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

  • Bridging science and industry: fundamental discoveries driven by industrial challenges 

    Ronnie Hoekstra at ARCNL. Photo by Floris Krelage. Where do researchers in fundamental science get their inspiration from? The Ion Interactions research group…

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  • Successful PhD defenses: three Researchers earn their doctorate

    Zhouping Lyu, ‘High-resolution Imaging Through a Multimode Fiber: From Raster-scanning to Compressive Sensing’ On December 11th, Zhouping defended her thesis at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

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  • ARCNL says goodbye to Stefan Witte with a dedicated symposium 

    After ten years at ARCNL, group leader Stefan Witte has accepted a new role as full professor of Optics for Nanoscale Metrology at Delft University…

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  • NWO grant to develop super-speed OCT technique for new applications

    Lyuba Amitonova (ARCNL and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) and researcher Dierck Hillmann (VU) receive funding from NWO for their joint research project ‘Super-Speed Swept-Source Full-Field…

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Upcoming events

    • April 23, 2025
    • at ARCNL canteen
    • Colloquium

    Colloquium Jacob Hoogenboom (TU Delft)

    We are pleased to announce that we will have a visitor and guest speaker on Wednesday, April…

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    • April 30, 2025
    • at University of Amsterdam
    • PhD Ceremony

    Promotion Stefan van Vliet

    Contact: Roland Bliem   Further information to follow…

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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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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)