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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

215,956 hours of tool usage recorded

3,162

clients helped.

20,620

supplies manufactured

3,569

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

602

publications that acknowledged ANFF in the calendar year 2023

60.5%

publications international researchers from 60+ institutes.

172

experts on hand to assist clients

61.4%

Publications in the Top 10% Journal Percentiles

Casebook

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ANFF – Connected

ANFF-C

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

Welcoming Niels Quack as ANFF-NSW’s new University of Sydney Hub Director

The Australian National Fabrication Facility is delighted to announce A/Prof Niels Quack as the new Academic Director of the University of Sydney’s Research and Prototype

July 25, 2024

Job Opportunities: ANFF-Materials at University of Wollongong

Job Opportunities: ANFF-Materials at the University of Wollongong The team at the ANFF-Materials Node in Wollongong is looking for new talent to join its successful

July 22, 2024

Welcome to ANFF-QLD Facility Manager Zaw Htoo (Ethan) Aung

ANFF Welcomes Zaw Htoo (Ethan) Aung as ANFF-QLD’s New Facility Manager The Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF) is excited to announce Zaw Htoo (Ethan) Aung

July 18, 2024

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.”