8 December 2011

Finland‘s University of Oulu orders Aixtron Black Magic system for CNT devices

Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany has announced an order for a Black Magic 1x2-inch wafer carbon nanotube (CNT) deposition system from the Microelectronics and Materials Physics Laboratories at the University of Oulu in Finland. A local Aixtron Europe support team has installed and commissioned the system.

The system will be used for the low-temperature synthesis of aligned carbon nanotubes/nanowires on templates for end-user applications such as integrated CNT devices for electronics, mechanical components in sensors/actuators, and scaffolds for catalytic membranes.

“With the Black Magic system we can take our new and ongoing research projects to the next level,” comments a spokesperson from Uni Oulu. “We selected this system because of its process flexibility and versatility. The system has a well established global customer base and Aixtron has demonstrated a lot of experience in CVD processing of carbon nanomaterials,” they add. “We will be using the system not only for development projects but also for the education of doctoral students. This means we have to have a robust, easy-to-use system that delivers reproducible growth of different types of nanotubes for various applications.”

The University of Oulu is one of the largest universities in Finland engaged in multidisciplinary basic research and academic education. Its Microelectronics and Materials Physics Laboratories are an internationally recognized center of innovation with activies in the field of micro- and nano-system technologies, with a particular focus on materials, devices and their manufacturing technologies. The research is driven by the need to enhance the performance of electronic, photonic and telecom devices.

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