the project and packaged the device.
our EngagementACES’ specialty in 3D printing and rapid prototyping has enabled
the DCU researchers to assess materials and designs by utilising
its advanced fabrication facilities and design knowledge.
the Potential ImpactThe sporting elite are not the only prospective benefactors of
the device, with applications proposed for the medical field,
including, for example, a monitor targeted at those living with
cystic fibrosis. Further work will involve adapting the platform to
create a sensor capable of detecting multiple substances.
Since 2011 ACES has been part of an exciting international
program that assists research institutions to combine their
expertise, enabling them to develop ideas and co-publish, for
example, for their mutual benefit.
ACES participates in the Marie Curie International Research
Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) through the Materials and
Advanced Sensor Knowledge Exchange (MASK), which has
proved invaluable to the centre and its European partners.
The scheme encourages early career researchers to visit host
institutions for long-term secondments, while it also allows for
more experienced researchers to engage in shorter periods of
collaboration.
Other goals focus on building cohesive networks of
researchers who can tackle problems more efficiently and
effectively by combining their talents, creating links with
industry and providing training opportunities for personal
development.
ACES (University of Wollongong, Monash University, University
of Tasmania) combines its knowhow with three European
universities (Dublin City University (DCU), Ecole Nationale
Supérieure des Mines de Saint Etienne, Abo Akademi), which
has resulted in some outstanding results, including producing
a new field of discovery.
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Building cohesive networks of researchers who can tackle problems more efficiently and effectively by combining their talents
new frontierACES researchers, including Doctor Klaudia Wagner, visited DCU on
numerous occasions in a joint collaboration under the MASK initiative
to draw on DCU’s microfluidics and sensor expertise, while providing
chemicals synthesised by the University of Wollongong.
“It was lots of fun. We published three papers in the collaboration,” she
said.
“you have the opportunity and time to focus on the one project. you
really enjoy the work and really want to get to the lab.”
A highlight of the MASK Exchange was the development of a new field
of research - photo-chemopropulsion.
ACES and DCU researchers developed a method of moving droplets
through channels using the force of light. Their system allows the
reversal of the movements – a world-first. This exciting work may lead
to drug delivery systems or chemical sensors.
Power of twoDoctor Wagner said the photo-chemopropulsion achievement would
have been impossible without the universities’ combined skill base –
DCU’s expertise in sensor technology and ACES’ chemical synthesis
and 3D printing knowledge.
“This is just the beginning. There is lots of opportunity to broaden this
(development),” she said.
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH STAFF EXCHANGE
SCHEME FACILITATES PHOTO-CHEMOPROPULSION
BREAKTHROUGH
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Collaborate with a renowned organisation
developing solutions for clean energy, human
health and next generation manufacturing
industries.
ACES collaborates with 21 internationally renowned research
institutions around the world, and we are keen talk to you about
how we can work together with your organisation.
Our strength rests firmly in the development of new materials
and fabrication methods, and our mission to 2020 is to translate
our materials research into functional 3D devices.
We’re interested in partnering with other researchers and
institutions to further the technologies, materials and processes
we have already pioneered as well as embark on new joint
projects.
Partnering with ACES gives your organisation access to world-
class fabrication and synthesis facilities, the experts needed to
run them and a multidisciplinary team working across materials,
health, energy and ethics research.
OPPORTUNITIES“The ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science is the prominent materials research group in Australia. With strong links to government and industry, ACES is an excellent choice for any organisation wishing to build a collaborative relationship.”
Professor Joe ChicharoDeputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Strategy), University of Wollongong and Chair of the ACES Global Engagement group.
Professor Joe Chicharo chairs the
ACES Global Engagement group
To arrange a meeting with ACES Director Gordon Wallace, please contact ACES on +61 2 4221 3127 or [email protected]
Find out more at www.electromaterials.edu.au
Published by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science. Written by Natalie Foxon Phillips, Andrew Sutton, Cathal O’Connell and Sarah McMaster.
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Professor Klaus Lips Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
ACES has been an excellent partner for Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie in the research field of water
oxidation catalysis. The collaboration with our colleagues in ACES has led to some exciting findings in relation to the operation
with these catalysts. These results have been implemented in our ongoing collaboration and the developing of more efficient
and robust devices based on earth-abundant elements.
Doctor Philippe Poulin Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, France
The collaboration with ACES is for us a great source of inspiration. ACES has ambitious objectives towards new technologies in
the field of electromaterials for energy and medical applications. We feel that ACES is transforming our basic research into useful
developments. This is extremely motivating and exciting.
Doctor Christine Kranz University of Ulm, Germany
The collaboration with ACES translates biomedically relevant research into practical applicable system and device technology.
Professor George Malliaras École nationale Supérieure des Mines , CMP-EMSE, France
ACES is a key partner for us and we have established a mutually beneficial collaboration that is sustained through regular
exchanges of personnel between France and Australia. We benefit tremendously from their expertise in organic electronic
materials and their applications in neural implants and tissue engineering.
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