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Now in its fifth year, the annual Royce Practical Cleanroom Skills training course returns to its inaugural home at the University of Leeds, supported by co-founders at the University of Cambridge and Swansea University, and co-funded by the Henry Royce Institute. This national endeavour, delivered by three of the UK's most advanced university cleanrooms, represents...
Thank you to everyone who applied to this exciting opportunity. Owing to a significant number of applications, there may be a short delay in announcing the shortlist - we will be in touch soon! The Leeds Nanotechnology Cleanroom is looking to employ a new Experimental Officer to support fabrication across our wonderful facility. The new...
The University of Leeds has secured over £300,000 funding from round six of the Henry Royce Institute’s Industrial Collaboration Programme (ICP), designed to support industry-led, academic engaged projects that address national advanced materials challenges. In particular, the Leeds Nanotechnology Cleanroom is excited to commence our work with clean tech company, Infiniflux, as we investigate advanced...
We are delighted to announce that the Leeds Nanotechnology Cleanroom has been awarded funding from the Henry Royce Institute for two replacement items of equipment. We are now entering the procurement phase for a new 200mm-capable dicing saw, and a modern lapping and polishing station to ensure sustainable service provision from our test and packaging...
The Leeds Nanotechnology Cleanroom was delighted to welcome Ka Hei Chan, a Technician from the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre at the University of Glasgow, for a three-day knowledge exchange visit supported by the Institute for Technical Skills & Strategy, a pioneering programme of UKRI-funded carreer development opportunities for technicians. Staff at the LNC worked with...
The Leeds Nanotechnology Cleanroom continues to build strong links to local schools through its work experience opportunities, and was delighted to welcome students from the Notre Dame Sixth Form College for an intensive three-day semiconductor fabrication placement. Following an introductory presentation about cleanrooms and semiconductor manufacturing presented to the year group, students applied for places...
This year, we have been excited to deliver a 3-day residential training course in Dry Etch for our long-term collaborators at Paragraf, the first company in the world to mass produce graphene-based electronics. The Leeds Nanotechnology Cleanroom prides itself on supporting spin-out companies and SMEs to bridge capabilities and skills gaps, to support CPD and...
We are pleased to announce that, after a full and (very) competitive tender process, Tescan have been selected as the preferred supplier of a new FE-SEM for the Leeds Nanotechnology Cleanroom. Over the next few months, a new ultra-high resolution Clara SEM will be manufactured for our facility, and will ultimately provide in-line process development...
Staff from the Leeds Nanotechnology Cleanroom reached out across the Pennines to visit The Oldham Academy North to introduce Year 9 and 10 pupils to cleanrooms, nanotechnology, and the wide range of careers available across science and engineering. The visit highlighted the importance of early outreach, with many pupils surprised by the breadth of opportunities...
This year's Royce-funded event, hosted for the first time at the new Cavendish Nanofabrication Facility in the Ray Dolby Centre, West Cambridge Campus, continued to deliver excellence as our training school entered into its fourth year. Delegates from industry and academia alike experienced, hands-on, the wonderful world of microfabrication, including developing key skills in photolithography,...