The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has provided over SEK 50 million to the Chalmers University of Technology. The Chalmers Nanofabrication Laboratory will use SEK 22 million to acquire new nanolithography equipment.
The Nanofabrication Laboratory at Chalmers is one of the most advanced clean room laboratories in the university world. It will now be equipped with new technology for nanolithography. Photo: Jan-Olof Yxell, Chalmers
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation provides finance for research and in 2012 it will be providing funds for nanotechnology and life science.
The laboratory will acquire a new electron beam lithography system (EBL) for producing nanosized electronics components. EBL plays a critical role in nanotechnology and has helped Chalmers achieve numerous research breakthroughs.
Myfab is a Swedish research infrastructure for micro and nano fabrication, and Chalmers is a node for EBL. The Nanofabrication Laboratory’s Department Head, Peter Modh, stated that the foundation’s grant will enable Chalmers to acquire modern technology to maintain the lab’s outstanding position in development. The new technology will help reduce the products to half their size. It will also mean more jobs and better nanoscale fabrication.
The Onsala Space Observatory, which has also received funds, will be building two new radio telescopes for measuring the Earth’s movements. It will use distant galaxies for determining the location of the two telescopes. Geodetic Very Long Baseline Interferometry technology will be used for observations. Chalmers will receive a third grant for metabolite analysis equipment to study basic biological processes and disease patterns.