Innovate

FLEET is pursuing the following research themes to develop systems in which electrical current can flow with near-zero resistance:

The above approaches are enabled by the following technologies:

News

Better Futures Industry Challenge 2024

Faster ways to respond to emergencies and ultra-sensitive quantum seismometers for earlier detection of earthquakes, were two ideas that emerged from teams of intrepid researchers from five Centres of Excellence who competed in the inaugural Better Futures Innovation Challenge to solve critical industry problems. Industry partners for the deep-tech hackathon had access to researcher skills spanning the fields of physics, …

FLEET News

FLEET News in March 2024 Hot off the press this month we present FLEET’s 2023 annual report, and a case study sharing FLEET alums’ and members’ experiences of their development within the Centre, along with another FLEET alumni interview. Also, liquid-metal transfer and 2D printing, industry-science hackathon success, Our COO Tich-Lam Nguyen in the news describing Centre equity efforts, and the …

FLEET alums and members value ‘soft’, transferable skills, and community

It is not just technical and scientific skills that set up FLEET graduates for future career success. Surveying alums and current members reveals the impact of technical and transferable skills gained in the Centre. FLEET is on a mission to develop the next generation of science leaders. In the nearly seven years since FLEET began we have trained over 100 …

The Challenge

FLEET addresses a grand challenge: reducing the energy used in information technology, which now accounts for 8% of the electricity use on Earth, and is doubling every 10 years.

The current, silicon-based technology will stop becoming more efficient in the next decade as Moore’s law comes to an end.

FLEET is the ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies

The Fleet Approach

FLEET will meet this challenge by realising new types of electronic conduction without resistance in solid-state systems at room temperature. These concepts will form the basis of new types of switching devices (transistors) with vastly lower energy consumption per computation than silicon CMOS. Electronic conduction without resistance will be realised in topological insulators that conduct only along their edges, and in semiconductors that support superflow of electrons strongly coupled to photons. These pathways are enabled by the new science of atomically thin materials.

FLEET places Australia at the forefront of the new scientific fields of topological electronics, atomically thin materials, exciton condensates, and non-equilibrium phenomena. The Centre will build capacity in Australia for advanced electronics research, and train the workforce for the electronics industry of the future.

The Fleet Network

FLEET connects 20 chief investigators from seven participating organisations around Australia and 25 partner investigators from 18 organisations internationally. The current FLEET team is highly interdisciplinary with high-profile researchers from atomic physics, condensed matter physics, materials science, electronics, nanofabrication and atomically thin materials. With over $40M investment from the Australian Research Council and contributing organisations including the NSW Department of Industry, Skills & Regional Development, FLEET is poised to make significant global impact in the electronics and energy sectors.

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Participating Organisations

Partner Organisations

Supporting Organisation

FLEET operates on the lands of the Wurundjeri and Bunurong people of the Kulin nations (of the Melbourne region), the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation (Sydney), the Dharawal people (Wollongong), the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people (Canberra), and the Turrbal and Yugara people (Brisbane).

FLEET encourages members to investigate and acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land where they work.