On the 20th of May 2025, a full day event will be organized at the Eindhoven University of Technology focusing on the opportunities that atomic layer deposition (ALD) and atomic layer etching (ALE) provide for quantum technologies. A preliminary program is available below, featuring established speakers from industry and academia. The workshop takes place on-site … Read more
In the field of silicon solar cells, the search for more efficient and cost-effective technologies never ceases. One of the most exciting developments of the past decade has been the rise of so-called passivating contacts, with the current industry leader being TOPCon (Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact) cells. I remember I was a PhD student when … Read more
What do transistors, solar cells, microLEDs, and thin-film transistors have in common? At first glance, the answer might seem straightforward: they all rely on semiconductor materials such as silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), gallium arsenide (GaAs), indium phosphide (InP), and gallium nitride (GaN), among others. However, there’s much more to their story. These devices are also … Read more
Next week, from August 4 to 7, the ALD/ALE 2024 conference will be held in Helsinki, Finland. This event marks the 24th International Conference on Atomic Layer Deposition and will also include the 11th International Atomic Layer Etching Workshop. This year’s conference is particularly special as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of ALD, commemorating 50 … Read more
“An interview with Jonas Sundqvist” This is the sixth post in a series of blogs in which we share exciting information about companies or other organizations within the atomic scale processing industry. Through an interview, we aim to get insight into the kind of products and projects the companies have and in which way they … Read more
Recently, the Plasma and Materials Processing (PMP) group at the TU/e hosted de AI workshop, a company founded by four students that aims to educate and train people about using Artificial Intelligence (AI) for their work, especially ChatGPT 4. The workshop was attended by several members of the PMP group, both staff and students. The … Read more
We are very excited to announce the release of the totally renewed ReviewBase, which you can find in the menu above. We launched the original ReviewBase in 2022 as an easy-to-access overview of ALD, ALE and ASD review papers and book chapters (see blog). While the original ReviewBase was basically a collection of Excel files … Read more
My main teaching task at the Eindhoven University of Technology takes place in the fall when I teach the MSc course “Physics of Plasmas and Radiation”. This course is mandatory for all our MSc students in Applied Physics that follow the “Plasma & Beams” track (the other tracks within our department are “Nano, Quantum, Photonics” … Read more
In July 2022 we announced the research grant for the ‘Atomic Layer Deposition and Etching for Quantum Computing’ NWO project on AtomicLimits. This project focusing on atomic scale processing for superconducting quantum devices had a flying start in October 2022. One year later we can look back at a productive first year. It was a … Read more
“An interview with Carlos Guerra.” This is the fifth post in a series of blogs in which we will share exciting information about companies or other organizations within the atomic scale processing industry. Through an interview, we aim to get insight into the kind of products and projects the companies have and in which way … Read more