Partners
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
The National Epitaxy Facility is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) as part of a network of National Research Centres.
The Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride at The University of Cambridge is a partner institution which offers specialist world-class capabilities in wide band gap nitrides. Additional growth capability in the surrounding environment includes MBE of nitrides, which is available in the Cavendish Laboratory, with a focus on growth of high density self-assembled nitride nanowires. Additional characterisation capability is available which supports the development of new GaN technologies.
Facilities offered by our partner Institution, University College London, include Group IV materials and world-class MBE capabilities. MBE is the ideal technology for the development of new materials and innovative structures. The Facility at UCL is able to supply a wide variety of Group-IV materials, alloy combinations and types of structures using a wide range of sources.
The School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Sheffield is respected internationally for its many important contributions in the field of electronic and electrical engineering. Our teaching is underpinned by research at the leading edge, with world-class laboratories available to undergraduates and postgraduates. The Department has been awarded an Athena Swan Bronze Award, for its support of representation of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Mathematics.
University of Sheffield Quantum Centre
The Quantum Centre @ Sheffield is a university-wide collaboration of over 50 researchers developing quantum technologies with the potential to revolutionise computing, communication, sensing and imaging. Our device hardware is built using III-V semiconductors and we have world-leading capabilities in crystal growth, nanometre scale device fabrication and device physics research. Wider activities include complementary theory and software development.
UK Semiconductors Conference
The UK Semiconductors Conference is the largest annual UK conference on all aspects of semiconductor research and is organised by the EPSRC National Epitaxy Facility. It is held in Sheffield in July and is supported by the Institute of Physics Semiconductor Physics Group.
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