News : nanotech

Michel Barsoum of Drexel University’s (Philadelphia) Materials Science and Engineering Department has just been appointed to the Grenoble-Alpes University-Fondation Nanosciences Chair of Excellence to pursue his research on MAX phases. Barsoum will create two-dimensional systems from a new family of composites, MXenes. MXenes, which offer some extraordinary properties, are obtained by etching a MAX phase […] >>

The Reuters-Clarivate Analytics “Top 25 Global Innovators – Government” ranking was published on March 1. And the CEA is at the top of the list. The CEA pulled ahead of Germany’s Fraunhofer Society and Max Planck Society, ranking first in Europe. In terms of the global ranking, the CEA came in second, just after the […] >>

Thanks to major renovations completed several months ago, the LPSC (the Subatomic Physics and Cosmology Laboratory operated by Grenoble Institute of Technology and Grenoble-Alpes University) nuclear instrumentation platform has been completely transformed. A 240 sq. m addition has substantially expanded the facility, and the workspace was redesigned around four classrooms, one of which is equipped […] >>

Exagan recently started production of its materials in the company’s own cleanrooms, marking a major step toward the launch of its first power components. The company is using an Aixtron 200 mm epitaxy machine and the G-Stack™ process, developed by Exagan with Leti’s support, to make the GaN-on-silicon material. The material will then be sent […] >>

The Activage project, which was selected by the European Commission for support under the H2020 program, will assess the performance of innovative secure assisted living solutions to help the elderly live in their homes longer. The €20 million project involves a consortium of 50 partners who have been working together since January 2017 at nine […] >>