metaFAB affiliated laboratories provide access to a diverse and complimentary range of expertise, knowledge and infrastructure resources. The capabilities of these laboratories contribute to the collective interdisciplinary offering in both intellectual, scientific and technical terms. metaFAB research & development capabilities builds upon the innovation found at the interface of these resources.

Xtreme Laser Facility The Xtreme Laser Facility accomodates a unique industrial hybrid 157nm / femtosecond laser micromachining tool designed for Lab-on-a-Chip microfluidic, microreactor, photonic & separations devices. Also, custom microscale geometries in any material can be structured. The facility is a hands-on industrial demonstation site for VEECO Interference Microscopy and a state-of-the-art Nikon Measurement Microscopy suite.
Barrow Microfluidics Laboratory The Barrow Microfluidics Laboratory undertakes research, development and prototyping of devices for fluid & particle manipulation in microfabricated capillary systems, especially for chemical separations and synthesis. Emphasis has been placed on ultrasonic particle manipulation & fluid mixing, emulsification, bioencapsulation & multiphase flow. New work includes microreactor design and scale-out manifold geometries, & microfabricated tissue engineering supports.
Porch Microwave Science Laboratory The Porch Microwave Science Laboratory investigates the fundamental properties and applications of novel electronic materials at high frequencies, from superconductors to transparent conductors to low loss dielectrics. Novel and interdisciplinary uses of microwave engineering are employed as an enabling science, particulalrly in the field of materials characterisation, microfluidic flow and nanoparticle synthesis.
Wirth Organic Chemicals Synthesis Laboratory The Wirth Organic Chemicals Synthesis Laboratory investigates the design and synthesis of new chiral electrophiles, development of new hyervalent Iodine reagents, coordination of chiral ligands, electrochemical techniques, microreactor technologies, and computational chemistry.
Allender Artifical Receptors Laboratory The Allender Artificial Receptor Laboratory undertakes R&D in molecular recognition processes using a range of molecular imprinting techniques. This internationally leading group has developed their use in novel pharmaceutical and related applications including combinatorial screening, drug delivery, transdermal monitoring, sensor technology and the resolution of individual moieties from complex synthetic mixtures.