Brockhouse Institute Fact Sheet
| Research Area/Focus | An interdisciplinary research organization with the mandate to develop, support and co-ordinate all materials research-related activities at McMaster University. Main thrust areas of research are: Optical, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Materials; Analytical Tools for Materials Research; Micro and Nano-structured Materials; Computational Materials Research; Photonic Interactions with Materials; and Polymeric and Biomaterials |
| Number of Researchers | Membership of 123 faculty members drawn from 13 departments in the Faculties of Science, Engineering and Health Sciences and several Canadian and International Universities. |
| Awards/Recognition/Discoveries |
The BIMR maintains central facilities for materials research, such as high temperature crystal growth laboratories which are unique in Canada, metallography facilities, a helium liquifier, and a Photonics Research Laboratory. It is also the site of the Canadian National Ultrahigh Resolution Microscope Facility. |
| Current Examples of Intitiatives |
A new ultrahigh resolution microscope will be commissioned by June 2007, which will combine recent breakthroughs in the development of advanced electron microscopes to produce an instrument with unprecedented spatial and energy resolution. |
| Website | http://www.bul.utoronto.ca |
| Address | 1280 Main Street West Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1 |
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