Nanolab Science Village
Transitioning to the next level, Lund University is building a new, state-of-the-art nano laboratory next to the exclusive research facilities ESS and MAX IV, in Lund’s Science Village. Nanolab Science Village will also offer researchers unique opportunities to provide humanity with new knowledge for a sustainable civilization – paving the way for the establishment of Lund University in the emerging district.
“Nanotechnology and nanoscience are essential to face global challenges and achieve a sustainable world. We are already working on this, but we are bursting at the seams. For researchers and industry to work together to solve the problems of the future, we need to be able to offer hands-on training to our students for tomorrow’s business. Integrating research, education, and nanolab activities in Science Village is an ideal way to do this,” says Anders Mikkelsen, NanoLund’s director.
Aims
- State-of-the-art resources in nanofabrication for NanoLund researchers and the wider research community
- Educating students and researchers in nanofabrication and semiconductor processing
- Expand cooperation within Scandinavia, MAX IV, ESS, companies, and other European and international cleanroom facilities
- Provide an excellent research infrastructure for micro- and nanotechnology. An infrastructure for developing and fabricating materials, structures, and components for advanced research in physics, materials science, nanoscience, chemistry, life sciences, energy and environment, and nanoelectronics
- Outstanding training opportunities for the fabrication of semiconductor components, and micro- and nanostructures for undergraduate students
- Open access infrastructure for academia, institutes, and companies
- Complementing and providing a platform for collaboration with MAX IV and ESS by offering an infrastructure for manufacturing and investigating samples at the micro- and nano-scale
- Contribute to an innovation environment with active collaboration with companies
- Provide stable and reproducible processes for cutting-edge applied and fundamental research
- Built-in flexibility to support dynamic development
- Design, workflows, and structures that provide even more safe handling of chemicals and gases
- Larger areas, higher cleanliness, adequate access to ventilation, cooling, and electricity, allowing the installation of more modern equipment
- Premises designed to meet modern technical, acoustic, ventilation, heating, and accessibility requirements
- Nanolab Science Village will be part af Myfab, just as our current nanofabrication capability
Next stop: Science Village
- Nanolab will be the third major materials science research infrastructure in Science Village, after MAX IV and ESS.
- The lab is open to industry and start-up companies.
- Striving to do pioneering science, NanoLund supports innovation, and has proudly seen several spin-off companies evolving.
Our funders
To finance the equipment for the new lab, an extensive funding program is underway. The largest contribution is planned from the Olle Engkvist Foundation, which intends to donate a total of SEK 100 million. Other major contributions come from the LMK Foundation, the Crafoord Foundation, Sparbanksstiftelsen Finn, the Swedish Research Council through Myfab and Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation through the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability – WISE.
“Our funders are invaluable to us, as they make it possible for us to conduct cutting-edge research with state-of-the-art equipment,” says Anders Mikkelsen, director of NanoLund.
Myfab
Lund Nano Lab is a member of Myfab – the Swedish research infrastructure for micro- and nanofabrication, supported by the Swedish Research Council. Other members are KTH, Chalmers and Uppsala University.
Science Village blog
The “LU in Science Village Blog” is a central platform for updates on Lund University’s Science Village establishment work, including includes the Nanolab Science Village project.
