Research Selections 2011

Find out about ANSTO's most current research in the Research Selections 2011 report (PDF 10.4 MB).

Contents

Foreword

• Dr Adi Paterson, CEO

Novel materials

• Visual probes for carbon dioxide and new molecular logic-systems
• A new way of creating magnetic interfaces in thin films
• Finding a quantum-forbidden structure
• Studying interfaces of ionic liquids to improve industrial electrochemical processes
• Towards a clear understanding of catalytic processes  

Environment

• Monitoring evaporation and groundwater inputs to the Darling River during drought
• Using cosmic rays and radionuclides to measure the contribution of the East Antarctic
• Ice Sheet to changes in global sea-level
• Understanding and managing wetland health
• Unravelling farming and metallurgy in ancient China with nuclear science
• Plants that accumulate toxic metals  

LifeSciences

• Development of novel imaging radiopharmaceuticals for malignant melanoma
• Understanding molecular mechanisms to aid in the protection of cell membranes in anhydro- and cryo-biology
• Identifying optimal conditions for the production of next generation radiopharmaceuticals  

Materials related to the energy life-cycle

• Making better Li-ion batteries using neutron diffraction
• Understanding the kinetic processes of gas-hydrate formation in the marine environment
• Waste - a resource when using selective separation
• Developing radiation-tolerant materials  

Reactor engineering

• Understanding the vibrational response of thin plates secured using varying strength longitudinal connections
• Bubbly flow regime and beyond - modelling gas-liquid flow using population balance  

Facts and figures 

List of publications

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