Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group at RMIT University

06/07/2021

You might have noticed we are pretty quiet here recently! We have been discovering, inventing, translating, partnering, and connecting as always!
We have minimised our use of Facebook as a platform for sharing content.
To stay up-to-date with our activities and amazing team members, do please follow us on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/fun_materials
Alternatively, our webpage is constantly evolving to add more content and information:
https://fmm.rmit.edu.au/

19/03/2021

"It has been a dream come true" for our team, in taking technology from the laboratory to a large-scale manufacturing compatible product! Our Sleeptite collaboration has launched the first commercial product for intelligent sleep - REMi.

15/02/2021

Congratulations to Saleha Sarowat Sakeeba on a successful second milestone for her Masters by Research program! She is developing advanced biosensors for biomarker detection in body fluids.

15/02/2021

Congratulations Mingjie Yang on a successful confirmation of PhD candidature milestone! Mingjie is working on miniaturised, label-free biomarker sensors for continuous health monitoring.

27/01/2021

Our work on extremely precise and selective conductometric biosensors has appeared in 'Small'! Congratulations Dr Ganganath Perera, Dr Taimur Ahmed, Dr Leah Heiss, and all!
https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202005582

19/12/2020

Our review article led by Dr Shanmuga Sundar Dhanabalan is now online in 'Advanced Photonics Research'. We explore opportunities for non-invasive, optical biodetection.

The human body constantly produces and manages biomarkers, which are indicative of health and well‐being. Significant advancements in biomarker detection are required to provide the best and accurate...

01/12/2020

We look forward to sharing outcomes of our 'Women in STEM' recruitment round for ARC CoE TMOS at RMIT! We received >80 eligible applicants in a very competitive pool. Stay tuned for those announcements and our initiative to Re-Connect careers.

01/12/2020

We are excited to announce that Dr Ben Cu***ng is joining our team! Ben will lead 3D nanofabrication for optical neuromorphic devices and holograms for the ARC CoE TMOS at RMIT node! Ben's photo features a Melbourne W Class tram 3D nanoprinted at 1:210000 scale!

25/11/2020

Congratulations Dr Taimur Ahmed on being named a 2020 Victoria Fellow! Very proud of another team member working to use international collaboration for Victoria's benefit.

20/11/2020

Work led by Dr Taimur Ahmed bringing together nanoscale resistive memories, optoelectronics, and image recognition to create new AI optoelectronic memristor platform! Thank you to all our collaborators in Australia and beyond!
https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202004207

11/11/2020

We celebrated our FMM Research Day virtually - and hope to spend time in person with these smiling faces soon!
Congratulations Dr Shruti Nirantar - recipient of the 2020 FMM Prize for consistent research excellence!

10/11/2020

Extremely pleased to announce team members and collaborators have been recognised in the annual RMIT University Research Awards for excellence and impact! Congratulations Shruti Nirantar, Sruthi Kuriakose, and Leah Heiss - all amazing researchers and . Shruti Nirantar receives the ‘Vice-Chancellor’s Prize for Research Excellence – HDR’: She says “I love research because it is more than just the science and every day is different! This award is inspirational to keep going on the road I have been heading down.”
Sruthi Kuriakose receives the ‘RMIT Award for Research Impact – HDR – Design’. She says “I enjoy investigating and engineering properties of atomically thin materials as every application needs a particular dimension/ thickness of the material. It's fascinating that the same material can be tailored for a range of applications like high-speed electronics, novel brain-like devices and ultraviolet sensors.”
Leah Heiss is recipient of ‘Vice-Chancellor's Award for Research Excellence – ECR – Design’. She says “I'm so passionate about improving the design of wearable health technologies through human centred design." Congratulations once again and to all the other recipients! Our collective efforts to create impact for society is always a team effort!