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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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- Holonyak Lab researchers develop new framework for nanoantenna light absorption
Harnessing light’s energy into nanoscale volumes requires novel engineering approaches to overcome a fundamental barrier known as the “diffraction limit.” Holonyak Lab researchers have breached this barrier by developing nanoantennas that pack the energy captured from light sources.
- Dragic highlights enabling role of fiber laser technologies; Paper among "Most Read" from 2018
Dragic highlights enabling role of fiber laser technologies; paper among "Most Read" from 2018.
- Holonyak Lab to be upgraded thanks to Investment for Growth Program
When Brian Cunningham attended Illinois in the 1980s, the equipment he used in the Microelectronics Laboratory was top-of-the-line. Now as the Director of the Holonyak Lab, Cunningham, along with faculty and students, are still using some of the same equipment.
- Li leads search for new semiconductors with gallum oxide
A team of University of Illinois electrical engineers led by Holonyak Lab Professor Xiuling Li, Donald Biggar Willett Scholar, have cleared another hurdle in high-power semiconductor fabrication.
- Bayram attends distinguished China-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
Holonyak Lab Assistant Professor Can Bayram is one of “60 of the most promising engineers under the age of 45 from China and the United States” selected to attend the 2019 China-America Frontiers of Engineering (CAFOE) Symposium.
- MNTL students receive prestigious SPIE scholarships
This year the SPIE society gave out 84 scholarships to outstanding students across the world. Two of those scholarships were awarded to Nick Holonyak, Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory students.