04 March 2011 (from EUMINAfab)

EUMINAfab opens 4th Call

EUMINAfab: the European Research Infrastructure for multimaterial micro and nano fabrication and characterization opens the 4th call for no fee access to 36 installations containing equipment to high end micro and nano [..]

05 July 2010 (from NanoCharM)

Latest NanoCharM newsletter published

This issue provides an extensive presentation of Ellipsometer leading technologies and suppliers. [..]

12 March 2010 (from EUMINAfab)

EUMINAfab launches second call for applications to access facilities

EUMINAfab is the first European research infrastructure to offer the micro-nano fabrication of functional structures and devices in a multitude of functional materials, predominantly those other than classical [..]

14 October 2009 (from AZoM)

Oxford Instruments NanoScience Place 2nd at British Engineering Excellence Awards

Oxford Instruments NanoScience Ultra Low Temperature engineering team achieved "highly commended" runners up place at the 2009 British Engineering Excellence Awards ceremony held at the Globe Theatre in London on Oct [..]

12 October 2009 (from Institute of Nanotechnology)

Converging Technologies for 21st Century Security

Keynote Speaker: Professor Mark Welland FRS FREng, Chief Scientific Advisor, Ministry of Defence [..]

02 September 2009 (from EUMINAfab)

EUMINAfab – Europe’s first multimaterial micro and nano technology platform starts user operation

EUMINAfab is the first European Research Infrastructure on multimaterial micro and nanotechnology. It offers open and no-cost access to state of the art fabrication and characterisation technologies for a multitude of [..]

05 June 2009 (from STW, NanoNed, FOM)

Netherlands invests 15 million euro in NanoLab

The Dutch government announced an investment of 15 million euro in the national facility for research and innovation in nanotechnology, NanoLab NL. This existing facility brings together public and privately funded [..]

13 January 2009 (from Alpha Galileo)

Vistec, CEA/Leti and D2S join forces on e-beam direct write solutions for the 45- and 32-nm nodes

E-beam supplier Vistec, along with semiconductor research group CEA/Leti, and emerging design and software company D2S, today announced a collaboration focused on refining and validating advanced design-for-e-beam [..]

18 November 2008 (from Alpha Galileo)

Double celebration - two STFC spin outs win at IET awards

Two successful spin out companies of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) have been named winners at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Innovation Awards which took place on 3 November [..]

05 August 2008 (from NanoCharM)

NanoCharM Consortium Invites Characterisation and Materials Community Participation

NanoCharM (Multifunctional NanoMaterials Characterization exploiting Ellipsometry and Polarimetry) has produced its first newsletter aimed at keeping the community abreast of developments, opportunities, and events in [..]

28 April 2008 (from Picosun / Small Times)

Picosun and Tohoku University announce ALD cooperation

"Our co-operation will lead to new results in implementation of ALD in nanotechnology applications and further strengthen the market position of our SUNALE ALD process tools in Japan," stated Juhana Kostamo, Managing [..]

01 April 2008 (from FOM)

FOM and M2i collaborate in miniaturisation of materials

The Dutch funding council for physics FOM and the innovative materials research programme M2i announced a collaborative research programme investigating effects of miniaturising materials, worth 2 million euro in 5 [..]

14 December 2007 (from Spinverse)

Beneq acquires Planar's ALD business

Finnish atomic-layer deposition equipment manufacturer Beneq has acquired the ALD Equipment and Coating service business from Planar Inc. The deal also includes licensing of Planar patents in the area of ALD. [..]

14 December 2007 (from CEMMNT)

CEMMNT expands to accelerate industry innovation

The Smith & Nephew Technical Services Group (TSG) and the Centre of Excellence in Metrology for Micro and Nano Technologies (CEMMNT) have partnered to deliver comprehensive measurement, characterisation and [..]

29 October 2007 (from CEMMNT)

Metrology Open Day

CEMMNT and Taylor Hobson invite to an open day to launch a new state of the art clean-room measurement and analysis facility for industry. [..]