🔬 After coating the wafer with resist, it’s time to transfer the design into the photosensitive film. Here we see a resist-coated wafer being mounted and loaded into the VB6 Electron Beam Lithography tool ahead of the process.

🧪Lithography is a crucial step in any micro or nanofabrication process. It’s how patterns from a design are precisely transferred onto a chip or wafer. Here, we capture the spin-coating of a resist film onto a 150mm wafer.
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Have you signed up for the XRD Training Workshop at Royce Cambridge yet?
Join our one-week, hands-on course (24–28 November 2025) at the Maxwell Centre, and learn how to analyse X-ray Diffraction patterns from the experts. Book your place : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/royce-xrd-...

From chip-scale experiments to wafer-level innovation💫
Our new Nanofabrication Cleanrooms at the Ray Dolby Centre are equipped to support it all.
Here, a researcher runs a 200 mm wafer through the Oxford Instruments ICPCVD tool - used to deposit uniform, dielectric films onto wafers and chips.

Ben’s Python code provides a numerically efficient tool to simulate these interactions — a resource the group will use for future surface diffusion studies.

#SurfaceScience #MaterialsScience #HeliumSpinEcho #KMC #CORDE #Cambridge

🧪 Sulphur impurities drive embrittlement, and while helium spin echo gives unique experimental data, modelling these complex island structures has been a major challenge.

New from CORDE 👨🔬 — Ben Collishaw has developed a modular kinetic Monte Carlo simulation to model sulphur diffusion on Ni(111) surfaces.

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🎓 Ethan Cantor (Manchester @OfficialUoM) explored Haralick texture analysis on SHeM data — building a Python tool to detect subtle surface changes and joining us at the UK SHeM conference in Durham. A fantastic contribution from a first-year student! #UndergraduateResearch #STEM #SHeM

🌟 Cambridge’s Collaborative R&D Environment (CORDE) is your gateway to world-class #nanofabrication, #characterisation, and precision fabrication. Our mission is to power your future physics research with flexible support and collaboration. Explore the CORDE offer: corde.phy.cam.ac.uk

We’re wrapping up an inspiring summer with our undergrad researchers 🎓✨ Meet Ethan Cantor (Manchester) & Ben Collishaw (Cambridge), two of our brilliant students. Videos of their reflections coming next week — stay tuned! #UndergraduateResearch #STEM

✨ Step inside the future of innovation ✨ Our CORDE Nanofabrication Cleanrooms are state-of-the-art facilities, equipped with advanced tools and exceptional flexibility, turning the most ambitious research ideas into reality. Details on ways to work with us: corde.phy.cam.ac.uk/nanofabricat...

Fantastic to host 40+ researchers & students at Durham for the 7th Surfaces, Interfaces & Thin Films Day with @IoPThinFilmsAndSurfacesGroup.Thanks to Jack Kelsall , Daniel Dobrowolski & Kislon Voitchovsky. Stay tuned for #TFSGSummerSchool2026 corde.phy.cam.ac.uk/research-sup...

At CORDE's #AtomScattering and #AtomMicroscopy Facility, we’re pushing the boundaries of what’s possible✨

Using helium atom scattering the researchers can carry out ultra-sensitive structural and dynamic analysis of 2D materials and surfaces.

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5 - Core Nanofabrication

Access a broad range of semiconductor processing tools at CORDE. Create devices optimised for electrical and optical measurements with advanced nanofabrication capabilities.

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#CoreNanofabrication

4 - Electron-beam Lithography

CORDE’s electron-beam #lithography allows device fabrication with extreme precision, from hundreds of micrometres down to feature sizes as small as 8nm on silicon wafers.

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3 - XPS Suite

Analyse materials under varying environmental conditions with CORDE’s X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (#XPS). Ideal for surface chemistry and composition studies, even in complex settings.

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2 - Atom Scattering

Explore the cutting-edge field of 2D materials and surface science. CORDE’s atom scattering tools measure structure and dynamics, revealing atomic-level insights that drive new discoveries. #AtomScattering

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1 - Electron Ion Beam Microscopy

CORDE enables high-res scanning #ElectronMicroscopy imaging alongside precise chemical analysis. Perfect for detailed surface characterization and material study at the micro and nanoscale.

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Among the many capabilities that #CORDE offers, here are 5 that can advance your research and innovation! 👇
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