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In the new "Christian Doppler Laboratory" at TU Wien, research is focused on the fundamental issues of piezoelectric materials and devices to enable future applications. We are proud to support the new laboratory with a scia Coat 200 as an industrial partner. This ion beam sputtering system will be used to produce extremely precise, smooth, and uniform coatings on substrates, including advanced materials such as aluminum nitride and scandium aluminum nitride.

Supporting social and charitable projects is an important aspect of our corporate philosophy. As a globally active company, we know how important it is to maintain local ties and support the region where we work. That way we can help make Chemnitz and the surrounding area an attractive home for families, students and professionals. We are therefore proud to support small and large associations with a total of 5,000 euros.

Our scia Multi 500 magnetron sputtering system is designed specifically for multilayer coating deposition on optics at (sub-) nanometer precision. The substrate is precisely positioned in a linear inline coating setup with load locks at both ends to achieve gradient layers and superior uniformity.

With more than 47,000 students, the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen is the second largest university for technical courses in Germany. Their research laboratory will demonstrate the feasibility of large-scale fabrication of 2D layers. These consist of individual atomic layers of intrinsically stable crystals and can be stacked on top of each other - despite their different characteristics - and built up into complex (hetero) layer structures. The equipment required for this  will be set up in the Central Laboratory for Micro- and Nanotechnology and will now be completed by a scia Coat 200.

With the Athena project, the European Space Agency will launch the largest X-ray telescope ever built into space. A new kind of optics had to be invented in order to achieve the goal of looking deeper into the universe than any previous X-ray observatory missions. scia Systems, a high-tech company based in Chemnitz, Germany, supplies crucial technology to produce these optics.

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Magnetic field sensors for flexible and wearable devices are the key technology for motion detection, e.g. in industrial robotics, prosthetics, and virtual and augmented reality applications.

Sensors based on the giant magnetoresistance (GMR) effect can be printed on polymer films with a material thickness of 1 μm to 150 μm using a polymer carrier.

This GMR technology places high demands on a coating system. For instance, GMR stacks, which usually consist of multiple Co and Cu layers about 1 nm thick (Fig. 1), require an accuracy of the layer thickness of better than 0.1 nm. In our new Application Note, we provide an insight into the production of this sensors.

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Every year, scia Systems sponsors up to four non-profit organizations or social projects suggested by its employees. Once again, the jury had a hard time choosing between all the projects. In addition to sports clubs, two social institutions were also able to prevail this year...

For apprenticeships starting in 2022, we are still looking for trainees in various fields, e.g. as Fachinformatiker/-in, Elektroniker/-in and Mechatroniker/-in. Do you have a preference for technology and good mathematics and physics knowledge? Then have a look on our open training positions. We offer exciting apprenticeship opportunities and very good chances to become hired after successful final examinations.

With the Bildungs-Werkstatt Chemnitz and its modern and qualified educational offerings, we have found a strong partner for our apprenticeship. Through the cooperation in the joint apprenticeship, we can not only convey all educational contents to our trainees, according the Vocational Training Act, but also continuously improve the quality of our apprenticeship today and in the future.

We look forward to continuing our successful cooperation.

The PIn3S project focuses on the development of process and equipment technology for the production of adaptive optics, which are required for semiconductor technology with conduction path distances of only 3 nanometers. We are proud to contribute our know-how and experience in ion beam and plasma technology to this project ...

The scia Multi 300 is the new magnetron sputtering system made by scia Systems. It was especially designed for the deposition of high-quality multilayer coatings on wafers up to 300 mm.

The synchronized orbital and spin rotation ensures excellent uniformity and very good reproducibility, while the face-down orientation of the substrates guarantees minimal particle load...