Crystal Palace Future Program Announcement

The Crystal Palace program aims to accelerate microsystem innovation by creating new tools and techniques to enable the rapid development of new complex thin film inorganic materials at scale. The program has two technical challenges: precise local control of the material synthesis process and generalized control to enable broad applicability for many complex materials. The program is interested in tools and processes that can synthesize different types of complex inorganic materials at single-crystal quality. Key aspects of the program include: • Material complexity is considered in terms of the number of constituent elements or the number of possible competing crystal structures • Emphasis is given on the single crystal quality of the grown materials, non-uniformity across a 2-inch scale, and reproducibility of the growth process • The program has four phases with specific metrics and requirements for each phase • Proposers must select at least two different material types and classes, and propose other material types or classes with justification • The desired material composition and crystal structure must be pre-defined, and the material must be stable at room temperature