Welcome to the Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM)

Society is facing major challenges that are increasingly requiring step changes in materials design and performance. At the same time the impact of the production of new materials and issues such as recycling are also becoming more important. So we now face an exciting new frontier in the development of materials to meet key challenges facing us into the future. As a response to this the materials research at Deakin University is embracing a new structure that will allow it to tackle more complex problems of national and international importance, in the areas of energy, health, environment, as well as manufacturing. Our aim is to develop new materials and structures that are not only affordable, but also have a low societal cost of manufacture, usage and recycling. The Institute For Frontier Materials has the ability to process and characterise materials across all scale lengths, from the atomistic level in the manipulation of interfaces and surfaces through to entire structures. It will also bring together engineering, chemistry, materials science, physics, biology, mathematics and other disciplines to inform the development of these new material discoveries and engineering solutions.
Professor Peter Hodgson

The Geelong Technology Precinct