Graphene Flagship online event to unveil new Pilot Line plans

In October, the European Commission announced a new €20 million investment to develop the first pilot line to manufacture large volumes of electronic components based on graphene and related 2D materials. On Thursday 4 February 2021, the Graphene Flagship will host an exclusive online event to unveil all the details of the project and explain how the 2D Experimental Pilot line (2D-EPL) will accelerate the production of graphene-enabled products.

The event will take place at 3pm CET, and before that the Graphene Flagship will host a dedicated briefing for Press and Media at 1.30pm CET.

Free registration: http://bit.ly/EPLevent

You may find additional information about the Graphene Flagship 2D Experimental Pilot Line here:

• Official Website
• Official News Release, October 2020.
• “New plant to manufacture graphene electronics.” Feature article on Graphene Magazine, September 2020 (pdf).
• 2D-EPL Logo.

Full programme (all times CET):

1.30pm – Press and Media briefing: The Graphene Flagship 2D Experimental Pilot Line.
Rebecca Waters, Dissemination

3.00pm – Introduction to the 2D-EPL goals and key milestones
Sanna Arpiainen, VTT Finland

3.15pm – 2D Materials: research to manufacturing
Luigi Colombo, University of Texas

4.00pm – AIXTRON MOCVD: making 2D material industrialisation possible
Oliver Whear, AIXTRON Ltd.

4.25pm - Panel discussion: How the 2D-EPL contributes to the adoption of GRM by the semiconductor world.

Speaker bios

Luigi Colombo earned BS (1975) degree in Physics from Iona College (NY) and PhD (1980) degree in Materials Science from the University of Rochester (NY). He is now an Adjunct Professor of Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas after a 36-year career at Texas Instruments (TI). He has authored and co-authored over 170 refereed papers, made over 200 invited and contributed presentations, has written 5 chapters in edited books, and holds over 125 US and international patents. He is on the Strategic Advisory Council of the European Graphene Flagship, has been on the advisory board of the UC Berkeley Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science External Advisory Board, the SRC-NRI Technical Program Group, and the SRC-STARnet Strategic Advisory Board. He is also a retired-TI Fellow, and is an IEEE and APS Fellow.

Oliver Whear graduated with a Master’s degree in Physics from the University of York while investigating the growth of magnetic thin films. He went on to work as an X-ray applications scientist before becoming a product manager for a compound semiconductor HRXRD tool fleet. During his time as an X-ray applications scientist, Oliver worked with customers throughout the whole semiconductor supply chain including substrate manufacture, III-V foundries, memory foundries and <14nm logic R&D lines to develop new metrologies for in-line investigation and quality control in the industry’s most advanced production processes. Now as the Product Manager for 2D materials at AIXTRON, Oliver is tasked with enabling industry to adopt 2D into their process roadmap and to work with the academic community to realise future applications.