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The Australian National Fabrication Facility

Providing access to micro and nanofabrication services to enable Australia’s innovation agenda.

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ANFF in numbers

24+yrs

217,154 hours of tool usage recorded

3,019

clients helped.

11,677

supplies manufactured

3,858

instances of process training, an increase of 35% on the previous year

602

publications that acknowledged ANFF in the calendar year 2023

61%

publications published in the top 10% tier of journals.

147

experts on hand to assist clients

369

hours of training provided by ANFF Enlightened

2024 Casebook

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Commercialisation Support “Helping great ideas get to market”

Access to facilities

Work within ANFF facilities can be done through direct access or fee-for-service.

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A one-stop nanofabrication shop

ANFF acquires cutting-edge micro and nanofabrication equipment, ensures its upkeep, and makes it accessible to anyone that wishes to use it. The network is able to exceed the aim of simply making equipment available, thanks to its expert engineers.

Our 100+ process specialists push ANFF’s services further and lower the barrier to successful innovation by providing a mixture of advanced training, expert assistance and process development support that isn’t available anywhere else, while continuing to make access to micro and nanofabrication equipment easy.

News & Events

Discounted MCN Residency Rates

Starting May 2025, the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication is now offering discounted residency rates for start-ups. Access rates at the MCN are subsidised for academics

September 18, 2025

Vanishing into the darkness

A revolutionary photoresist for 3D printing allows precise removal of materials post-production, enabling customisable microstructures in a printed object. In 3D printing, it may seem

August 19, 2025

Change is the 4th dimension

The advent of light-responsive 4D-printed liquid metal/polymer nanocomposites is paving the way for a new generation of laser-controlled soft robots. Robots are designed to perform

August 4, 2025

Testimonials

“The advanced equipment and dedicated staff at ANFF enable the fabrication with remarkable quality down to nanoscale,” said Dr Jihua Zhang,

“It’s extremely important that ANFF have helped to bring Fibre Bragg Grating capabilities to the Australian community. I’m really excited, it’s been at least 10 years since we’ve had this kind of access to the facility, and had the opportunity to work genuinely collaboratively.”

"Our work in creating medical sutures containing anti-inflammatory treatments has been supported by ANFF Materials. Together we could see that more than 80 per cent of the anti-inflammatory stayed within the hydrogel, and therefore indicates distinct promise for use in real tissue. We look forward to taking this research further.”