One of the largest university-based facilities - working at the intersection of biology and engineering.
Research Facilities
MNTL is one of the country's largest and most sophisticated university facilities for conducting photonics, microelectronics, biotechnology, and nanotechnology research. Our 15 class 100 and 1000 cleanrooms, 46 general purpose labs, and 2,500 square foot biosafety level-2 bionanotechnology complex contain all the tools researchers need to conduct their work.
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COVID-19
All University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign visits have been suspended indefinitely in response to proactive policies instituted by our university to protect the health and welfare of all participants and attendees amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. All cleanroom new user training is canceled until further notice as well.
- Holonyak Lab student wins Best Presentation Prize
Holonyak Lab student Ryan Hool won a Best Student Presentation Prize at a recent IEEE Conference.
- New discovery advances optical microscopy enabling it to solve challenging problems across many fields of science and engineering
New research led by Holonyak Lab faculty is advancing the field of optical microscopy, giving the field a critical new tool to solve challenging problems across many fields of science and engineering.
- Holonyak Lab undergrad student published in physics journal
In the spring of 2020, Holonyak Lab senior Jarod Meyer became one of three undergraduate students from ICORLAB to publish a first-authored journal paper in the last six years.
- Holonyak Lab professor develops dielectrics for high-temperature electronics
Many industries call for electronics that can operate reliably in extremely high temperatures. Holonyak Lab's Wenjuan Zhu hopes to develop gate dielectrics that can withstand temperatures above 500°C (932°F).
- Holonyak Lab student wins the Gregory Stillman Semiconductor Research Award
Holonyak Lab student Harshil Dave wins the Gregory Stillman Semiconductor Research Award for his excellence in semiconductor research.
- Holonyak Lab student awarded Yunni and Maxine Pao Memorial Fellowship
Ph.D. student Yan Zhang has been awarded the Yunni and Maxine Pao Memorial Fellowship.