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
Dr Hazem Abdelmaksoud
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
Dr Vahid Adineh
Process Engineer
Vahid joined MCN in November 2017 having obtained his PhD from the Faculty of Engineering at Monash University. Vahid previously worked as a lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IAU-Saveh Branch, Saveh, Iran. At MCN, Vahid is a part of thin film deposition team and is responsible for the diamond deposition and atomic layer deposition tools as well as Ellipsometry and Dicing equipment. His principal areas of research comprise the use of advanced nanofabrication and novel microscopy methods for multidimensional nanoscale imaging and characterisation of insulated and biological materials, particularly cellular imaging targeting antibiotic resistance.
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Deposition, Etching, Packaging, Testing and validation
Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication
Contact Dr Vahid Adineh
Dr Sarmad Adineh
Research Engineer
Sarmad is a skilled professional in the field of fibres & textiles, with a PhD that underscores a deep understanding coupled with hands-on industry experience. Through a career that bridges both academia and industrial sector, he has collaborated on cutting edge projects, bringing innovation to produce textile products with enhanced aesthetics and performance, reduced cost and with minimum negative impact on our environment. His areas of interest are textile raw materials, Industrial engineering, yarn manufacturing, fabric manufacturing, fabric processing and textile testing & characterisation.
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Administrative / Managerial, Deposition, Manufacturing and machining, Testing and validation
Deakin University
Contact Dr Sarmad Adineh
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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