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We are excited to announce we are holding the first National Epitaxy Facility (NEF) Virtual Open Day and Early Career Researcher (ECR) event on Monday 13th April 2026. 

We are pleased to announce the next call for applications to the NEF Pump Priming scheme is open from Monday 2nd March - Friday 10th April.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at the National Epitaxy Facility! Please see our Christmas Newsletter below. We hope you enjoy reading a…

Director Jon Heffernan and Head of MOVPE, Dr Elisa Sala, co-authored the paper titled 'Spin properties in droplet epitaxy grown telecom quantum dots' with the…

Our Director, Prof Jon Heffernan, has been interviewed by the University of Sheffield showcasing the strength of our semiconductor research and spin out companies. The…

We are delighted to congratulate our Director Prof Jon Heffernan in being elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Jon joins 73 other…

We are pleased to announce that we have passed the annual ISO9001 external audit.

Our Priming call is open, with a closing date of Tuesday 9th September.  The Pump Priming scheme provides a limited number of wafers to researchers free…

We are recruiting a Research Associate in Molecular Beam Epitaxy! The role is based at the Facility at the University of Sheffield, in the School…

The University of Sheffield has won a £7 million investment to fund new equipment that will revolutionise the discovery and development of new semiconductor materials.…

Our Director, Professor Jon Heffernan, and Head of MOVPE, Dr Elisa Sala attended the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) meeting on Semiconductors in Westminster.

We are delighted to congratulate NEF's Professor Rachel Oliver for being awarded an OBE in the New Years Honours List 2025