The Nanocrystal and Nanomechanics Laboratory led by Paul Mulvaney, aims to understand

• quantum size effects in semiconductors
• the optical and electronic properties of nanoscale materials
• the nucleation of crystals, and
• the fundamental mechanical scaling laws that determine nanoscale dynamics.

The group contributes to the Bio21 Institute's vision by providing experience in single (bio) molecule spectroscopy, time resolved fluorescence, thin film technology and the development of novel materials for biolabelling and biosensing.

Techniques include: Atomic Force microscopy, Raman microscopy, fluorescence lifetime, single molecule spectroscopy, ellipsometry and colloid and surface science expertise.

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Paul Mulvaney Bio

Professor Paul Mulvaney is a Federation Fellow in the School of Chemistry and Bio21 Institute at the University of Melbourne, and a co-director of the University of Melbourne's Centre for Nanoscience and Technology (CNST), established in 2003. He serves on the CSIRO Division of Molecular and Health Technology's Science Council, is an executive member of  the ARC Particulate Fluids Processing Centre and serves on the Advisory Board of Genera Biosystems. Paul received his PhD degree at the University of Melbourne in 1989, working on surface electron transfer reactions with Professor Franz Grieser.

Paul worked as a research associate at the ANU Applied Maths Department (1988-89), with the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago during 1986-87, and in 1988 with Professor Dani Meisel. He was appointed as a research scientist at the Hahn-Meitner-Institute for Nuclear Research in Berlin from 1989-1992 with Professor Arnim Henglein, where he studied pulse radiolysis and the nucleation of nanocrystals. In 1993 Paul returned to the University of Melbourne as an ARC QEII Research Fellow, accepting a Faculty position in 1997. In 1999, he spent time in Palo Alto with Quantum Dot Corporation. He was a Humboldt Research Fellow in 2000 at the Max-Planck Institute for Colloids and Surfaces in Golm, with Professor Markus Antonietti, and again in 2005 at the CAESAR Institute in Bonn with Professor Michael Giersig.

Paul is the recipient of the David Syme and Grimwade Prizes. He has published over 150 scientific papers and his work has accumulated around 7700 citations, an average of >45 citations per paper. His H index is currently 46. Paul has two patents in the field of nanoparticles that are commercially licensed and is a member of the Editorial Boards of Advanced Functional Materials and the Royal Society Journal PCCP.

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Mulvaney Research Group

• Dr Toby Bell
• Dr Alison Funston
• Dr Tich Lam Nguyen
• Dr Rob Eldridge
• Joanne Tymms  (Personal Assistant)
• Emma Lees
• Ann Gooding
• Brandon MacDonald
• Ben Mashford
• Jiufu Lim
• Carolina Novo
• Lauren Palmer
• Christian Potzner
• Lisa Smith
• Rory Anderson

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