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PHEMTRONICS integrates 8 partners from 7 countries.
It fosters interaction between 3 universities, 2 research centres and 3 innovative SMEs, bringing together all the relevant expertise in materials, phase-change dynamics, nanofabrication, optical modelling and photonics building blocks design and fabrication. Innovation will result from the synergy between fundamental knowledge advancements and phase-change technology |
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CNR – NANOTEC (sede Bari) stimulates interdisciplinary research and fosters partnerships with other institutions and companies. Applied research focuses on development of chemical synthesis, growth processes of materials, and plasma processes for the processing of materials, nanostructures and functionalisation of surfaces. NANOTEC-field of expertise ranges from chemical vapour deposition, to plasma vapour deposition and sputtering of thin films and nanostructures of semiconductors, oxides, chalcogenides and novel bidimensional materials such as graphene. Extensive efforts are dedicated to the deposition and exploitation of plasmonic systems using non-noble metals. Its research spans from next generations photonic systems to energy, electronics for healthcare and life sciences, and sensor systems for environmental applications.
The Institute excellent research quality is further underscored by four ERC Grants (Starting and Consolidator)
The main role of CNE-NANOTEC in Phemtronics is the deposition and characterization of novel phase-change materials and plasmonic structures.
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The Institute excellent research quality is further underscored by four ERC Grants (Starting and Consolidator)
The main role of CNE-NANOTEC in Phemtronics is the deposition and characterization of novel phase-change materials and plasmonic structures.
Main Contact
- Dr. Maria Losurdo, Coordinator
CNR – ICMATE major research focus is the chemical processing of functional materials, involving and intertwinning various disciplines, i.e. chemistry, materials science, physics and engineering. Research activities are in strategic areas, such as advanced manufacturing and emerging technologies, energy
efficiency and sustainability.
ICMATE designs and synthetise non-conventional materials, nanosystems, and functional surfaces.
The Institute combines advanced characterization techniques with theoretical and experimental competences to predict and correlate the compositional and structural nature of compounds, nanoscale systems and materials to their functional micro- and macro-properties, and performances. ICMATE strength relies on multidisciplinary expertises, competences and a network of experimental facilities, creating synergies with the surrounding academic and industrial institutions, and promoting competences and smart
specializations.
The main role of CNR-ICMATE in Phemtronics is the characterization of the phase change materials.
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efficiency and sustainability.
ICMATE designs and synthetise non-conventional materials, nanosystems, and functional surfaces.
The Institute combines advanced characterization techniques with theoretical and experimental competences to predict and correlate the compositional and structural nature of compounds, nanoscale systems and materials to their functional micro- and macro-properties, and performances. ICMATE strength relies on multidisciplinary expertises, competences and a network of experimental facilities, creating synergies with the surrounding academic and industrial institutions, and promoting competences and smart
specializations.
The main role of CNR-ICMATE in Phemtronics is the characterization of the phase change materials.
Main Contact
- Dr. Maria Losurdo, Coordinator
The WWU Münster is one of the largest research universities in Germany and hosts one of the largest departments of physics in Germany with over 3,000 students.
The University of Münster is home to ten Leibniz Prize winners. The University's excellent research quality is further underscored by seventeen ERC Grants (Starting, Consolidator and Advanced) and six Max Planck Research Awards.
A particular focus area at WWU are the nanosciences and nanotechnology.
The group of Prof. Wolfram Pernice is concerned with the investigation of responsive nanosystems and photonic circuits. A particular strength of the group are tunable and hybrid photonic devices, including waveguide integrated phase change material components. The group has also pioneered the fabrication and characterization of nanophotonic waveguide based single photon counters and their integration into quantum photonic devices. Through high-resolution lithography advanced functional photonic circuits are routinely fabricated in a wide range of materials with broad applicability, with emphasis on scalability and large area coverage. In particular hybrid approaches for integrating unconventional functional elements into otherwise passive devices are developed. Various approaches for reconfigurable and tunable nanophotonic systems are developed in the group.
The main role of Muenster University is the numerical design of reconfigurable photonic devices, as well as the fabrication of waveguide integrated components and photo-detectors
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The University of Münster is home to ten Leibniz Prize winners. The University's excellent research quality is further underscored by seventeen ERC Grants (Starting, Consolidator and Advanced) and six Max Planck Research Awards.
A particular focus area at WWU are the nanosciences and nanotechnology.
The group of Prof. Wolfram Pernice is concerned with the investigation of responsive nanosystems and photonic circuits. A particular strength of the group are tunable and hybrid photonic devices, including waveguide integrated phase change material components. The group has also pioneered the fabrication and characterization of nanophotonic waveguide based single photon counters and their integration into quantum photonic devices. Through high-resolution lithography advanced functional photonic circuits are routinely fabricated in a wide range of materials with broad applicability, with emphasis on scalability and large area coverage. In particular hybrid approaches for integrating unconventional functional elements into otherwise passive devices are developed. Various approaches for reconfigurable and tunable nanophotonic systems are developed in the group.
The main role of Muenster University is the numerical design of reconfigurable photonic devices, as well as the fabrication of waveguide integrated components and photo-detectors
Main Contact:
- Prof. Wolfram H. P. Pernice
Tyndall National Institute (TYN) is a leading European research centre in integrated ICT hardware and systems.
Central to TYN’s mission is delivering economic impact through research excellence. TYN work with industry and academia to transform research into products in our core market areas of communications, agri-tech, energy, environment and health. As the national institute for micro/nanoelectronics and photonics, and a research flagship of University College Cork, Tyndall employs over 450 researchers, engineers and support staff, with a cohort of 120 full-time graduate students. TYN have a network of 200 industry partners and customers worldwide.
Hosting the only full CMOS, Micro-Electronic-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and III-V Wafer Semiconductor fabrication facilities and services in Ireland, Tyndall is capable of creating opportunities and prototyping new products for its target industries. TYN is lead institution for the Science Foundation Ireland funded Irish Photonics Integration Centre (IPIC) and host to industry aligned research centres: Microelectronic Circuits Centre Ireland (MCCI); International Energy Research Centre (IERC) and The Centre for Future Networks and Communications (CONNECT).
In recent years TYN received international recognition for designing, miniaturising and prototyping products to drive connectivity.
Tyndall will be involved in phase change materials deposition and fabrication of components and demonstrators
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Central to TYN’s mission is delivering economic impact through research excellence. TYN work with industry and academia to transform research into products in our core market areas of communications, agri-tech, energy, environment and health. As the national institute for micro/nanoelectronics and photonics, and a research flagship of University College Cork, Tyndall employs over 450 researchers, engineers and support staff, with a cohort of 120 full-time graduate students. TYN have a network of 200 industry partners and customers worldwide.
Hosting the only full CMOS, Micro-Electronic-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and III-V Wafer Semiconductor fabrication facilities and services in Ireland, Tyndall is capable of creating opportunities and prototyping new products for its target industries. TYN is lead institution for the Science Foundation Ireland funded Irish Photonics Integration Centre (IPIC) and host to industry aligned research centres: Microelectronic Circuits Centre Ireland (MCCI); International Energy Research Centre (IERC) and The Centre for Future Networks and Communications (CONNECT).
In recent years TYN received international recognition for designing, miniaturising and prototyping products to drive connectivity.
Tyndall will be involved in phase change materials deposition and fabrication of components and demonstrators
Main Contacts:
- Dr. Mircea Modreanu
The Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU) is a public institution of higher education in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria. Approximately 20000 students study at the park campus in the northeast of Linz, with one out of nine students being from abroad.
The participating group in PHEMTRONICS is the Center for Surface and Nanoanalytics, (German abbreviation: ZONA) which is an interdisciplinary physics (analytics) institute, which serves all physics, chemistry, and engineering departments by gathering the expensive analytical tools –FIBSEM, XPS, TEM (+ EFTEM + EELS), Auger electron spectroscopy, implantor, UV VIS spectroscopic ellipsometry, IR & IR spectroscopic ellipsometry, second harmonic and sum frequency, etc. Most of these devices can be operated with heating cooling stages, either in UHV or in high vacuum cells (XPS, TEM, Auger electron spectroscopy, UV VIS SE, IRSE)
The JKU main role is to develop an atomistic understanding of phase transformation dynamics in materials by analytical models and computational physics and to apply stochastic approaches and predictive modelling for the design of materials and of devices
Main Contacts:
The participating group in PHEMTRONICS is the Center for Surface and Nanoanalytics, (German abbreviation: ZONA) which is an interdisciplinary physics (analytics) institute, which serves all physics, chemistry, and engineering departments by gathering the expensive analytical tools –FIBSEM, XPS, TEM (+ EFTEM + EELS), Auger electron spectroscopy, implantor, UV VIS spectroscopic ellipsometry, IR & IR spectroscopic ellipsometry, second harmonic and sum frequency, etc. Most of these devices can be operated with heating cooling stages, either in UHV or in high vacuum cells (XPS, TEM, Auger electron spectroscopy, UV VIS SE, IRSE)
The JKU main role is to develop an atomistic understanding of phase transformation dynamics in materials by analytical models and computational physics and to apply stochastic approaches and predictive modelling for the design of materials and of devices
Main Contacts:
- Dr. Christoph Cobet
- Prof. Kurt Hingerl
Universidad de Cantabria (UC) is a modern public institution, whose main purpose is to contribute to social progress through teaching and scientific excellence. It consists of around 1,600 researchers and 13,600 students (from which 631 are PhD students), 3 research centres (joint initiatives with the Spanish Research Council CSIC), 4 associated research institutes, and 148 R+D groups from 31 departments.
Five priority specialization areas were recently established by UC in order to achieve excellence: Biotechnology, Information and communication technology, Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials, Secure, clean and efficient energy, and Advanced manufacturing and processing.
University of Cantabria was granted the HR Excellence in Research Award of the European Commission in the framework of the Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HR4SR) following the success of its application in December 2019.
The main tasks of UC are the definition of plasmonic phase change materials; the electromagnetic characterisation of the effect of phase change materials on single elementary units; reconfigurable plasmonic antennas radiation pattern measurements.
Main Contacts:
Five priority specialization areas were recently established by UC in order to achieve excellence: Biotechnology, Information and communication technology, Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials, Secure, clean and efficient energy, and Advanced manufacturing and processing.
University of Cantabria was granted the HR Excellence in Research Award of the European Commission in the framework of the Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HR4SR) following the success of its application in December 2019.
The main tasks of UC are the definition of plasmonic phase change materials; the electromagnetic characterisation of the effect of phase change materials on single elementary units; reconfigurable plasmonic antennas radiation pattern measurements.
Main Contacts:
- Prof. Fernando Moreno
- Prof. Francisco González
NANOM MEMS SRL is a private company focused on research and production of a large class of materials and technologies. The following technologies are available at NANOM MEMS SRL: Thick and thin films; Electrochemical plating; Electroless plating; Electrospinning; Photolithography; Micro and nanofluidics; Micro and nanosystems; Chemical syntheses and extractions in supercritical conditions; Chemical Vapor Deposition facilities. The company owns a complete line of thick film technology (screen printing equipment, furnaces, electrical characterization systems etc.). Among other products, the company develops dye sensitized (DS) and other types of solar cells.
People involved:
People involved:
- Dr. Marin Gheorghe
- Dr. Carmen Moldovan
- Chem. Simona Gheorghe
TE-OX has been founded in 2015 with the aim to develop new ultra-fast electronic components and devices based on oxide materials exhibiting Metal-Insulator Phase Transition (like VO2 and Nickelates).
The main activity of TE-OX is devoted to the modelling, simulation and manufacturing of new RF-switches based on VO2 and their integration on semiconducting platforms (Si, SiGe and GaN).
TEOX achieved the first RF switches on 2’’ sapphire wafers with low insertion losses (≈ 1 dB) and high isolation (> 35 dB) at 10 GHz, which is at the world state-of-the-art.
Main Contact: Dr. Guy Garry
The main activity of TE-OX is devoted to the modelling, simulation and manufacturing of new RF-switches based on VO2 and their integration on semiconducting platforms (Si, SiGe and GaN).
TEOX achieved the first RF switches on 2’’ sapphire wafers with low insertion losses (≈ 1 dB) and high isolation (> 35 dB) at 10 GHz, which is at the world state-of-the-art.
Main Contact: Dr. Guy Garry
VLC Photonics is a Spanish SME devoted to providing all kind of services related to the development of photonic integrated circuits (PICs).
VLC Photonics is a 2011 spin-off company from Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV, Spain). The technical team of VLC involves professionals with expertise in photonic systems, optical signal processing and photonic integrated circuits, developed for more than 10 years within the industry.
VLC Photonics offers several solutions in the field of integrated optics: techno-economic feasibility studies and consultancy, in-house PIC design, characterization and test, and full PIC prototyping through external manufacturing and packaging/assembly partners. VLC Photonics, as a pure-play fabless design house, works with multiple foundries to always choose the most suited substrate material (SOI, Silica/PLC, SiN/TripleX, InP/GaAs) for the application at hand.
Main Contacts:
VLC Photonics is a 2011 spin-off company from Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV, Spain). The technical team of VLC involves professionals with expertise in photonic systems, optical signal processing and photonic integrated circuits, developed for more than 10 years within the industry.
VLC Photonics offers several solutions in the field of integrated optics: techno-economic feasibility studies and consultancy, in-house PIC design, characterization and test, and full PIC prototyping through external manufacturing and packaging/assembly partners. VLC Photonics, as a pure-play fabless design house, works with multiple foundries to always choose the most suited substrate material (SOI, Silica/PLC, SiN/TripleX, InP/GaAs) for the application at hand.
Main Contacts:
- Dr. Iñigo Artundo
- Dr. Marco Garcia