Atlantic Regional Facilities for Materials Characterization

This application seeks support to facilitate effective access to a major regional research resource, the Atlantic Regional Facilities for Materials Characterization. Largely established since 2003, most of the Facilities are unique in Atlantic Canada, some unique in the country. In the 2.5 years since January 2004, the Facilities have been used by a total of 305 researchers from 16 universities (within Atlantic Canada, this includes Acadia, Cape Breton, Dalhousie, Memorial, Moncton, UNB, Saint Mary's, St. Francis Xavier; also used by researchers from UVic, SFU, U Manitoba, U Waterloo, McGill, Laval, Georgia Tech, Old Dominion) and results have been pivotal for forefront research results reported in 115 refereed journal articles, 5 patent applications and 38 completed Masters or PhD theses. Most importantly, these Facilities are essential for leading-edge research.