Annual Report 2007 - The Australian Nanotechnology Network

nanotube field modeling work requires further data analysis but shows unexpected and
important results for nanotube array applications and it is expected that the author and Dr
Andrew Jardine of the Cavendish Laboratory will collaborate on a paper on the subject.
The 4-axis manipulators used for the skimmer and mirror of the SHeM are unique and it is
again intended that Dr Robert Bacon and the author will collaborate on a scientific
instruments paper. In addition, it is likely that the focussing of helium atoms using the
SHeM system will lead to publications involving the author.
In addition to scientific publications, it is intended that some of the author’s work will
be presented at various conferences, the first being the AINSE Nuclear and
Complementary Analysis Congress in November 2007. The work will also be used to
form at least one chapter of the author’s PhD thesis.
4 Acknowledgments
The author would like to acknowledge the guidance of Dr William Allison and Dr
Andrew Jardine of the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, and Dr Donald MacLaren of
Glasgow University. Additional funding from the School of Mathematical and Physical
Sciences, University of Newcastle, is also gratefully acknowledged.
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