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Background to metaFAB
metaFAB provides access to unique engineering tools for
precision control at the molecular, nano and micro scale.
Its Xtreme Laser Facility is a pioneering new European resource
that offers three industrial lasers for laser micromachining
at 157nm, 193nm and femtosecond 795nm. With this unique capability
both simple and complex forms can be created from any material
ranging from fused silica, quartz, PEEK, Teflon, sapphire,
silicon, metals.
Benefiting from world-class research and resources at Cardiff
University the multidisciplinary technology transfer team
has both the expertise and the hardware to provide services
in: laser microfabrication, molecular imprinting, microfluidics,
microreactor synthesis, cell encapsulation, microwave engineering,
and automated quality control of small engineered parts.
Our services
- Fast turn-around laser micromachining in any material
- Hands-on access to metaFAB laboratory and metrology
tools at hourly rates
- Surface micro- and nano-topography using VEECO
Optical Interferometry
- Chemical analysis with ThermoFisher HPLC-Mass spectrometry
- Optical measurement and inspection using the Nikon
Microscopy Suite
- Collaborative and contract research with proof
of principle demonstrators
metaFAB originates novel, patent-protectable concepts and
undertakes proof of principle demonstrations to industrial
contract with our multidisciplinary team comprising:
- Barrow Applied Microfluidics Laboratory
- Porch Microwave Science Laboratory
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- Allender Artificial Receptor Laboratory
- Wirth Organic Synthesis Laboratory
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Sectors
Industrial sectors which can benefit from metaFAB services
include:
- Analytical instrumentation, especially chromatography
- Monitoring of industrial pharmaceuticals processing
- Precision microencapsulation of pharmaceuticals
- Aerospace, especially microstructured surfaces
- Industrial microfluidics
- Medical devices, stents, tissue engineering
- Microfluidic energy conversion systems
- Fine chemicals synthesis in microreactors
metaFAB accommodates high-power, high-resolution equipment
for creating miniature and microscale structures in literally
any material: fused silica, amorphous fluoropolymers, silicon,
steel, polymers, glass and diamonds.
www.metaFAB.net
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