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Work Experience Week 2025 – strengthening local ties with Notre Dame Sixth Form

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The Leeds Nanotechnology Cleanroom was thrilled to partner with our neighbours at Notre Dame Sixth Form College to offer their students a unique work experience opportunity. The students spent a week of their Easter holidays fabricating a High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT), using the state-of-the-art equipment in our cleanroom and undertaking processes including coating and...

New capability in Dry Etch

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The Leeds Nanotechnology Cleanroom is proud to announce the release of its latest technological advancements. Following intensive work by the Cleanroom team at Leeds and excellent customer support from Oxford Instruments, the Estrelas Deep Silicon Etcher and the Plasma Pro 80+ RIE are now available to both internal and external customers. The Estrelas leverages the...

Winter Training School - Llwyddiant ysgubol!

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Our third national training school in semiconductor systems, founded by the University of Leeds, University of Cambridge and Swansea University has once again delivered the goods. Hosted this year at CISM in Swansea, our teams of expert Experimental Officers spent a week training the next generation of semiconductor specialists in microfabrication techniques and theory. As...

Out-of-this-world visitations!

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The team at the Leeds Nanotechnology Cleanroom was delighted to welcome ESA astronaut, and University of Leeds Alumnus, Matthias Maurer during his visit to the Bragg Centre for Materials Research at the University of Leeds. Having spent an incredible 177 days in space, Matthias was perhaps the first visitor to think that our mandatory cleanroom...

Student Outreach - Abbey Grange Academy

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The Leeds Nanotechnology Cleanroom was thrilled to host Abbey Grange Academy for an exciting outreach event in colaboration with the EPSRC-funded Teracomm programme grant (EP/W028921/1). During the activity, students competed to produce the smallest image of a pre-designed cartoon character using state-of-the-art maskless lithography to pattern optical photoresists. They then had the unique opportunity to...

Student outreach - Notre Dame 6th Form

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The Leeds Nanotechnology Cleanroom had the pleasure of hosting A-level and BTEC students and staff from the Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College, Leeds, for an informative tour of our state-of-the-art facilities. During the visit, the attendees learned how different aspects of their studies can be applied within a cleanroom environment and explored various career...

Dry Etch Workshop - a hit!

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The Oxford Instruments Dry etch Workshop, hosted by the University of Leeds, was attended by over 60 academics and industry representitives from across the country. An excellent series of instructional seminars was delivered by experienced process engineers and technical specialists, followed by tours of the Leeds Nanotechnology Cleanroom and wider Bragg Centre for Materials Research....

Research Technical Professional (RTP) network funding

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The Leeds Nanotechnology Cleanroom, through it's senior Experimental Officer Dr Mark Rosamond, is proud to be part of a UKRI-funded and RTP-led 'National Technical Platform for Materials Innovation' with the Henry Royce Institute. This scheme will empower the RTP community working in materials and associated manufacturing technology through training, development and professional networking opportunities.

Delivery of new Plasma Etch and Deposition Systems

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This week, the Leeds Nanotechnology Cleanroom received four new plasma etch and deposition systems from Oxford Instruments Plasma Technologies. These include: A PlasmaPro 100 Estrelas Deep Reactive Ion etcher with BOSCH and cryogenic etching capability; A PlasmaPro 100 Cobra ICP-RIE with ALE capability; A PlasmaPro 100 ICP-CVD; A PlasmaPro 80 RIE. These additions will enhance...

Experimental Officer position - APPLICATIONS CLOSED

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The Leeds Nanotechnology Cleanroom is looking to employ a new Experimental Officer to support fabrication across our facility. The new EO will be fully trained on all available cleanroom processes, and will contribute to user training, industrial engagement, marketing and process development for users both internal and external. This is an exciting opportunity to join...