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.
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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.
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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.

 

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Researchers and staff

Picture of Einar Örn Sveinbjörnsson Einar Örn Sveinbjörnsson
  • Professor
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
Picture of Friðrik Magnus Friðrik Magnus
  • FIXME
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
Mynd af gervimanni Jón Tómas Guðmundsson
  • Professor
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
Mynd af gervimanni Kristján Jónsson
  • Engineer
5254744 kj [at] hi.is The Institute of Physical Sciences, Physics Division
Picture of Snorri Þorgeir Ingvarsson Snorri Þorgeir Ingvarsson
  • Professor
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
Picture of Unnar Bjarni Arnalds Unnar Bjarni Arnalds
  • Professor
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

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