Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography

‘Cutting-edge research in physics and materials science to advance nanolithography, strengthening the research system in nanolithography technology, and accelerating the transition from fundamental discovery to implementation in the semiconductor industry.’

Marcelo Ackermann appointed new director of ARCNL
- June 11, 2025
Prof. Dr. Marcelo Ackermann will start this November as the director of ARCNL, the Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography in Amsterdam. He will succeed Dr.
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Experiments shed new light on the limits of laser-writing method
- May 19, 2025
Last year at ARCNL, Lorenzo Cruciani made a surprise discovery of a new method to directly write patterns of ruthenium with a laser. Now,…
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Why silicon surfaces slip more easily under pressure
- May 1, 2025
Surfaces can start slipping more easily when pressed harder – a surprising discovery by researchers at the University of Amsterdam and ARCNL. Their work reveals…
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Visualizing the invisible: scientists push phase imaging beyond its limits
- April 28, 2025
Researchers have developed a new imaging method that allows high-speed, label-free, and high-resolution phase imaging, using only a multimode optical fiber and a position-sensitive…
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- June 12 - 16, 2025
- at University of Amsterdam
- PhD Ceremony
Defense Thomas van den Hooven

Contact: Paul Planken…
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- June 19, 2025
- at ASML, Den Bosch
- Conference
Technology Conference

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- June 20, 2025
- at University of Amsterdam
- PhD Ceremony
Promotion Ester Abram

Contact: Paul Planken Further information to follow…
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- June 25, 2025
- at ARCNL canteen
- Colloquium
- Olivier Lugier
ARCNL Colloquium with Olivier Lugier (Nano-Hybrids)

Contact: arcnl-colloquium@arcnl.nl…
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One year into partnership University of Groningen

How is it going and what to expect?

The University of Groningen joined the ARCNL public-private partnership as associate partner on January 1st, 2022. ARCNL group leader Ronnie Hoekstra and governing board member Caspar van der Wal reflect on the route towards this newly established partnership and on the challenges and advantages it offers.