ANFF Victoria
Overview
ANFF-Vic ties the largest open-access cleanroom in the southern hemisphere, the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication (MCN), with five university-based hubs and CSIRO spread across Victoria providing a full complement of nanofabrication capabilities and expertise.
Members of the ANFF-Vic Joint Venture include: Monash University; University of Melbourne (Materials Characterisation and Fabrication Platform); Deakin University (Institute for Frontier Materials); La Trobe University (Centre for Materials Surface Science); Swinburne University of Technology (ANFF Biointerface Engineering Hub); RMIT University (Micro Nano Research Facility); Victoria University; and CSIRO (CSIRO Manufacturing).
MCN
The Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication is home to ANFF’s headquarters. The Centre is a world-class, purpose-built facility boasting state-of-the-art cleanrooms (class 10,000 and class 100), reconfigurable biochemistry and PC2 labs, a microscopy lab and focused ion beam lab. These specialised work environments house top-of-the-line micro and nanofabrication equipment and instrumentation.
Node Competencies
Current expertise is provided in the areas of advanced materials and biotechnology, leading to the development of a wide range of customised sensors, actuators, and devices applied to areas from biomedicine, and energy to nanoelectronics and the environment.
Contact
Node Director: Prof Nico Voelcker
Email: nicolas.voelcker@monash.edu
Phone: +61 3 9902 9097
General Manager: Dr Sean Langelier
Email: sean.langelier@nanomelbourne.com
Phone: +61 3 9902 4100
Location
Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication
Address
Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication
151 Wellington Road
Clayton VIC 3168
Deakin University
Address
Institute for Frontier Materials
Deakin University, Waurn Ponds Campus
Waurn Ponds VIC 3216
University of Melbourne
Address
Materials Characterisation and Fabrication Platform
The University of Melbourne
Parkville Victoria 3010
La Trobe University
Address
Centre for Materials and Surface Science (CMSS)
Department of Chemistry and Physics
La Trobe University
Bundoora VIC 3086
Swinburne University of Technology
Address
ANFF-Vic Biointerface Engineering Hub
Swinburne University of Technology
John Street
Hawthorn Victoria 3122
RMIT
Address
MicroNano Research Facility
RMIT University
Bowen Street
Melbourne 3001 Victoria
CSIRO
Address
Equipment
Experts
Prof Nicolas Voelcker
(NICK-uh-luhss VERL-ker)
Director ANFF-VIC, Science Director MCN
Nico is the Director of the Victorian Node of ANFF. He also runs a research group across Monash and CSIRO which uses a range of ANFF-Vic based tools
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Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication
Contact Prof Nicolas Voelcker
Dr Sean Langelier
(shawn lon-zhell-YAY)
General Manager
Sean is the General Manager of the MCN & Victorian node. Sean completed his Bachelors degrees in Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2005. He also holds a masters (2007) and a PhD (2010) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. During his graduate studies, he focused mainly on novel applications of acoustics for pumping in microfluidic systems and methods for modular microfluidic assembly. Sean came to Melbourne in early 2011 as a postdoctoral fellow in the MicroNanophysics Research Laboratory (MNRL) under Professors James Friend (UCSD) and Leslie Yeo (RMIT), where he worked to develop surface acoustic wave actuators for a variety of microfluidic applications.
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Laboratory Infrastructure, Manufacturing and machining
Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication
Contact Dr Sean Langelier
Dr Hazem Abdelmaksoud
(HA-zem UBB-dell-maak-SOOD)
Process Engineer/IDR
Hazem is responsible for wet etching benches in the cleanroom and managing the biochemistry, PC2, Industrial labs.
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Etching, Lithography
Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication
Contact Dr Hazem Abdelmaksoud
News
Job Opportunity: Micro Nano Research Facility (MNRF) at RMIT Technologist – Thin Film & Plasma Processing
September 7, 2026
Pulsatile receives ANFF-C pre-seed funding
August 26, 2026
3rd ANFF Labs Who Care Workshop
August 13, 2026
2026 Frater Awards – Submissions now open
July 21, 2026
How Australia’s investment in science and research infrastructure has changed Australia
July 1, 2026
NCRIS awards ANFF $6.1 million to strengthen Australia’s national fabrication capability
June 8, 2026
Crafting innovation
June 2, 2026
Holding innovation in your hands
May 19, 2026
Touching genius
May 8, 2026
Monash University’s Tuncay Alan receives ANFF-C pre-seed funding
March 30, 2026
Innova IVF receives ANFF-C pre-seed funding
March 24, 2026
Fabrication pushes innovation towards success
March 3, 2026
Publications
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
Enhanced acoustic streaming effects via sharp-edged 3D microstructures
Lab on a Chip
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Year: 2024
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Vol. 24
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Issue: 6
Micro-Acoustic Holograms for Detachable Microfluidic Devices
Small
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Year: 2024
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Vol. 20
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Issue: 23
Low Loss Performance of Two-Port SAW Resonator Sensor with Electrophoretically Deposited Graphene Oxide on Reflectors
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
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Year: 2024
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Vol. 73
Rapid Concentration and Detection of Bacteria in Milk Using a Microfluidic Surface Acoustic Wave Activated Nanosieve
ACS Sensors
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Year: 2024
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Vol. 9
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Issue: 6
3D printed diffractive optical elements for rapid prototyping
Micro and Nano Engineering
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Year: 2024
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Vol. 24
REDV-Functionalized Recombinant Spider Silk for Next-Generation Coronary Artery Stent Coatings: Hemocompatible, Drug-Eluting, and Endothelial Cell-Specific Materials
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
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Year: 2024
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Vol. 16
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Issue: 12
Applying Machine Learning for Antibiotic Development and Prediction of Microbial Resistance
Chemistry - An Asian Journal
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Year: 2024
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Vol. 19
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Issue: 18
High-precision ultrasonic atomization using oscillating microchannels: Interplay of three-dimensional vibrational modes and droplet ejection mechanisms
Physics of Fluids
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Year: 2024
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Vol. 36
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Issue: 9
High-performance hazardous aerogel/liquid barriers from fluffy, antibacterial superhydrophobic nanofiber membranes
Applied Surface Science
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Year: 2024
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Vol. 648
Smart mid-infrared metasurface microspectrometer gas sensing system
Microsystems and Nanoengineering
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Year: 2024
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Vol. 10
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Issue: 1
Amphiphilic Nanoscale Antifog Coatings: Improved Chemical Robustness by Continuous Assembly of Polymers
Small
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Year: 2024
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Vol. 20
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Issue: 43