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Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride

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Welcome

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Research Projects

  • Research Projects overview
  • Nitrides for the 21st Century
  • GaN power electronics on Si
  • GaN on Diamond
  • Porous Nitrides
  • Cubic Nitride LEDs
  • Hetero-print Systems
  • Time-Resolved Cathodoluminescence
  • National Epitaxy Facility (NEF)
  • Past Projects

Facilities

  • Facilities overview
  • Electron Microscopy
  • High-Resolution XRD
  • Dual-Beam FIB/SEM
  • SEM-CL
  • Scanning Probe Microscopy
  • Time-resolved Cathodoluminescence Microscopy (TRCL)

MOCVD Reactors

  • MOCVD Reactors overview
  • Thomas Swan 6 x 2-inch Reactor
  • Aixtron Reactor
  • Veeco Reactor

Publications

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  • Paper of the Month
  • Review Articles
  • Publications from 2026
  • Publications from 2025
  • Publications from 2024
  • Publications from 2023
  • Earlier publications

Learning Resources

  • Learning Resources overview
  • Infographics
  • Our Apps

Crystal Structures

  • Crystal Structures overview
  • What is a Crystal?
  • Common Cubic Structures
  • Hexagonal structures
  • The CsCl and NaCl structure

Light bulbs workshop

  • Light bulbs workshop overview
  • Introduction
  • What do light bulbs need to work?
  • Where does electricity come from?
  • How much electricity do light bulbs use?
  • Where does the wasted energy go?
  • Investigate wasted energy yourself!
  • Teacher's Guide
  • Acknowledgements

Researcher Profiles

  • Researcher Profiles overview
  • Prof. Rachel Oliver
  • Prof. Sir Colin Humphreys
  • Dr Martin Frentrup
  • Dr Galih R Suwito
  • Dr Ted Thrush
  • Dr Markus Pristovsek
  • Dr Lata Sahonta
  • Dr Fabien Massabuau
  • John Jarman
  • Helen Springbett
  • Peter Griffin
  • Home
  • Welcome

    Welcome

    Welcome overview
    • Contact Us
    • Vacancies
  • Research Projects

    Research Projects

    Research Projects overview
    • Nitrides for the 21st Century
    • GaN power electronics on Si
    • GaN on Diamond
    • Porous Nitrides
    • Cubic Nitride LEDs
    • Hetero-print Systems
    • Time-Resolved Cathodoluminescence
    • National Epitaxy Facility (NEF)
    • Past Projects
  • Group Members
  • Facilities

    Facilities

    Facilities overview
    • MOCVD Reactors
    • Electron Microscopy
    • High-Resolution XRD
    • Dual-Beam FIB/SEM
    • SEM-CL
    • Scanning Probe Microscopy
    • Time-resolved Cathodoluminescence Microscopy (TRCL)
  • Publications

    Publications

    Publications overview
    • Paper of the Month
    • Review Articles
    • Publications from 2026
    • Publications from 2025
    • Publications from 2024
    • Publications from 2023
    • Earlier publications
  • News
  • Media Coverage
  • Learning Resources

    Learning Resources

    Learning Resources overview
    • Crystal Structures
    • Light bulbs workshop
    • Infographics
    • Researcher Profiles
    • Our Apps
    • Home
    • Welcome
    • Research Projects
    • Group Members
    • Facilities
    • Publications
    • News
    • Media Coverage
    • Learning Resources

Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride

Welcome to the Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride. As the UK’s National Epitaxy Facility hub for nitrides, we pioneer GaN materials science and characterisation to enable next generation semiconductor technology through cutting-edge research in collaboration with universities and industry.

Paper of the Month
April 2026 "A cascade model for the defect-driven etching of porous GaN distributed Bragg reflectors"
Outreach activities near you!
We are passionate about education and outreach! If you would like support for an education project then please get in touch.
gan-schools@msm.cam.ac.uk
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Researcher Profiles
Read the stories of how some of our researchers built their careers in science in our researcher profiles.

News

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4 Mar 2026

Congratulations Dr Adams!

4 Feb 2026

Huge Congratulations to Yucheng Hu!

13 Jan 2026

Sami Kibal won student poster prize at the UKNC meeting

15 Dec 2025

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2026!

10 Dec 2025

Francesca and Yucheng have submitted their PhD theses

27 Oct 2025

Congratulation to Chen to his well-deserved PhD graduation!

Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride

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