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Australian National Fabrication Facility
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Providing micro- and nanofabrication facilities for Australian researchers and innovators. ANFF enables users to process, transform and manufacture materials. Visit us at https://anff.org.au Enabled by #NCRIS.
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Australian National Fabrication Facility @anff.org.au · Jan 20
At @anff.org.au, we help people make things that are tiny in size but mighty in impact.
#NCRISimpact #nanofabrication #AdvancedManufacturing
Intro to ANFF and NCRIS - CEO Jane Fitzpatrick
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NCRIS Directors from TERN, ANFF, HIA, NIF, Australian Phenomics, AAL and AURIN (not in photo) caught up at CRA’s 2025 National Innovation Policy Forum in Canberra today. Great talks and reflections on achieving greater impact from better alignment in the Innovation system.
November 3, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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ANFF’s 2025 Frater and Career Development Awards celebrate staff growth through global training, AI innovation, and collaboration. Congratulations to all recipients for continuing ANFF’s legacy of technical excellence.

#NCRIS #ANFFNetwork #CareerDevelopment #FabricationExcellence #Innovation
2025 Frater Awards: ANFF experts take the spotlight!
The 2025 Frater and Career Development Awards have been announced, celebrating 8 exceptional individuals who will now have the chance to expand their knowledge, refine their skills and pursue advanced...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Fresh off the press! The 2025 ANFF NEXT Casebook is here! Explore cutting-edge research, innovation and impact across Australia. Get your copy now: lnkd.in/gNYMkwNB 📥

#NCRIS @anff-sa.com #Nanotechnology #Microfluidics #Photonics #Quantum #CleanEnergy #Semiconductors #MedTech #AdvancedManufacturing
ANFF NEXT celebrates Australian innovation - Australian National Fabrication Facility Limited
ANFF NEXT celebrates Australian innovation The Australian National Fabrication Facility is excited to share the online release of its 2025 Casebook, ANFF NEXT! The 2025 Casebook captures the momentum ...
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October 17, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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🎉 ANFF-SA Announcement! 🎉

We are thrilled to welcome Rodney Pratt into the new role of ANFF-SA Operations Manager.

More:
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#NCRIS #announcement #nano #anff #nanofab #microfab #engineering #advancedmanufacturing #southaustralia #australia
October 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Proud to be a Finalist at Industry Update's Australian Manufacturing Awards 2025! Excited to celebrate innovation and excellence in our industry. Find out more at www.industryupdate.com.au/article/aust...
#AMTIL #ANFFNetwork @anff-sa.com #AdvancedManufacturing #Nanofabrication #Innovation
October 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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📰✨ Hot off the press! The October 2025 issue of NanoNews is here! Dive into the latest breakthroughs and community highlights from across the ANFF network.

Whether you're a researcher, industry partner or just nano-curious — there's something for everyone.

@anff-sa.com #NCRIS #Newsletter
ANFF NanoNews October 2025
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October 7, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Growing crystals for lasers, rather than sculpting them, has yielded a record efficiency for nanolasers, and could transform technology such as AR goggles.
Great work out of @tmos-arc.bsky.social and EME Dept
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October 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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@anff.org.au and @anff-sa.com celebrate Mark Cherrill's promotion to ANFF-SA Facility Manager! From F1 🏎️ to microfluidics 🏎️, Mark's decade of excellence at ANFF continues to drive innovation. Congrats, Mark! 👏

#NCRIS #ANFFNetwork #Leadership #PrecisionEngineering #AdvancedManufacturing
Mark Cherrill promoted to ANFF-SA Facility Manager - Australian National Fabrication Facility Limited
‘When people ask what I do, I usually say that we make really small things that no one else can or wants to make.’ With this trademark modesty, Mark Cherrill sums up a career defined by creativity, pr...
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October 1, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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AI is changing how we design, build and scale – are you ready?
Join Catherine Lopes to explore how AI is driving innovation in predictive maintenance, product design and more.
Startups, researchers and industry partners – this one's for you.

Register at bit.ly/ANFF-C-Lopes
#NCRIS #Manufacturing #AI
ANFF-C Seminar: How AI will impact manufacturing, now and into the future - Australian National Fabrication Facility Limited
ANFF-C Manufacturing For Startups Webinar Series – How AI will impact manufacturing, now and into the future Join us for an engaging ANFF-C seminar featuring Dr Catherine Lopes, a leading expert in AI...
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September 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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👀 Virtual reality is building nanotechnology capabilities for future generations!

ANFF-SA has unveiled the first "ANFF Virtual Reality Training for Nanotechnology Equipment and Processes."

Read More: www.anff-sa.com/case-studies...

#NCRISI #nanofabrication #virtualreality #VR @anff.org.au
Virtual reality is building nanotechnology capabilities for future generations
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August 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Metamaterials can create powerful lenses from tiny structures, now you can layer up to focus multiple wavelengths at once! Nice work @tmos-arc.bsky.social & EME team!

Check out the crazy designs the Ai found!

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September 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Reimagining how light & matter interact, a solution that can be built onto anything, from glass panels to contact lenses.” Dr Mudassar Nauman on dynamically tuning advanced optical processes at visible wavelengths.

physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @scienceanu.bsky.social @anff.org.au @aip.org.au
September 14, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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What if parts of a 3D-printed structure could vanish in the dark? QUT researchers have developed a photoresist that enables selective degradation of microstructures, triggered by the absence of light. A leap for additive manufacturing!
#NCRIS #MaterialScience #DLW #3DPrinting #nanofabrication
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 odd to print mat...
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August 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Soft robots that bend, lift & transform with laser light? @aibnatuq.bsky.social's RuiRui Qiao, Liwen Zhang and Tom Davis are 4D-printing liquid metal/polymer nanocomposites to build shape-shifting bots for medicine & beyond.
#NCRIS #ANFFQLD #SoftRobots #Nanotechnology #MaterialScience #4DPrinting
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 tasks automatically...
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August 4, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Surgery just got smarter—Haemograph’s portable blood rheometer gives clinicians instant, personalised insights into clotting behaviour—helping them make faster, safer decisions in the operating room and beyond.
#NCRIS #MedTech #SurgicalSafety #BloodHealth #microfluidics #nanofabrication
Surgery's high-tech blood monitor
Haemograph’s trailblazing rheometer transforms surgical safety by providing precise clotting data, helping clinicians balance clot prevention and bleeding control. Imagine a world where surgery is saf...
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July 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Infrared drones that see through smoke? A new breakthrough from Wenwu Pan, UWA and ANFF-WA will make high-performance fire-spotting tech cheaper and scalable — helping us detect bushfires earlier and respond faster to protect lives and land. #NCRIS #DroneTech #Nanofabrication #BushfirePrevention
Seeing through the smoke
Innovative infrared drone sensor technology offers a promising solution for early bushfire detection and effective firefighting. The end of winter and beginning of spring increasingly heralds a summer...
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July 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Praxis Labs and the University of Adelaide's IPAS are developing camouflaged solar modules for Defence, combining rugged design with advanced fabrication to power tactical vehicles in challenging environments.
#NCRIS #DefenceTrailblazer #ANFFOptofab #DefenceInnovation #SolarTech #EnergyResilience
Strengthening defence with hidden power
A new generation of camouflaged photovoltaic modules is under development through a collaboration between Praxis Labs (Praxis) and researchers from the University of Adelaide’s Institute for Photonics...
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July 4, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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A @flindersuniversity.bsky.social team has developed recyclable sulphur polymers to recover gold from e-waste and mine tailings—offering a sustainable, closed-loop solution to metal recovery and environmental clean-up. @anff-sa.com @micro-au.bsky.social #Sustainability #GreenTech #Ewaste #Innovation
Striking gold in our discarded electronics
Flinders University researchers have discovered a unique class of recyclable sulphur polymers that can recover precious metals and heavy metals from e-waste and gold mine tailings. As technology evolv...
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July 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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⏳ Countdown to ANFF-SA's 2025 Microengineering School – starts 8th July! 🔥

In-person attendance is sold out, but you can still join us online each morning from 9am to midday:
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/anff-sa-mi...

#NCRISImpact #nanotech #careersinengineering #microfabrication @anff.org.au
June 26, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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From blur to brilliance in minutes — OOXii’s Vision Kit delivers on-the-spot glasses in remote regions. With help from @anff-sa.com, @flindersuniversity.bsky.social Medical Device Partnering Program & ANFF-C, they’re bringing sight to those left behind. 👁️💡
#NCRIS #MedTech #VisionForAll #EyeCare
Clear vision for the globe
OOXii has developed a Vision Kit containing everything a basic health worker needs to test vision and assemble affordable, customised glasses on the spot in remote and low-resource communities. One bi...
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June 23, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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🩺 New ureteric stent insertion device set to reduce strain on healthcare resources 👏

Read more about the collaboration of #MedTech startup Akeeko Medical, ANFF-SA, and Medical Device Partnering Program (MDPP) at www.anff-sa.com/case-studies...

@anff.org.au #NCRISimpact
New ureteric stent insertion device set to reduce strain on healthcare resources
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June 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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An RNA drug-delivery approach developed at UQ is showing how Australia’s national research infrastructure helps translate big ideas into tangible biomedical innovations.🧪 micro.org.au/news/ncris-t... #NCRISimpact @nifaustralia.bsky.social @anff.org.au @basemrna.bsky.social @sethcheetham.bsky.social
NCRIS Turbo-Charges New mRNA Drugs - Microscopy Australia
Therapeutics that use mRNA are a growing area of development and function by introducing the ‘’message” to make a therapeutic protein into the patient’s body, instead of the protein itself. This appro...
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June 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Big welcome to A/Prof Steve Shu as the new Academic Director of USyd’s Research & Prototype Foundry and ANFF-NSW Hub! With deep industry & academic experience, he’s set to elevate micro- and nano-innovation.
#NCRIS @sydney-crf.bsky.social #Nanotechnology #Semiconductors #Fabrication #NewBeginnings
Welcoming Steve Shu as ANFF-NSW's USyd Hub Director
The Australian National Fabrication Facility is delighted to announce A/Prof Steve Shu as the new Academic Director of the University of Sydney’s Research and Prototype Foundry and the ANFF-NSW USyd H...
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June 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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At @monashuniversity.bsky.social, Mark Edmonds and Thi Hai Yen (Emily) Vu are diving into the fascinating world of 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘴 – where a simple twist between atom-thin semiconductor layers unlocks powerful new electronic behaviors.
#NCRIS #FutureElectronics #2Dmaterials #Nanotech #Ferromagnetism
With a little twist
Twisting the layers in a semiconductor dramatically affects its electronic properties, creating the potential to simplify the structure of many common electronic components. Moiré patterns occur when ...
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June 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Exciting research - nanoprinted protection for microelectrode sensors using @anff-sa.com's UpNano.

View published in #ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces:
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#NCRISimpact #ANFFNetwork #ACS #3Dprinting #3dp @anff.org.au
Integration of 3D-Printed Micro/Nanostructures with Interdigitated Electrodes for Low-Matrix-Effect Sensing
Electrochemical sensors offer the advantages of low cost, high sensitivity, and miniaturization for a wide range of biological applications, including in situ detection of cell metabolites and monitor...
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June 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM