Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication
The Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication (MCN) is the Victorian node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF). MCN is a collaborative initiative between La Trobe University, Monash University, The University of Melbourne, Swinburne University, , Deakin University, RMIT University, the Victorian State government, the Commonwealth government and the CSIRO.
MCN's ultimate purpose is to fill the gap in Australia for open access, multi-scale, multi-disciplinary nanofabrication infrastructure. MCN's goal is to support and produce research and prototype advances in areas that include environmental sensors, medical diagnostics, micro and nano actuators, novel energy sources (e.g. solar cells) and novel bio-nanotechnology products like drug delivery devices.
The central MCN facility is based at a new, purpose-built facility, adjacent to the Australian Synchrotron. Approximately half of the central facility's research space consists of clean rooms (class 100 and 10,000) and the other half is occupied by biochemical laboratories.
