TY - JOUR
T1 - The Australian National Fabrication Facility
T2 - Micro/nanotechnologies from Concept to Translation to End Users
AU - Elnathan, Roey
AU - Dzurak, Andrew
AU - Cooper-White, Justin
AU - Priest, Craig
AU - Tan, Hark Hoe
AU - Withford, Michael
AU - Wallace, Gordon
AU - Faraone, Lorenzo
AU - Eddershaw, Tom
AU - Griffiths, Ian
AU - Fitzpatrick, Jane
AU - Voelcker, Nicolas H.
N1 - Funding Information:
ANFF is supported by long‐term grants for operating, and capital expenses from NCRIS, supplemented by co‐investment from state governments, universities, and government labs such as the Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). This financial support cumulatively amounts to more than US$400M, keeping micro/nanofabrication infrastructure at the cutting edge, and ensuring that world‐class expertise is maintained.
Funding Information:
Australia's micro/nanofabrication research environment has been significantly enhanced over the past decade by the federally initiated provision of open-access research infrastructure, through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). NCRIS has become a cornerstone of the research sector, enhancing innovation and industry engagement, and benefits the Australian economy in broader terms. The Strategy oversees 27 platforms that operate independently, each providing a different type of world-class research infrastructure accessible by scientists and engineers. The services range from supercomputer time, to procurement of marine observational datasets, to access of advanced imaging and analysis processes. One of the first NCRIS platforms was the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF), which gives access to micro/nanofabrication equipment. Access to ANFF enables clients to manipulate advanced materials, transforming them into micro/nanoscale structures with applications in energy harvesting, pharmaceutical and medical devices, sensors, and nanoelectronics. ANFF is supported by long-term grants for operating, and capital expenses from NCRIS, supplemented by co-investment from state governments, universities, and government labs such as the Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). This financial support cumulatively amounts to more than US$400M, keeping micro/nanofabrication infrastructure at the cutting edge, and ensuring that world-class expertise is maintained. ANFF's portfolio includes some 500 micro/nanofabrication capabilities, and a pool of over 100 process and tool experts. ANFF engineers servicing national and overseas customers can perform contract work for industry clients, give advanced equipment training and on-tool assistance and they maintain peak performance of equipment.
PY - 2022/1/14
Y1 - 2022/1/14
N2 - Australia’s micro/nanofabrication research environment has been significantly enhanced over the past decade by the feder-ally initiated provision of open-access research infrastructure, through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). NCRIS has become a cornerstone of the research sector, enhancing innovation and industry engage-ment, and benefits the Australian economy in broader terms.
AB - Australia’s micro/nanofabrication research environment has been significantly enhanced over the past decade by the feder-ally initiated provision of open-access research infrastructure, through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). NCRIS has become a cornerstone of the research sector, enhancing innovation and industry engage-ment, and benefits the Australian economy in broader terms.
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U2 - 10.1002/adfm.202101995
DO - 10.1002/adfm.202101995
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:85123342962
SN - 1616-301X
VL - 32
JO - Advanced Functional Materials
JF - Advanced Functional Materials
IS - 3
M1 - 2101995
ER -