Mesta Electronics partners to power Penn State semiconductor research

Two men posing with lab equipment

As one of the founding members of Penn State’s Silicon Carbide Innovation Alliance (SCIA), Mesta Electronics works with SCIA to grow silicon carbide crystals for semiconductors, which requires a stable, precise power source to heat a specialized furnace to extreme temperatures. To meet this need, Mesta Electronics LLC has donated two Mesta 50kW Induction Heating Power Supplies.

Wanlin Zhu

Wanlin Zhu

Research Engineer, Nanofabrication Process Engineer

(e) wuz14@psu.edu
(o) 814-321-6552
148 MRL Bldg

Yun Jing

Yun Jing

Professor

(e) yqj5201@psu.edu
(o) 814-867-1334
417 ECoRE Building

https://sites.psu.edu/jinglab/

Jainendra Jain named 2025 Wolf Prize laureate in physics

Jainendra K. Jain, Evan Pugh University Professor and Erwin W. Müller Professor of Physics and holder of the Eberly Family Chair in the Penn State Eberly College of Science, has been awarded, along with two others, the 2025 Wolf Prize in Physics for “groundbreaking contributions to quantum matter and its topological potential” that revolutionized “our understanding of two-dimensional electron systems in strong magnetic fields.”

‘Nanodot’ control could fine-tune light for sharper displays, quantum computing

Illustration and two SEM images

By Jamie Oberdick and Ashley WennersHerron

Newly achieved precise control over light emitted from incredibly tiny sources, a few nanometers in size, embedded in two-dimensional (2D) materials could lead to remarkably high-resolution monitors and advances in ultra-fast quantum computing, according to an international team led by researchers at Penn State and Université Paris-Saclay.