ISOM Semiconductor Devices Group

We carry out our research work at the Optoelectronic Systems and Microtechnology Institute (ISOM-UPM), which has been recognised as a Unique Science and Technology Facility (ICTS) as it has equipment that is not found anywhere else in Spain. The ISOM-ICTS has 400 m2 of clean rooms, 300 m2 of profiling laboratories with centralised air conditioning, and 200 m2 of instrumentation and electronics laboratories. It offers is technology, processing and profiling services to the Spanish scientific and technology community, and to international centres worldwide.

We have material growth equipment (molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems; plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PE-CVD) for two-dimensional crystals; sputtering for piezoelectrics); optical and electron beam lithography; wet and dry attack systems (RIE and ICP); Joule and electron beam metallisers; and chemical chambers, etc. We have specific laboratories for IR and UV optical profiling (anti-vibration tables, lasers and spectrographs), structural profiling (field-effect scanning electro microscope with cathodoluminescence, atomic force microscope, and X-Ray diffraction), and electric profiling (network analysers, high temperature, high pressure and power).

We are part of the international NANOFUTURES technology platform, the MERIL portal, the CAM national laboratories network in infrastructures, and other networks with Nanotechnology capabilities. We are members of the MONCLOA INTERNATIONAL EXCELLENCE CAMPUS (Materials for the Future and New Energy clusters). Our aim is to take a qualitative leap in the university/business/society collaboration, projecting the knowledge, skills and results generated so that they become a source of progress. Some projects within this field can be highlighted, such as FP7 ''3D GaN for High Efficiency Solid State Lighting'', and "Graphene-based Energy Storage Systems for Electric Vehicles", funded by REPSOL.