On October 29, Nanotech West Laboratory was honored to host a visit from a Chinese delegation representing Hubei Province, a sister-state to Ohio since 1979 and home of Wuhan University. The delegation of 14 included Mr. Yang Song, Deputy Party Secretary of Hubei Provincial Committee and Mr. Wang Dunsheng, Deputy Director-General of Hubei Provincial Department of Agriculture. Dr. John Carlin, …
OSU Team Wins NSF MRI Competition
A team of OSU researchers has won an NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) award for the acquisition of a hybrid diamond/nitride synthesis cluster tool for studies of wide bandgap semiconductors. The team of researchers spans two colleges and three departments including Physics (Prof. Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin, CME, PI on the proposal*; Prof. Fengyuan Yang, CME; Prof. Harris Kagan, HEPX), Electrical and …
Liquid nitrogen system updates for The Dreese Cleanroom and SEAL
Construction in front of Dreese Lab between the Northwest parking garage may be inconvenient for pedestrians for a few days. However, with the recent addition of the Veeco 930 Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) to SEAL, and an eye on future growth of SEAL and the Dreese Lab Cleanroom, the project became essential. The current system features underground delivery of the liquid nitrogen, which …
New MBE System Installed
Ohio State’s first Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) system to focus on the important field of wide bandgap nitride materials was installed earlier this week, adding new major materials capability to OSU’s already strong materials facility infrastructure. These semiconductor materials have wide technological applications including next-generation solid state lighting, solar power, high data-rate communications, and energy-efficient electric transportation systems. This state-of-the-art …
Ohio State’s First MOCVD Arrives on Campus
OSU’s first metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system was delivered to Nanotech West Laboratory today. This $1.75 million, 3×2 close coupled showerhead (CCS) system from Aixtron, Inc. is a centerpiece of the OSU site of the Wright Center for Photovoltaic Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), headed by Dr. Bob Davis and administered by The OSU Institute for Materials Research. As …
New Atomic Layer Deposition System Qualified and Available for Use
The OSU Nanotech West Laboratory (NTW) has installed and completed qualification of a new Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) system in the NTW cleanroom that is now available for general use. Purchased by the Ohio Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), the Picosun SUNALE™ R-150B ALD system provides a new synthesis capability for conformal thin film coatings of a …
ECOMM Provides Access to FIB/SEM for OSU Researchers
The Center for Electronic/Magnetic Nanoscale Composite Multifunctional Materials (ENCOMM) offers the IMR community access to a newly acquired FEI Helios NanoLab 600 Focused Ion Beam Mill/Scanning Electron Microscope (FIB/SEM) purchased with funds awarded through the Advanced Materials Targeted Investments in Excellence (TIE) program. The FIB has been commissioned and is available for use. Its capabilities include ion milling, high-resolution SEM, …