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.’

Latest news

  • Five ARCNL PhD students defend their theses in one month

    Within one month, five ARCNL PhD students successfully defended their theses. Congratulations to Doctors Dion Engels, Karl Schubert, Fengling Zhang, Falco Bijloo and Nick Feldman!…

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  • LOTUS project receives funding to push the limits of optical metrology

    Anchit Srivastava, postdoctoral researcher at ARCNL, has been awarded an ERC Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions postdoctoral fellowship for advancing the frontiers of optical metrology. The goal…

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  • Study association visits ARCNL for engaging excursion

    On February 6, students from the Fysisch-Mathematische Faculteitsvereniging (FMF) at University of Groningen came to ARCNL to visit labs, talk to researchers and learn about…

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  • Visitors from local schools enjoy a day of physics at Viva Fysica

    On January 30, the University of Amsterdam Institute of Physics (UvA-IoP) hosted Viva Fysica 2026. The event showcases physics and astronomy research at Amsterdam Science…

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Upcoming events

    • March 6, 2026
    • at ARCNL
    • Symposium
    • Multiple speakers

    Special farewell symposium for Wim van der Zande

    This special symposium will commemorate the research contributions of Wim with various speakers from the past, present, and future. After…

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    • April 1 - 2, 2026
    • Symposium

    NNV Plasma Physics symposium

    The 2nd “Plasma Zonheuvel” conference, short for “NNV Plasma Physics Symposium Zonheuvel”, is part of the renewed conference…

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Interview

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.

Read more about the partnership between ARCNL and the University of Groningen (RUG)