News & Events

We attended The University of Sheffield's Global Engineering Challenge yesterday as part of the annual Engineer Your Future event.The cross-faculty event is for 1st year…

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…

We are pleased to announce that registration for UK Semiconductors 2026 is now open!  🗓️ Dates: Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd July 2026📍Location: Sheffield Hallam University📹…

Staff at the Facility have been to various events and conferences over the past few months, promoting the Facility and their research: UK National Quantum…

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 delighted to share the UK Semiconductors 2025 video! The video provides a well-rounded overview of this year's event, including insights from Conference Chair…

The UK Semiconductors Conference 2025 took place on Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd July at Sheffield Hallam University.

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…