Nanotechnology and Materials Science Centre
The University of Iceland Nanotechnology and Materials Science Centre is a collaboration between research groups working in experimental solid state physics, thin film physics and nanotechnology at the University of Iceland and the UI Science Institute.
UINC includes a cleanroom with lithography facilities, a strong arsenal of instrumentation and expertise for materials fabrication and structuring and facilities for materials analysis.
Cleanroom facility
The UINC cleanroom facility consists of a 40 m² class V cleanroom plus external service corrridors. The cleanroom enables optical lithography of micrometer sized structures and processing for electron beam lithography using the e-beam lithography system located at the Iceland Innovation Centre. The instrumentation available in the cleanroom includes:
- Cryofox Explorer 600 e-beam evaporator.
- Custom built 6 gun magnetron sputtering system.
- Optical lithography mask aligner.
- Loadpoint Microace 3 dicing system.
- Rapid thermal annealing system.
- Modified SEM for e-beam lithography.
Thin film laboratory
The fabrication of new materials using magnetron sputtering, molecular beam epitaxy and e-beam evaporation have been pillars of materials science research at the University of Iceland for over 30 years. Several instruments are available for the fabrication of new materials and thin film deposition as well as sample treatment and preparation. UINC houses three custom built magnetron sputtering systems capable of dc, rf and reactive sputtering at temperatures up to 800°C.
- Three custom built magnetron sputtering systems.
- Molecular Beam Epitaxy growth system.
- Custom built evaporation chamber.
Analysis laboratory
Materials composition, crystal structure, morphology, electrical and magnetic properties along with several other properties are analyzed in UINC's Materials Analysis Laboratory.
Among the instruments available are:
- Panalytical X'Pert PRO 6 axis x-ray diffractometer.
- Park XE-100 surface probe microscope.
- Cryogenics CFMS for magnetic and electrical characterization down to 2 K.
Additionally UINC has access to a JEOL JXA-8230 electron microprobe and a LEO Gemini scanning electron microscope system.
Researchers and staff
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Einar Örn Sveinbjörnsson |
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5255153 | einars [at] hi.is | physics of semiconductor devices;;wide bandgap semiconductor technologies;;defects in semiconductor devices | https://iris.hi.is/en/persons/6610daf0-db83-4493-97c6-2d84b6d6aedb | Faculty of Physical Sciences | |
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Friðrik Magnus |
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5254778 | fridrikm [at] hi.is | magnetism;;thin films;;nanotechnology;;materials characterization | https://iris.hi.is/en/persons/8a4993b8-08f7-4e92-99c1-6b3de46bfb39 | The Institute of Physical Sciences, Physics Division | |
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Jón Tómas Guðmundsson |
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5254946 | tumi [at] hi.is | plasma physics;;discharge physics;;magnetron sputtering discharges;;thin films;;electrical properties of materials;;capacitively coupled discharges;;hipims;;particle-in-cell;;semiconductors and semiconductor devices | https://iris.hi.is/en/persons/a54f53a7-a0ed-4561-99b5-3a5c7571345e | Faculty of Physical Sciences | |
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Kristján Jónsson |
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5254744 | kj [at] hi.is | The Institute of Physical Sciences, Physics Division | |||
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Snorri Þorgeir Ingvarsson |
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5254791 | sthi [at] hi.is | physics;;condensed matter physics;;spintronics;;spin dependent devices;;electron spin transport;;applied magnetics;;magnetic materials and characterization;;nanostructures and devices e.g. memory and sensors | https://iris.hi.is/en/persons/13eddaa3-ad2b-43c6-bd25-3df150ed3753 | Faculty of Physical Sciences | |
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Unnar Bjarni Arnalds |
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5254692 | uarnalds [at] hi.is | artificial magnetic nanostructures;;thin film growth and characterization;;magnetism in thin films and multilayers;;surface science;;nanolithography and processing | Yes | https://iris.hi.is/en/persons/067073be-c612-4da9-8704-3f0400ac7695 | Faculty of Physical Sciences |