IBM Research - Nanoscale Exploratory Technology Lab (NETL)

The Nanoscale Exploratory Technology Laboratory (NETL) will be a unique facility for exploratory research. NETL will not be a production or a pilot line with fixed processes or wafer sizes. Rather, it will be a state-of-the-art exploratory cleanroom fabrication facility combined with "noise-free" labs shielded against external vibrations, acoustic noise, electromagnetic fields and temperature fluctuations.

With the construction of this exciting new laboratory, IBM is leveraging its presence in Europe to attract and foster leading talent in nanotechnology. Bolstered in part by major ongoing initiatives of various government agencies, Europe is where at least one-third of worldwide investments are being made in nanotechnology in the next five years. NETL is at the leading edge of this exploratory research.

Why Zurich? IBM Research Zurich is considered by many as the birthplace of nanotechnology. This is the lab where resident scientists received the Nobel prize in physics in 1986 for inventing the scanning tunneling microscope. The other side of nanotechnology, namely materials structured on the nanometer scale to exhibit unique properties, is exemplified by the discovery of high-temperature superconductors, for which the Nobel prize in physics was awarded in 1987. Today, IBM Research Zurich continues to be a place where researchers with unique skills and expertise in the field of nanotechnology are given an environment in which they can pursue groundbreaking science.

For more information: http://www.zurich.ibm.com/netl/

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