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

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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

Diamonds are quantum’s new best friend

Quantum Brilliance is developing powerful diamond-based quantum accelerators that will integrate into today’s computer systems.

May 22, 2023

Using AI to capture sunlight

Through the innovative use of robotics and AI learning, a new Monash University ‘toolbox’ will develop and optimise new materials for photovoltaic cells.

May 15, 2023

2D material makes its mark on the factory floor

University of Wollongong ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) and ANFF-Materials researchers, led by Prof. David Officer and Distinguished Prof. Gordon Wallace, have developed a patented, scalable, graphite-to-graphene process to give a highly conductive edge-functionalised graphene (EFG).

May 8, 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.”