One of the most critical challenges in high-end chip production is friction and wear. Two ARCNL research groups focus on understanding these processes: the Materials Theory and Modelling group and …
Members of the study association Mens have elected ARCNL group leader John Sheil as ‘2023 Teacher of the Year’. Sheil is assistant professor at the Vrije Universiteit and teaches the …
The journal Molecular Physics recently published a special issue on the career of Wim Ubachs who has been an ARCNL group leader since the start of the institute in 2014.
After being officially launched on May 22, the Netherlands Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced that ARCNL group leader Arie den Boef has been appointed as Fellow. In total 62 Fellows …
Once a year ARCNL opens its doors to the general public: showing the labs, presenting demonstrations and enabling kids to participate in workshops such as ‘making a light separator’. This …
ARCNL is proud to announce that the week of October 2, 2023 is a special one with four PhD defenses in total. Lars Behnke starts on Monday defending his thesis …
ARCNL group leaders Roland Bliem and Bart Weber each receive an ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The projects granted are: - ‘SURPLAS: 'Resolving Surface Reactions in …
Two recent papers of the EUV Plasma Processes group of Oscar Versolato were selected as an Editor’s pick. Alumnus Bo Liu is the first author of the Physical Review Applied …
ARCNL group leader and VU Assistant Professor John Sheil receives a Veni grant from NWO for his project “ARIES”. Sheil will develop a unique laser-plasma simulation capability to guide the …
ARCNL researchers Thomas van den Hooven and Paul Planken have found a way to enhance acoustic-wave-induced diffraction changes from a sample similar to those used for wafer alignment in nanolithography.