The Australian National Fabrication Facility

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

ANFF in numbers

21+yrs

185,321 hours of tool usage recorded

2,745

clients helped – average time on tool per client was 67.5 hours

25,189

supplies manufactured

2,645

instances of process training, an increase of 8% on the previous year

631

publications that acknowledged ANFF in the calendar year 2020

60%

involving international researchers from 55+ countries

140

experts on hand to assist clients

ANFF-C

Commercialisation Support “Helping great ideas get to market”

Access to facilities

There are two primary pathways in which work can be conducted within ANFF facilities – 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

ANFF 2024 DWL Workshop – Save the Date

Are you a micro- and nanofabrication engineer, technician, or researcher looking to stay ahead in the game? Elevate your expertise by participating in a 1-Day

September 18, 2023

ANFF 2024 Showcase – Save the Date!

The extraordinary talent and skills of The Australian National Fabrication Facility’s client community will be on display at our one-day Research Showcase on 12 February,

September 18, 2023

ANFF-C Seminar: Venture Capital for Manufacturing Startups

A panel discussion with representatives from Significant Capital, Breakthrough Victoria, and Main Sequence Ventures on venture capital for manufacturing startups, in ANFF-C’s Manufacturing for Startups seminar series.

August 30, 2023

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.”