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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,...
We were delighted to host a delegation from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) in a unique, hands-on experience in semiconductor processing and device fabrication in the Leeds Nanotechnology Cleanroom. In their inaugural visit to a semiconductor fab, our six visitors experienced first-hand the precision, control and expertise that underpin every stage of...
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...
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...
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...