05/03/2026
Dr. Zin has presented the research topic of "Unlocking Capabilities of Ozonated Oxide for Si Solar Cells with Passivated Contact Technologies" at MRS 2026. The research was funded by the Department of Energy.
04/20/2026
Undergraduate and Graduate students from ECE attending the sputtering process and characterizations demonstrated by NCF team (Dr. Zin, Dr. Wang and Dr. Sharma) on 4/15 and 4/20.
03/04/2026
Undergraduate and Graduate students from ECE attending the fundamentals of lithography process demonstrated by NCF team (Dr. Zin, Dr. Wang and Dr. Sharma) on 3/04 and 2/25.
11/21/2025
NCF team (Bhoopal, Rahul, Huazhong and Ngwe) completed the I-Corp: Propelus Fall 2025 Program. The team undertook the intensive customer discovery activities toward the project topic of developing Biosensing devices by Maskless Lithography technqiues.
11/06/2025
ECE undergraduate students attending the lecture and demonstrations of dopant diffusion process and characterizations techniques.
10/24/2025
Dr. Zin has been nominated by faculty and staff colleagues across Rutgers School of Engineering to become a recipient of 2025 Rutgers Engineering Outstanding Performance Award.
08/20/2025
Nanofabrication CORE Facility partners with IEEE TryEngineering for STEM Educations.
More information can be found through the link here: https://soe.rutgers.edu/news/soe-partners-ieee-tryengineering-host-nj-s…
07/31/2025
Hosting and conducting seminars to K-12 teachers as part of IEEE TryEngineering Educator Session 2025.
05/05/2025
Students attending the lectures and demonstrations of fundamentals of Diffusion, RTA Annealing and Sheet Resistance Measurements.
03/12/2025
Students attending the lectures and demonstrations of fundamentals of Oxidation, Lithography Patterning and Characterizations.
12/18/2024
Dr. Zin and his team has published the effects of Spin-Dry technique on the surface passivation of Crystalline Silicon structures.
https://doi.org/10.1002/pssr.202400314
11/21/2024
Students attending the fundamentals of Atomic Layer Deposition and Characterizations, and Lab Demonstrations.
08/15/2024
Dr. Zin and his colleagues developed a novel proximity doping technique that ca be used in semiconductor, photovoltaic, MEMS, and Optical devices. A Patent Cooperation Treaty application (PCT/US24/42494) has been filed for this novel technique.
08/05/2024
NJ teachers attending the IEEE TryEngineering Educators for Semiconductors Workshop.
04/01/2024
Students attending the lithography pattern development process prior to the demonstration.
01/29/2024
ECE Students taking part in the lab demonstration of Microelectronic Processing Course.
11/16/2023
ECE students taking part in the lab teaching and demonstration of the fundamental of Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition Synthesized Silicon Nitride, and characterization by the Ellipsometry.
10/19/2023
A group of ECE students attending the demonstration of measuring diffusion sheet resistance of semiconductor wafers, as part of “Semiconductors for AI” course in the 2023 fall semester.
08/17/2023
6/12/2023
Our NCF team (Dr. Kumar, Dr. Gao and Dr. Zin) presented the results of characterization of DI-O3 oxide for poly-Si solar cells, as part of DOE SETO grant DEEE0009367 in 50th IEEE PVSC conference at San Juan, Puerto Rico from June 12 – 16, 2023. Some results part of the presentation are shown below.
6/8/2023
NCF will be showcasing its capabilities in the International Advanced Manufacturing Conference (NAMRC51 | MSEC 2023 | LEM&P 2023) June 12-16. Dr. Vibhor Kumar will be undertaking the showcase of our capabilities and addressing questions from the conference attendees. More information can be found in the link here:
NAMRC51 | MSEC 2023 | LEM&P 2023
5/24/2023
NCF team has already set up E-beam lithography and it’s operational. We are organizing trainings for new users. Sample features developed by EBL are shown below.
5/23/2023
Jinam Modasiya, a senior of ECE undergraduate program has joined our team to work on projects: fabrication, characterization and materials development of semiconductor and photovoltaic devices. Research works Jinam undertakes within NCF will be part of his senior year projects. Welcome aboard Jinam!
04/28/2023
Up to 25 ECE undergraduate students undertaken the lab demonstration sections as part of Microelectronic Processing course in the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023. Students were split into 4 groups and they learned the fundamentals of micro/nanolithography patterning process, deposition of dielectric materials, measurements and characterizations, along with hands-on experiments.
