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In a world-first, researchers at the UNSW Materials and Manufacturing Futures Institute (MMFI) fabricated an array of transparent field-effect transistors using a freestanding single-crystal strontium titanate (STO) membrane, with performance matching those of the current silicon-semiconductor field-effect transistors Their work, published last week in Nature, demonstrates the potential for large-scale fabrication of the 2D field-effect … Continue reading With tiny transistors, researchers pave the way for next-gen 2D technology

ANFF is delighted to welcome Chris Gourlay as our new COO, commencing today. He joins us with fantastic experience of Australia’s R&D ecosystem, and is a master of working at the interface of industry and academia – skills and talents that we will be no doubt putting to good use. Click this link to view … Continue reading Welcoming Chris Gourlay, ANFF’s new COO

Jan 2022 “We are now the world leader, but we didn’t get here by accident. 15 years ago, our universities, government and industry came together and have continuously invested in this research over the last 15 years” Alister Henskens Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology toured the world leading research facilities at ANFF-NSW@UNSW and ANFF-NSW@USYD, … Continue reading High Praise:  NSW Minister for Science Innovation and Technology visits ANFF-NSW

Andrea Morello and his team have had a paper published in Nature and featured on the front cover of the journal. The paper ‘Precision tomography of a three-qubit donor quantum processor in silicon’ marks a major milestone for silicon quantum computing in demonstrating operations that are 99% error-free, high enough to detect and correct errors … Continue reading Quantum computing in silicon hits 99 per cent accuracy

A special edition of Advanced Functional Materials has been published, focused on the fantastic work being conducted in ANFF labs across Australia. The issue features research and reviews from all eight of ANFF’s Nodes, covering a huge gambit of ANFF-enabled projects with application areas ranging from quantum to biotechnologies, on to photonics and electronics, and … Continue reading Advanced Functional Materials – ANFF Focus Issue