{"id":34,"date":"2022-07-21T10:13:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T10:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iue.tuwien.ac.at\/promod\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-10-29T22:58:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T22:58:51","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iue.tuwien.ac.at\/promod\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We develop physical models of semiconductor fabrication. They link atomistic surface processes and plasma reactors to the shape of the structures on the wafer, and we release them in the open-source process simulator ViennaPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The laboratory, directed by Lado Filipovic, is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iue.tuwien.ac.at\/\">Institute for Microelectronics<\/a> at TU Wien and works with its company partner Silvaco. It started in October 2022 and runs until September 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1640\" height=\"909\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iue.tuwien.ac.at\/promod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/multiscale-modeling-scales.png\" alt=\"Map of simulation methods by length and time scale, from DFT and molecular dynamics through kinetic Monte Carlo and drift-diffusion to the reactor and the circuit\" class=\"wp-image-548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iue.tuwien.ac.at\/promod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/multiscale-modeling-scales.png 1640w, https:\/\/www.iue.tuwien.ac.at\/promod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/multiscale-modeling-scales-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/www.iue.tuwien.ac.at\/promod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/multiscale-modeling-scales-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.iue.tuwien.ac.at\/promod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/multiscale-modeling-scales-768x426.png 768w, 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interactions<\/a> from DFT and molecular dynamics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iue.tuwien.ac.at\/promod\/research\/#atomistic\">Implantation and annealing<\/a> of dopants in silicon carbide<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iue.tuwien.ac.at\/promod\/research\/#feature-scale\">Feature-scale simulation<\/a> of etching and deposition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iue.tuwien.ac.at\/promod\/research\/#emulation\">Process emulation<\/a> of complete device structures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iue.tuwien.ac.at\/promod\/research\/#surrogates\">Surrogate models and calibration<\/a> with machine learning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ViennaTools\/\">Open-source software<\/a> in the ViennaTools suite<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iue.tuwien.ac.at\/promod\/research\/\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#006699\">Read more about our research<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iue.tuwien.ac.at\/promod\/publications\/\" style=\"color:#006699\">Publications<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Partners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:12.5%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuwien.at\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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