INDEED — Innovative Nanowire DEvicE Design

Results in brief

Innovative Nanowire DEvicE Design

The INDEED ITN’s key objective is to develop the next-generation of semiconductor nanowire (NW) based electronic and optical devices and to pave the way to future industrial applications. NWs are nanoscale materials produced in laboratories and exhibit unique properties that make them ideal building blocks to develop next-generation electronic devices: intelligent sensors, solar cells, transistors, quantum light sources and quantum computers. Precise control of the NW growth is supported by underpinning theory and processing models, the development of new characterisation techniques, scalable processes and device concepts. INDEED brings together leading scientific experts from 12 top academic institutions in Europe and 13 industry partners with an excellent track record of converting cutting-edge scientific ideas into market products, to train 15 future research leaders (ESRs). NWs are key enablers future societal needs such as big data & artificial intelligence. Fig.1 depicts a technology developed by INDEED to produce NW-based superconducting junctions, the building blocks for future quantum computers able to perform thousands of times better than their existing counterparts. Our main objectives are: (i) Training: Deliver the best scientific research and transferable skills to the ESRs so that they publish high impact journal papers and communicate our discoveries to the public (Fig.2); (ii) Underpinning technology: Understand and control the NWs properties for scalable device fabrication and monolithic integration; (iii) Emerging device concepts: Develop new device concepts based on NWs for future and emerging technologies (Fig.3); (iv) Scaling up and technology demonstrators: Develop NW-based technology demonstrators to address volume processing; (v) Innovative design approaches: Develop cross-cutting design methodologies for the optimisation of nanoscale device fabrication concepts.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

Nanowires (NWs) exhibit unique properties that make them potential building blocks for a variety of next generation NanoElectronics devices. Recent advances have shown that NWs with predefined properties can be grown, offering a new paradigm enabling functional device prototypes including: biosensors, solar cells, transistors, quantum light sources and lasers. The critical mass of scientific knowledge gained now needs to be translated into NW technologies for industry. FP7-MC NanoEmbrace (ITN) and FUNPROB (IRSES), made substantial contributions to NW research, producing excellent scientific and technological results (>100 journal papers published) and delivered outstanding training in nanoscience and transferable skills to ESRs.Despite demonstrable scientific and technological advantages of NWs, NW-based technology concepts have not yet been translated into market-ready products, because industry and academia have not worked hand-in-hand to commercialize the research findings. Thus, it is essential that NW research is now directed towards customer-oriented scientific R&D; whilst applying innovative industrial design techniques to ensure rapid translation of the basic technologies into commercial devices.This ambitious challenge requires close collaboration between academia and the nascent NW industry, combining the efforts of scientists and engineers to address market needs. Building upon our previous achievements, a team of leading scientific experts from top institutions in Europe, strengthened by experts in innovative design and industrial partners with an excellent track record of converting cutting edge scientific ideas into market products has formed the INDEED network to address this challenge. To enhance employability, INDEED will train young ESRs to become experts with a unique skill set that includes interdisciplinary scientific techniques, industrial experience through R&D secondments and innovative design skills.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM · DURHAMCoordinatorUnited Kingdom
A.P.E. RESEARCH SRL · TriesteItaly
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · ParisFrance
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE · RomaItaly
Digital Surf · ParisFrance
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE · LausanneSwitzerland
GENERAL ELECTRIC DEUTSCHLAND HOLDING GMBH · Frankfurt Am MainGermany
HORIBA FRANCE SAS · PalaiseauFrance
Höganäs Sweden AB · HöganäsSweden
IMINA TECHNOLOGIES SA · CugySwitzerland
INNOLUME GMBH · DortmundGermany
ITMO UNIVERSITY · ST PETERSBURGRussia
KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET · KOBENHAVNDenmark
LAPPEENRANNAN-LAHDEN TEKNILLINEN YLIOPISTO LUT · LappeenrantaFinland
LUNDS UNIVERSITET · LundSweden
MICROSOFT CORPORATION · REDMONT WAUnited States
PRAGMATIC SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED · CLEVELANDUnited Kingdom
Peratech Holdco Ltd · Brompton-on-SwaleUnited Kingdom
QUANTUMDX GROUP LIMITED · NEWCASTLE UPON TYNEUnited Kingdom
RIBER SA · BEZONSFrance
SEMIMETRICS LIMITED · HEMEL HEMPSTEADUnited Kingdom
THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL · LIVERPOOLUnited Kingdom
THUNDERNIL SRL · VENEZIAItaly
UNIVERSITE PARIS-SACLAY · Gif-Sur-YvetteFrance
UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE · Newcastle Upon TyneUnited Kingdom

INDEED · Innovative Nanowire DEvicE Design

Results in brief

Innovative Nanowire DEvicE Design

Project objective

Participants

Links