ASML and Dutch Physics: A History of the Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography (ARCNL), 2014-2024 - Hardcover

Brookhuis, Hein

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9048571634 ISBN 13: 9789048571635

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press, 2025

Synopsis

In 2014, the global market leader in advanced chipmaking machines ASML joined forces with NWO, AMOLF, the University of Amsterdam, and Vrije Universiteit to establish a new research institute in the Netherlands: the Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography (ARCNL). ARCNL represents a unique form of public-private collaboration in science, aligned with a political climate that actively encouraged partnerships between academia and industry. How did this collaboration come into being, and how did it function in practice? And what consequences did this institutional arrangement have for the scientists involved?

ASML and Dutch Physics draws on archival research and interviews to offer insight into how science and industry interact, the motivations that drive such partnerships, and how scientific and technological perspectives are balanced. It reveals how the political and societal context of the twenty-first century imposes new demands on contemporary scientists.

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About the Author

Hein Brookhuis (University of Amsterdam) studied History & Philosophy of Science at Utrecht University and obtained his PhD from KU Leuven (2024) with a dissertation on Belgian nuclear research.

From the Back Cover

In 2014, the global market leader in advanced chipmaking machines ASML joined forces with NWO, AMOLF, the University of Amsterdam, and Vrije Universiteit to establish a new research institute in the Netherlands: the Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography (ARCNL). ARCNL represents a unique form of public-private collaboration in science, aligned with a political climate that actively encouraged partnerships between academia and industry. How did this collaboration come into being, and how did it function in practice? And what consequences did this institutional arrangement have for the scientists involved?

ASML and Dutch Physics draws on archival research and interviews to offer insight into how science and industry interact, the motivations that drive such partnerships, and how scientific and technological perspectives are balanced. It reveals how the political and societal context of the twenty-first century imposes new demands on contemporary scientists.

Edition details

• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9048571634
• ISBN 13: 9789048571635
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 152