Carbon Electronics Cluster opens a State-of-the-art Carbon Electronics Research Facility at NC State

NC State inaugurated a new carbon electronics laboratory on Nov. 18, formally launching a state-of-the-art facility that is bringing together scientists and engineers across the university to do cutting-edge work in the field of organic and hybrid electronics.

The 6,000-square-foot facility for the Organic and Carbon Electronics Labs (ORaCEL), housed in the Partners III building on Centennial Campus, is equipped with state-of-the-art coating, microscopy, spectroscopy, materials characterization and device testing facilities. Funding for the interdisciplinary laboratory came primarily from NC State’s Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program and in part from a $2.8 million grant made by the University of North Carolina General Administration in 2015. The Colleges of Sciences and Engineering also contributed to the project, as well as the Departments of Physics and Materials Science and Engineering. More details can be found here.