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<span style="text-transform: none;">Dear Colleagues,</span></div>
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Welcome to the newly formed North American Plasma Etch Exchange (NAPEX). NAPEX is derived from the tremendous success of the recent National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) etch working group. The group's history extends back 22 years to the
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN), when biannual workshops were held exclusively at Cornell University's Nanofabrication Facility (CNF) for a decade. With the formation of the NNCI in 2015, etch workshops and symposia were held at various
network sites, including Stanford, Harvard, Penn, Georgia Tech, and recently in 2025 at MIT.nano and Harvard. Attendance has grown from 30-40 participants, mostly network etch personnel, to more than 200 attendees from across the nation. NAPEX represents an
expansion of the group to include our colleagues across the USA and Canada, including academic and government lab etch personnel. NAPEX will provide a forum where we can address the growing challenges facing plasma etching and propose creative solutions.</div>
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We invite you to visit our website at <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/napex-plasma-etch-exchange/home" data-outlook-id="814bfea7-1f94-4326-84c5-c6d4af11d753">
https://sites.google.com/view/napex-plasma-etch-exchange/home</a> for additional information and upcoming events. A virtual symposium is planned for October 2026, featuring expert talks on critical issues facing nanoscale pattern transfer, so please check the
site for updates. In addition, we plan to hold periodic virtual town hall meetings where we can collectively discuss the etch processes and equipment issues that are important to you. An in-person symposium is also planned for later in 2027, featuring talks,
vendor participation, and an expert panel discussion.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If you have any questions, please contact any member of the leadership team listed below, or reach out to us at
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 134, 240);"><a href="mailto:Join.napex@gmail.com" class="ms-outlook-linkify" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="0a5266fd-3e5f-4c78-a62b-707ff7e58b9f" style="color: rgb(0, 134, 240);"><b>Join.napex@gmail.com</b></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.
We eagerly look forward to your participation.</span></div>
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Best regards,</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ling Xie: </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 134, 240);"><a href="mailto:lxie@cns.fas.harvard.edu" class="ms-outlook-linkify" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="d8b8592d-fdab-45a7-ad34-6a9829588a58" style="color: rgb(0, 134, 240);">lxie@cns.fas.harvard.edu</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Vince Genova: </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 134, 240);"><a href="mailto:vjg6@cornell.edu" class="ms-outlook-linkify" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="c60a3b04-99fb-46ba-8bc2-b975d7a60f0e" style="color: rgb(0, 134, 240);">vjg6@cornell.edu</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Lavendra Mandyam: </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 134, 240);"><a href="mailto:lavendra@stanford.edu" class="ms-outlook-linkify" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="e0b77375-438b-49c3-ad0e-ed92f59811d4" style="color: rgb(0, 134, 240);">lavendra@stanford.edu</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">Durga Gajula: </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 134, 240); text-transform: none;"><a href="mailto:dgajula@gatech.edu" class="ms-outlook-linkify" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="461d3b2f-24cb-476d-b4c8-5405f4bca29c" style="color: rgb(0, 134, 240);">dgajula@gatech.edu</a></span></div>
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