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

  • New measurement technology to further sensing capabilities

    The research teams of Lyuba Amitonova (ARCNL) and Femius Koenderink (AMOLF) investigated new optical detection strategies to efficiently measure perturbations at the nanometer scale. For…

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  • Harnessing water’s stickiness for adhesion control 

    Printing computer chips with nanoscale features requires extremely precise positioning. Electric charges and water on surfaces can impact this precision, but these effects have not been fully understood. Now, ARCNL postdoctoral…

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  • Angana Mondal brings a new research group to ARCNL

    As of January 1, Dr. Angana Mondal joins ARCNL as a tenure-track group leader. Her new research group, ‘Short-Wavelength Light Sources for EUV Metrology’, will…

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  • New research to venture beyond extreme ultraviolet light

    John Sheil, leader of the Plasma Theory and Modeling group at ARCNL, will lead a research program in collaboration with the groups of Oscar Versolato…

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Upcoming events

    • January 30, 2026
    • at ARCNL, Science Park 106, 1098 XG Amsterdam
    • Institute visit

    Viva Fysica

    This event organized by the UvA brings high school students (5 VWO) and their teachers to Science Park for a…

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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)