Titanium metal production

CSIRO supports the development of an Australian titanium metal production industry through advanced metal production technologies.

Dr Kevin Winzenberg: synthesising organic semiconductors for high efficiency solar cells

Dr Kevin Winzenberg researches development of small organic molecules for use as semiconductors in electronic devices such as solar cells and transistors.

Powder to product

CSIRO aims to stimulate an Australian titanium industry with applied research on production of feedstock products including titanium sheet and wire.

Experts collaborate for brighter future in electronics

A group of leading Australian scientists has come together to develop lower-cost flexible optoelectronic solutions that could transform the Australian consumer electronics industry.

Creating precision optics

You want something impossibly smooth, round or flat? At CSIRO Optics we've been manufacturing with precision for more than fifty years.

Process magazine

The February 2011 issue of Process highlights a number of projects where CSIRO’s expertise is being applied to increase the economic and environmental viability of mineral processes. (12 pages)

Dr Ezio Rizzardo: revolutionising polymer development

Dr Ezio Rizzardo, CSIRO Fellow, uses his expertise to devise living free radical polymerisation that revolutionises the production of polymers with controlled structure and architecture.

Rolling out renewable energy with printable solar cells. (Podcast 24 Feb 2009)

World leading research from CSIRO’s Future Manufacturing Flagship as part of the Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium (VICOSC) aims to develop flexible, large area, cost-effective, reel-to-reel printable plastic solar cells. (5:29)

Testing the health and safety of carbon nanotubes (Podcast 23 Mar 2009)

Carbon nanotubes, or CNT’s, are tiny straw-like cylinders of pure carbon that are potentially useful in electronics, optics and other areas of materials science. (4:44)

Dr Tracey Hinton: delivering medical therapeutics by RAFTing

Dr Tracey Hinton is a research scientist with CSIRO Livestock Industries working to develop new methods to deliver bioactive drugs.

Dr Tim Davis: leading nanosensing and measurement

Dr Davis is using the basic principles of physics to understand how we can obtain information about molecules and materials, particularly at the nanoscale.

Dr Swee Mak: Director, Future Manufacturing Flagship

Dr Swee Mak is leading CSIRO's development of cleaner advanced materials and manufacturing technologies to grow Australia’s future productivity and prosperity.

Sustainable materials

CSIRO is developing innovative technologies for the plastics industry in market segments as diverse as aerospace, renewable energy and packaging.

CSIRO Short Stops: Solar Cells

Take a CSIRO Short Stop: snack-sized science for people on the go.

Q&A: organic photovoltaic printable plastic solar cells

Flexible, large area, cost-effective, reel-to-reel printable plastic solar cells: your questions answered.

Dr Nicola Rogers: environmental microbiology and ecotoxicology

Dr Nicola Rogers’ primary research areas include environmental microbiology and bacterial and microbial ecotoxicology.

Diagnostic tool goes off with a bang

CSIRO's NanoBang™ is a medical diagnostic tool that is both quick and quantitative.

Dr Megan Fisher: Executive Manager – IP and Licensing (MMM Group)

Dr Megan Fisher, Executive Manager – IP and Licensing (MMM Group), has tertiary qualifications in science and business and an outstanding track record in strategic management, business development and technology commercialisation.

Dr Jurg Schutz: researching filtration of gases and liquids

After developing a manufacturing process for making wool blend air filters and seeing his work applied in commercial products, Dr Jürg Schütz is now investigating filters containing carbon nanotubes.

Future of Manufacturing newsletter

The Future of Manufacturing is a newsletter designed to communicate what is happening now and next in this area of our work.

Electroactive materials capability

A brief guide to CSIRO's electroactive materials capabilities.

Dry solution to separating particles

CSIRO has developed a dry separation process for granular materials that promises savings in time and cost for industry, and reduced demand on water and energy resources.

Charging ahead: CSIRO battery and energy storage research capabilities

CSIRO is developing clean, affordable energy and transport technologies. We are working to halve greenhouse gas emissions through the efficient use and generation of energy.

Dr Bill Humphries: developing functional fibrous materials for protection and health

Our Advanced Fibrous Materials Theme, directed by Dr Humphries, focuses on the use of advanced materials in fibrous structures to create high-value products.

‘Seeding’ the next generation of smart materials

Scientists at CSIRO have developed a simple but effective technique for growing and adding value to an exciting new group of smart materials which could be used in areas such as optical sensing and drug storage and delivery.