Postgraduate and honours research projects - projects supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence in Coherent X-ray Science

The ARC Centre of Excellence in Coherent X-ray Science (CXS) is an Australian government initiative started in 2005 to explore what can be achieved with coherent X-ray optics. The CXS includes teams from four of Melbourne's Universities (Monash, Melbourne, La Trobe, and Swinburne) plus the CSIRO. The mission of the CXS is to be the world leader in the development of coherent X-ray diffraction for imaging biological structures.

The technique that the CXS is developing (Coherent Diffractive X-ray Imaging, or CXDI) is a way of forming microscopy images using X-rays. Images which rival electron microscopy in the visibility of tiny details. It exploits the subtle changes in phase that X-rays experience as they propagate through materials. Allied to holography at optical wavelengths there are great technical and scientific challenges to overcome but the rewards for success are great.

In order to be able to complete the scientific goals of the CXS the technical experts of the Detector and Beamline Development Group at Monash aim to develop experimental facilities, and design and assemble the instrumentation for an end station at the new Australian Synchrotron. The D&BDG is part of the Monash Centre for Synchrotron Science.

Within this program we are developing computer models and test apparatus for X-ray detectors, as well as researching the optimal way to detect the X-ray images from coherent X-ray diffraction imaging

For further information please contact:

Dr Chris Hall
Monash Centre for Synchrotron Science Research Fellow
Tel: 9905 5036
Email: Chris.Hall@sync.monash.edu.au

Prof Rob Lewis
Director, Monash Centre for Synchrotron Science
Tel: 9905 3622
Emails: rob.lewis@sync.monash.edu.au