Dear readers,
Thank you for your interest in INFRACHIP!
This is the 3rd Newsletter of the project, and we would like to update you on how things are progressing.
INFRACHIP focuses on addressing modern challenges in the field of semiconductors by helping researchers and companies to find ground-breaking solutions for novel chips. How? By providing a free and facilitated access to state-of-the-art facilities and technologies, thanks to funds from the European Union.
Since our last newsletter, we have significantly augmented our portfolio of offerings.
You can visit the showroom to discover additional technologies in sustainable solutions, sensors, powering, RF technologies, quantum/spin device engineering, NVM and much more. Be sure to take a look!
If you cannot find what you are looking for, you can always contact us to discuss your needs.
We are looking forward to starting projects with you and welcoming INFRACHIP users across various facilities.
In the past few months, we have been very excited to welcome more promising talents into our training programmes, through the Research Accelerator Programmes. You’ll find out more about that a bit later, so we’ll keep the suspense going until you move to the first item of this newsletter 😉
Moreover, we just concluded the first part of the very first INFRACHIP school (organised by HMU) on 2D Materials for Flexible Energy Harvesting and Storage Devices. We held a series of online talks with various speakers from a much larger network than INFRACHIP. This was a real success. We hope to organize many such events in collaboration with experts from leading universities and research centres, to share ideas and knowledge on key semiconductor related topics.
In the meantime, you can join our Digital School to learn more about sensing (and we will also divulge more in this newsletter)!
Enjoy reading this newsletter!
The INFRACHIP Team
Since the beginning of INFRACHIP, all the project partners have been putting a lot of effort into the organisation of Research Accelerator Programmes (RAP) which we consider to be one of the pivotal features of the project. Indeed, these short training programmes (2-3 days) give PhD’s and early career researchers the possibility to discover the INFRACHIP technologies that they can use to accelerate their own research, meet local staff and experts, attend lectures and deepen their knowledge on various topics: a great opportunity in Europe for the nanoelectronic field!
Several RAPs have been organised and many more are to come. Let’s take a look at them!
On September 4-6th 2024, UNINOVA focused its RAP on Flexible oxide TFT electronics: from design to circuit fabrication and characterization. Seven successful applicants enthusiastically spent their time in Portugal, learning more about electrical characterization of oxide TFTs with light and temperature, flexible circuit blocks as well as failure analysis.
This RAP was followed by the one organised by JOANNEUM RESEARCH on UV nanoimprinting of microfluidics, microoptics and bionic flexible devices in batch or roll-to-roll. This time, it was an opportunity for six participants to gain an understanding of the steps involved in the fabrication of surface structures, microoptic or microfluidic devices on small- and large-scale production.
RAP at JOANNEUM (left) and UNINOVA (right)
More RAPs are planned, and plenty will be added to the list in the coming time!
- 19-21th November 2024: Terahertz spectroscopy and imaging organised by CROMA in France
- 30-31st January 2025: Electronic Device Fabrication with 2D Materials organised by AMO GmbH in Germany (registration opened until November 12)
- 5-7th March 2025: Integrated Power and Energy Systems organised by Tyndall in Ireland (registration opening in November)
- 10-12th June 2025: Automatised Characterisation organised by Chalmers in Sweden
You can stay informed by checking regularly the dedicated page on the website or by following us on LinkedIn and X
Throughout the month of November, INFRACHIP will be running its first Digital School, which consists of online webinars devoted to our “Sense” technologies pillar. Indeed, the webinars aim to provide insights on advanced sensing technologies, spanning multiple different types of sensors —magnetic, optical, electronic, chemical, biological, mechanical— and different types of materials and structures used to implement them —from micro- and nanofabricated stacks of metallic, insulating, or semiconductor layers, to flexible substrates, to microfluidic platforms, to advanced materials such as graphene.
Among the topics addressed will be the adaptation of sensors to polymers, an overview of integrated photonics, its fabrication and integration into sensor systems, research on Sustainable Agri-Food and Environment sensors, and finally, printing techniques such as inkjet will be analysed.
Don’t miss this opportunity to participate and apply on our website before 4th November!
Do you already know about the FIB-SEM System? It is a tool that combines a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and a Focused Ion Beam (FIB) capability for sub-10-nm fabrication/patterning and materials analysis.
As you already know, INFRACHIP also grants users access at no cost to state-of-the-art infrastructures and technologies and such a precise tool, fundamental for real-time maskless micro-/nano-fabrication or for preparing TEM samples, can be found at INL in Portugal! Please check out the offers that INL and other access providers have at their disposal and do not hesitate to contact our Interface Team for further details!
AMO bringing INFRACHIP to MNE!
Among the different activities foreseen within the INFRACHIP project, the participation in conferences and public events are critical, as they allow the whole consortium to broker with the stakeholders and ensure reaching a wider and broader audience.
The past few months were very intense and included several participations of our partners in conferences, and not only in Europe! Since the beginning of September, INFRACHIP has been presented in Germany, France and Italy, but also in Turkey, Brazil and Japan!
Among the major conferences we have attended are the 16th International Conference on Physics of Advanced Materials, the International Micro and Nano Engineering Conference (MNE), the 2024 IEEE International Flexible Electronics Conference (IFETC), the IEEE Sensors Conference, etc!
We are always glad to discuss your project and research requirements at the events we attend, but if you did not get an opportunity to meet with one of the INFRACHIP team or still have questions regarding our technologies or trainings, feel free to contact us. 😊
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TITLE: European Research Infrastructure on Semiconductor Chips
START-END: January 2024 – December2027
EU CONTRIBUTION: 14 457 463 €
TOPIC: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-SERV-01
Coordinator: Tyndall National Institute
INFRACHIP (2024-2027) has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation actions under GA No. 101131822
Research Accelerator Programme at Tyndall in March! – Integrated Power...