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February 2014

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Miniature-antenna quality gets a boost

Today’s mobile devices boast increasingly-miniaturized antennas. But tiny antennas are plagued by losses—detrimental to performance. In an effort to solve the...

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Multi-core-circuit heat performance modelled to within 5% accuracy

Docea Power’s decision to set up a joint lab with Leti turned out to be a smart one! Three years into...

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A high-spin polymer gets synthesized

Researchers from INAC and the Warsaw University of Technology have synthesized a polymer that spins when immersed in a solution. The...

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Air pollution: small doses most harmful to DNA

Toxicology studies often look at the effects of exposure to high doses of pollutants. However, are the effects underestimated for smaller...

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Make your own pushbutton controls with an inkjet printer

Researchers from Leti, Ecole des Mines de Saint Etienne, and Gemalto recently produced a smartcard pushbutton on a flexible material (PET)...

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MEMS and NEMS: releasing moving parts faster

Researchers at Leti have developed a simulator to validate the position and size of the holes used to remove, via etching,...

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Top news

Quantum simulation sheds new light on physics of advanced transistors

Researchers at INAC and Leti recently developed a quantum simulation code that is providing groundbreaking insights into the physics of advanced FD-SOI and Tri-gate transistors.
What makes the researchers’ work so significant is that semi-traditional simulation models do not factor in the quantum effects that play an increasing role as transistor sizes trend towards the 10-nm mark. For example, as electron confinement increases, the number of bands of energy available to...

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Interview

Interview: Feriel Mélaine - Ph.D. candidate, Nanobioscience, INAC-SPrAM,

Feriel Mélaine – Ph.D. candidate, Nanobioscience, INAC-SPrAM
Editor of student newspaper Chercheurs d’horizons for the 2012–2013 school year

Ph.D. students produce their own newspaper

 

Your student newspaper Chercheurs d’horizons is written entirely by Grenoble University Ph.D. students. Can you tell us more about it?
The newspaper was launched in 2010–2011 following a workshop given under the school’s Professional Training & Job Support Program for Ph.D. students. I worked on it in 2012–2013 with...

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Spintronics: diffusion barriers make cooperation easier

To optimize the magnetic coupling in memory-type spintronic systems, the ferromagnetic (FM) and antiferromagnetic (AFM) parts must be very close to...

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GaN wires for LEDs offer brilliant electrical properties

The geometry of gallium nitride (GaN) wires makes it tough to characterize a single wire’s electrical properties and n and p...

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Testing system picks up 3 ppb of benzene in indoor air in just 15 minutes

A new indoor-air-quality regulation will come into force in France on January 1, 2016. All buildings open to the public will...

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Lithium-ion batteries undergo graphene doping

Lithium-ion batteries’ energy-storing capacity can be boosted tenfold when the batteries’ electrodes are doped with silicon nanoparticles. Until now, the enhanced...

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LMGP explores ALD at ambient pressure

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) expert David Muñoz-Rojas joined LMGP in November as a CNRS researcher. He uses a spatial atomic layer...

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LMGP gets new management team

LMGP, a CNRS joint research unit affiliated with Grenoble Institute of Technology, got a new management team on January 1 of...

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CEA: Tony Prézeau new strategic marketing head

In January Tony Prézeau was appointed head of the Strategic Marketing Department of the CEA Technology Transfer Division. A graduate of...

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CEA researcher appointed head of French Optics Society (SFO)

CEA-Leti researcher Jean-Jacques Aubert was appointed President of the French Optics Society (Société française d’optique, or SFO) in September 2013. This...

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Chile’s APEX telescope gets new bolometers

Leti is gearing up to deliver sixteen bolometer matrices with wavelengths of 200, 350, and 450 microns for the APEX telescope...

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INAC: Yves Samson succeeds Engin Molva

Yves Samson was appointed Director of INAC, the Institute for Nanoscience and Cryogenics. He succeeds Engin Molva, who will replace Samson...

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CIME Nanotech gets new lithography machine

CIME Nanotech recently acquired a new lithography machine that performs two innovative processes. The first, nano-printing with control of the pressing...

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Phelma Dean Pierre Benech enters second term

Pierre Benech, Dean of Grenoble Institute of Technology’s Phelma engineering school, was officially reappointed for a second five-year term in January....

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Phelma once again makes it into l’Etudiant magazine rankings

This year, France’s l’Etudiant magazine has come up with a new method for ranking the country’s 160 CTI-accredited engineering schools, using...

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Start-ups Cellipse and Avalun set up shop at the BHT

Two new biotech start-ups moved into the MINATEC High-Tech Building (BHT) on January 1. Cellipse is a R&D company focusing on...

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Nanocharacterization platform beefs up 3D microscopy capabilities

The MINATEC nanocharacterization platform now boasts two new state-of-the-art machines: a rapid plasma etching system using xenon ions; and a unique...

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Test wireless systems from the comfort of your own lab

Now Leti researchers can test wireless connections without having to perform costly and time-consuming on-site tests. Leti (via the IRT NanoElec...

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MINATEC construction projects right on track

The many construction projects underway at MINATEC are all advancing according to plan. The second floor of the Skills Center Building...

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Renovation: 300 mm clean room to get 500 m2 of new space

The old 200 mm clean room in the 41.02 Building (near the H3 cafeteria) is getting a €5.3 million makeover. The...

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Interview: Feriel Mélaine - Ph.D. candidate, Nanobioscience, INAC-SPrAM

Feriel Mélaine - Ph.D. candidate, Nanobioscience, INAC-SPrAM
Editor of student newspaper Chercheurs d’horizons for the 2012–2013 school year


Ph.D. students produce...

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A breakthrough RFID tag compatible with metal objects

Leti—working on a project for Montpellier-based start-up Oridao—has developed a miniature RFID tag for all kinds of metal objects, from those...

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Book translation strengthens ties with Latin America

For the past several years, the Franco-Peruvian organization Puya de Raimondi (headed by a CEA scientist) and the NanoAndes network have...

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List and Leti revolutionize embedded system design

The Embedded Systems Design Platform—created by Saclay-based List and Grenoble-based Leti—ended 2013 with a remarkable achievement. Its engineers developed a revolutionary...

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Hybrid-En platform gets off to a running start

The €1-million Hybrid-En platform for developing advanced energy generation and storage systems started up in early February. Located in the 10.05...

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New continuing education program gives technicians management skills

Grenoble Institute of Technology’s Continuing Education Department has teamed up with Grenoble Ecole de Management to offer a new part-time program...

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FIRST Tech Challenge a growing success

France’s 3rd edition of the FIRST Tech Challenge international robotics competition—hosted by Grenoble Institute of Technology—will be held on May 1415,...

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Grenoble Institute of Technology holds an information day

Grenoble Institute of Technology will be holding an information day for high school, prep school, and technology institute students on February...

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