NEWS
Strandwitz vs. Pimputkar Group Round 5: Laser Tag
Zap, zap! Winter is approaching so this time it’s an indoor event … Laser Tag! May the better team zap away!
BBQ Session!
Okay, so the Pimputkar Group lost a bet while bowling … the bet being the loser hosts a BBQ session. So here we go: time to BBQ and smoke some meats before the winter hits!
New Publication: Growth kinetics of basic ammonothermal gallium nitride crystals
Hot off the press! Read more on the topic of growth kinetics as it relates to crystal growth of bulk GaN in basic ammonothermal systems.
Book chapter on bulk growth of GaN published!
Interested in coming up to speed on the current state-of-the-art in bulk, single crystal growth of GaN? Here’s your chance to get an overview of what has happened in the past decade. Read more here.
Member of the Program Committee Member
PI Siddha has joined the Program Committee Member for the SPIE Optics and Photonics (Wide Bandgap Session). Great group to work with and looking forward to building out the wide bandgap session at the conference series!
PI Siddha speaks at Colorado School of Mines
PI Siddha Pimputkar has been invited to speak at the Colorado School of Mines to establish collaborations with the great community of nitride growers at CSM and NREL. Excited for future collaboration opportunities once the lab is up and running at Lehigh and thank you for the invitation!
Almost there!
Things are cleaning up and looking pretty awesome! So nice and clean. Wonder how long that will last … All that’s need are the gas cabinets and plumbing jobs. Hopefully not too much longer …
Strandwitz vs. Pimputkar Group Round 3: Bowling!
Welcome to the second round of the Strandwitz vs. Pimputkar group! This time … bowling!
Patent application filed for next-gen CVD design!
Exciting news: we are now patent pending for a novel approach to the growth of decomposition limited materials using a new MOCVD design. Looking forward to demonstrating new high-indium content Group-III nitride materials and other interesting materials that have been out of reach thus far.