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16 January 2026
Reducing wafer bow in GaN-on-QST growth
Growth pressure modification allows thicker drift layers needed for 1200V-and-beyond vertical devices on silicon.
15 January 2026

EIB backs Europe’s first gallium production investment with €90m for METLEN

Project strengthens EU supply of critical raw materials

14 January 2026

Mitsubishi Electric shipping samples of four new trench SiC MOSFET bare dies for power semiconductors

Advanced bare dies for diverse embedding needs, enabling lower power consumption in power electronics equipment

14 January 2026

Australia investing $1.2bn to create Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve

Strategic Reserve to focus initially on antimony, gallium and rare-earth elements

13 January 2026

Wolfspeed produces single-crystal 300mm silicon carbide wafer

Scalable platform for powering AI infrastructure, AR/VR and advanced power devices

13 January 2026

Swansea’s CISM to lead new UK Centre for Doctoral Training in semiconductor skills

Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials to collaborate with University of Leeds

12 January 2026

BluGlass secures contract extension with NCSU-led CLAWS Hub

Third year, worth US$680,000, part of Commercial Leap Ahead for Wide Bandgap Semiconductors Hub

12 January 2026

US orders HieFo to divest Emcore indium phosphide assets

Control by China citizen deemed to be national security risk

9 January 2026

Perceptra secures €1.2m funding from PhotonDelta

MIT spin-off and Global Photonics Engineering Contest winner relocating R&D facilities to Netherlands to scale photonic sensing for chemical monitoring

9 January 2026

AXT updates Q4/2025 revenue guidance to $22.5–23.5m

Fewer export control permits for InP issued by China than previously expected

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8 January 2026
Metal-modulated cubic GaN epitaxy
Process enables improved morphology and phase purity in red-light-emitting samples.
18 December 2025
Quasi-vertical selective area growth GaN diode on silicon
Device demonstrates non-destructive avalanche breakdown at 720V.
11 December 2025
Patterning GaN for improved red LEDs
Square 300µm template region enhances LED external quantum efficiency by 57%.
4 December 2025
Semi-polar epitaxial layer overgrowth improves micro-LED performance
Researchers report efficiency and power benefits
27 November 2025
Nitrogen-polar III-N HFETs on 200mm sapphire substrates
Researchers demonstrate MOCVD growth with a view to industrial cost-effective, large-scale production.
20 November 2025
Far-UVC LEDs on c-plane sapphire
Devices with 225nm wavelength achieve 0.12 external quantum efficiency and 0.08mW light output power.
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9 December 2025

Global IP dynamics highlight surging GaN innovation activity in Q3/2025
Of 599 new patent families, 70% originate from Chinese players, notes KnowMade.

9 December 2025

Nitrogen-polar III-N HFETs on 200mm sapphire substrates
Researchers demonstrate MOCVD growth with a view to industrial costeffective, large-scale production.

9 December 2025

Inverting Ga-polar LEDs for N-polar benefit
Structure enables around 1000x light output over comparable N-polar LED.

9 December 2025

Benefits of hexagonal mesa for micro-LEDs
Devices demonstrate enhanced current diffusion and uniformity.

9 December 2025

P-type layer etch for enhanced deep UV LEDs
Researchers have achieved a 10.9% increase in light output power.

9 December 2025

Hidden powerhouse: South Wales, at the heart of the global compound semiconductor industry
Howard Rupprecht, managing director of CSconnected, highlights the global role of the South Wales-based compound semiconductor cluster.

3 October 2025

Indium arsenide quantum dot laser full MBE on (100) silicon
V-grooves eliminate anti-phase boundaries and reduce threading dislocations.

3 October 2025

Quantum cascade lasers on a mid-infrared silicon photonic platform
Devices have achieved a T0 characteristic temperature of 180K, comparable to state-of-the-art devices on native III-V substrates.