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One year partnership University of Groningen |
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The University of Groningen joined the ARCNL public-private partnership as associate partner on January 1st, 2022. ARCNL group leader Ronnie Hoekstra reflects together with Caspar van der Wal (Zernike Institute at University of Groningen) and Moniek Tromp who recently succeeded van der Wal as director of the institute.
Van der Wal: "With the RUG as associated partner, ARCNL can profit from the complex materials knowledge at the Zernike Institute. The RUG and the Zernike Institute benefit as well. Being associate partners enhances closer collaborations between researchers and offers a stronger positioning in the scientific community and towards industrial partners. It also helps us opening up new horizons, getting to interesting new research questions.”
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| ERC Consolidator grant for Oscar Versolato |
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| Oscar Versolato has received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) of 2.0 million euro. Using this grant, he wishes to contribute to the design of the ultimate laser-driven plasma light source of the future – by unraveling the physics foundations of the generation of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light. |
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| Lyuba Amitonova in 'Perspectief' program |
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| ARCNL and VU Amsterdam group leaders Lyuba Amitonova and Arie den Boef are part of a consortium that received 40 million euros from the NWO 'Perspectief' program. The consortium wishes to develop innovative optical components, such as lenses and mirrors of an arbitrary shape, as well as new methods for modifying the shape of light waves. The consortium is managed by the University of Twente. |
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HIGHLIGHT
Tuning material properties via disorder |
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| The Materials & Surface Science for EUVL group of Roland Bliem demonstrates a new way to tune the properties of simple alloys by controlling the level of disorder in the material without changing the chemical composition. This finding highlights a new, versatile approach toward metal coatings and can contribute to an increased use of sustainable materials. |
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HIGHLIGHT
Unveiling hidden properties of EUV light |
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| Researchers in the group of Stefan Witte have developed a method to characterize and control EUV light for broadband multi-spectral EUV sources. They designed a diffraction mask for EUV light and developed a computational approach to retrieve information about the light source from the diffraction patterns it creates. Their results offer possibilities to improve and control EUV light sources, paving the way for widespread use of EUV microscopy for nanoscience. |
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| Highly Charged Ions (HCI) Conference 2024 |
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1 - 6 September 2024 |
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Egmond aan Zee |
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| The biennial international HCI (Highly Charged Ions) conference series will come to the Netherlands for its 21st edition. Central to the conference series are the physics of highly charged ions, with topics ranging from fundamental structure, via interactions with photons, electrons, ions, atoms, molecules and solids to applications in astrophysical, fusion and industrial plasma. 
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Science Park 106
1098 XG Amsterdam
The Netherlands |
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| ARCNL is a public-private partnership between NWO, the University of Amsterdam, the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the University of Groningen and semiconductor equipment manufacturer ASML, and managed by the Netherlands Foundation of Scientific Research Institutes (NWO-I). ARCNL’s mission is to focus on fundamental physics and chemistry in the context of technologies for (nano)lithography, primarily for the semiconductor industry. |
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