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Semiconductor nanowires (SC-NWs) open new fields of investigation in fundamental physics, and offer unique opportunities for the future generation of electronics, photonics, sensors, actuators, energy, and medical applications. Since many NWs based applications rely on the transport of carriers, the

The INSCOOP project proposes an original strategy to integrate optical links on Si wafer for on-chip interconnects. The link consists of a Si optical waveguide fabricated from a SOI (Si on insulator) substrate. A compact optical source operating at 1.2 µm wavelength or above will be fabricated direc

The THERMA3D project aims to develop a new concept of interposer for thermal management of microelectronic devices in 3D architecture. Heterogeneous integration processes face the 'Wall of heat'. The radical innovation which is proposed addresses devices having user profiles with power peaks.

Single-molecule techniques have demonstrated their powerful capabilities to dissect various complex biological systems. In particular, the mechanisms of DNA machineries can be elucidated and DNA-protein interactions can be not only identified, but also precisely characterized. Time has come to dev

The success of biotherapies requires efficient but selective delivery of therapeutic molecules to their target site and their internalization into malignant cells. Therefore, it is necessary to identify appropriate targets within pathological cells and to devise strategies for efficient and targeted

NANOMORPH, is an ANR project emerging from a consortium between industrials in chemistry and optics, and academics specialized in electromagnetic metrology and physico-chemistry of nanoparticles. The main goal of this research project lies in the development and the pre-prototyping of an innovative

The increasing interest in the global climate and in the reduce availability of petroleum resources, added to the human health preoccupations such as a better understanding of the gut metagenome involved in dietary fibber breakdown, have generated a vast amount of research over the decades due to in

This project aims to demonstrate high sensitivity gas sensing with gas discrimination capacity, using nanophotonic integrated laser diodes. It is based on an existing collaboration between LAAS-CNRS and IES, following a first project in the ANR blanc framework CRISPI CRISPI. In this new project; we

A new generation of electron pumped ultraviolet (UV) lamps will be developed where light is emitted from III-nitride semiconductor nanostructures that are excited by carbon nanotube (CNT) field emission (FE) cathodes. UV sources are used for many industrial, medical and analytical applications such

This industrial research program aims at the realization of a MEMS microphone sensor, based on an innovative concept and an advanced micro-electronics technology using Si nanowires. The main target is conception, realization and characterization of a very compact microphone demonstrator. Two kind

TRI-CO focuses on the study of the pressure-induced mechanical collapse of carbon nanotubes (CCNT) and the physicial properties of collapsed nanotubes. In parallel TRI-CO explores the potential of the use of CCNT for the improvement of the performances of carbon nanotubes (CNT) based composite mater

The objective of this project is to open a new avenue for the design and fabrication of hybrid integrated photonic devices by harnessing the unique excellent quality of interfaces obtained by such heteroepitaxial bonding. This bonding technique has the capability to associate two materials that cann

This project focuses on the study and development of Aqueous Colloidal Suspensions of anisotropic Nanoparticles (ACSN). These materials have unique electro-optical properties that have some similarities with those of liquid crystals (LC). For example in isotropic phase, the application of an externa

Context: Since decades, the treatment of bone diseases is a challenge due to the apparent inability of bone to self-repair. There is no effective therapy available and patients can only be helped by surgical joint replacement. Therefore, tissue engineering for bone regeneration appears as the mos

The recent developments in spintronics has the power to impact communication technologies in the same way as the discovery of Giant Magneto-Resistance (GMR), awarded by the 2007 Nobel Prize, did in the 1990's for data storage. The next foreseen application of nanoscale spintronic devices with large

Modern electronics is constantly pushing the boundaries of functional integration, which is particularly remarkable in many portable applications in consumer electronics, in particular. As systems continue to shrink, less energy is available on-board, leading to short device lifetime. Research conti

Our project aims at improving the basic knowledge of the nucleation process of oxide-based nanowires (NWs) and nanocrystalline thin films that should result in a breakthrough technology in the field of materials energy and more precisely of solar photon conversion. The purpose is to investigate in s

With a worldwide electric power consumption close to 20% for general lighting, the set up of low consumption light sources is a one of possible answer to the greenhouse effect problem. From OIDA (Optoelectronic Industry Development Association) point of view, the transition from incandescent light b

We propose a low-cost and low-technology approach to investigate individual cell responses. This new generation of biosensor (and biochip) is likely to pave the way toward biological data sets that have never been accessed so far. The strength and novelty of our approach is based on several key elem

Growing needs for increased data traffic drive the development of CMOS based optical circuits that include various building blocks such as waveguides, couplers, sources, detectors and modulators, in the IR telecom range. The latter components solutions span from mature and non-integrated devices mad

Local electrical measurements by atomic force microscopy (AFM) have become an indispensable tool, as much for the characterization of materials, structures and devices at an increasingly reduced scale, as for the more fundamental properties studies of nanostructures and nano-objects. This is the rea

The main goal of the project « DELTA » is the development of a new technology of quantum cascade lasers (QCL) operating in the far infrared, up to THz, spectral region. This domain of the electromagnetic spectrum is of great interest for numerous applications in such areas as medicine, security, as

The modern definition of Ohm, the S.I. unit of electrical resistance, is based on the Quantum Hall Effect discovered by von Klitzing in 1981. Basically, a two-dimensional conductor shows a quantized transverse resistance when subjected to a large magnetic field perpendicular to the conducting plane,

Terpenoids (or isoprenoïds) are a group of natural compounds that are extraordinary diverse in chemistry, structure and function. Surprisingly, they have never been used previously in the nanomedicine field for drug delivery and targeting purposes. Our aim in this research project is to use the extr

In 2008, researchers at Hewlett-Packard have unveiled a new electronic component, called the memristor. Theorized by Leon Chua in 1971, this electronic device is a non-volatile, non-linear resistor. By applying a voltage, it is possible to vary continuously the resistance of the device, and the devi

Nanoscience is an area of growing research, mainly through the promising emergence of new nano-objects or nano-materials. This research area is now facing a challenge: the measurement of intrinsic properties of nano-object. In the NanoRobust project, we propose to address this challenge through two

Over the past decade, carbon materials have attracted a great deal of attention in a wide range of applications of technological importance. Thus in catalysis, a growing interest has emerged for the synthesis by nano-replication technique, owing to the attractive characteristics of the resulting mat

Very significant progresses have been achieved by the partner laboratories concerning the preparation and study of magnetic micro/nano-objects dispersed in solution, prepared by an original top-down approach. In particular, our recent results have demonstrated our capability to control and model the

The TheraGuIma project aims at designing multifunctional nanoparticles for image-guided radiotherapy which is expected to significantly improve the brain cancer therapy. There is indeed a real need to propose innovative strategy since the survival of patients suffering from glioblastoma (the most ag