The Biomineralisation Research Group makes use of a variety of techniques and facilities and has expertise across many of these.
The facilties we access include:
- Centre for Microscopy Characterisation and Analysis, UWA - Biomagnetics, UWA - Watermans Marine Research Facility, UWA - X-ray Diffraction, UWA - SIMS Facility, UWA - ANSTO, NSW - Separation Science Laboratory, Murdoch - AMMRF laboratories, Australia-wide - Australian Synchrotron
Techniques utilised by the group include: - Transmission electron microscopy (diffraction, imaging, element analysis) - Energy Filtered TEM / Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (imaging, element analysis, valence determination) - 3D imaging and reconstruction (confocal stacking, TEM tomography) - Crystallographic analyses (electron diffraction, EBSD, dark field imaging, X-ray techniques) - Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (stable isotope detection and tracing) - Scanning Electron Microscopy (imaging, elemental analysis, charge contrast) - EDS Microanalysis (Qualitative and quantitative elemental analysis, SEM, TEM) - Optical and confocal microscopy (imaging) - Mass spectrometry (compound identification) - Magnetic analysis (magnetic properties of iron proteins) - Focussed ion beam (TEM sample preparation)
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