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Date of publication: May 2011<br />
We would like to thank everyone who contributed to this report.<br />
Director of publication:<br />
Design & layout:<br />
Alain FONTAINE, Director of the Nanosciences Foundation<br />
Stéphanie MONFRONT, Nanosciences Foundation
The Laureates of Chairs of Excellence of the Nanosciences Foundation and their<br />
hosting laboratories<br />
DG: David GRAVES<br />
MC: Mairbek CHSHIEV<br />
AZ: Alexander ZASLAVSKY<br />
PW: Philip WONG<br />
VB: Vincent BAYOT<br />
JFR: Joaquin FERNANDEZ-ROSSIER<br />
MFS: Marcelo FRANCA SANTOS<br />
JK: John KIRTLEY<br />
DM: Donald MARTIN<br />
YZ: Yong ZHANG<br />
JMZ: Jian Min ZUO<br />
MR: Michael ROUKES<br />
NM: Normand MOUSSEAU<br />
YN: Yoshio NISHI<br />
VH: Vaclav HOLY<br />
MH: Max HOFHEINZ<br />
HB: Harold BARANGER<br />
TA: Tetiana AKSENOVA<br />
LF: Leonardo FONSECA<br />
LG: Leonid GLAZMAN<br />
These 3 concentric disks are to illustrate that most of the Chairs of Excellence have been<br />
linking three labs in the project achievement. FMNT: the ensemble, LTM, SPINTEC, LMGP and IMEP.
Nanosciences Foundation<br />
<strong>Activity</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2010</strong>
Part I: OVERVIEW<br />
Part II: SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Part III: SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION<br />
Part IV: SUPPLEMENTS<br />
HIGHLIGHTS
Part I: ACHIEVEMENTS &<br />
PROSPECTS<br />
The Nanosciences foundation at the end of <strong>2010</strong> 3<br />
The Nanosciences Foundation has been officially created on February 19, 2007 3<br />
March <strong>2010</strong>, the Foundation welcomed with much enthusiasm the Centre of Research ‘INRIA Grenoble – Rhône-<br />
Alpes’ 3<br />
Twelve more months after the 2nd meeting of the Scientific Committee. 4<br />
Outstanding benefits catalyzed by the Nanosciences Foundation actions 5<br />
Three laureates of Chairs of Excellence on their way to establish themselves in Grenoble. 5<br />
Mairbek CHSHIEV 5<br />
Donald MARTIN - Another profile, another route to join the University. 5<br />
Tetiana AKSENOVA - A leading expert involved in the unique world class program CLINATEC ® . 6<br />
The laureates of the <strong>2010</strong> Chairs of Excellence program 7<br />
<strong>2010</strong> Full-time Chair of Excellence 8<br />
<strong>2010</strong> Part-time Chairs of Excellence 8<br />
‘Mobilité d’Excellence’: a new program 9<br />
What have achieved our supported scientists? 9<br />
The Foundation’s PhDs 9<br />
The initial students’ defense and future 9<br />
The <strong>2010</strong> PhD program 10<br />
The 2011 PhD program 10<br />
Integration on site between basic research and R&D labs 11<br />
CEA-Léti 11<br />
NanoINNOV 11<br />
Investissements d’Avenir 12<br />
LANEF and the Nanosciences Foundation 13<br />
The Nanosciences Foundation’s Impact 14<br />
Financial and human supports viewed in two tables 14<br />
The Nanosciences Foundation budget 15<br />
Resources 15<br />
Expenditures and Commitments 15<br />
Overview for the coming years 16<br />
The evolution of the funding programs 17<br />
Enhancing collaborations across the Foundation’s network 17<br />
Relevant bibliometric data 18<br />
The ‘nano-bio’ working group strengthens rapidly 18<br />
A rising visibility online 18
The future of the Fondation 20<br />
What beyond 2012? 20<br />
What opportunity is given by the “Investissements d’Avenir”? 20<br />
Acknowledgements 21<br />
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THE NANOSCIENCES FOUNDATION AT THE END<br />
OF <strong>2010</strong><br />
Three full years of operation allow us to appreciate the performance of a novel<br />
instrument such as “The Nanosciences Foundation” networking a large ensemble of 32<br />
laboratories in Grenoble and running programmes in “Nanosciences” with a large<br />
diversity of approaches due to the cross-disciplinary character of the field.<br />
The Nanosciences Foundation has been officially created<br />
on February 19, 2007<br />
The network brings together about 900 permanent researchers working in one of the<br />
32 research units (see Appendix 1) linked to one or more of the 4 founding members<br />
of the RTRA: the CEA, the <strong>CNRS</strong>, Grenoble Institut National Polytechnique (G-INP) and<br />
Université Joseph Fourier (UJF).<br />
The aim of the network is to enhance the excellence of the site of Grenoble in<br />
Nanosciences developing strengths thanks to:<br />
Human resources with a focus on creation of Chairs of Excellence and opening<br />
new sources of recruitment for outstanding PhD students and post-doctoral fellows<br />
Investments to upgrade experimental facilities to the current international<br />
level, and to make them fully shared by the Grenoble scientific community<br />
To challenge all the laboratories, those dedicated to basic research as well as<br />
those dedicated to R&D, to achieve a better integration between themselves.<br />
OVERVIEW<br />
According to the convention signed with the Ministry of Research and Higher<br />
Education, the focus of the Nanosciences Foundation has been established on 8<br />
priorities:<br />
1. Quantum Nanoelectronics<br />
2. Nanomagnetism and spin electronics<br />
3. Nanophotonics<br />
4. Molecular Electronics<br />
5. Nanomaterials, Nanobonding, nanostructuration<br />
6. Nanocharacterization and Metrology<br />
7. Application of Nanoelectronics in Life Sciences<br />
8. Nanomodelling: theory and simulation.<br />
To foster a world-class Nanosciences network, it was clear for everyone that the cross<br />
fertilization of the multi-disciplinary expertise, the connections between research and<br />
education, had to be actively stimulated.<br />
Therefore the Steering Committee (see Appendix 4), headed by the Director, in charge<br />
of the scientific life of the Nanosciences Foundation, was built with 10 appointed<br />
members (and 10 deputy members). Those 10 working groups are corresponding to<br />
the 8 main axes listed above and the 2 others groups stand for “Education and<br />
Scientific Animation”, and “Technological Facilities”.<br />
March <strong>2010</strong>, the Foundation welcomed with much<br />
enthusiasm the Centre of Research ‘INRIA Grenoble –<br />
Rhône-Alpes’<br />
INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatisme) asked to<br />
become a partner member of the Foundation. All the founders were used to<br />
collaborate with this national organism, on specific issues. The design of a more global<br />
strategy was therefore considered relevant for the Foundation. INRIA is clearly<br />
involved in top level research programs closely related to societal needs along three<br />
priorities: health, sustainable development and energy. François SILLION, Director of<br />
the Centre of Research ‘INRIA Grenoble Rhône-Alpes’ has joined the Foundation’s<br />
Board. (see Appendix 2)<br />
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OVERVIEW<br />
Twelve more months after the 2nd meeting of the<br />
Scientific Committee.<br />
The Scientific Committee (see Appendix 3) held its last session in November 2009 in<br />
Grenoble. The SC duly created its report with strong recommendations for the projects<br />
to be funded via the Chairs of Excellence. The calls were accordingly modified and the<br />
present ones ought to the selection of new comers with recognized ERC-junior levels<br />
or to support ERC-considered junior candidates and to attract and select outstanding<br />
PhD applicants. Another statement made by the Scientific Committee was that the<br />
results obtained thanks to the Nanosciences Foundation’s support were not sufficiently<br />
highlighted, which was not “an optimized approach” to stimulate the interest of<br />
partners in the frame of fundraising.<br />
This third issue of the scientific activity report introduces significant changes in its<br />
presentation to fit the requirements expressed by the Scientific Committee. As a<br />
tentative response to the Scientific Committee report, it appears relevant<br />
to begin this report by underlining the benefits built up in Grenoble thanks to<br />
the Nanosciences Foundation’s programs,<br />
to highlight outstanding results as independent brief reports (which will be<br />
integrated in a booklet later on) in addition to the scientific reports of each working<br />
group<br />
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OUTSTANDING<br />
BENEFITS CATALYZED<br />
BY THE NANOSCIENCES<br />
FOUNDATION ACTIONS<br />
Three laureates of Chairs of<br />
Excellence on their way to<br />
establish themselves in<br />
Grenoble.<br />
Mairbek CHSHIEV and Don MARTIN are<br />
very likely to be hired as full professor by<br />
the University Joseph Fourier.<br />
Mairbek CHSHIEV<br />
Thanks to the 2007 Chair<br />
of Excellence program,<br />
Mairbek CHSHIEV, 40,<br />
came to Grenoble full<br />
time to support the<br />
important field of<br />
Spintronics, very active<br />
at INAC, NEEL and other<br />
labs. All were strong on the experimental<br />
side, but weak on the theory side – only<br />
stimulated by visiting professors on<br />
sabbatical. It has been obvious for these<br />
laboratories to share a strategy to<br />
reinforce this line of research and thanks<br />
to the Nanosciences Foundation’s frame<br />
this was made possible within an<br />
appropriate time-scale, quasi-impossible<br />
otherwise.<br />
Both the high quality of Mairbek’s work,<br />
clearly demonstrated over this three year<br />
period, and the reactivity of the UJF<br />
presidency will successfully settle a<br />
theoretical group with a large impact in<br />
this field.<br />
Familiar with Grenoble thanks to regular<br />
visits between 1998 and 2004, Mairbek<br />
had been in US for six years before he<br />
left his professorship in Alabama to join<br />
us. His recent papers address four issues<br />
both fundamental and of real impacts for<br />
devices fabricated by Crocus, a spin-off<br />
of SPINTEC and collaborators.<br />
Spin transfer: solving the back<br />
switching problem of the CROCUS MRAM<br />
How to take into account current<br />
non-homogeneities in MRAM and reading<br />
heads<br />
Improving the quality and the<br />
strength of the exchange coupling and<br />
perpendicular anisotropy by tuning<br />
oxidation<br />
Control of magnetic states of<br />
frustrated systems<br />
With his outstanding production of papers<br />
in high impact journals, his invited<br />
conferences, his involvement in three<br />
accepted ANR projects as Principal<br />
Investigator, plus 2 EU-strep … Mairbek<br />
CHSHIEV’s influence is deeply felt and<br />
appreciated in the Foundation’s<br />
laboratories.<br />
Albert FERT will welcome Mairbek for a<br />
short period to fill the gap between two<br />
salary supports in Grenoble.<br />
Donald MARTIN - Another profile, another<br />
route to join the University.<br />
Don MARTIN, 53, part<br />
time UJF professor is<br />
employed by the<br />
Foundation following the<br />
2007 Chair of Excellence<br />
program. Professor on<br />
leave from University of<br />
Sydney, Don is also cofounder<br />
and Head of R&D<br />
at Seagull Technology Pty Ltd and more<br />
recently, partner in Synthelis SAS – a<br />
start-up from University Joseph Fourier<br />
created in mid-<strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Combining chemistry and biology, along<br />
with Philippe CINQUIN’s host group, they<br />
revitalized the concept of bio-fuel cell.<br />
Even though the idea dates from 2004,<br />
the dream to obtain in-vivo bio-fuel cells<br />
only became reality in <strong>2010</strong> thanks to<br />
two <strong>CNRS</strong>-UJF labs (DCM & TIMC).<br />
Implemented in the animal model, the<br />
first bio-fuel cells, (GBFC for Glucose Bio<br />
Fuel Cell), has been successfully<br />
demonstrated and thanks to<br />
technological breakthroughs, this kind of<br />
cells will allow a gain by a factor 50 invivo.<br />
ST Microelectronics is currently<br />
optimizing miniaturisation and power<br />
efficiency of GBFC. Pacemakers, insulin<br />
pumps, defibrillators are all accessible<br />
targets for this invention. (Source: UJF<br />
Dépêche N°31)<br />
The second step comes from the<br />
contribution of Don Martin as Principal<br />
Investigator and teamed with J-L.<br />
Lenormand, F. Boucher, and P. Cinquin.<br />
They worked on a bio-fuel cell using<br />
biomimetic membranes and NaCl for fuel.<br />
It leads to voltage up to a few tens of<br />
mV, which can match the energy demand<br />
of a new set of energy-demanding<br />
sphincters.<br />
These works were able to incubate larger<br />
programs which are supported by funding<br />
agencies (4 new ANR projects and 2<br />
partnerships in the European Seventh<br />
Framework Program ‘FP7’), it generated<br />
4 new collaborations across Grenoble and<br />
led to 4 invitations to international<br />
conferences.<br />
OVERVIEW<br />
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OVERVIEW<br />
Tetiana AKSENOVA - A leading expert<br />
involved in the unique world class<br />
program CLINATEC ® .<br />
Previously engineerresearcher<br />
at INSERM,<br />
U318 CHU Grenoble<br />
(from 2002 to 2007),<br />
Tetiana AKSENOVA, 53,<br />
came back to Grenoble<br />
thanks to a full time<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
granted through the<br />
Nanosciences Foundation’s 2008 Call.<br />
On leave from Ukrainian Academy of<br />
Sciences, and presently at Léti, Tetiana is<br />
also the co-founder of PNN-Soft. Her<br />
group leader proposed CEA to hire<br />
Tetiana full time at the end of the<br />
Nanosciences Foundation’s support.<br />
The procedure of adaptive<br />
calibration is aimed to the fasten BCI<br />
system installation and recalibration. In<br />
<strong>2010</strong> the principle solution for the<br />
adaptive BCI calibration system was<br />
proposed, based on the innovative<br />
recursive algorithm.<br />
There is a constant effort on the<br />
optimization of algorithms. To move<br />
toward multiple degrees of freedom in<br />
humans and in order to improve the BCI<br />
performance the algorithm of fast signal<br />
decomposition were proposed (patent in<br />
preparation).<br />
Leading expert in the field of machine<br />
learning and real time signal processing,<br />
Tetiana AKSENOVA invented several<br />
innovative approaches for signal<br />
processing, classification and modelling<br />
that can be used for Brain Computer<br />
Interface design. She made a crucial<br />
improvement in the theoretical study and<br />
practical application of GMDH-type<br />
(Group Method of Data Handling) neural<br />
networks, effective self learning approach<br />
for the regression analysis which is used<br />
as a basis for self learning procedure of<br />
Brain Computer Interface (BCI).<br />
Her activity at CLINATEC ® overlaps with<br />
the project Neurolink which aims at<br />
improving the stability and the quality of<br />
electrical interface between neural<br />
network and nanostructured electrodes<br />
using multiwall carbon nanotubes.<br />
The challenge of the project is to design<br />
fully autonomous self-paced systems for<br />
continuous long term monitoring of<br />
neuronal activity functioning in natural<br />
noisy environment. Major achievements<br />
have already been obtained:<br />
Functional self-paced BCI with<br />
one degree of freedom in freely moving<br />
animals (rodents) was achieved during<br />
the first year of the project. It includes<br />
the development of basic methods and<br />
algorithms (offline and online), software<br />
implementation on MatLab and their<br />
incorporation into the BCI platform. (A<br />
patent has been submitted in <strong>2010</strong>.)<br />
The second year concerned<br />
preclinical studies in animals. Self paced<br />
1D BCI system demonstrated perfect<br />
robustness and high quality of prediction:<br />
the 8 month- long experiment with one<br />
animal validated the robustness of<br />
algorithms. The experiments to study of<br />
Subject-to-Subject variability with<br />
several animals are in progress.<br />
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The laureates of the <strong>2010</strong><br />
Chairs of Excellence<br />
program<br />
The laureates of the <strong>2010</strong> program have<br />
been chosen on the same three-step<br />
process used previously (3 international<br />
reviewers assigned per application; the<br />
Steering Committee’s evaluation based<br />
on the reviewers’ reports; and the<br />
Board’s ultimate decision taking into<br />
account the financial resources<br />
available). In <strong>2010</strong>, 5 excellent scientists<br />
qualified amongst 11 eligible applications.<br />
One obtained a full time Chair of<br />
Excellence (500 k€) and four other<br />
obtained part time Chair (between 300<br />
and 330 k€). Funds are mostly assigned<br />
to the Chair’s salary and the support of<br />
PhD and post-doctoral fellows.<br />
OVERVIEW<br />
A sixth proposal kept on the short list,<br />
DIABONE (standing for ‘Diamond for<br />
Biology and Neurology’) has not been<br />
funded despite the very high quality of<br />
the project.<br />
This project was lead by Institut Néel,<br />
and endorsed by three other laboratories<br />
SPrAM, LEPMI, and the Grenoble Institute<br />
of Neurosciences. The proposed part time<br />
Chair of Excellence should have allowed<br />
José Antonio GARRIDO, Assistant<br />
Professor at T.U. Munich to bring his<br />
expertise in diamond-base electronics to<br />
develop two particular device concepts<br />
focused on bioelectronics:<br />
nanostructured diamond<br />
microelectrode arrays for electrical<br />
recordings from /and for stimulation of<br />
cell cultures and living tissue,<br />
array of diamond solution-gated<br />
FETs for electrical recordings from cell<br />
cultures.<br />
Such a project was directed to advanced<br />
health monitoring, as well as applications<br />
in information science and technology.<br />
This particular interdisciplinary project<br />
received a warm evaluation by its three<br />
referees but wasn’t qualified as<br />
outstanding despite its ambitious goals -<br />
as it may occur for projects bridging two<br />
cultures.<br />
With 62 papers, 17 invited conferences,<br />
non tenure but with recent habilitation at<br />
TU Munich, José Antonio GARRIDO, 39,<br />
had the typical profile we are looking for,<br />
in accordance with the Scientific<br />
Committee’s recommendations.<br />
This whole development is made here to<br />
let the Scientific Committee know that<br />
the 2011 Chairs of Excellence Program<br />
clearly points out the Foundation’s will to<br />
host at least one life science-inspired<br />
project, as long as the excellence and<br />
integration criteria are fulfilled.<br />
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OVERVIEW<br />
<strong>2010</strong> Full-time Chair of Excellence<br />
The first laureate got an excellent rating.<br />
Max HOFHEINZ (Quantum Optics, THz) is<br />
the fourth scientist to come on full time<br />
basis with the Nanosciences Foundation’s<br />
support. He is presently admitted to<br />
compete for the final step in the 2011<br />
junior ERC call. The commitment of CEA<br />
is strong: in case of success he will<br />
obtain a permanent position within his<br />
three-years stay at the Nanosciences<br />
Foundation.<br />
<strong>2010</strong> Part-time Chairs of Excellence<br />
The four part-time Chairs are all from<br />
USA, working at prestigious universities:<br />
Harold BARANGER is from Duke<br />
University, David GRAVES from Berkeley<br />
UC, Juan Min ZUO is Professor at Urbana<br />
Champaign University of Illinois, and<br />
Yoshio NISHI is from Stanford University<br />
with a long experience in high tech<br />
companies, starting at Toshiba (for 23<br />
years), then at Hewlett Packard (for 10<br />
years as Director of research), then<br />
Texas Instrument (7 years as Senior VP<br />
and Director of R&D until 2002 when he<br />
joined Stanford University).<br />
Fig.1: The Nanosciences Foundation’s Chairs of Excellence and their University of origin<br />
The 2009 Chairs of Excellence program had allowed recruiting on a part-time basis<br />
three North-American laureates, from University of Montreal, Stanford University and<br />
NREL.<br />
This world map displaying the photos of laureates pinned in accordance with their<br />
University of origin clearly evidences the dominant flow of North American applications<br />
in response of the Foundation’s Chairs of Excellence programs.<br />
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‘Mobilité d’Excellence’: a new program<br />
For the current year <strong>2010</strong>-2011 the<br />
Board decided to implement a new kind<br />
of financial support, designed to boost<br />
the scientific implementation of one<br />
outstanding scientist who would have<br />
decided to move to Grenoble - taking<br />
advantage of the mobility allowance open<br />
to government officers. To be considered<br />
by the Foundation, the candidate has to<br />
be nominated by the head of one of the<br />
four founding members.<br />
What have achieved our<br />
supported scientists?<br />
For the second consecutive year, a oneday-long<br />
reviewing session, chaired by<br />
the Chairman of our Scientific<br />
Committee, was organized on April 8 th to<br />
review running projects supported by the<br />
Foundation.<br />
From this audit, the most striking<br />
information comes from the extreme<br />
quality and vitality of the 4 young<br />
scientists who were laureates of “New<br />
comers” projects in 2008 – a financial<br />
support designed to boost the freshly<br />
hired scientists (the year before 2008).<br />
Just one year later, one of them applied<br />
successfully for a junior ERC grant and<br />
we were pleased to hear that the funding<br />
of the Foundation had significantly helped<br />
him to implement new experiments that<br />
he was able to put in the core of his ERC<br />
application.<br />
One can urge that 2 senior<br />
scientists from the Nanosciences<br />
Foundation community, succeeded to the<br />
advanced ERC grant since 2008. Three of<br />
them succeeded at the junior call and two<br />
of them are qualified for the second step<br />
of the 2011 competition. Of course the<br />
quality of the candidates is the key<br />
element, but it is fair to say that funding<br />
of the Nanosciences Foundation brought<br />
additional amplification of their scientific<br />
outputs, at least for two of them.<br />
At the end of the PhD students’<br />
presentations, feelings were mixed. Even<br />
if the selected PhD students have already<br />
been working for more than two years,<br />
some of them do not “fit” their programs<br />
(or vice-versa) and do not reach the<br />
expected criteria of the Foundation.<br />
This reality was already acknowledged in<br />
2009 by the Board of the Foundation,<br />
early alerted on the difficulties of<br />
recruiting students from unknown<br />
universities. It decided to improve the<br />
hiring process in <strong>2010</strong>. Consequently, the<br />
steering committee now decides on a<br />
short list of candidates, later appointed to<br />
introduce themselves and to present their<br />
project to a jury panel composed by the<br />
steering committee and the chair of the<br />
Ecole Doctorale. All interviewee’s travel<br />
expenses to France are covered by the<br />
Foundation. This new way to check the<br />
real knowledge of applicants has proven<br />
to be more efficient in avoiding<br />
inadequate recruitment.<br />
The Foundation’s PhDs<br />
The staff policy has been slightly changed<br />
in <strong>2010</strong>: the Board of the Foundation<br />
decided to “support” instead of “employ”<br />
the new Ph.D. students taking part in<br />
funded projects or being selected through<br />
the “Ph.D. program” – which supplants<br />
the “doctorants au fil de l’eau”<br />
enrollment. This decision came from the<br />
limited lifetime of the Foundation given<br />
its actual status.<br />
The new Ph.D. students, hired by<br />
founding members, still have six<br />
commitments to fulfill regarding the<br />
Foundation, written in a document signed<br />
by themselves and their PhD advisor.<br />
They are asked:<br />
to have a meeting with the<br />
director of the Foundation before the end<br />
of their first year of PhD thesis<br />
to supply the Foundation with a<br />
yearly scientific report<br />
to affix on their signature “Ph.D.<br />
student funded by the Nanosciences<br />
Foundation”<br />
to inform the Foundation of their<br />
publications, their communications, their<br />
conferences and their seminars<br />
to mention the financial support<br />
of the Foundation in any communication<br />
to place the Foundation’s logo on<br />
all their communication’s materials ( for<br />
conference, talks, poster sessions…)<br />
The initial students’ defense and future<br />
The first Ph.D. students hired at the<br />
beginning of the Foundation in 2007 have<br />
defended their thesis with success in<br />
December <strong>2010</strong> and February 2011. One<br />
of them Mr. DATTA, Indian, particularly<br />
brilliant, was hired by the prestigious ENS<br />
of Paris for a post doctorate contract.<br />
Two students have not defended their<br />
thesis: one resigned after maternity<br />
leave, as she made the choice to follow<br />
her husband, led by his scientific career<br />
to the USA. One other student came with<br />
an unsuitable level of education and his<br />
thesis advisors decided not to allow him<br />
to present his defense.<br />
At the end of <strong>2010</strong>, the Foundation had<br />
hired 29 Ph.D. students. (Appendix 9)<br />
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The <strong>2010</strong> PhD program<br />
The <strong>2010</strong> Ph.D. program selected 6<br />
students; 5 of them being already at<br />
work between October <strong>2010</strong> and<br />
February 2011. In Appendix 9, one can<br />
find their name, hosting laboratories, as<br />
well as the subject and starting date of<br />
their thesis.<br />
The 6 PhD students selected in <strong>2010</strong><br />
have all been educated in Europe - which<br />
differs with most of the previous PhD<br />
students and post-doctoral fellows who<br />
joined the Nanosciences Foundation via<br />
the other three different channels: as<br />
part of a Chair of Excellence project, as<br />
part of a RTRA project or in the frame of<br />
the ‘fil de l’eau’ recruitment (ended in<br />
2009).<br />
Both <strong>2010</strong> and 2011 programs will make<br />
Europe strongly dominant. For European<br />
applicants, CV data are certainly more<br />
reliable and even checkable via networks<br />
involving one or another member<br />
belonging to the extended management<br />
of the Nanosciences Foundation. The oral<br />
presentations of the candidates allow<br />
selecting those who are deeply involved<br />
in their PhD subjects.<br />
The 2011 PhD program<br />
The first session of the 2011 PhD<br />
program is extremely competitive since<br />
22 applications were received. One may<br />
consider the growing number of highquality<br />
applications as a sign that the<br />
Nanosciences PhD support is slowly<br />
getting known and searched by its<br />
potential beneficiaries.<br />
The Steering Committee decided on a<br />
short-list of 8 outstanding applicants<br />
coming from Germany (3), Spain (1),<br />
Russia (2), Brazil (1), and India - with a<br />
long presence in Europe (1).<br />
On May 18 th , 2011 auditions will take<br />
place in order to select 2 or 3 final<br />
laureates.<br />
Fig.2: The Nanosciences Foundation’s PhD students and Post-doctoral fellows and their country of<br />
origin<br />
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In contrast with the world map displaying the Chairs of Excellence’s University of<br />
origin, this map identifies Asiatic and European countries as main sources of PhD<br />
students for the Foundation.
INTEGRATION ON SITE<br />
BETWEEN BASIC<br />
RESEARCH AND R&D<br />
LABS<br />
CEA-Léti<br />
NanoINNOV<br />
OVERVIEW<br />
Let us focus on the Léti whose fame in<br />
micro and nano electronics is known all<br />
around the world. This large laboratory<br />
very well connected to companies,<br />
through strong local or international<br />
networks felt five-ten years ago the<br />
weakening of its links between basic<br />
research and their own programs which<br />
are under the permanent pressure of the<br />
industrial commitments. Obviously the<br />
everyday life has to take into account the<br />
short term reality of the microelectronics<br />
world which lives into a hard competition<br />
requiring increasingly huge investments.<br />
The common feeling of the need to close<br />
the gap between both communities, basic<br />
research on one side, R&D laboratories<br />
(with a big ‘D’) on the other side, have to<br />
find its way to set side by side real<br />
programs: there is no obvious business<br />
plan for this type of joint venture to take<br />
place in a world where most of the<br />
companies (except in Asia) have decided<br />
to reduce their basic research<br />
commitments.<br />
The Nanosciences Foundation is not the<br />
single actor to work on this issue but<br />
obviously its organization is suited to act<br />
significantly at the ground level, via<br />
common sessions of brainstorming<br />
organized by the Steering Committee.<br />
These actions were clearly supported by<br />
the GIANT wave which brings together all<br />
the scientific entities of the “presqu’île”<br />
and the local authorities which commit<br />
themselves to transform the “presqu’île”,<br />
formerly isolated sad business area, into<br />
a scientific campus closely related to the<br />
eastern campus and linked to the city of<br />
Grenoble.<br />
The <strong>2010</strong> Chairs of Excellence program<br />
supported 3 projects in which Léti was<br />
involved (out of 6 preselected projects).<br />
An overview of the Léti<br />
involvement on the<br />
Foundation’s Chairs of<br />
Excellence projects can<br />
be glanced thanks to<br />
the graph presented in<br />
the opening pages of<br />
this report.<br />
The NanoINNOV program has proceeded<br />
with the same concept of integration<br />
between basic research, R&D and<br />
innovation.<br />
During its last session the Scientific<br />
Committee was aware of the emergence<br />
of NanoINNOV and asked naturally to<br />
know more about its practical impact to<br />
the strategy of the Nanosciences<br />
Foundation.<br />
In May 2009 NanoINNOV was launched<br />
as a first step preceding a large program,<br />
announced by the French President in<br />
January 2009. The idea was very close to<br />
the National Nanotechnologies Initiative<br />
(NNI) strategic plan in USA, “its 10-year<br />
anniversary just celebrated with much<br />
fanfare” (2 successive waves: Bill Clinton<br />
in 2001 & Strategic plan in 2007. Next,<br />
the US reauthorization act voted by the<br />
congress in <strong>2010</strong> led to a 10% increase<br />
of the NNI’s budget). The NNI provides a<br />
vision of the long-term opportunities and<br />
benefits of nanotechnology identifying 4<br />
prominent goals.<br />
Advance a world-class<br />
nanotechnology research and<br />
development program.<br />
Foster the transfer of new<br />
technologies into products for commercial<br />
and public benefit.<br />
Develop and sustain educational<br />
resources, a skilled workforce, and the<br />
supporting infrastructure and tools to<br />
advance nanotechnology.<br />
Support responsible development<br />
of nanotechnology.<br />
NanoINNOV has been focused on three<br />
areas: the ‘Saclay plateau’, Toulouse and<br />
Grenoble, this last ensemble giving an<br />
image of the profile to be developed. Out<br />
of 70 M€ the main part went to construct<br />
science-oriented buildings in Saclay. A<br />
second line of expenses was ought to<br />
implement a procedure to reduce the gap<br />
for the French publications in Nano<br />
(around 15% of the global total) and the<br />
fraction of nano-related patents<br />
estimated around only 5% of the global<br />
total.<br />
The relevant program had given large<br />
support to 9 proposals with a request of<br />
success: it was asked to create two<br />
patents per million of euro. The program<br />
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was made operative in only three months<br />
which is an exceptionally short timeframe.<br />
In addition the Steering Committee of<br />
NanoINNOV pays attention to support<br />
programs directed to societal issues:<br />
societal acceptability, science<br />
dissemination,… taking into account the<br />
diversity of publics, using different<br />
approaches to introduce debates with<br />
citizens.<br />
NanoINNOV had a very good start,<br />
fostered in a very short time an effective<br />
strategy and instruments to implement it.<br />
However national issues, (The Grenelle<br />
for Environment, and the GDPN standing<br />
for ‘National Grand Public Debate’) arose<br />
and crashed into this “French NNI”<br />
program.<br />
The GDPN, badly driven, introduced the<br />
debate with ‘a hypothetic grand public”<br />
mimicking what has been termed<br />
“participative democracy”, adopting the<br />
format of TV-oriented talk show, to trace<br />
“reality”. This format was very suited to<br />
give the stage to the most vocal groups<br />
of opponents to nanotechnology which<br />
denied the basic principles of democracy<br />
by killing dialog in the nest.<br />
Beside this cultural context, nanosciences<br />
and nanotechnologies certainly find<br />
themselves in the frontline of another<br />
recent important shift in science funding<br />
policies. In many countries, one’s seeing<br />
a shift in emphasis in the aims of publicly<br />
funded science, away from narrowly<br />
discipline-based objectives, and towards<br />
goals defined through societal needs,<br />
partly because research has become<br />
eligible for political TV-related dramatic<br />
speeches. This context, beneficial in<br />
terms of global money generates drastic<br />
transformations of the operative modes<br />
with a time constant much smaller than<br />
that used for scientific discoveries.<br />
NanoINNOV surely was innovative in<br />
terms of objectives (limited targets at the<br />
beginning) fast start of the operation,<br />
and original steering committee mixing<br />
Scientists, Technologists, and companies<br />
CTOs. Unfortunately it came to its end,<br />
after a difficult birth which occurred too<br />
late with an almost 10 years delay.<br />
Investissements d’Avenir<br />
Within the context<br />
described above, the<br />
“Investissements d’Avenir”<br />
initiative was launched in<br />
the middle of <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
It kept scientists and technologists in a<br />
six month-long brainstorming and<br />
project-making and eventually gave birth<br />
to a double series of proposals designed<br />
to acquire large set of shared equipments<br />
(EQUIPEX) and to benefit from new<br />
supports given to implement more<br />
integrated managements of the scientific<br />
and technological programs carried out at<br />
a large scale (LABEX).<br />
Both call for proposals requested to<br />
conceive a deeper local integration of<br />
Research and R&D groups in order to<br />
interlink them into the virtuous chain:<br />
Basic Science-R&D-Innovation-Transfer.<br />
Similar instruments of the research policy<br />
had previously – and successfully - been<br />
implemented and supported by the<br />
neighboring companies (years 2005-<br />
2006: Pôles de compétitivité and Carnot<br />
Institutes).<br />
To make the story short let us describe<br />
briefly only the successful Labex “LANEF”<br />
(Laboratory of Alliances on Nanosciences-<br />
Energies for the Future) which has been<br />
laureate with others (MINOS,..), and is<br />
fully relevant of the Nanosciences<br />
Foundation’s topics.<br />
The LANEF proposal can<br />
actually be viewed as an<br />
extension of the<br />
Nanosciences Foundation<br />
strategy - and of the<br />
NanoINNOV strategy too.<br />
LANEF is built as a consortium of<br />
research groups from 5 laboratories:<br />
three of them, INAC, Institut<br />
Néel, and LP2MC fully relevant of the<br />
Nanosciences Foundation<br />
LNCMI (Grenoble High Magnetic<br />
Field Laboratory) is partly involved in the<br />
Nanosciences Foundation<br />
G2ELab, (Grenoble Electrical<br />
Engineering Laboratory) which is lightly<br />
involved in the Nanosciences Foundation,<br />
and mostly implicated with Institut Néel<br />
as project bearer, because of their long<br />
term collaborations. However G2ELab has<br />
a huge expertise in a large number of<br />
energy-related issues partly casted in<br />
important patents, and has carried out<br />
strong partnerships with energy<br />
companies for years.<br />
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Fig.3: LANEF framework.<br />
Based on 7 focused alliances (a scheme<br />
very similar to the axes of the<br />
Nanosciences Foundation but with a<br />
much narrower spectrum), LANEF is<br />
conceived as an operator of the<br />
integration to make the virtuous chain<br />
‘Basic Science-R&D-Innovation-Transfer’<br />
effective. LANEF has been fully supported<br />
by all the actors of the local dynamics<br />
(University of Grenoble, GIANT, Pôles de<br />
compétitivité, Carnot Institutes and 14<br />
companies) and got the strong support of<br />
national research organisms.<br />
This successful result demonstrates the<br />
incubating role of the Nanosciences<br />
Foundation in the creation of LANEF and<br />
its cross-fertilization with the ideas<br />
launched by the NanoINNOV initiative.<br />
LANEF and the Nanosciences Foundation<br />
Given its envisaged framework, it is<br />
clearly possible for LANEF to insert itself<br />
within the Nanosciences Foundation<br />
structure, as a second department, with<br />
its full financial autonomy, its own<br />
Steering Committee, etc... the founders<br />
being again CEA, <strong>CNRS</strong>, UJF and<br />
Grenoble-INP.<br />
This perspective of evolution is further<br />
detailed within the coming section “The<br />
future of the Foundation”.<br />
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THE NANOSCIENCES FOUNDATION’S IMPACT<br />
Financial and human supports viewed in two tables<br />
At the end of <strong>2010</strong>, the total support to technological equals 5.62 M€, with more than<br />
its 2/3 given within the first two calls, as it was planned from start.<br />
The support for the scientific animation, schools and scientific events has been around<br />
60 k€ for the last two years.<br />
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These raw figures along with the scientific information given in the next sections of<br />
this report give an overview of the magnitude of the efforts implemented by the<br />
Nanosciences Foundation. The main part of its activity is not made visible by a fast<br />
look at these raw data. The Foundation acts as a specific catalyser in a field of science<br />
where the human initiatives play a key-role and the main fuel (salaries, fluids,<br />
buildings, diversity of supports...) comes from the four founding members: CEA,<br />
<strong>CNRS</strong>, Grenoble-INP and University Joseph Fourier.
The Nanosciences Foundation budget<br />
Resources<br />
The Foundation can spend every year a maximum amount of 4 680 k€ during the 5<br />
years over the period 2007-2011, which is the consumable part of the capital given by<br />
the Ministry in 2007 with the addition of the annual contribution of the founding<br />
members.<br />
After 2012, it will be allowed to employ the remaining part of the unused part of this<br />
capital, i.e. 4 833 k€ which was not spent at the end of 2009, as a consequence of the<br />
low level of the initial expenses in the Foundation’s first year.<br />
OVERVIEW<br />
The financial incomes can be used with no time restriction. At the end of 2009 the<br />
remaining financial incomes reach 1 423 k€. Therefore, financial resources of the<br />
Foundation are large enough to support runs in 2012 and 2013.<br />
The partnership with INRIA signed on the 26 th of May <strong>2010</strong> provides in addition 100 k€<br />
to the Foundation, every year from <strong>2010</strong> to 2013.<br />
Considering the international financial crisis and the new inputs of the French research<br />
policy, the process of fundraising has been reconsidered in accordance to the<br />
conclusions of the dedicated mission given by “Ianmore Associates” (February <strong>2010</strong>).<br />
The board session held on December 17, <strong>2010</strong> took the decision to split the remaining<br />
resources between two calls for proposals to be launched in 2011 and 2012, in order<br />
to attribute financial supports from 2011 to 2013 or 2014.<br />
Expenditures and Commitments<br />
The financial support given to a yearly call for proposals is generally spread, over 3<br />
calendar years. The budget of a current year includes in addition the expenses for the<br />
Foundation management (salaries of the administrative staff and operating expenses)<br />
and the payments related to the commitments of the year (N), but also those related<br />
to the previous calls (year N-1 and N-2).<br />
The table below gives the distribution of the expenses during the years 2007 to <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
The financial line dedicated to salaries directly paid by the Foundation is increasing, as<br />
a result of Board’s decisions.<br />
Commitments taking into account all calls for proposals, including the last one in<br />
2012, have been double checked in relation with the lowest profile of expected<br />
resources from financial income. Hence the Foundation will be able to support all the<br />
expenses without using the non-consumable part (10%) of the capital initially given<br />
by the Ministry and the founding members, i.e. 2 600 k€.<br />
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The calls for proposals for 2011 and 2012 are spread between the 5 components listed<br />
above. The 2011 call for proposals budget has been approved by the Foundation<br />
Board on the 17th of December <strong>2010</strong>. The 2012 call for proposal will duly be adjusted<br />
at the end of 2011, considering updated values for commitments and resources.<br />
Overview for the coming years<br />
The following table shows the income available to finance the commitments of the<br />
Foundation for the next 4 years. (The possible interest income from bank disposals of<br />
around 250 k€ for 2011 is not included)<br />
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The evolution of the funding programs<br />
Along the years, the Nanosciences Foundation has modified the selection process of its<br />
programs; it has also abandoned some sorts of supports and has created some other<br />
ones. The table bellows indicates when and how those changes have occurred.<br />
OVERVIEW<br />
Enhancing collaborations across the Foundation’s network<br />
One of the most crucial Foundation’s goals is to encourage research projects involving<br />
several complementary Grenoble-based expertises. For any call for proposals or<br />
recruitment program, the partnering aspect has been a criterion considered at the<br />
time of the projects selection. As a result, more than 2/3 of the projects supported<br />
since the inception of the Foundation involve 3 or 4 partnering laboratories.<br />
Fig. 4: Number of supported projects<br />
involving 1 or several laboratories,<br />
from 2007 to <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
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Relevant bibliometric data<br />
Another way to measure the<br />
repercussions of the Nanosciences<br />
Foundation’s collaboration guidelines is to<br />
study the cross fertilization between its 2<br />
major entities: INAC and NEEL. A<br />
bibliometric study of their co-elaborated<br />
publications, supported by the<br />
NanoINNOV program, was achieved in<br />
March 2011 by Simon JUMEL, Master<br />
student at Stendhal University, and<br />
Laurent LÉVY, Professor of Physics at<br />
University Joseph Fourier.<br />
INAC and NEEL have co-published 129<br />
papers within the 2006-<strong>2010</strong> timeframe.<br />
Plenary talks will be given to introduce<br />
these topics and Don MARTIN will close<br />
the session with a talk describing his<br />
project funded by the Foundation. In<br />
conclusion of this workshop a prize will<br />
be attributed for the best poster of each<br />
topic.<br />
In order to animate and broaden this<br />
community, the Organizing Committee<br />
also aims to set up regular seminars, to<br />
be given by top-level scientists in visit in<br />
Grenoble. The Nanosciences Foundation<br />
will announce and support these<br />
seminars, such as the one given by<br />
Michael SHEETZ, Director of the<br />
Mechanobiology Institute of Singapore,<br />
on April 29 th , 2011.<br />
Fig. 5: Number of publications resulting from<br />
collaborations between INAC and Institut Néel<br />
The annual amount has grown by a factor<br />
4 between 2006 (prior to the genesis of<br />
the Nanosciences Foundation) and <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
The ‘nano-bio’ working<br />
group strengthens rapidly<br />
The working group “Nano in life sciences”<br />
organized a very successful workshop on<br />
‘Nano and micro environment for cell<br />
biology’ on November 25 th , <strong>2010</strong>. More<br />
than one hundred attendants went to the<br />
Institut Albert Bonniot to listen to<br />
presentations exclusively given by young<br />
researchers (Master students, PhD<br />
students, Post-doctoral fellows…).<br />
The great enthusiasm crystallized in this<br />
meeting improved the awareness of the<br />
local community of biologists working<br />
closely with physicists. A committee of 5<br />
scientists (from IAB, LMGP, LIPhy and<br />
iRTSV) emerged and decided to keep<br />
alive the spirit of this first meeting by<br />
organizing on June 24 th , 2011 a new<br />
workshop mainly based on posters<br />
presentation, in order to encourage once<br />
again the participation of the younger.<br />
This day will be dedicated to three topics:<br />
Design of nano and<br />
microstructured materials for cell biology<br />
Cell interactions with materials of<br />
controlled properties<br />
Biomimetic systems<br />
Fig. 4: Michael SHEETZ was the prestigious<br />
orator of the successful ‘Nano-Bio’ seminar on<br />
April 29th 2011.<br />
A rising visibility online<br />
The website is the main information tool<br />
that allows the Foundation to display its<br />
results, its events, its recruitment ads<br />
and its scientific funding programs to a<br />
local, national or international audience.<br />
Statistics of the website’s frequentation,<br />
highlighting the visitors’ country of origin,<br />
the time spent on the visiting pages, the<br />
way followed to reach the website…<br />
provide accurate information to establish<br />
the growing attractiveness and visibility<br />
of the Foundation across the world.<br />
The following graphs and maps help us to<br />
figure out the audience reached through<br />
the Foundation’s efforts to communicate<br />
through various channels:<br />
Emailing to local, national and<br />
international contacts<br />
Quarterly newsletter<br />
Announcements via French<br />
embassies, online portals (EURAXESS,<br />
naturejobs.com, sciencecareer.org) and<br />
advertisements in specialised media<br />
(Nature Nanotechnology, Nano Letters)<br />
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Fig. 6: Total number of visits over two similar periods (Since no statistics are available prior to<br />
May 2009, we chose to study annual visits from April to April)<br />
As one can see on Figure 6, the total<br />
number of visits on our website is<br />
constantly increasing, and even more<br />
than doubled for the concerned periods.<br />
One can also correlates each peak to<br />
particular events (i.e Newsletter N°5, at<br />
the end of September <strong>2010</strong>; Workshop<br />
‘Nano-Bio’ at the end of November;<br />
Announcement of the PhD program in<br />
February 2011)<br />
Over the period April 2009 – April 2011,<br />
one registered:<br />
24 650 visits from French<br />
internet users (half of them are based in<br />
Grenoble)<br />
4 850 visits from European<br />
internet users (excluding French users)<br />
3240 visits from Asian internet<br />
users<br />
1 300 visits from US-based<br />
internet users (with a clear majority of<br />
Californian visitors)<br />
Fig. 7: Maps displaying the origin of our website visitors in France, in Europe, in the USA and in<br />
Asia.<br />
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20<br />
THE FUTURE OF THE<br />
FONDATION<br />
What beyond 2012?<br />
Beyond 2012, the FCS created to operate RTRA<br />
networks (like the Nanosciences Foundation) were<br />
supposed to have raised enough donations in order<br />
to create sufficient cash flow for their annual<br />
budget from incomes provided by the raised funds.<br />
Such a future drawn by the 2007 business plan<br />
was expected, thanks to a “brave new world”<br />
where French companies and French individuals<br />
would adopt new routes to demonstrate their<br />
generosity, as it is currently carried out in the US<br />
and in Switzerland, for the funding of large<br />
Universities.<br />
This ideal scheme was over sizing the FCS<br />
notoriety with national and international<br />
recognition. However such reputation, based on<br />
research only, cannot be seriously compared to<br />
that of the best Universities throughout the world<br />
whose fame comes from the quality of the<br />
provided education.<br />
Nevertheless two foundations, the first one in<br />
economy (Fondation Jean Jacques Laffont) and the<br />
second one in mathematics (Fondation Sciences<br />
Mathématiques de Paris) have distinguished<br />
themselves as entities able to successfully raise<br />
funds these recent years.<br />
Such an innovative initiative requires deep<br />
changes in mind, as well as a clean and politicallystable<br />
scientific and economic landscape to<br />
succeed.<br />
Unfortunately the 2007-<strong>2010</strong> years have suffered<br />
from two unexpected events:<br />
the world-wide crisis of the banking<br />
system<br />
the dramatic change of the operative<br />
pattern in the Universities which impacts and<br />
destabilizes CEA and <strong>CNRS</strong> along new, less<br />
secured roads.<br />
What opportunity is given by the<br />
“Investissements d’Avenir”?<br />
As described earlier in a dedicated section entitled<br />
‘Investissements d’Avenir’, this government<br />
initiative has strongly impacted the research<br />
entities at all scales (teams, laboratories,<br />
Universities, foundations, clusters of Universities,<br />
Engineering Schools) which had to merge, and<br />
build together a common response to calls taking<br />
into account the strong presence in Grenoble of<br />
CEA and <strong>CNRS</strong> without leaving aside the European<br />
large scale facilities ILL and ESRF.<br />
The successfully selected projects (namely<br />
Equipex, Labex, and Idex) in the field of basic<br />
research shall be managed within a frame able to<br />
take into account i) the multi-partnership inherent<br />
to the proposals, ii) the split of the delivered grant<br />
between expendable and non expendable funds,<br />
iii) the implementation of Chairs of Excellence and<br />
PhD programs open worldwide<br />
Based on these requirements, it appeared to the<br />
Board that the Nanosciences Foundation could be<br />
mandated to fulfill this role – as long as it adopts<br />
relevant adjustments.<br />
Although it is too early to foresee a decision for<br />
now, the Foundation currently investigates such an<br />
option - supported by three significant arguments:<br />
1. The creation of a new FCS is a long<br />
process. Alternatively, evolving by amendment to<br />
broaden the set of founders and the spectrum of<br />
missions has already proven to be a more efficient<br />
and much faster process.<br />
This has been demonstrated by the FCS “Paris-<br />
Saclay” previously named the FCS “DIGITEO-<br />
Triangle de la Physique” which achieved its<br />
transformation in 3 months. From 9 founders, the<br />
evolved Foundation now counts 22 of them. Five<br />
other significant changes were introduced very<br />
smoothly: the name of the FCS, its objectives, its<br />
operating bodies, its splitting into departments<br />
with a respective steering committee, and the<br />
reception of additional resources brought by each<br />
founders, new or old.<br />
2. The know-how built and accumulated<br />
these last four years to address the FCS<br />
peculiarities in term of scientists’ recruitment (on<br />
permanent basis or temporary basis), of selection<br />
process, and of fast implementation of projects is a<br />
valuable asset.<br />
3. The staff of four persons is a treasure to<br />
be preserved and exploited as a strong core for a<br />
larger Foundation<br />
Moreover the Government encourages Universities<br />
and consortia to take full advantage of the existing<br />
Foundations, being particularly concerned by the<br />
endless multiplication of FCS, which increases by<br />
much the numbers of councils and bodies requiring<br />
the presence of high level managers and by<br />
extension adds inherent costs to certify their<br />
financial actions and reports by accountancy firms.<br />
Citation de la Ministre: réponse<br />
Comptes:<br />
à la Cour des<br />
"Le ministère soutiendra également toutes les<br />
initiatives permettant une simplification du<br />
paysage institutionnel, les fondations de<br />
coopération scientifique porteuses des RTRA et<br />
CTRS pouvant héberger des structures abritées<br />
dans le cadre des investissements d’avenir.<br />
L’objectif, à terme, pourrait être d’avoir une<br />
fondation unique au niveau du site, se substituant<br />
aux fondations des membres, comme l’autorise<br />
désormais la loi du 13 décembre <strong>2010</strong>."<br />
(Source : chapitre PRES du rapport de la Cour des<br />
Comptes)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />
One couldn’t finish this first part of the report without telling Roland HÉRINO and Jean-Paul DURAUD the<br />
great recognition of all the Foundation’s members for the high quality of the work they provided with<br />
professionalism and human warmth.<br />
Roland HÉRINO put a strong energy in the directorship he has assumed for two years.<br />
Jean-Paul DURAUD has kept a strong commitment to commute from the south of Paris and serve the<br />
Grenoble community with the same talent and open mind he used to demonstrate when at the Head of<br />
the former CEA-DSM-DFRMC, now better known under the name of INAC. He has been in a crucial<br />
position these last four years to keep a common strategy among the four founders.<br />
Both of them deserve to receive our best congratulations for boosting a lot the integration dynamics<br />
within the scientific community of Grenoble.<br />
OVERVIEW<br />
Farid OUABDESSELAM, President of University Joseph Fourier and President of the Grenoble ‘Pôle de<br />
Recherche et d'Enseignement Supérieur’ (PRES), has accepted to become the chairman of the<br />
Foundation Board from March 2011, despite his many important responsibilities - most of them evolving<br />
rapidly by the repeated initiatives of the French ministry. It is of course a great honor for the Foundation<br />
to have him chairing the Board and his commitment is seen by each of us as a positive evaluation of the<br />
past activity which should help to forecast a future beyond 2012.<br />
The last words will be to thank the Steering Committee members who work really hard to maintain an<br />
effective running of the Foundation and always manage to work extra time when it is truly needed.<br />
The spirit present during each Steering Committee session shows the ability of each member to serve the<br />
entire community, leaving individual interests behind the shared advices.<br />
Also, the four founding members have always been positively engaged to solve problems and to<br />
converge towards real solutions. It is a real pleasure to work in such a reliable ambiance, equally<br />
experienced by the Board members.<br />
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OVERVIEW<br />
POST FACE<br />
The Scientific Committee, duly filling its role, proposed recommendations and asked relevant questions in<br />
its report following its last meeting on November 19 th – 20 th 2009.<br />
1. This <strong>2010</strong> activity report attempts to bring answers to most of the items for the form and the<br />
substance. Improvements in methods and in process of selection have been implemented in<br />
response of the non homogeneity of the quality of the recruited students.<br />
Better identifications of the results, comparison with the ERC procedure have been made more<br />
accessible.<br />
2. The achievement of the third goal of the Foundation (as listed below) concerning integration<br />
starts to be more visible and appears also in an unexpected way, stimulated by initiatives,<br />
NanoINNOV and the call for ‘Investissement d’avenir’, which didn’t exist at the beginning of the<br />
Nanosciences Foundation.<br />
3. Fund raising and creation of the prestigious Louis Néel chair require a better identification of the<br />
Foundation with the help of a small brochure containing a dozen of highlights. Initiative to act<br />
along this path has been activated.<br />
4. An additional step forward, envisaged by the Board is to meet the need of a Company to create a<br />
shared Chair of Excellence. The ambition is to convince a Company motivated by relevant<br />
research topics to share the cost of one Chair. The tax discount available for companies investing<br />
in research is presently very appealing.<br />
5. The weakness remains the difficulty to encompass all the calls with enhanced coherency of the<br />
strategic vision. The Foundation intervenes in a very moving landscape, not being the main fund<br />
agency to support groups. It is difficult to pretend to play a prominent role considering the<br />
amount of its resources.<br />
The targets of the Nanosciences Foundation were given by the Ministry of Research, leading to<br />
specific contracts with each founding members. Sadly, ambitions have to be limited by these<br />
frames focused on three (nevertheless not so modest) aspects:<br />
Human resources with a focus on creation of Chairs of Excellence and opening new<br />
sources of recruitment of outstanding PhD students and post-doctoral fellows<br />
<br />
<br />
Investments to upgrade experimental facilities to the current international level, and<br />
to make them fully shared by the scientific community<br />
To challenge all the laboratories, those dedicated to basic research as well as those<br />
dedicated to R&D, encouraged to achieve a better integration between them.<br />
6. The Foundation has not been known rapidly enough throughout Grenoble and worldwide. The<br />
improvement of the website quality gives robust signals: more visits and a better quality of the<br />
applicants to the PhD program have been noticed these two last years. The 20 successful<br />
laureates of Chair of Excellence came all from top universities and a large part of them plays an<br />
effective role in mixing research groups. Outstanding results, accumulated during three years,<br />
led to the recruitment of three of them on permanent positions at Grenoble.<br />
7. The last comment is to point out the top quality of the results obtained by the young incoming<br />
researchers selected by the two initial calls (2007 & 2008). Boosting the best of the incoming<br />
researchers, full of dynamism, seems mandatory to me. It is the more efficient way to make<br />
them competitive in European and international calls. Once again the characteristic time to judge<br />
the viability of top quality research projects, based on originality and risk, is difficult to be kept<br />
within a couple of years. We may regret to have abandoned such a call which is truly novel out of<br />
“the more of me” line since the laureates are new comers willing to investigate their new ideas.<br />
Grenoble – 1, May 2011<br />
Alain FONTAINE<br />
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Part II: SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
1 - QUANTUM NANOELECTRONICS 3<br />
Beyond CMOS: Quantum coherent phenomena 3<br />
Very Large Scale Integration of NEMS 4<br />
Core/shell nanowires: conductance 5<br />
Tunneling-based nano-FETs 6<br />
2 – NANOMAGNETISM AND SPINTRONICS 7<br />
Nano-Spintronics 7<br />
Domain walls in nanowires 7<br />
Perpendicular Anisotropy and exchange interactions 8<br />
Electric field control of anisotropy 8<br />
Graphene as a template for magnetic structures 9<br />
Spintronics and germanium 9<br />
Magnetic Microsystems 10<br />
Spin transfer torque in nanoparticles 10<br />
Quantum Spintronics 10<br />
Magnetic order in graphene 10<br />
Carbon nanotubes for single spin detection 11<br />
Semiconductor quantum dots 12<br />
Dissemination and Training 12<br />
3 – NANOPHOTONICS 13<br />
Quantum dots and wires 13<br />
Catalyst-free growth of GaN nanowire heterostructures 13<br />
Ultrabright quantum dots in II-VI nanowires 13<br />
Exploring new concepts for photovoltaics with II-VI heterostructures 14<br />
Optical microcavities 14<br />
High Q silica microtoroids and microspheres 14<br />
Cavity-feeding : decoherence as a ressource for quantum optoelectronics 15<br />
Photonic wires for quantum optics 15<br />
Spontaneous emission control of QDs in photonic wires 15<br />
1D exciton-polaritons in ZnO wires 16<br />
4 - MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS 17<br />
5 - NANOMATERIALS, NANOASSEMBLY AND NANOSTRUCTURATION 19<br />
Self Assembly 19<br />
Nanowires 19<br />
Graphene 20<br />
Phase-change memory 21
6 – NANO- CHARACTERISATION AND NANO-METROLOGY 23<br />
In situ X-ray investigation of growing semiconductor nanowires 24<br />
New generation of nano-detectors for astrophysics 24<br />
Scanning gate Nanoelectronics 25<br />
Superconducting Nanostructures 25<br />
3D coherent diffractive imaging at the nanometer scale 26<br />
7 – NANO APPROACHES TO LIFE SCIENCES 27<br />
Micro- and nano Fabrication for the Life Sciences 27<br />
Contribution of 3D micro-environment to cell adhesion 27<br />
Nanodroplet chip for controlled assembly of lipid bilayers and electrical detection of single-protein activity 27<br />
Medical Applications of the Nanobiosciences 28<br />
Second harmonic imaging of potentials in nanoscale neuronal structures 28<br />
Innovative biochips to detect and screen biological cells 29<br />
Biomimetic artificial membrane systems for generating electro-chemical energy 29<br />
Implantable brain computer interface 31<br />
8 – NANOMODELING, THEORY & SIMULATION 33<br />
Electronic properties 33<br />
Thermal properties 34<br />
Growth, patterning, defects & structure of nano-objects. 35<br />
9 – TECHNOLOGICAL FACILITIES 37<br />
The Network 37<br />
The Nanofabrication Facility 37<br />
The Nanocharacterization Facility 38<br />
The Nano-Chemistry and Biology Facility 40<br />
The Numerical Simulation Facility 41<br />
Funding of the network 41<br />
Conclusions 42<br />
10 - EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC ANIMATION 43<br />
The Foundation monthly Seminars 43<br />
The Foundation workshops 43<br />
The Foundation’s Thesis Prize 43<br />
Call for proposals “Education and Scientific Animation” 44<br />
PhD students & research training 45<br />
Physics Olympiads 46<br />
Thesis Prize Award Ceremonies 47<br />
List of the Foundation’s monthly Seminars<br />
Erreur ! Signet non défini.48<br />
List of the Foundation’s workshops<br />
Erreur ! Signet non défini.49<br />
List of the Quantum Nanoelectronics Seminars<br />
Erreur ! Signet non défini.53
1 - QUANTUM<br />
NANOELECTRONICS<br />
Moore’s law has been the key driver for<br />
microelectronics scaling and performance<br />
improvement over the past decades. The<br />
basic operation of nano field-effecttransistors<br />
has roughly been kept the<br />
same as its micrometric counterpart.<br />
However when all typical dimensions of<br />
the device (gate length, width or channel<br />
thickness) are within the nanometer<br />
range, quantum physics tends to rule the<br />
electric characteristics: quantum<br />
confinement induces quantification of the<br />
energy levels within the channel, tunnel<br />
current flows through the gate oxide or<br />
through the source-to-drain barrier.<br />
In the framework of CMOS based<br />
microelectronics, these quantum effects<br />
have to be taken into account to design<br />
reliable and efficient circuits, where they<br />
are mostly considered as parasitic. In this<br />
context, the ability of Si-CMOS based<br />
logic to continue improving performance<br />
while increasing density is more and<br />
more questioned: variability and power<br />
consumptions are two key knobs that can<br />
rapidly be turned into show stoppers.<br />
A growing field of interest is proposing to<br />
exploit the new emergent quantum<br />
effects rather than being spoiled by<br />
them: this is the goal of quantum<br />
nanoelectronics. There is a widely open<br />
field of research where quantum<br />
mechanical effects are very useful and<br />
promising to design new devices or<br />
functions. Charge quantization,<br />
interference effects and quantum<br />
superposition of states are examples of<br />
effects which are investigated.<br />
Benefiting from the huge technological<br />
developments of microelectronics, the<br />
ability to fabricate nanostructures, such<br />
as nanowires; quantum box; 2D electron<br />
gas; or tunnel and Josephson nanojunctions,<br />
on a large variety of materials,<br />
and the development of new<br />
experimental techniques open a wide<br />
field of investigation in the domain of<br />
quantum nanoelectronics.<br />
Beyond CMOS: Quantum<br />
coherent phenomena<br />
Chair of Excellence 2007: Leonid<br />
GLAZMAN<br />
Coordinator: Manuel HOUZET<br />
(INAC/SPSMS).<br />
Prof. Leonid GLAZMAN is a leading<br />
theorist from Yale University, specialised<br />
in the field of quantum coherent<br />
phenomena in mesoscopic and<br />
nanoscopic systems. He comes regularly<br />
to Grenoble for long-term stays, and<br />
develops close collaborations with local<br />
theorists and experimentalists.<br />
There are some examples of the topics<br />
discussed during his stays:<br />
Kondo effect in a dot with<br />
superconducting leads,<br />
spin-orbit interactions,<br />
kinetics of SNS junctions ,<br />
electron transport in Si-As<br />
nanostructures<br />
theory of electron transport in<br />
carbon nanotubes with Prof. A. ANDREEV,<br />
persistent current fluctuations<br />
and Josephson current noise,<br />
counterpart of the Shapiro steps<br />
for a blockaded Josephson junction,<br />
impedance of a superconductor<br />
with magnetic impurities,<br />
analogs of Kondo effect in<br />
superconducting nano devices,<br />
non-equilibrium Kondo problem<br />
and double-dot Kondo problem,<br />
transport in mesoscopic spin<br />
glasses,<br />
and superconductivity in Boron<br />
doped diamond.<br />
The project is very lively and led to the<br />
organization of several workshops:<br />
“Electronic noise and relaxation in<br />
nanostructures” (April 2011) and<br />
“Superconducting hybrids: from<br />
conventional to exotic” (September<br />
2011).<br />
FURTHER READING:<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Phys. Rev. A 80, 043611 (2009)<br />
Dynamic response of 1D bosons in a trap<br />
Phys. Rev.Lett. 104, 116403 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
The fate of 1D spin-charge separation away<br />
from Fermi points<br />
Phys. Rev. B 82, 161417(R) (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Distribution function of persistent current<br />
Phys. Rev. B 83, 075401 (2011)<br />
Single-dopant resonance in a single-electron<br />
transistor<br />
Grenoble benefits from a unique<br />
environment where some of the best<br />
technological facilities live close by<br />
worldwide known simulation and<br />
characterization teams. This enhances<br />
fruitful and healthy collaborations among<br />
several laboratories belonging to the<br />
Foundation’s network, such as LPMMC,<br />
LETI, IMEP-LAHC, INAC, Institut Néel...<br />
Fig.1: Leonid GLAZMAN, Chair of Excellence<br />
2007<br />
CONTACTS<br />
Maud VINET<br />
maud.vinet@cea.fr<br />
Tel: +33 4 38 78 90 87<br />
Olivier BUISSON<br />
olivier.buisson@grenoble.cnrs.fr<br />
Tel: +33 4 76 88 90 66<br />
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SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
FURTHER READING:<br />
Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 103111 (2009)<br />
Piezoelectric nanoelectromechanical<br />
resonators based on aluminum nitride thin<br />
films<br />
Nanotechnology 21, 165504 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
In-plane nanoelectromechanical resonators<br />
based on silicon nanowire piezoresistive<br />
detection<br />
Fig. 2: NEMS applications domains with Pr Roukes<br />
Very Large Scale<br />
Integration of NEMS<br />
Chair of Excellence 2007: Michael<br />
ROUKES<br />
Coordinator: Philippe ANDREUCCI (Léti).<br />
The purpose of the project is to leverage<br />
the scientific and technological activity<br />
based on Nano Electro Mechanical<br />
Systems (NEMS). Relying on the<br />
framework of LETI-Caltech Alliance, the<br />
project is now clearly structured around<br />
three topics more and more related to life<br />
science (Fig. 2):<br />
Gas sensing in air<br />
Mass spectroscopy in vacuum<br />
Biodetection in liquid.<br />
(a mixed team UJF/INSERM/CEA-DSV).<br />
Pr Roukes has contributed to identify new<br />
applications domains and consequently<br />
projects with IBS and INSERM are<br />
expected within the next months.<br />
Finally biodetection in liquid is becoming<br />
an important field: Pr Roukes is at the<br />
origin of an ANR project on cellular force<br />
sensor. Within this project, researchers<br />
are travelling back and forth between<br />
France and USA in order to set up the<br />
measurements.<br />
In addition to several publications, 11<br />
patents have been deposited within the<br />
frame of this Chair of Excellence.<br />
First topic, gas sensing, has led to the<br />
creation of a French-American start up<br />
(founded both by LETI and Caltech).<br />
Developments towards applications are<br />
going to be pursued within this start up.<br />
In the meantime more advanced studies<br />
on gas biosensors for precocious<br />
diagnosis are still planned within the<br />
Chair.<br />
Mass spectroscopy has provided very<br />
promising results; one shall mention for<br />
example a nanomechanical resonator for<br />
direct mass measurement of neutral and<br />
ionized biomolecules. This work has been<br />
performed together with EDyp laboratory<br />
Fig.3: Michael ROUKES, Chair of Excellence<br />
2007<br />
Please read the corresponding Highlight<br />
at the end of this report for further<br />
information<br />
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Core/shell<br />
nanowires:<br />
conductance<br />
Chair of Excellence 2007: H.-S. Philip<br />
WONG<br />
Coordinator: Mireille MOUIS (IMEP-<br />
LAHC).<br />
The dominant features that will<br />
determine the applicability of semiconducting<br />
nanowires as nanoelectronic<br />
devices or for sensing applications are<br />
related to their enhanced sensitivity to<br />
surface charges. They are the ideal<br />
structure for MOS scaling thanks to the<br />
excellent electrostatic control of the gate,<br />
while a partially ungated structure can be<br />
used as a very sensitive sensor once<br />
functionalized with the suitable molecule.<br />
Figure 3 summarizes the different devices<br />
studied within the project. There remain<br />
several challenges to be solved however.<br />
Jae Woo LEE (the PhD student employed<br />
by the Foundation in the frame of this<br />
Chair) has been able to decorrelate<br />
surface scattering arising from the top<br />
interface from that of the etched vertical<br />
edges (presented at ESSDERC'<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
On the other hand, nanowires sensitivity<br />
to surface charges is an advantage when<br />
these charges are the signature of some<br />
molecules to be detected; however it is<br />
detrimental when it arises from interface<br />
states at the semiconductor/oxide<br />
interface.<br />
In a real sensor both effects are present<br />
and the team used a simulation approach<br />
to analyze the conditions in terms of<br />
dimensions, doping level and interface<br />
trap density to obtain an operational<br />
sensor.<br />
On September 28th, <strong>2010</strong> a workshop<br />
entitled “Contact and surface effects in<br />
nanostructures” was organised within the<br />
framework of the Chair of Excellence of<br />
Prof. H. S. Philip WONG.<br />
In total, 10 oral contributions given by<br />
local researchers from various<br />
laboratories enhanced and illustrated a<br />
fruitful discussion on contact issues.<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
FURTHER READING:<br />
Journal of Applied Physics, 107, 044501<br />
(<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Analysis of charge sensitivity and low<br />
frequency noise limitation in silicon<br />
nanowire sensors<br />
Fig. 4: SEM images of devices with 1 to 3<br />
CNTs<br />
Nanotechnology 21, 485201 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Degradation pattern of SnO2 nanowire field<br />
effect transistors<br />
Fig. 3: Summary of the devices based on<br />
nanowires. Top is a NW-FET with a wrapped<br />
around gate. The channel is controlled by the<br />
gate. Middle is NW-FET with an incomplete<br />
wrapping of the gate (narrow FD-SOI or<br />
FinFET). The channel is controlled by the gate.<br />
It is possible to modulate the threshold<br />
voltage with a substrate bias. Bottom is NW<br />
controlled by an external charge. An additional<br />
biasing can be applied using the substrate.<br />
Prof. H.-S. Philip Wong is now extending<br />
his activities towards new axes of<br />
collaboration between Stanford University<br />
and Grenoble laboratories: near-field<br />
characterization of nano-relays and<br />
electro-mechanical characterization of<br />
graphene nanodevices are considered.<br />
During <strong>2010</strong>, the CORE project has<br />
brought significant progress about two<br />
main aspects.<br />
One risk with nanowires is that surface<br />
roughness scattering increases as<br />
dimensions decrease, so that the<br />
improvement in electrostatic control<br />
would have to be traded against a<br />
degradation of transport properties.<br />
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SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Fig. 5: Tunneling FET operating principle and schematics of the device. The TFET is made out a<br />
gated PN diode: when the gate is biased at 0, no carrier can flow from drain to source because of<br />
the wide tunnel barrier they have to flow through. But when the gate voltage is decreased the<br />
barrier width is narrowed down allowing for band to band tunneling current.<br />
FURTHER READING:<br />
Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 263508 (2009)<br />
Tunneling field-effect transistor with<br />
epitaxial junction in thin germanium-oninsulator<br />
Microelectronic Engineering (2011)<br />
Gate-induced drain leakage in FD-SOI<br />
devices: What the TFET teaches us about the<br />
MOSFET<br />
6<br />
Tunneling-based nano-FETs<br />
Chair of Excellence 2008: Alex<br />
ZASLAVSKY<br />
Coordinator: Sorin CRISTOLOVEANU<br />
(IMEP-LAHC).<br />
The objective of this project is to<br />
investigate the technological potential of<br />
tunneling FETs (TFETs) built in<br />
semiconductor-in-insulator technology to<br />
complement or possibly replace standard<br />
CMOS FETs in digital logic circuits. These<br />
TFETs are theoretically predicted to<br />
manifest sharper on-off characteristics<br />
and higher I ON currents than Si<br />
CMOSFETs.<br />
If this theoretical promise is confirmed,<br />
the technological insertion of such<br />
devices is likely in the longer term, when<br />
hybrid systems combining standard<br />
CMOS logic with islands of alternative<br />
technologies become standard. Also TFET<br />
devices provide an experimental testbed<br />
for interband tunneling (and other<br />
quantum effects).<br />
So far experimental demonstrations have<br />
not fulfilled the theoretical expectations.<br />
The originality of the approach of this<br />
project is to combine advanced<br />
technological fabrication with solid<br />
modeling and characterization.<br />
A emphasis is put on the comparison of<br />
germanium-on-insulator (GeOI) TFETs<br />
with their silicon-on-insulator (SOI)<br />
counterparts in order to address high on<br />
currents. Indeed there have been<br />
already several reports of sub-60<br />
mV/decade subthreshold slope in SOI<br />
TFETs (including a world-leading result<br />
from LETI-CEA) but at the expense of<br />
relatively low I ON due to the large<br />
bandgap of Si and insufficiently abrupt<br />
junctions. Conversely, GeOI TFETs are<br />
expected to have considerably larger I ON .<br />
The project has already allowed to<br />
experimentally demonstrate theoretical<br />
calculations: interest of HfO 2 as high k<br />
gate dielectric in order to improve the<br />
subthreshold slope, interest of Ge to<br />
increase the on current… The project has<br />
lead to 3 publications in <strong>2010</strong> (ESSDERC,<br />
JAP and APL) and some patents are<br />
pending.<br />
Fig.6: Alex ZASLAVSKY, Chair of Excellence<br />
2008
2 – NANOMAGNETISM<br />
AND SPINTRONICS<br />
By tailoring the magneto-transport<br />
properties and using nanofabrication<br />
techniques, we optimize new functions<br />
for spintronics devices based on the<br />
manipulation of domain walls by a<br />
current or the control of magnetism by<br />
an electric field. We also develop<br />
nanostructures with quantum properties,<br />
such as carbon nanotubes and graphene,<br />
magnetic molecules or semiconductor<br />
quantum dots.<br />
NANO-SPINTRONICS<br />
Conventional Spintronics devices make<br />
use of the spin of the electron to control<br />
the current flow (magneto-resistance)<br />
through Ferromagnetic/Nonmagnetic(NM)<br />
/Ferromagnetic nanostructures and to<br />
control in return the magnetization state<br />
via the spin polarized current (spin<br />
momentum transfer). Replacing the NM<br />
part by a domain wall makes it possible<br />
to encode sequences of “0” or “1 states<br />
in magnetic nanowires and to move these<br />
states at high speed along the wire by a<br />
spin polarized current. Understanding<br />
such domain wall motion in relation to<br />
structural and magnetic properties of the<br />
nanowires is one focus of the studies.<br />
Furthermore, optimization of the domain<br />
wall speed and more generally of the<br />
stability of the magnetization state is<br />
achieved for out-of plane magnetized<br />
materials. A strong perpendicular<br />
magnetic anisotropy (PMA) induced at<br />
interfaces in Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel<br />
junctions as well as at Co/graphene<br />
interfaces is thus of particular interest.<br />
Besides exploiting interfacial electronic<br />
properties, a completely novel approach<br />
to control the magnetic properties is<br />
explored by using an electric field.<br />
Finally, new systems are developed, such<br />
as a ferromagnetic system based on<br />
germanium and a new perspective for the<br />
controlled growth and properties of<br />
magnetic nanoparticles by using<br />
graphene as a template.<br />
Domain walls in nanowires<br />
RTRA Project 2009: MIDWEST<br />
Coordinator: Jan VOGEL (Institut Néel).<br />
To address important questions on the<br />
interaction of domain walls with<br />
structural defects and to elucidate the<br />
dynamics of the domain wall motion<br />
under spin transfer torque in real time,<br />
state of the art and complementary<br />
microscopy techniques of high spatial and<br />
temporal resolution are being developed<br />
in the frame of the project MIDWEST.<br />
These techniques include Polarized<br />
Electron Emission Microscopy (PEEM),<br />
Lorentz holography, Magnetic Force<br />
Microscopy (MFM) and Kerr microscopy.<br />
Important advances have been made, by<br />
establishing focused ion beam (FIB)<br />
etching techniques to prepare nanowires<br />
on SiN membranes. Holographic imaging<br />
was then used to determine the magnetic<br />
state diagram of domain walls (Fig. 1).<br />
The time resolved PEEM imaging<br />
elucidated that<br />
in FeNi/Cu/Co spin valve<br />
nanowires the spins in FeNi rotate due to<br />
the Oersted field. This needs to be taken<br />
into account for analysing the wall<br />
propagation [1].<br />
in Pt/Co/AlOx (perpendicular<br />
magnetization) the wall moves mainly<br />
during the current pulse and not (or<br />
little) after pulse termination in contrast<br />
to in-plane materials.<br />
Fig. 1: Magnetization distribution in color code<br />
of a 500 nm wide Co/Cu/FeNi wire. A domain<br />
wall is visible in the bend of the wire. The spin<br />
directions are indicated by the arrows.<br />
Furthermore, in contrast to almost all<br />
other perpendicular systems, in<br />
Pt/Co/AlOx long distance current-induced<br />
motion of domain walls was observed<br />
using Kerr microscopy with maximum<br />
wall velocities above 400 m/s. The<br />
Rashba effect [2] due to the structural<br />
inversion asymmetry is thought to be at<br />
the origin of this high wall mobility. The<br />
different microscopy techniques will help<br />
to elucidate the underlying mechanism of<br />
these effects.<br />
To better control the structural properties<br />
and to relate the pinning of domain walls<br />
to structural defects, epitaxial systems<br />
are being developed and studied.<br />
A particular system is FePt whose strong<br />
perpendicular magnetic anisotropy results<br />
in narrow walls. This system is well suited<br />
to study the stochastic effects linked to<br />
FURTHER READING:<br />
CONTACTS<br />
Ursula EBELS<br />
ursula.ebels@cea.fr<br />
Tel: +33 4 38 78 53 44<br />
Joël CIBERT<br />
joel.cibert@grenoble.cnrs.fr<br />
Tel: +33 4 76 88 11 93<br />
7<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
[1] Phys. Rev. B 83, 020406 (2011)<br />
Direct observation of Oersted-field-induced<br />
magnetisation dynamics in magnetic<br />
nanowires<br />
[2] Nature Mater. 9, 230 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Current-Induced Spin-Orbit Torque in a<br />
Uniformly Magnetized Ferromagnetic Layer<br />
with Rashba Inversion Asymmetry.
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
FURTHER READING:<br />
[3] Phys. Rev. B 81, 134408 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Effect of crystalline defects on domain wall<br />
motion under field and current in<br />
nanowires with perpendicular<br />
magnetization<br />
[4] New J. Phys. 12, 103040 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Ultrathin epitaxial cobalt films on graphene<br />
for spintronic investigations and applications<br />
[5] Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 262509 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Effect of structural relaxation and oxidation<br />
conditions on interlayer exchange coupling<br />
in Fe|MgO|Fe tunnel junctions<br />
[6] Phys. Rev. B 81, 220407 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Oscillatory interlayer exchange coupling in<br />
MgO tunnel junctions with perpendicular<br />
magnetic anisotropy<br />
[7] Science 315 349 (2007)<br />
Electric Field-Induced Modification of<br />
Magnetism in Thin-Film Ferromagnets<br />
8<br />
the depinning of the domain wall from a<br />
single pinning centre using spin polarized<br />
current injection [3]. Combining<br />
structural and magnetic contrast in<br />
Lorentz imaging it was possible to show a<br />
clear correlation between a micromacle<br />
and the domain wall pinning in a FePt<br />
nanowire.<br />
Please read the corresponding Highlight<br />
at the end of this report for further<br />
information<br />
Perpendicular Anisotropy<br />
and exchange interactions<br />
Chair of Excellence 2007: Mairbek<br />
CHSHIEV<br />
PhD student: Hongxin YANG<br />
(INAC/SPINTEC).<br />
Perpendicular anisotropy materials play a<br />
more and more important role for the<br />
design of spintronics devices. Here,<br />
theoretical electronic band structure<br />
calculations provide an important mean<br />
to study the effect and the role of the<br />
structural properties on the electronic<br />
and magnetic properties and thus a guide<br />
for the development of spintronics<br />
devices. Confirming recent experiments<br />
relevant to strong perpendicular<br />
magnetic anisotropy (PMA), it is shown<br />
by first principles calculation that the PMA<br />
in Fe/MgO magnetic tunnel junctions<br />
(MTJ) can be as large as 3 erg/cm 2 . The<br />
nature of the PMA has been clarified and<br />
is attributed to the hybridization between<br />
Fe and oxygen orbitals via spin orbit<br />
interaction (SOI). Additional oxygen or<br />
oxygen vacancies at the interface,<br />
destroys the hybridization between Fe<br />
and oxygen and leads to a reduction of<br />
the PMA. Hence good crystalline quality<br />
of the Fe/MgO interface is of importance<br />
to obtain a large PMA.<br />
Similarly, in order to explain recent<br />
experiments realized at Institut Néel, it<br />
has been confirmed by calculation that a<br />
strong PMA is induced at Co/graphene<br />
interfaces [4].<br />
As a further result of the band structure<br />
calculations it has been revealed that<br />
structural relaxation influences the<br />
interlayer exchange coupling (IEC)<br />
between the Fe layers in Fe/MgO/Fe<br />
tunnel barriers. In particular oxygen<br />
vacancies increase the antiferromagnetic<br />
coupling strength, while oxygen rich<br />
interfaces decrease the coupling or<br />
induce a ferromagnetic interaction [5].<br />
Finally, oscillations of the IEC as a<br />
function of the ferromagnetic layer<br />
thickness in magnetic tunnel junctions of<br />
PMA ferromagnetic layers has been<br />
observed experimentally and explained in<br />
the frame of a free electron model [6].<br />
An experimental study (“fil de l’eau” PhD<br />
student 2007: Marcio MEIDEROS-<br />
SOARES) of the exchange coupling<br />
between antiferromagnetic PtMn and<br />
chemically ordered ferromagnetic FePt<br />
with strong PMA has been performed to<br />
better understand the exchange bias<br />
mechanism. XMCD measurements<br />
(ID08/ESRF beamline) at the Mn and Fe<br />
L 2 , L 3 -edges show that the major part of<br />
the Mn spins reverse along with the Fe<br />
spins and thus only 10% contribute to<br />
the exchange-bias shift. This outcome<br />
shows that interfacial Mn spins are<br />
strongly coupled to the ferromagnetic<br />
FePt layer and less coupled to the spins<br />
inside the antiferromagnetic layer.<br />
Electric field control of<br />
anisotropy<br />
RTRA Project 2007: POMME<br />
Coordinator: Dominique GIVORD (Institut<br />
Néel).<br />
As a new approach to control the intrinsic<br />
magnetic properties in metals, a large<br />
electric field is used to appreciably<br />
change the electron density at surfaces<br />
or interfaces in ultrathin ferromagnetic<br />
metal films. This has been demonstrated<br />
in 2007 by the Institut Néel for FePt and<br />
FePd immersed in an electrolyte where<br />
the magneto-crystalline anisotropy can<br />
be reversibly modified by an applied<br />
electric field [7]. The aim of the current<br />
studies is to replace the electrolyte with<br />
an insulating material to charge the<br />
ferromagnetic surface (Fig. 2). The<br />
challenge is to develop oxide overlayers<br />
of high breakdown voltage.<br />
Fig. 2: FEM simulation of the electric field and<br />
surface charge induced on a nanocontact. The<br />
charge distribution is maximum at the apex of<br />
the nanocontact<br />
Al 2 0 3 and HfO 2 barriers have been<br />
prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition<br />
(ALD) that permits to grow extremely<br />
homogeneous and compact layers. The<br />
mean voltage breakdown shows that the<br />
goal of 10 8 V/m has been reached<br />
allowing the application of strong electric<br />
fields to the surface. The next step will be<br />
to characterize the effect on a 2 nm FePt<br />
thin film under electric fields of more
than 10 8 V/m and to compare this to the<br />
original work in an electrolyte [7].<br />
As a first direct observation of the E-field<br />
effect across an oxide barrier, it was<br />
shown that the coercivity in cobalt<br />
nanostructures, see Figure 2, is<br />
influenced by strong electrical fields.<br />
In order to study in more details the<br />
charging effect at the metal surfaces a<br />
new original experimental tool has been<br />
developed using X-ray reflectometry at<br />
the ESRF. First experiments on Pt films in<br />
an electrolyte reveal the interfacial<br />
charging effect. The depth of the<br />
charging effect, of the order of 1 nm, is<br />
larger than the depth (around 0.4 nm at<br />
most) usually considered for metallic<br />
systems. In addition an oscillation in the<br />
electron density around z=0 is found.<br />
These two effects may tentatively be<br />
attributed to interfacial roughness.<br />
Graphene as a template for<br />
magnetic structures<br />
“Fil de l’eau” PhD student 2009: Chi VO<br />
VAN<br />
Coordinator: Olivier FRUCHART (Institut<br />
Néel).<br />
The high structural quality of graphene<br />
will provide an ideal new type of template<br />
to fabricate self-organised magnetic dots.<br />
Furthermore, the structural properties of<br />
graphene are expected to allow adjusting<br />
the nanodot structural parameters<br />
(nanodot size, symmetry and pitch of the<br />
lattice) and addressing novel magnetic<br />
properties (magnetic collective states by<br />
tuning the magnetic interaction between<br />
dots through the system's geometry).<br />
Here the first challenging steps have<br />
been realized, which are to prepare a<br />
suitable substrate, chosen to be Ir (111)<br />
for the growth of graphene. The first<br />
Ir/Graphene films (Fig. 3) show good<br />
structural properties and permit to<br />
address now the self organised growth of<br />
magnetic nanoparticles using PLD.<br />
As an intermediate study Co films grown<br />
on graphene reveal a strong<br />
perpendicular anisotropy [4].<br />
Spintronics and germanium<br />
RTRA Project 2008: IMAGE<br />
Coordinator: Matthieu JAMET<br />
(INAC/SP2M).<br />
Making nonmagnetic semiconductors<br />
ferromagnetic above room temperature<br />
would allow the development of an allsemiconductor<br />
spintronics. The model<br />
system up to now is the diluted magnetic<br />
semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As, with a Curie<br />
temperature which remains too low<br />
(
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Magnetic Microsystems<br />
“Fil de l’eau” PhD student 2007: Mikhail<br />
KUSTOV<br />
Coordinators: Nora DEMPSEY (Institut<br />
Néel), Orphée CUGAT et Gilbert REYNE<br />
(G2ELab)<br />
Due to the scalability of magnetic forces<br />
upon reducing size, they are successfully<br />
used in microsystems. A close<br />
collaboration covering materials sciences<br />
and electrical engineering, and potential<br />
users (such as biologists) allowed us to<br />
optimize arrays of micro-patterned hard<br />
magnets (NdFeB). The stray fields<br />
produced are fully characterized thanks<br />
to the development of new tools such as<br />
3D measurements using a singlecomponent<br />
Hall probe and quantitative<br />
magneto-optic imaging using a uniaxial<br />
magneto-optic indicator film in a bias<br />
field [9]. New micro-systems have been<br />
demonstrated, such as the "flying carpet"<br />
shown in Fig.5, or micromagnet arrays<br />
for the manipulation of biological objects.<br />
QUANTUM<br />
SPINTRONICS<br />
Downscaling spintronics devices one<br />
reaches the limit of single magnetic<br />
molecules and atomic spins in magnetic<br />
quantum dots. A major challenge here is<br />
to read and manipulate the spin states<br />
and to perform basic quantum<br />
operations. On the one hand, Carbon<br />
nanotubes (CNTs) are very good<br />
candidates to study these effects due to<br />
their high sensitivity to small changes in<br />
the electrostatic environment. On the<br />
other hand, inserting a single Mn atom<br />
into a quantum dot provides the ultimate<br />
tool to manipulate individual spin states.<br />
Finally, for developing beyond “CMOS”<br />
nanoelectronics, graphene as a new<br />
material has emerged recently. The<br />
conditions under which the magnetic<br />
order can be obtained is explored<br />
theoretically by atomic scale<br />
‘nanopatterning’.<br />
Magnetic order in graphene<br />
Chair of Excellence 2007: Mairbek<br />
CHSHIEV<br />
PhD student: Hongxin YANG<br />
(INAC/SPINTEC).<br />
FURTHER READING:<br />
[9] J. Appl. Phys. 108, 063914 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Magnetic characterization of<br />
micropatterned Nd-Fe-B hard magnetic films<br />
using scanning Hall probe microscopy<br />
10<br />
Fig. 5: The "flying carpet": the design of the<br />
assembly of micromagnets ensures stability in<br />
both directions and can replace complex<br />
systems involving superconductors and<br />
associated cryogenics.<br />
Spin transfer torque in<br />
nanoparticles<br />
“Fil de l’eau” PhD student 2008: Irina<br />
GROZA<br />
Coordinator: Alain MARTY (INAC/SP2M).<br />
Aggregates of magnetic Co/CoO coreshell<br />
nanoparticles (5 nm diameter)<br />
provide a test system to study the effect<br />
of the spin polarized current on the<br />
antiferromagnetic exchange bias from the<br />
CoO to the Co. As a first step a few tens<br />
of nm thick films of nanoparticles were<br />
prepared and the correlation between the<br />
particles was established using the<br />
magneto-resistance effect. At room<br />
temperature, the CoO is unblocked and<br />
the correlation comes from the dipolar<br />
interaction between particles.<br />
Huge values of the charge mobility in<br />
addition to a weak intrinsic spin-orbit<br />
coupling in carbon-based sp 2 structures<br />
could potentially allow for very large<br />
(micron long) spin diffusion lengths.<br />
These features, together with the other<br />
”semi-conductor like” properties of<br />
graphene, make graphene-based<br />
spintronic devices highly promising and<br />
have triggered a quest for controlling<br />
spin injection in graphene. Many routes<br />
have been attempted to induce<br />
magnetism by proximity effect or inject<br />
spins from magnetic electrodes. Here we<br />
graphene nanomeshes investigate by<br />
first-principles calculations to address the<br />
important question of whether and under<br />
what conditions graphene can exhibit<br />
correlated (ordered) magnetic properties.<br />
By removing an equal number of A and B<br />
sites of the graphene bipartite lattice, a<br />
regular network of atomic scale vacancies<br />
is obtained. Such a nanomesh (Fig. 6)<br />
made mostly of zigzag (armchair) type<br />
edges exhibits antiferromagnetic (spin<br />
unpolarized) states. In contrast, in a<br />
situation of sublattice symmetry<br />
breaking, stable ferrimagnetic states are<br />
obtained. For a hydrogen-passivated<br />
nanomesh, the ground state is found to<br />
strongly depend on the vacancies shape<br />
and size. The obtained net magnetic<br />
moments increase with the difference<br />
between the number of removed A and B
sites. The calculations indicate that using<br />
highly asymmetric vacancies, one may<br />
reach high exchange splitting values<br />
(0.5~eV) and obtain a promising<br />
candidate material for room temperature<br />
carbon based spintronics materials.<br />
Fig. 6: H-passivated Graphene nanomesh with<br />
different triangular shapes. The corresponding<br />
net magnetic moments for each structure are<br />
also indicated.<br />
Carbon nanotubes for single<br />
spin detection<br />
“Fil de l’eau” PhD student 2007:<br />
Subhadeep DATTA<br />
“Fil de l’eau” PhD student 2009: Marc<br />
GANZHORN<br />
Coordinator: Wolfgang WERNSDORFER<br />
(Institut Néel).<br />
properties of carbon nanotubes (Fig. 8).<br />
The mechanical oscillation frequency of<br />
the CNT changes as a function of the spin<br />
state of the SMM. This change in<br />
frequency is visible in the electron<br />
conduction where the Coulomb peak<br />
voltage decreases at the resonance. First<br />
devices have been fabricated by chemical<br />
vapour deposition. The detection scheme<br />
has been validated for empty CNT and<br />
the longitudinal bending modes have<br />
been characterized. The next step will be<br />
to apply an external magnetic field and to<br />
define an adequate method for depositing<br />
SMM inside the CNT.<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
When encapsulating a magnetic Fe or Co<br />
nanoparticle (
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
FURTHER READING:<br />
[10] Phys. Rev. B 81, 245315 (<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
Optical initialization, readout, and dynamics<br />
of a Mn spin in a quantum dot<br />
Semiconductor<br />
quantum<br />
dots<br />
Chair of Excellence 2007: Joaquin<br />
FERNANDEZ-ROSSIER<br />
Coordinator: Henri MARIETTE (Institut<br />
Néel).<br />
Electron spins confined in quantum dots<br />
(QDs) are one of the proposed physical<br />
realizations for a qubit. The most studied<br />
system is a QD defined by gating a 2D<br />
electron gas in GaAs. Two original<br />
systems based on self-assembled QDs<br />
are studied within programs of the<br />
Nanosciences Foundation: a single<br />
magnetic impurity in a QD, and Si-Ge<br />
QDs (see the Quantum Electronics<br />
report).<br />
Thanks to the strong spin-carrier<br />
coupling, one can exploit the absorption<br />
of an individual II-VI QD to optically<br />
initialize the spin state of a single<br />
magnetic impurity contained in the QD,<br />
and to optically monitor its dynamics.<br />
A new set-up involving resonant<br />
excitation to achieve optical pumping of<br />
the single quantum dot, with or without a<br />
trapped carrier, allowed us to study the<br />
dynamics of an isolated Mn spin, and the<br />
effect of the Mn spin on the electron-hole<br />
pair dynamics. For instance, when the Mn<br />
spin is embedded in the strongly strained<br />
QD, we observe a long spin lifetime in the<br />
dark, and a short one in the presence of<br />
an exciton, so that an efficient optical<br />
pumping is achieved. Within the Chair of<br />
Excellence, the full dynamics of the<br />
coupled system has been modelled [10].<br />
In a second step, the model is further<br />
extended to encompass coherent<br />
manipulation through optical Stark effect<br />
or microwaves. This is a much more<br />
complex experiment for which<br />
preliminary results have been obtained<br />
(Fig. 9).<br />
Dissemination and Training<br />
A user list has been established to<br />
coordinate the conferences and seminars<br />
held at the Institut Néel (<strong>CNRS</strong>),<br />
Nanomagnétisme Laboratory (CEA/INAC)<br />
and SPINTEC Laboratory (UMR<br />
CEA/<strong>CNRS</strong>/UJF & Grenoble INP).<br />
A two day colloquium “Nanomagnetism<br />
and Spintronics” has been organized on<br />
November, 24 th and 25 th <strong>2010</strong> with the<br />
aim to present an overview on current<br />
research in Rhône-Alpes and in France, in<br />
Quebec and Canada, along with a<br />
broader outline of cutting-edge research<br />
on-going in other European research<br />
centres.<br />
Thesis Prize Laureate<br />
Dimitri HOUSSAMEDDINE, one of the two<br />
laureates of the <strong>2010</strong> Nanosciences<br />
Foundation Thesis Prize, has deposited 3<br />
patents and published 4 publications as<br />
main author (in addition to 6 other<br />
publications) during his thesis.<br />
On December 2, <strong>2010</strong>, in the frame of<br />
the Prize Award Ceremony, his talk<br />
entitled “Magnetization dynamics in spin<br />
torque microwave nano-oscillators” has<br />
illustrated the excellence of his results.<br />
Fig. 9: Spin dependent optically dressed states<br />
in a Mn-doped QD: TEM cross section of a QD<br />
(left) and anticrossing due to the optical Stark<br />
effect (right).<br />
12
3 – NANOPHOTONICS<br />
The optical properties of matter can be<br />
tailored to a very large extent by playing<br />
with the quantum confinement of<br />
electrons or photon confinement on the<br />
wavelength scale. Besides new physics,<br />
researchers belonging to the Foundation’s<br />
network pave the way toward new<br />
devices and applications through the<br />
development of original nano/micro<br />
structures.<br />
QUANTUM DOTS<br />
AND WIRES<br />
Since the early days of the Nanosciences<br />
Foundation, supporting the development<br />
of research on semiconductor nanowires<br />
in Grenoble has been seen as a priority.<br />
Nanowires offer indeed an unprecedented<br />
flexibility for building novel<br />
semiconductor nanostructures and open<br />
large-scale application prospects in<br />
various fields of photonics, including<br />
solid-state lighting and photovoltaics.<br />
Catalyst-free growth of GaN<br />
nanowire heterostructures<br />
“Fil de l’eau” PhD student 2007: Xiaojun<br />
CHEN<br />
Coordinator: Joel EYMERY (INAC/SP2M)<br />
As of 2008, it was already known that<br />
GaN nanowires can be formed by vapor<br />
phase epitaxy from organo-metallic<br />
precursors (MOVPE), without using<br />
catalysts that may degrade the electronic<br />
and optical properties of the material.<br />
This PhD work has considerably improved<br />
the understanding of elementary growth<br />
mechanisms entering into play and the<br />
mastering of the synthesis of nanowire<br />
heterostructures. Noticeably, the<br />
formation of either pyramids or<br />
nanowires on various substrates has<br />
been unambiguously related to the<br />
polarity of the GaN nucleation layer [1].<br />
The presence of silane in the gas phase<br />
has been shown to favour vertical growth<br />
through the formation of a protective<br />
silicon nitride layer on the sidewalls<br />
(patent pending). Also, an optimisation of<br />
the substrate preparation and growth<br />
sequence has led to a strong<br />
improvement of the homogeneity of<br />
dense nanowire arrays grown on<br />
patterned substrates, which is a key<br />
issue in view of an application to lightemitting<br />
diodes.<br />
This mastering of growth processes<br />
enables the synthesis of original and<br />
functional heterostructures, such as<br />
quantum dots or radial quantum wells.<br />
Nano-LEDs and UV photodetectors based<br />
on a single wire have been demonstrated<br />
in collaboration with IEF (Orsay).<br />
Fig. 1: View of a blue light-emitting diode<br />
exploiting a single nanowire with radial<br />
GaN/InGaN multiquantum well structure.<br />
Ultrabright quantum dots in<br />
II-VI nanowires<br />
“Fil de l’eau” PhD student 2009: Miryam<br />
ELOUNEG-JAMROZ<br />
Coordinators: Serge TATARENKO (Institut<br />
Néel) and Edith BELLET-AMALRIC<br />
(INAC/SP2M)<br />
This work focuses on the development<br />
and study of quantum dots in nanowires<br />
made of II-VI semiconductors<br />
(ZnSe/CdSe).<br />
Following the pionneering experiments<br />
conducted by the team in 2007, the<br />
growth relies on molecular beam epitaxy,<br />
using gold droplets as catalysts. The<br />
homoepitaxy on ZnSe substrates<br />
(instead of GaAs) has been developped.<br />
Arrays of vertical nanowires with<br />
diameters in the 10-20nm diameter<br />
range have been grown on both (100)<br />
and (111)B surfaces.<br />
A major reduction of the size dispersion<br />
of the nanowires resulted from an<br />
optimisation of the dewetting of the gold<br />
layer, which is used to prepare the gold<br />
catalysts.<br />
Overall, a strong improvement of the<br />
quality of such CdSe/ZnSe QDs has been<br />
obtained, as highlighted by the first<br />
observation of single photon emission at<br />
300K.<br />
Please read the corresponding Highlight<br />
at the end of this report for further<br />
information<br />
FURTHER READING<br />
CONTACTS<br />
Jean-Michel GERARD<br />
jean-michel.gerard@cea.fr<br />
Tel: +33 4 38 78 31 34<br />
Jean-Emmanuel BROQUIN<br />
broquin@minatec.inpg.fr<br />
Tel: +33 4 56 52 95 29<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
[1] Appl. Phys. Lett 97, 151909 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Homoepitaxial growth of catalyst-free<br />
GaN wires on N-polar substrates<br />
13
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Exploring new concepts for<br />
photovoltaics with II-VI<br />
heterostructures<br />
Chair of Excellence 2009: Yong ZHANG<br />
Coordinator: Henri MARIETTE (Institut<br />
Néel)<br />
Thanks to their appropriate range of<br />
energy gaps, II-VI materials are already<br />
intensively used in solar cells.<br />
This novel project explores new concepts<br />
which are likely to improve the efficiency<br />
of II-VI solar cells and/or reduce their<br />
cost. Among the most promising ones<br />
figure type II band configurations, which<br />
favour the separation of photogenerated<br />
electron – hole pairs, and the nanowire<br />
geometry, which can be used to<br />
enhance light absorption and improve<br />
current collection.<br />
Promising first results have already been<br />
obtained along both lines. Noticeably,<br />
test planar CdSe/ZnTe heterostructures,<br />
grown by molecular beam epitaxy,<br />
display a three orders of magnitude<br />
enhancement of the lifetime of<br />
photogenerated carriers thanks to their<br />
type II band configuration.<br />
Novel type II core-shell nanowire<br />
heterostructures have been synthesized<br />
using either molecular beam epitaxy or<br />
“low cost” techniques to coat ZnO<br />
nanowires by a thin layer of CdSe or<br />
CdTe (see Figure 2).<br />
OPTICAL<br />
MICROCAVITIES<br />
High Q silica microtoroids<br />
and microspheres<br />
“New comers” Project 2007: Julien<br />
CLAUDON (INAC/SP2M)<br />
PhD student: Nitin Singh MALIK<br />
Among dielectric microcavities, silica<br />
microspheres and microtoroids display<br />
remarkably high quality factors. This<br />
project aims at exploring the physics of<br />
hybrid systems formed by a microtoroid<br />
coupled to one or few self-assembled<br />
QDs.<br />
Within this project, high Q (Q>10 7 )<br />
microtoroids and microspheres have been<br />
fabricated on a Si chip, through a CO 2<br />
laser-assisted melting of the silica. The<br />
assembly of microtoroids to tiny GaAs<br />
mesa structures containing InAs QDs has<br />
been realized for the first time in the<br />
RTRA dual beam FIB system, following a<br />
cut, pick and place procedure (see Figure<br />
3).<br />
µ-toroid<br />
Mesa<br />
Fig. 3: Scanning electron micrograph of a silica<br />
microtoroid coupled to InAs self-assembled<br />
QDs in a GaAs mesa structure.<br />
Fig. 2: Scanning electron micrograph of an<br />
array of ZnO nanowires after conformal<br />
coating by CdTe (typical diameter: 200 nm)<br />
The modes of the coupled system show<br />
up on the emission spectra, with Q’s in<br />
the few 10 3 range, in agreement with<br />
calculated values for a mesa-toroid<br />
system in contact. Modelling shows that<br />
the introduction of a small air gap should<br />
restore a higher quality factor (Q>10 5 ),<br />
enabling a laser operation and possibly<br />
the vacuum Rabi-flopping of a single QD.<br />
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Cavity-feeding :<br />
decoherence as a ressource<br />
for<br />
quantum<br />
optoelectronics<br />
Chair of Excellence 2008: Marcelo<br />
FRANCA SANTOS<br />
Coordinator: Alexia AUFFEVES (Institut<br />
Néel)<br />
The general goal of this project is to<br />
study how the results of Cavity Quantum<br />
Electrodynamics (CQED), which are well<br />
known for isolated atoms, transform<br />
when these emitters are replaced with<br />
solid-state artificial atoms such as<br />
quantum dots.<br />
Among other striking results, recent<br />
experiments have revealed that an<br />
emitter that is detuned with respect to a<br />
resonant cavity mode can nevertheless<br />
emit photons at the mode frequency. This<br />
important basic effect, known as “cavityfeeding”,<br />
can be explained by<br />
perturbations of the emitter by its solidstate<br />
environment, such as Coulomb<br />
interactions with a fluctuating charge<br />
environment or the coupling to the<br />
phonon bath.<br />
The influence of pure dephasing was<br />
studied [2] as well as the coupling to<br />
acoustic phonons on the dynamics of a<br />
coupled QD-cavity system. A generalized<br />
expression has been introduced for the<br />
Purcell factor, to describe the case of<br />
spectrally broad emitters. While<br />
dephasing decreases the spontaneous<br />
emission rate of an emitter-cavity system<br />
in resonance, it can increase it for<br />
spectrally detuned systems. It can also<br />
be used to induce lasing in systems<br />
containing one or few detuned QDs.<br />
Decoherence, which is usually considered<br />
a drawback, can be seen as a novel<br />
fundamental resource for solid-state<br />
CQED, offering appealing perspectives in<br />
the context of quantum optoelectronic<br />
devices such as single-photon sources<br />
and nanolasers.<br />
PHOTONIC WIRES FOR<br />
QUANTUM OPTICS<br />
Until recently, most quantum optics<br />
experiments aiming at a control of the<br />
spontaneous emission of solid-state<br />
emitters have been either performed in<br />
optical microcavities or photonic crystals.<br />
Although all major basic CQED effects<br />
have now been observed (vacuum Rabi<br />
flopping and related non-linear properties<br />
at the single photon level, enhancement<br />
and inhibition of spontaneous emission),<br />
these structures present significant<br />
limitations, such as the relatively poor<br />
control over the far-field radiation pattern<br />
of high Q cavities or 3D photonic crystals.<br />
Several pioneering experiments<br />
performed in Grenoble have recently<br />
revealed the strong interest of photonic<br />
wires (PWs) as a novel template for<br />
quantum optics.<br />
Spontaneous emission<br />
control of QDs in photonic<br />
wires<br />
“New comers” Project 2007: Julien<br />
CLAUDON (INAC/SP2M)<br />
Photonic wires (PWs) are onedimensional<br />
single mode dielectric<br />
waveguides characterized by a large<br />
refraction index contrast between the<br />
core and cladding materials. As such,<br />
they ensure a strong lateral confinement<br />
of the guided mode, as well as an<br />
efficient dielectric screening of nonguided<br />
modes. Thanks to this<br />
combination of effects, optical properties<br />
of an embedded emitter with dipole<br />
normal to the PW axis (such as a QD)<br />
are predominantly governed by its<br />
coupling to the guided mode of the PW.<br />
Thereby, this system, known as a “onedimensional<br />
atom”, has unique optical<br />
properties and application prospects in<br />
the field of quantum optoelectronics.<br />
FURTHER READING<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
[2] Phys. Rev. B 81, 245419 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Controlling the dynamics of a coupled atomcavity<br />
system by pure dephasing.<br />
[3] Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 103601 (2011)<br />
Inhibitiion, enhancement and control of<br />
spontaneous emission in photonic<br />
nanowires<br />
Experiments have been performed on<br />
etched GaAs PWs with embedded InAs<br />
QDs, prepared within the PTA facility.<br />
Among a rich set of results, one can<br />
emphasize:<br />
The strong inhibition (x0.05) of the<br />
QD spontaneous emission rate in very<br />
thin PWs, which confirms the efficient<br />
screening of non-guided modes [3];<br />
The control of the polarization of the<br />
photons emitted by QDs, through their<br />
embedding in anisotropic PWs;<br />
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SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
FURTHER READING<br />
[4] Nature Photon. 4, 174 (<strong>2010</strong>) A highly<br />
efficient single photon source based on a<br />
quantum dot in a photonic nanowire<br />
The development of a single-photon<br />
source that exploits the funnelling of QD<br />
spontaneous emission into the guided<br />
mode of the PW; this source exhibits for<br />
the first time a record high photon<br />
collection efficiency and a very pure<br />
single photon emission [4].<br />
Please read the corresponding Highlight<br />
at the end of this report for further<br />
information<br />
These results open the way to the<br />
development of novel devices that will<br />
exploit the broadband spontaneous<br />
emission control provided by PWs, such<br />
as spectrally tuneable single-photon<br />
sources or ultrabright sources of<br />
entangled photon pairs. From a more<br />
basic perspective, one-dimensional atoms<br />
have also attractive non-linear properties<br />
at the single photon level, which are<br />
presently investigated theoretically and<br />
experimentally within the Chair of<br />
Excellence of Marcelo FRANCA SANTOS.<br />
1D exciton-polaritons in<br />
ZnO wires<br />
“New comers” Project 2008: Maxime<br />
RICHARD (Institut Néel)<br />
This project investigates the non linear<br />
properties (superradiance, radiative<br />
coupling, Bose stimulation) of ensembles<br />
of emitters that are embedded in PWs, so<br />
as to increase their mutual coupling via<br />
the electromagnetic field. The study is<br />
focused on ZnO and GaN nanowires in<br />
order to exploit the large binding energy<br />
and oscillator strength of excitons in<br />
these materials.<br />
A new setup providing spatial, angular<br />
and time-resolution (~6 ps) in the near-<br />
UV range has been assembled.<br />
For single ZnO PWs with diameter around<br />
0.5 µm, high Q (~1000) resonant modes<br />
similar to whispering gallery modes are<br />
observed. As shown in figure 4, these<br />
modes interact strongly interact with bulk<br />
excitons to form one dimensional excitonpolaritons<br />
at room temperature, with a<br />
normal mode splitting exceeding 200<br />
meV.<br />
With such a splitting, which is much<br />
larger than LO phonon energy, a strong<br />
quenching of the polariton-phonon<br />
interaction is achieved, even at 300K and<br />
for a large excitonic fraction [5]. Thus, a<br />
record figure of merit of 50 for the ratio<br />
of the Rabi splitting to the polariton full<br />
width at half maximum is achieved as a<br />
consequence of negligible thermal<br />
contribution to dephasing.<br />
This system looks particularly attractive<br />
for the observation of a Bose-Einstein<br />
condensation of polaritons in a 1D<br />
system. In preliminary experiments, a<br />
strong non-linear increase of the<br />
population of some polariton states has<br />
already been observed for increasing<br />
optical excitation. The evidence of the<br />
Bose-Einstein condensation of polaritons<br />
at 300K in this system would constitute a<br />
major scientific achievement, opening<br />
attractive application opportunities in the<br />
field of coherent semiconductor light<br />
sources in the UV.<br />
[5] Phys. Rev. B 83, 041302(R) (2011) Onedimensional<br />
ZnO exciton-polaritons with<br />
negligible thermal broadening at room<br />
temperature.<br />
Fig. 4 Measured luminescence signal as a function of angle and energy for a ZnO PW. Comparison<br />
to the dispersion of uncoupled modes (dashed lines) reveals their strong coupling with ZnO<br />
excitons<br />
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4 - MOLECULAR<br />
ELECTRONICS<br />
Molecular electronics, including organic<br />
electronics, is an emerging topic in<br />
nanosciences and nanotechnologies<br />
holding great promise to extend Moore's<br />
Law beyond the limits of conventional<br />
silicon integrated circuits. The main<br />
objective is to use molecular objects as<br />
active components in devices such as<br />
transistors, diodes or data storage media<br />
as well as offering new ways for energy<br />
harvesting.<br />
Current efforts in molecular electronics<br />
follow a bottom up approach, i.e. partly<br />
rely on self-assembly to integrate the<br />
molecule within the circuits. More<br />
generally it involves a series of steps<br />
such as:<br />
the design and preparation of<br />
molecules, molecular arrays or networks<br />
with unique and specific electronic,<br />
structural or photochemical properties,<br />
their integration into solid state<br />
devices,<br />
the measurements, control and<br />
exploitation of their electron transport<br />
properties.<br />
Fig. 1: Molecular Electronics concept: using<br />
molecules and their specific properties to<br />
develop new functionality for electronics<br />
The most important issues that need to<br />
be addressed in this highly competitive<br />
area are now:<br />
How to find reliable ways to<br />
predict and understand the electron<br />
transport properties of molecular objects<br />
as well as their use in electronic device<br />
performing a specific function (diode,<br />
transistor, memory…)?<br />
How to manipulate single<br />
molecular objects and incorporate them<br />
into devices?<br />
How to organize functionalized<br />
molecules in solid devices?<br />
Both the grafting techniques and<br />
the nature of the substrate are key<br />
parameters determining the application<br />
of the device.<br />
How to go from the nano-scale<br />
level to the macro-scale one, from an<br />
isolated single-molecule device to an<br />
integrated electronic circuit?<br />
How to connect the<br />
nanoscale/molecular level (for example a<br />
single molecule device) to the<br />
macroscopic world?<br />
Molecular electronics is based on the<br />
exploitation of responses and transport<br />
properties of matter at the molecular<br />
level. Selective self-organization of<br />
molecules on solid substrates requires<br />
the involvement of a large palette of<br />
reversible and non-covalent interactions<br />
between molecules.<br />
Therefore, interdisciplinarity clearly<br />
appears as the key factor of the actual<br />
development of molecular electronics. Its<br />
frontiers are largely beyond those of<br />
nanoelectronics since it involves<br />
mesoscopic physics (theory and<br />
experimental works in electronic system<br />
of low dimensionality), nanofabrication<br />
(ultimate lithography…), as well as<br />
numerous areas of chemistry (organic<br />
synthesis, supramolecular chemistry,<br />
chemical functionalization of surfaces,<br />
electrochemistry, photochemistry...).<br />
Grenoble has a fast growing expertise in<br />
the main aspects of molecular<br />
electronics, from fundamental research<br />
up to industrial activities. The following<br />
topics are addressed in the Foundation’s<br />
network of laboratories:<br />
Design, synthesis and<br />
characterization of specific molecular<br />
assemblies with redox and photochemical<br />
properties<br />
Study of molecular machines and<br />
motors<br />
Functionalization of surfaces and<br />
metal-molecule coupling<br />
Bottom-up approach for the<br />
conception of molecular wires or<br />
assemblies for photo-electronics<br />
Functionalization of nanoparticles<br />
and carbon nanotubes<br />
Conductive polymers<br />
Molecular memories and<br />
molecular magnetism<br />
Theoretical calculations on<br />
molecular junctions using ab initio<br />
methods<br />
Molecular junctions (fabrication,<br />
integration, and electrical measurements)<br />
Self-organization and self<br />
assembling of carbon nanotube based<br />
transistors<br />
Molecular switches and organic<br />
transistors<br />
Integration of carbon nanotubes<br />
for logical gates or interconnections<br />
Photosensitive molecules for solar<br />
cell applications<br />
CONTACTS<br />
Vincent BOUCHIAT<br />
Vincent.bouchiat@grenoble.cnrs.fr<br />
Tel: +33 4 38 78 39 86<br />
Eric SAINT AMAN<br />
Eric.aint-aman@ujf-grenoble.fr<br />
Tel: +33 4 76 51 48 75<br />
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SCIENTIFIC REPORT
Several shared research programs based<br />
on interdisciplinarity and combined<br />
expertise exist in Grenoble. Since 2008,<br />
the Foundation finances one of them: the<br />
2008 RTRA project called “POLYSUPRA”.<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Please read the corresponding Highlight<br />
at the end of this report for further<br />
information<br />
Among important results that have been<br />
obtained recently within the Foundation’s<br />
network of laboratories, one can mention<br />
two examples.<br />
The mechanism of photovoltaic<br />
(PV) conversion inside an organic solar<br />
cell observed at the nanoscale using<br />
Atomic Force Microscopy.<br />
This challenging result obtained by a<br />
team from INAC/SPrAM/ in collaboration<br />
with chemists from XLIM Limoges was an<br />
important achievement that shaded light<br />
on the complex physical process that<br />
takes place within new generation of<br />
organic photocell, paving the way to the<br />
increase of the efficiency of solar energy<br />
harvesting<br />
Fig. 3: Up: Sketch of principle of the<br />
superconducting quantum dot involving a<br />
fullerene molecular transistor. Down:<br />
Differential resistance dV / dI of a junction as<br />
a function of gate voltage and bias current. For<br />
currents below a threshold given by the two<br />
crests above, the resistance drops strongly.<br />
The extension of the superconducting state<br />
(dark zone) can be tuned by the gate voltage.<br />
Nicolas ROCH, one of the two laureates of<br />
the <strong>2010</strong> Nanosciences Foundation Thesis<br />
Prize, was part of this team. On<br />
December 2, <strong>2010</strong>, in the frame of the<br />
Prize Award Ceremony, his talk entitled<br />
“Single molecule transistor: toward<br />
molecular spintronics” has illustrated the<br />
excellence of his results.<br />
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Fig. 2: Near field image of a showing the<br />
heterogeneous structure of an organic solar<br />
cell (mixture of P3HT polymer (light) / PCBM<br />
(dark) under illumination at 532nm. On top of<br />
the topographic image, an electrical image of<br />
local potential which is superimposed show<br />
that the potential difference is localized at the<br />
interface between the two components.<br />
The first demonstration of the<br />
control with an electrostatic Gate of the<br />
superconducting current within a<br />
molecular transistor based on a single<br />
fullerene (C 60 ) molecule.<br />
This result obtained by the Nanospin<br />
team (Institut Néel), proves that the high<br />
electrical resistance that plagues most of<br />
the devices when made at the molecular<br />
scale can be overcame using<br />
superconductivity.<br />
The foundation supports dissemination of<br />
recent results with various scientific<br />
events including successful international<br />
conferences such as the series of<br />
conferences ELECMOL:<br />
December 8 th – 12 th 2008, at<br />
MINATEC in Grenoble<br />
December 6 th – 10 th <strong>2010</strong>, at<br />
MINATEC in Grenoble<br />
Please read the corresponding Highlight<br />
at the end of this report for further<br />
information
5 - NANOMATERIALS,<br />
NANOASSEMBLY AND<br />
NANOSTRUCTURATION<br />
The introduction of new materials and the<br />
progress of self-assembling and nanostructuration<br />
technologies at the edge of<br />
nanoscience and nanoelectronics are a<br />
promising source of innovation and<br />
development for ground-breaking types<br />
of applications. The new perspectives<br />
offered by nanomaterials in the fields of<br />
energy, as well as biology and healthcare<br />
are also particularly interesting avenues<br />
to explore. Grenoble is a preferred site<br />
for conducting such projects because of<br />
the diversity of its scientific expertise in<br />
the fields of physics, chemistry, biology,<br />
or medicine. The Foundation’s network of<br />
laboratories (Institut Néel, INAC, LTM,<br />
LETI, LMGP, SIMAP, CERMAV, DCM, LIPhy<br />
....) is therefore really representative of<br />
the various local cross-themes.<br />
Self Assembly<br />
RTRA Project 2007: “Cellulose hybrid<br />
block copolymers”<br />
Coordinator: Redouane BORSALI<br />
(CERMAV)<br />
Post-doctoral Fellow: Karim AISSOU<br />
Under the project Cellulose Hybrid,<br />
original systems of block copolymers<br />
were synthesized by "click-chemistry"<br />
that combines an oligosaccharide as a<br />
natural block: maltoheptaose (MAL7),<br />
with a synthetic block: polystyrene. The<br />
composition of MAL7 was varied between<br />
0.13 and 0.5 to obtain the phase diagram<br />
of this compound. For a composition of<br />
18% MAL7, a copolymer layer is<br />
deposited on a substrate and annealed to<br />
promote microsphase separation. An<br />
organization of cylinders parallel to the<br />
substrate is obtained, with diameters of<br />
about 5 nm and 12 nm periodicity. These<br />
copolymers were then functionalized with<br />
a bipyridine group to give it the<br />
properties of photoluminescence. An<br />
increase in the photoluminescence<br />
intensity is observed when the systems<br />
are organized. (Fig.1)<br />
In order to better understand the<br />
interaction and communication of cells<br />
with their environment, systems of<br />
copolymers P3HT-b-PMAGP were<br />
synthesized. Vesicles with a diameter of<br />
83 nm have been made. Their properties<br />
will be studied in the future.<br />
Please read the corresponding Highlight<br />
at the end of this report for further<br />
information<br />
Fig. 1: AFM phase images obtained from<br />
Mal7(bipy) 1.0-b-PS thin film of Mal7-b-PS thin<br />
film<br />
Nanowires<br />
RTRA Project 2007: “Electronic properties<br />
of group IV nanowires”<br />
Coordinator: Nicolas PAUC (INAC/SP2M)<br />
This project focuses on the fundamental<br />
issue of controlling electronic properties<br />
of nanowires with very small dimensions.<br />
The crystal growth of group IV<br />
semiconductor nanowires allows<br />
exploring a new class of electronic<br />
properties compared to "standard"<br />
silicon.<br />
The control of these properties first<br />
requests a perfect control of composition<br />
and interface. The growth method by<br />
catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CVD)<br />
is a promising way to achieve these<br />
objectives. Si n-type and p-type have<br />
been successfully obtained using<br />
phosphorus and boron atoms as dopants<br />
in a range between 1016 and 1020 cm-3.<br />
Similarly, the growth of SiGe and Ge<br />
nanowires was studied.<br />
To passivate the interface states, an<br />
original method was developed by the<br />
partners: it consists in functionalising the<br />
surface of the nanowires by an organic<br />
monolayer. A further study of nanowires<br />
photoluminescence has shown that<br />
functionalisation leads to a low rate of<br />
recombination of free carriers in surface -<br />
permitting the detection of their radiative<br />
recombination. (Fig. 2)<br />
The influence of the roughness of the<br />
nanowires on their transport properties<br />
was simulated. It causes a positive shift<br />
of threshold voltage, while the<br />
subthreshold slope remains unaltered.<br />
Similarly, the roughness should be<br />
responsible for a sharp reduction in the<br />
mobility measured in devices with<br />
channel nanowires.<br />
CONTACTS<br />
Thierry BARON<br />
thierry.baron@cea.fr<br />
Tel: +33 4 76 88 10 20<br />
François MARTIN<br />
francois.martin@cea.fr<br />
Tel: +33 4 38 78 35 86<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
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SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
FURTHER READING:<br />
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 43 374008 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Interface structure of graphene on SiC : an<br />
ab initio and STM approach<br />
Fig. 2: Silicium nanowires used for<br />
photoluminescence studies (the scale marker<br />
equals 10 μm)<br />
Please read the corresponding Highlight<br />
at the end of this report for further<br />
information<br />
Graphene<br />
RTRA Project 2008 : “Graphene : from<br />
materials to test devices ”<br />
Coordinator: Laurence MAGAUD (Institut<br />
Néel)<br />
Post-doctoral Fellow: Vincent RENARD<br />
Since 2005, interest in graphene has<br />
been growing among condensed matter<br />
physicists, due to exceptional<br />
fundamental properties, promising a high<br />
potential for the development of future<br />
nanoelectronics. As silicon reaches its<br />
limits, it becomes crucial to find new<br />
alternative materials and graphene is a<br />
very serious candidate for that purpose.<br />
Fig. 3: Graphene on the C-face of SiC<br />
observed by AFM (sample grown in LMGP)<br />
Finally the team has modelled the effect<br />
of ripples in quantum transport<br />
calculations for both zigzag (ZGNR) and<br />
armchair (AGNR) graphene nanoribbons<br />
and extracted relevant physical quantities<br />
such as band structure, conductance and<br />
mobility of nanoribbons with different<br />
lateral width.<br />
In that purpose, the active part of the<br />
device is defined either by an armchair or<br />
a zigzag graphene nanoribbon of length<br />
≈ 20 nm, for the simulation of a realistic<br />
device. An example of the simulated<br />
ripples is shown in Figure 4 for the case<br />
of 1D and 2D ripples.<br />
The RTRA project “DISPOGRAPH” aims to<br />
unify the community in Grenoble and to<br />
design devices based on the unique<br />
properties of this material.<br />
An original endeavour focused on the<br />
elaboration of graphene led to a new<br />
synthesis method on SiC carbon face -<br />
instead of the commonly used silicon<br />
face. Thick layers of graphene were<br />
obtained and characterized by Raman<br />
spectroscopy and AFM. (Fig. 3)<br />
Thin films obtained under ultrahigh<br />
vacuum were characterized by STM,<br />
showing in this case a weak coupling<br />
between graphene and the substrate, and<br />
thus the formation of a quasi-ideal layer<br />
graphene. Magneto transport<br />
measurements at low temperatures also<br />
show a weak anti-localization in<br />
agreement with the theory WAL.<br />
Fig.4: Examples of nanoribbons with 1D<br />
ripples (up) and 2D ripples (down).<br />
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Phase-change memory<br />
RTRA Project 2009: “Phase changE<br />
Ramdom aCcess mEmory: Validation of<br />
material smALl scaLe effect”<br />
Coordinator: Sylvain MAITREJEAN (Léti)<br />
Post-doctoral Fellow: Billel SALHI<br />
PhD student: Giada GHEZZI<br />
The main objective of this project is to<br />
study the effect of reduced dimensions on<br />
the mechanisms of phase transformation<br />
of alloys used for the phase change<br />
memories. The effects of intrinsic and<br />
extrinsic (resulting from the confinement<br />
technology) are investigated.<br />
Initially, the one-dimensional effects are<br />
investigated while in parallel,<br />
technologies for the 2D and 3D<br />
confinement will be developed.<br />
Experiences of change in reflectivity and<br />
X-rays diffraction at the ESRF have<br />
shown the effect of thickness, of the<br />
annealing temperature and of the nature<br />
of the interface on the texture of thin<br />
films of GeTe and GeSb 6 obtained by<br />
magnetron sputtering.<br />
It was also showed that the structure of<br />
GeTe is strongly modified by the addition<br />
of carbon and to a lesser extent by the<br />
addition of nitrogen. This change may<br />
affect the stability of the amorphous<br />
phase.<br />
Seminars<br />
As part of the PERCEVALL project, two<br />
seminars were organised in the frame of<br />
the “Séminaires de la Fondation”.<br />
The first one, on December 14 th <strong>2010</strong>,<br />
was given by Claudia WIEMER from the<br />
Institute for the microeclectronics and<br />
the Microsystems (Agrate Brianza, Italy).<br />
The second one was given by Jean-Pierre<br />
GASPARD, from the University of Liège<br />
(Belgium) on April 18 th 2011. (Fig. 5)<br />
Both seminars were well appreciated by<br />
the local community which could benefit<br />
from those specialists input on such a<br />
promising field.<br />
Fig. 5: Jean-Pierre GASPARD giving his talk on<br />
April 18 th 2011.<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
GeTe thin films were deposited by CVD<br />
(Chemical Vapor Deposition) and PECVD<br />
(Plasma Enhanced CVD) using a<br />
deposition reactor by pulsed liquid<br />
injection of organometallic precursors.<br />
The use of plasma assistance allows<br />
obtaining thin films of amorphous or<br />
crystalline GeTe depending on the<br />
deposition temperature and the nature of<br />
the plasma. The amount of carbon in the<br />
layers can be modulate by and a<br />
judicious choice of plasma parameters<br />
which alters the temperature of<br />
crystallization of these layers.<br />
Finally, the etching mechanisms of GeTe<br />
were studied with etching chemistries<br />
based halogens such as chlorine, bromine<br />
and fluorine. Whatever the plasma<br />
etching is, the team observed that the<br />
analyzed surface (~ 10 nm) is Ge poor -<br />
indicating a preferential etching of Ge<br />
with respect to Te.<br />
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6 – NANO-<br />
CHARACTERISATION<br />
AND NANO-METROLOGY<br />
This cross-theme is animated by a<br />
scientific committee composed of 5<br />
renowned experts who belong to the<br />
main Grenoble institutes. This group<br />
helps the community to identify the<br />
needs for new instrumental and<br />
methodological developments that will<br />
improve the sensitivity and scale down<br />
the spatial resolution of our instruments<br />
to measure physical and structural<br />
properties at the nanometer scale. It is<br />
worth noting that this effort, started in<br />
2007, has lead a general movement of<br />
structuring the cross-theme “Nanocharacterisation<br />
and metrology” at the<br />
full scale of the Grenoble University. The<br />
scientific instrumentation is one of the<br />
well identified highly unifying themes of<br />
the GUI+ IDEX project.<br />
Broad scientific and instrumental<br />
activities are relevant of «Nano-<br />
Characterisation -Nanometrology», as for<br />
instance:<br />
Electron (with aberration<br />
correction) and x-ray microscopies.<br />
These include diffraction, coherent<br />
diffraction, spectroscopy, tomography,<br />
holography, …<br />
Advanced surface/subsurface<br />
spectroscopy, surface imaging, and<br />
surface crystallography. Atomic Force<br />
Microscopy (AFM) (STM), Scanning<br />
Tunnelling Microscopy, Scanning Gate<br />
Microscopy (SGM), PhotoEmission<br />
Electron Microscopy (PEEM), Angle<br />
Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy<br />
(ARPES), Medium Energy Ion Scattering<br />
(MEIS), Grazing Incidence X-ray<br />
(GISAXS)..., to measure electronic,<br />
magnetic and structural properties at the<br />
surface and/or subsurface.<br />
In operando and in situ<br />
studies. In situ X-ray studies, in real<br />
time, of nucleation and growth of thin<br />
film, nanostructures, … In situ, in<br />
operando studies as a function of<br />
temperature, external field (electric or<br />
magnetic field, stress, electric current),<br />
external stress, gas, ...<br />
Instrumentation at very low<br />
temperature and / or high magnetic<br />
field. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.<br />
Cryogenic Nano-detectors, ...<br />
Combined techniques. Raman<br />
scattering with Atomic Force Microscopy,<br />
X-ray spectroscopy with X-ray diffraction<br />
…<br />
Micro Electro-Mechanical<br />
System, Nano Electro Mechanical<br />
System.<br />
Advanced instrumentation.<br />
Manipulation and study of micro- nanosized<br />
object (optical tweezers, …), ...<br />
The field “Nanocharacterisation” enjoys<br />
an exceptional scientific environment:<br />
the large scale facilities (ESRF for<br />
X rays, ILL for neutrons, Laboratoire<br />
National des Champs Magnétiques<br />
Intenses (GHMFL) for high magnetic field,<br />
...) and the Léti,<br />
a unique expertise in the field of<br />
instrumentation at very low temperatures<br />
in particular at Institut Néel and Institut<br />
des Nanosciences et Cryogénie (INAC),<br />
nine technological facilities<br />
gathering state of the art instruments (or<br />
equipment)<br />
excellent clean room-based<br />
facilities for nanofabrication (Nanofab at<br />
Institut Néel or “Plateforme<br />
Technologique Avancée” at MINATEC).<br />
One should also mention a strong<br />
expertise in surface imaging, including<br />
near field spectroscopy, Transmission<br />
Electron Microscopy and crystallography.<br />
The French Collaborative Research Group<br />
at the ESRF, run by <strong>CNRS</strong> and CEA, has<br />
set up three dedicated beam lines and<br />
developed world leading methods and<br />
instruments for studying the growth and<br />
structural properties of nanostructures.<br />
Several activities in the field of<br />
nanocharacterisation and nanometrology<br />
benefit of a dedicated Focus Ion Beam<br />
dual instrument bought by the<br />
Foundation in 2008.<br />
In 2009 a Chair of Excellence was<br />
granted to Pr John KIRTLEY (Stanford<br />
University, USA).<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>, it was decided to focus the call<br />
applications onto the topic “Coherent<br />
Diffraction Imaging at the nanometer<br />
scale”. Accordingly, a Chair of Excellence<br />
has been granted to Pr Jian Min ZUO<br />
(University of Illinois, USA).<br />
Fig. 1: Juan Min ZUO, Chair of Excellence <strong>2010</strong><br />
CONTACTS<br />
Hubert RENEVIER<br />
hubert.renevier@inpg.fr<br />
Tel: +33 4 56 52 93 43<br />
Joël CHEVRIER<br />
joel.chevrier@grenoble.cnrs.fr<br />
Tel: +33 4 76 88 74 63<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
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SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
FURTHER READING<br />
Nature 464, 1174-1177 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Substrate-enhanced supercooling in<br />
AuSi eutectic droplets<br />
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 521, id.<br />
A29 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
NIKA: A millimeter-wave kinetic<br />
inductance camera<br />
In situ X-ray investigation<br />
of growing semiconductor<br />
nanowires<br />
“New comers” Project 2007: Tobias<br />
SCHÜLLI (ESRF & French CRG)<br />
Post-doctoral Fellow: Valentina CANTELLI<br />
Supercooled liquids are trapped in a<br />
metastable state even well below their<br />
freezing point, which can only be<br />
achieved in liquids that do not contain<br />
seeds that may trigger crystallization. It<br />
was during their studies, focused on the<br />
growth of semiconducting nanowires,<br />
that T. Schülli et al. discovered the<br />
unusual properties of a gold-silicon alloy,<br />
in contact with silicon (111) surface.<br />
(Fig.2)<br />
As they were observing the first stage of<br />
growth of nanowires, they saw that the<br />
metal-semiconductor alloy they used<br />
remained liquid at a much lower<br />
temperature than its crystallization point.<br />
The team studied what happened to the<br />
liquid in contact with a five-fold<br />
coordinated surface and then performed<br />
the control experiment with the same<br />
liquid exposed to three-fold and four-fold<br />
coordinated surfaces, which reduced the<br />
supercooling effect dramatically. This<br />
constituted the first experimental proof<br />
that pentagonal order is at the origin of<br />
supercooling.<br />
the solid–liquid interaction for the<br />
structure of the adjacent liquid layers.<br />
Such processes are crucial for present<br />
and future technologies, as fluidity and<br />
crystallization play a key part in soldering<br />
and casting, as well as in processing and<br />
controlling chemical reactions for<br />
microfluidic devices or during the<br />
vapour–liquid–solid growth of<br />
semiconductor nanowires.<br />
New generation of nanodetectors<br />
for astrophysics<br />
“New comers” Project 2007: Alessandro<br />
MONFARDINI (Institut Néel)<br />
Post-doctoral Fellow: Loren SWENSON<br />
The Néel IRAM KIDs Arrays (NIKA)<br />
project was kicked off in November 2008<br />
to develop a large mm-wave resident<br />
instrument at the 30-m IRAM<br />
radiotelescope on the Pico Veleta, near<br />
Granada (Spain). The main competitor to<br />
achieve this goal at IRAM is the GISMO<br />
collaboration led by the NASA Goddard<br />
Space Flight Center, focusing on<br />
superconducting TES (Transition Edge<br />
Sensors).<br />
An excellent post-doc (Loren SWENSON)<br />
was hired in July 2008 coming from Dr.<br />
Cleland’s famous group at the University<br />
of California Santa Barbara. A new<br />
dilution cryostat was developed, adapted<br />
for KIDs testing, when also started the<br />
designing/fabricating/testing of the first<br />
NbN resonators in collaboration with<br />
INAC (J.C. Villegier) and Olivier Buisson<br />
at the Institut Néel.<br />
In 2009, beginned the investigation of a<br />
particular KID concept known as LEKID<br />
(Lumped Element KID), allowing a purely<br />
planar design and a good optical<br />
coupling. Totally unexplored at that time,<br />
the potential of this new configuration for<br />
future large instruments operating in the<br />
mm-wave range was well appreciated.<br />
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Fig. 2: Droplet of a gold-silicon liquid alloy on<br />
a silicon (111) surface. Pentagonal clusters<br />
formed at the interface exhibit a denser<br />
structure compared to solid gold and prevent<br />
the liquid from crystallization at temperatures<br />
as low as 300 Kelvin below the solidification<br />
temperature. Graphics: M. Collignon<br />
It was therefore revealed that pentagonal<br />
atomic arrangements of Au atoms at this<br />
interface favour a lateral-ordering<br />
stabilization process of the liquid phase.<br />
This interface-enhanced stabilization of<br />
the liquid state shows the importance of<br />
Thanks to the rapid development of the<br />
project, a request for one week technical<br />
time at the 30-m telescope was made in<br />
September 2009. (To better understand<br />
the amplitude of the project, the<br />
approximate cost of one single hour time<br />
at Pico Veleta is estimated 1 k€.)<br />
The first run took place in October 2009,<br />
with very encouraging results. One could<br />
observe, for example, a number of faint<br />
galactic and extra-galactic sources.<br />
This LEKID array, used at the telescope,<br />
had been fabricated at the PTA-Grenoble<br />
platform.<br />
After the first light, and despite the small<br />
number of pixels (30-40) NIKA was<br />
already exhibiting better performances
when compared, for example, to the<br />
prototype of the US “competitor” project<br />
MUSIC (to be installed at the CSO 10-m<br />
sub-mm observatory in Mauna Kea, and<br />
being developed years before NIKA).<br />
MUSIC involves laboratories like Caltech,<br />
JPL, University of Santa Barbara and<br />
others.<br />
A second week technical time on the<br />
IRAM telescope was approved in October<br />
<strong>2010</strong>. The sensitivity of the LEKID array<br />
improved by a factor of three compared<br />
to the first run in 2009, verifying that<br />
NIKA is rapidly approaching the final<br />
target of sensitivity.<br />
This second run was a total success,<br />
allowing the observation, for example, of<br />
a large number of extended sources.<br />
Please read the corresponding Highlight<br />
at the end of this report for further<br />
information.<br />
group at Université Catholique de<br />
Louvain-Louvain-la-Neuve. The upgrading<br />
of the SGM tool is the main activity of a<br />
shared PhD student hired by the<br />
foundation (Peng LIU).<br />
InGaAs/InAlAs heterostructures are<br />
grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy at<br />
IEMN (Lille) and patterned by e-beam<br />
lithography at UCL for obtaining Quantum<br />
Rings. The results are interpreted thanks<br />
to quantum conductance simulations<br />
performed at IMEP (Grenoble) by Marco<br />
Pala.<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Scanning<br />
gate<br />
Nanoelectronics<br />
Chair of Excellence 2007: Vincent BAYOT<br />
Coordinators: Hervé COURTOIS and<br />
Serge HUANT (Institut Néel).<br />
In the framework of Vincent Bayot’s Chair<br />
of Excellence, two major results were<br />
obtained by Scanning Gate Microscopy<br />
(SGM) :<br />
a theoretical understanding of SGM<br />
images in the coherent regime of<br />
transport both in the presence of<br />
defects and weak magnetic field<br />
the discovery of Coulomb islands in a<br />
Quantum Hall (QH) interferometer.<br />
In the latter, SGM was used for obtaining<br />
a spatially resolved investigation of<br />
electron transport inside an<br />
interferometer formed by an<br />
InGaAs/InAlAs Quantum Ring (QR),<br />
driven in the integer QH regime. The<br />
pseudo Aharonov–Bohm (AB) period was<br />
associated with a specific Coulomb island<br />
formed by edge state loops enclosing a<br />
hill or a valley in the potential. Each<br />
active Coulomb island was located<br />
precisely inside the QR by tuning the<br />
magnetic field and imaging the spatial<br />
shift of Coulomb resonances by means of<br />
SGM.<br />
The (SGM) uses the electrically polarized<br />
tip of a low-temperature AFM to scan<br />
above a semiconductor device and record<br />
the change in conductance at point (x,y),<br />
induced by the tip located at that point.<br />
The SGM tool is being developed jointly<br />
at the Institut Néel by the group of Serge<br />
HUANT and Hermann SELLIER in<br />
collaboration with Vincent BAYOT and his<br />
Fig. 3: Vincent BAYOT, Chair of Excellence in<br />
2007<br />
Please read the corresponding Highlight<br />
at the end of this report for further<br />
information.<br />
Superconducting<br />
Nanostructures<br />
Chair of Excellence 2009: John R.<br />
KIRTLEY<br />
Coordinator: Klaus HASSELBACH (Institut<br />
Néel).<br />
John R. KIRTLEY is one of the world’s<br />
leading experts on Josephson junction<br />
devices and superconductivity. The<br />
project is aimed at the study of the<br />
physical properties of high quality<br />
superconducting films and their<br />
integration into quantum nano-devices.<br />
First results have been obtained in <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
As a matter of fact the core of a<br />
conventional tunnel barrier is formed of<br />
oxidized nano-grains with fluctuating<br />
electric charges at their surface. These<br />
charges are suspected of causing<br />
decoherence of superconducting Qbits.<br />
Thanks to molecular beam epitaxy a<br />
charge-free junction was achieved by<br />
growing epitaxial layers of Rhenium /<br />
Sapphire / Rhenium (Re/Al 2 O 3 /Re), giving<br />
a superconducting Qubit. The layers have<br />
been grown successfully by the group of<br />
B. Gilles (SIMAP), on sapphire substrates,<br />
and characterized by STM, AFM and X-ray<br />
diffraction.<br />
FURTHER READING<br />
Nat. Commun. 1:39, (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Imaging Coulomb islands in a quantum<br />
Hall interferometer<br />
Nanotechnology, 20, 264021 (2009)<br />
Scanning gate microscopy of quantum<br />
rings: effects of an external magnetic<br />
field and of charged defects.<br />
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SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
FURTHER READING<br />
Nature Materials 7, 308-313 (2008)<br />
Coordination-dependent surface<br />
atomic contraction in nanocrystals<br />
revealed by coherent diffraction<br />
Sapphire barriers were obtained by<br />
several cycles alternating deposition of<br />
aluminium followed by controlled<br />
oxidation by XPS.<br />
Fig. 4: Magnetic microscopy (nanoSQUID)<br />
image of a rhenium superconducting film at T<br />
= 0.3 K. The vortex of quantized magnetic flux<br />
pops up out of the plane. Due to the low<br />
trapping, a vortex moved during the scan<br />
(upper left).<br />
The Re epitaxial layers were studied by<br />
electrical transport (Tc=1.75K and 24 nm<br />
for the coherence length) and by STM<br />
spectroscopy at low temperature by C.<br />
Chapelier and T. Dubouchet (INAC).<br />
Tunnelling spectroscopy has allowed<br />
measuring an electronic density gap of<br />
the order of 250 μeV which vanishes with<br />
a BCS behaviour at a critical temperature<br />
of 1.6K. A coherence length in between<br />
20 and 25 nm has been found, in good<br />
agreement with the value of 24 nm<br />
deduced from measurements of critical<br />
field near Tc.<br />
The nanoSQUID magnetic imaging (probe<br />
size of about 500 nm) was used to<br />
estimate the strength of trapping of a<br />
single vortex below 4 10 -16 N for a film<br />
thickness of 80 nm (Fig. 4 - Z. S. Wang,<br />
D. Hykel, K. Hasselbach and J. Kirtley).<br />
This latter value is several orders of<br />
magnitude smaller than that found in<br />
conventional superconductors, indicating<br />
the high crystalline quality of the<br />
epitaxial layer elements. The penetration<br />
depth is about 60 nm. Further<br />
measurements (optical spectroscopy) are<br />
planned to confirm the electron density.<br />
Pr. John KIRTLEY has played an active<br />
role in many aspects of the project, by<br />
interpreting nanoSQUID microscopy<br />
images and also conceiving, designing<br />
and modelling reversible nanoSQUIDs.<br />
These prototypes are currently tested (E.<br />
Andre and T. Crozes, Institut Néel).<br />
3D coherent diffractive<br />
imaging at the nanometer<br />
scale<br />
Chair of Excellence <strong>2010</strong>: Jian Min ZUO<br />
Coordinators: Jean-Luc ROUVIERE &<br />
Vincent FAVRE-NICOLIN (INAC/SP2M)<br />
The project involves INAC, CERMAV and<br />
LETI. Although ESRF is not affiliated to<br />
the RTRA, international beamlines ID01<br />
and ID13 at the ESRF open to any user<br />
through a peer review selection, will play<br />
an active role in this project.<br />
Coherent Diffraction Imaging (CDI) is an<br />
emerging method to get information<br />
about the structure of nano-objects by<br />
resolving the so-called inversion problem<br />
(Fig. 5).<br />
This project aims to promote CDI<br />
research in Grenoble by applying the CDI<br />
technique to different nanostructures<br />
elaborated in Grenoble; by comparing<br />
and combining electron and X-ray CDI<br />
(e-CDI and X-CDI) experiments; by<br />
improving the CDI technique to obtain<br />
quantitative structural information; and<br />
by giving lectures and training to junior<br />
researchers on electron diffraction and<br />
CDI.<br />
Fig. 5: HRTEM Sub-ångström imaging of a CdS<br />
quantum dot of 7nm in diameter along the<br />
cubic CdS crystal [112] orientation (a) The<br />
reconstructed image using information from<br />
the HRTEM image (b) and the diffraction<br />
pattern (c). The inset shows a magnification of<br />
the outlined region.<br />
Two types of structures will be studied:<br />
semiconductor or oxide nanowires and<br />
crystalline biopolymer complexes. It is<br />
planned to determine their 3D shape,<br />
strain and defects. In studying<br />
biopolymers, the challenge is to image<br />
the polysaccharide chains and locate the<br />
guest ligands, which requires a resolution<br />
at about 0.4 nm. Radiation damage is a<br />
major issue for biopolymers. A<br />
comparison between X-CDI and e-CDI<br />
data will be carried out.<br />
Besides X-ray experiments performed at<br />
ESRF, electron microscopy will be carried<br />
out at the Nanocharacterisation facility<br />
(PFNC) with TITAN probe-corrected<br />
microscopes.<br />
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7 – NANO APPROACHES<br />
TO LIFE SCIENCES<br />
Life sciences are one of the main<br />
application fields of nanosciences, as<br />
evidenced by the increasing number of<br />
proposals received along the successive<br />
call for proposals. Biological cells and<br />
molecules can be manipulated and<br />
analyzed with the greatest specificity in<br />
small volumes. Innovative devices will<br />
help building tomorrow’s medicine.<br />
MICRO- AND NANO<br />
FABRICATION FOR THE<br />
LIFE SCIENCES<br />
Contribution of 3D microenvironment<br />
to cell<br />
adhesion<br />
“New comers” Project 2008: Martial<br />
BALLAND (LIPhy)<br />
PhD student: Kalpana MANDAL<br />
Biological tissues are complex composite<br />
materials made of cells and intercellular<br />
matrix molecules secreted by the cells.<br />
Their formation and maintenance depend<br />
on both chemical and mechanical cues<br />
present in the microenvironment of each<br />
cell. Tissue biology involves therefore<br />
complex feedback loops. The aim of this<br />
project is to reproduce the organized<br />
geometry of biological tissues and to<br />
analyse quantitatively the mechanical<br />
forces developed at the cell/substrate<br />
and cell/cell interfaces.<br />
In order to measure mechanical forces,<br />
thin hydrogels are prepared that contain<br />
a homogeneous distribution of<br />
fluorescent 200nm beads (Fig. 1). The<br />
hydrogel surface is coated with<br />
fluorescent adhesion proteins, using an<br />
innovative deep-UV irradiation method<br />
developed in collaboration with Manuel<br />
Thery (IRTSV).<br />
This setup paves the way to a functional<br />
analysis of tumor cell invasiveness, which<br />
will be very useful to analyze biopsies<br />
and thus help cancer therapy.<br />
Fig. 1: Top: pictures of the adhesive protein<br />
micropattern (left) and the nanobeads<br />
distribution (right) used to calculate the cellsubstrate<br />
force distribution.<br />
Bottom: distribution of actin microfilaments<br />
(left) and traction forces (right) in a single<br />
micropatterned cell. Barscale: 20 µm<br />
Nanodroplet chip for<br />
controlled assembly of lipid<br />
bilayers and electrical<br />
detection of single-protein<br />
activity<br />
RTRA Project 2008: “Nanobiodrop"<br />
Benjamin CROSS (LEGI)<br />
Post-doctoral fellow: Anne MARTEL (IBS<br />
& LEGI)<br />
Transmembrane channels form a large<br />
class of molecules that play essential<br />
roles in cell physiology by allowing polar<br />
molecules, for instance ions, to cross<br />
biological lipid bilayer membranes. They<br />
are the target of numerous drugs and<br />
toxins. Nevertheless, conventional<br />
electrophysiological methods used to<br />
study ion channel activity are laborious<br />
and slow.<br />
FURTHER READING:<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Front Biosci (Elite Ed). Jan 1;3:476-88 (2011)<br />
Multi-confocal fluorescence correlation<br />
spectroscopy<br />
The traction force distribution is<br />
computed from the bead displacement<br />
map by a Fast Fourier Traction Cytometry<br />
software. The forces developed by the<br />
micropatterned cells can thus be<br />
calculated and averaged, taking<br />
advantage of the similar geometry of the<br />
patterned cells. Significant differences<br />
between tumor cells have been<br />
evidenced, that are modulated by<br />
different tumorigenic signals.<br />
This innovative project called<br />
‘Nanobiodrop’ uses digital microfluidics to<br />
reconstitute lipid bilayers from two<br />
nanodroplets covered with phospholipids.<br />
Electrowetting is used to manipulate<br />
these droplets and put them into contact.<br />
Some of the nanodroplets are filled with<br />
membrane proteins, which are able to<br />
spontaneously insert in the membrane,<br />
once it is formed. The electrodes are then<br />
used to monitor the ionic current that<br />
flows from one droplet into the apposed<br />
one through the incorporated<br />
transmembrane channels.<br />
CONTACTS<br />
Franz BRUCKERT<br />
franz.bruckert@inpg.fr<br />
Tel: +33 4 56 52 93 21<br />
Julian GARCIA<br />
julian.garcia@ujf-grenoble.fr<br />
Tel: +33 4 56 52 08 31<br />
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MEDICAL<br />
APPLICATIONS OF THE<br />
NANOBIOSCIENCES<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
FURTHER READING:<br />
Optical Materials (2011)<br />
Development of a non-linear optical<br />
microscope for real-time measurement of<br />
neuronal activity in sub-micrometric<br />
structures<br />
Fig. 2: Principle (top) and realization (down) of<br />
the formation of lipid bilayers by bringing<br />
together two nanodroplets covered with<br />
phospholipids.<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>, the team already demonstrated<br />
the formation of a lipid bilayer, as shown<br />
by the large increase of capacitance.<br />
Furthermore, incorporation of hemolysin,<br />
a pore-forming protein, in the bilayer<br />
membrane results in current steps<br />
characteristic of single molecule activity.<br />
This device will therefore offer an<br />
alternative to electrophysiological “patchclamp”<br />
methods using microelectrodes -<br />
a process which is difficult to miniaturize<br />
and automate.<br />
Second harmonic imaging<br />
of potentials in nanoscale<br />
neuronal structures<br />
“New comers” Project 2007: Julien<br />
DOUADY (LIPhy)<br />
Post doctoral fellow: Hartmut WEGE<br />
The electric activities of neurons trigger<br />
neurotransmitter release at synapses that<br />
are small structures of about 200 nm. In<br />
order to measure individual synapse<br />
activation, neuroscientists use voltage<br />
dependent fluorescent dyes. In this<br />
project, such a series of dyes suitable for<br />
two-photon activation has been<br />
synthesized by the ENS-Lyon “Chemistry<br />
for Optics” group. The Motiv group at the<br />
LiPhy has built a custom two-photon<br />
microscope to image neuronal activity<br />
within brain slices, with a radial<br />
resolution of about 340 nm (Fig. 4). To<br />
address the actual challenges in<br />
neurosciences, the sensitivity of the<br />
setup will be improved to allow imaging<br />
at about 2 kHz.<br />
In the future, cell communication and<br />
potential propagation within a brain slice<br />
or cultured neurons will be studied.<br />
Thanks to this ongoing multidisciplinary<br />
project, the Grenoble neurophysiologist<br />
community now possesses a new<br />
powerful instrument to study neural<br />
networks, either in micropatterns or in<br />
brain slices.<br />
Fig. 3: recording of -hemolysin activity<br />
reconstituted in the Nanobiodrop device, the<br />
15 pA current increase represents the<br />
incorporation of one active protein molecule in<br />
the bilayer.<br />
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Fig. 4: Two-photon fluorescence imaging of<br />
pyramidal neurons located 70 µm inside in a<br />
300 µm thick sagittal slice of the mouse<br />
cortex, stained with a voltage sensitive dye.<br />
Note that the interspacing glial cells are not<br />
stained. Barscale: 10 µm
Innovative biochips to<br />
detect and screen biological<br />
cells<br />
“Fil de l’eau” PhD student 2008:<br />
Radoslaw BOMBERA<br />
Thesis Directors: Thierry LIVACHE and<br />
Yann ROUPIOZ (INAC/SPrAM).<br />
The biological matter is a complex<br />
mixture of cells and molecules. Selective<br />
capture and release are therefore<br />
necessary to sort and analyze cells, in the<br />
blood for instance. In this project, living<br />
cells are reversibly adsorbed on a<br />
functionalized surface.<br />
This technique could provide a low-cost<br />
alternative to flow cytometry methods,<br />
currently used in biology and medicine to<br />
quantitatively analyze cell mixtures.<br />
The development of these new biochips<br />
combines different innovations:<br />
using complementary DNA<br />
strands to immobilize antibodies onto<br />
surfaces; these antibodies can selectively<br />
capture cells entering in contact with the<br />
biochip surface.<br />
locally heating up the surface to<br />
dissociate DNA strands and releasing<br />
cells; cells and molecules are both<br />
detected by surface plasmon resonance<br />
imaging.<br />
Figure 5 shows a proof-of-concept<br />
experiment. Three different probes are<br />
used. The first two ones allow antibodies<br />
to be immobilized, that in turn capture B<br />
and T lymphocytes, respectively. The last<br />
one is a negative control. The relative<br />
reflectivity of a gold surface, which is<br />
related to the mass adsorbed to the<br />
surface of the biochip, is measured in<br />
real-time.<br />
In a) the coupling DNA strands bind to<br />
the DNA probes, in b) the antibodies are<br />
immobilized, in c) the cells are captured.<br />
In d) and e) they are selectively released<br />
from the surface using restriction<br />
enzymes to cleave the DNA molecules.<br />
Further work already demonstrated that<br />
the local heating of the gold surface<br />
provided by resonant plasmons induced<br />
by laser illumination is sufficient to<br />
induce DNA strand dissociation and their<br />
release in the bulk solution. Studies are<br />
ongoing to show that the released cells<br />
are still viable and to analyze their<br />
content.<br />
a)<br />
b)<br />
Fig. 5: Kinetic curves of the gold surface<br />
relative reflectivity detected by Surface<br />
Plasmon Resonance Imaging.<br />
Biomimetic artificial<br />
membrane systems for<br />
generating electro-chemical<br />
energy<br />
Chair of Excellence 2007: Don MARTIN<br />
Coordinator: Philippe CINQUIN (TIMC-<br />
IMAG).<br />
One of the bottlenecks in the<br />
development of implantable prostheses<br />
and devices is the lack of small size<br />
electric sources. It is nevertheless well<br />
known that certain fish possesses electric<br />
organs able to generate powerful<br />
discharges (tens of kW). The energy is<br />
provided by large Na + currents flowing<br />
rapidly through membrane channels into<br />
stacked cells, similarly to the action<br />
potentials generated in neurons and<br />
muscle cells. It is therefore theoretically<br />
possible to mimic these biological<br />
processes and develop implantable<br />
devices to harvest the energy resulting<br />
from differences in ion concentrations<br />
within the human body.<br />
Thus, the objective of the project is to<br />
develop new electrochemical energy<br />
sources that are both biocompatible and<br />
biologically-inspired. The core principle is<br />
to reconstitute a supported biomimetic<br />
bilayer membrane incorporating<br />
transmembrane channels separating two<br />
compartments with different ion<br />
composition. Ion flow, driven by the<br />
difference in ion concentration, will<br />
accordingly provide the electro-chemical<br />
energy of the device. A large contact area<br />
(tens of mm 2 ) between the membrane<br />
and the bathing fluids is necessary to<br />
generate enough electrochemical energy,<br />
but since the lipid bilayer is only 5 nm<br />
thick, this active structure is extremely<br />
fragile.<br />
c)<br />
d)<br />
e)<br />
FURTHER READING:<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
IET Nanobiotechnology,<br />
vol. 4, n o 3, pp. 77-90 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Terminating polyelectrolyte in<br />
multilayer films influences growth and<br />
morphology of adhering cells<br />
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A polyelectrolyte multilayer film was thus<br />
developed by the team to provide<br />
sufficient mechanical stability and ion<br />
porosity to the bilayer membrane.<br />
Fig. 6: Polyelectrolyte membrane (in blue)<br />
made of 16 PAH/PSS layers constructed over<br />
3mm diameter holes in the Delrin carrierdevice<br />
(in grey)<br />
Another critical aspect of the project is to<br />
achieve a large density of ion channels in<br />
the bilayer membrane. During the 2008-<br />
<strong>2010</strong> period, the team indeed studied<br />
various membrane proteins and<br />
developed a method to incorporate some<br />
of them into large unilamellar vesicles<br />
(Fig. 7).<br />
The activity of the membrane proteins<br />
incorporated in the large unilamellar<br />
vesicles was checked by electrophysiological<br />
methods. It is now<br />
necessary to upscale the method by coincorporating<br />
all the necessary proteins<br />
and by fusing all these large unilamellar<br />
vesicles into a single membrane bilayer<br />
at the top of the polyelectrolyte<br />
multilayer film. The resulting biomimetic<br />
membranes will be tested in a parallel<br />
diffusion chamber apparatus (Fig. 8).<br />
Fig. 8: Top : Patch-clamp recording of porins<br />
incorporated into large unilamellar vesicles by<br />
the method explained in Fig. 7.<br />
Bottom: diffusion chamber apparatus to<br />
measure simultaneously ion currents across 6<br />
different biomimetic membranes<br />
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Fig. 7: Top: general procedure for the<br />
formation or large unilamellar vesicles<br />
containing membrane proteins (VDAV).<br />
Bottom: Purified and concentrated<br />
fluorescently labelled vesicles containing<br />
membrane proteins (scale bar = 100 µm)
Implantable brain computer<br />
interface<br />
Chair of Excellence 2008: Tetiana<br />
AKSENOVA<br />
Coordinator: Corinne MESTAIS (Léti).<br />
Severe motor disabilities require the<br />
development of new communication<br />
pathways to allow the patient controlling<br />
efficiently and safely external aids, such<br />
as wheelchairs and prostheses. The<br />
current method consists in redirecting the<br />
injured nerves into non-essential muscles<br />
and using the electric signals associated<br />
to muscle contraction to monitor the<br />
patient’s intention.<br />
The aim of the “Brain-Computer<br />
Interface” project (BCI) is to directly<br />
interpret the brain’s neural activity and to<br />
translate it into useful command signals.<br />
This project therefore relies on the<br />
development of nanostructured<br />
microelectrodes for peri- or intra-cranial<br />
neuron recording and stimulation - one of<br />
the goals of Clinatec ® . Furthermore,<br />
“motor signals” are relatively large in the<br />
brain, and can thus be discriminated from<br />
the other neural activity.<br />
Fig. 9: Scheme of the brain-computer interface<br />
experiments.<br />
Top: training stage, the recorded signals are<br />
used to calibrate the Iterative N-way Partial<br />
Least Squares projection algorithm.<br />
Bottom: the algorithm is used to command the<br />
reward distributor.<br />
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In fact, this work consists in developing<br />
and implementing innovative signal<br />
processing algorithms to analyze<br />
Electrocorticographic signals (ECoG:<br />
electric signals recorded at the brain<br />
surface). Rats were trained to press a<br />
pedal to get food at their will and ECoG<br />
signals were recorded. A first set of rats<br />
was used to build a “predictor” of the<br />
animal’s intention. The algorithm was<br />
then implemented in real time as an<br />
order to control the food reward<br />
independently of the pedal position (Fig.<br />
9).<br />
The results obtained are quite<br />
impressive, and clearly demonstrate that<br />
it is possible to monitor the animal<br />
intentions in this way. Also, the detection<br />
is stable for several months without<br />
recalibration, which is very important for<br />
future patient rehabilitation (Fig. 10).<br />
This Brain Computer Interface system is<br />
currently applied to primates to control a<br />
motorized arm (Fig. 11).<br />
Please read the corresponding Highlight<br />
at the end of this report for further<br />
information<br />
Fig. 10: Plot of the recorded observation points<br />
as a function of the first and second principal<br />
components of the predictor, at the beginning<br />
(left) and at the end (right) of the experiment.<br />
Fig. 11: A real-time brain computer interface<br />
experiment. The rat presses the pedal but<br />
decision whether to give a reward is made on<br />
the basis of the recorded ECoG signal.<br />
The success of this stage is essential to<br />
strongly demonstrate that electrocortical<br />
electrodes could be used in human to<br />
control external mechanical devices and<br />
thus rehabilitate paralyzed people. For<br />
this purpose, it is necessary to further<br />
improve the reliability of the detection.<br />
FURTHER READING:<br />
Neural Computation, 21, 2648–2666,<br />
(2009)<br />
Filtering out of Artifacts of Deep Brain<br />
Stimulation Using Nonlinear<br />
Oscillatory Model<br />
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8 – NANOMODELING,<br />
THEORY & SIMULATION<br />
Theory and simulation concerns about 50<br />
permanent researchers within the<br />
Nanosciences Foundation community.<br />
Theorists aim at developing new concepts<br />
and new tools while nurturing a strong<br />
coupling with experimentalists in<br />
Grenoble. This strong synergy has been<br />
supported and significantly improved by<br />
the Nanosciences Foundation.<br />
Several important scientific themes have<br />
benefited from the Foundation actions:<br />
electronic properties, thermal properties,<br />
growth patterning and structure. The<br />
Foundation had also enhanced the<br />
collaboration of simulation specialists<br />
through the NanoSTAR project.<br />
Electronic properties<br />
RTRA Project 2007: NanoSTAR<br />
Coordinator: Valerio OLEVANO (Institut<br />
Néel).<br />
PhD students: Bhaarathi NATARAJAN and<br />
Omid FAIZY NAMARVAR<br />
One of the two pillars of the NanoSTAR<br />
project deals with theoretical<br />
spectroscopy developments and their<br />
specific applications to nanomaterials and<br />
molecules. Bhaarathi NATARAJAN’s thesis<br />
work is focused on the development of<br />
new approximations for the exchangecorrelation<br />
(xc) kernel of time-dependent<br />
density-functional theory in order to<br />
explicitly include double excitations; and<br />
as second task, the implementation of<br />
such developments in a time-dependent<br />
density-functional theory code relying on<br />
a new basis set, that on the wavelets.<br />
These developments will improve the<br />
treatment of photochemical reactions<br />
which are at the heart of excitonic<br />
devices in particular for photovoltaic<br />
applications. In order to describe<br />
photoreactions by direct simulation one<br />
particular challenge is the description of<br />
the so-called conical intersection. These<br />
intersections between the fundamental<br />
state S0 and the excited state S1 are<br />
seen as the photochemical analogue of<br />
the transition state in thermal reactions.<br />
(Figure 1) The contribution of the team<br />
is an introduction of a spin-flip method.<br />
Fig. 1: Caption of a conical intersection. The<br />
graph represents the energy of the<br />
fundamental state S0 and the excited state S1<br />
in the configuration space obtained by<br />
different numerical methods.<br />
The other research line at the basis of the<br />
NanoSTAR project is quantum transport<br />
in nanodevices. This approach focuses on<br />
applications and methodological<br />
developments in general frameworks<br />
such as the Landauer-Buttiker or the<br />
Kubo-Greenwood. These techniques are<br />
applied to interesting new systems like<br />
graphene nanoribbons in presence also of<br />
defects and functionalisation. The work is<br />
carried out in collaboration by the Léti,<br />
INAC/SPSMS and Institute NEEL.<br />
Fig. 2: A methodology has been developed to<br />
treat the effect of contact resistance. This has<br />
been applied to short graphene nanoribbons<br />
connected to half graphene planes. Fabry<br />
Perot oscillations of the conductance, due to<br />
contact resistance, are predicted for armchair<br />
(up) and zig-zag (down) nanoribbons.<br />
The project also aims at developing new<br />
methodologies for transport of excitons in<br />
a given material. The methodology,<br />
which is adapted to small excitons, such<br />
as those found in organic semiconductors<br />
for example, is an extension of the<br />
methodology which has been highly<br />
successful for diffusion and conduction of<br />
electrons.<br />
FURTHER READING:<br />
CONTACTS<br />
Didier MAYOU<br />
didier.mayou@grenoble.cnrs.fr<br />
Tel: +33 4 76 88 74 66<br />
Gilles LECARVAL<br />
gilles.lecarval@cea.fr<br />
Tel: +33 4 38 78 54 62<br />
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Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12, 12811<br />
(<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Assessment of noncollinear spin-flip<br />
Tamm-Dancoff approximation timedependent<br />
density-functional theory<br />
for the photochemical ring-opening of<br />
oxirane<br />
Nanoresearch 3, 288 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Quantum Transport Properties of<br />
Chemically<br />
Functionalized Long Semiconducting<br />
Carbon Nanotubes<br />
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FURTHER READING:<br />
Phys. Rev. B (2011) - accepted<br />
Thermoelectric transport properties of<br />
silicon: Towards an ab initio approach<br />
Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 203109 (2009).<br />
Improved thermoelectric properties of<br />
Mg 2Si xGe ySn 1-x-y nanoparticle in alloy<br />
materials.<br />
Photovoltaic, in particular for organic<br />
systems or for molecular photochemical<br />
system (where the energy conversion<br />
takes place in a single molecule),<br />
represents also a new orientation with an<br />
interesting synergy among theorists of<br />
simulation. It actually appears that all<br />
competences needed to tackle the four<br />
aspects of a photovoltaic device (as<br />
described in Figure 3) are present among<br />
NanoSTAR project members.<br />
Fig. 3: The different steps of a photovoltaic<br />
device with a pn junction.<br />
Chair of Excellence <strong>2010</strong>: Harold<br />
BARANGER<br />
Coordinator: Mireille LAVAGNA<br />
(INAC/SPSMS).<br />
The so-called CORTRANO project focuses<br />
on novel correlations that can be probed<br />
in nanoscale systems, and their influence<br />
on electronic transport or other nonequilibrium<br />
observables. A strong link<br />
between computational, analytical and<br />
model approaches will be implemented to<br />
tackle several problems in this field, i.e<br />
steady-state quantum transport,<br />
correlation and conductance in strongly<br />
inhomogeneous low-density electron gas<br />
or correlations induced on the fly by<br />
localized impurities in particular in the<br />
Josephson junction context.<br />
Thermal properties<br />
“New comers” Project 2007: Natalio<br />
MINGO (Liten)<br />
Post-doc fellow: Shidong WANG<br />
Thermal properties and in particular heat<br />
conduction are important in the contexts<br />
of electronics (heat dissipation) and<br />
energy conversion (thermoelectric<br />
devices).<br />
This project’s challenge precisely consists<br />
in mastering thermal properties of such a<br />
system.<br />
In the context of thermoelectric<br />
applications the aim is to get a system<br />
which behaves simultaneously as a<br />
crystal for electrons and as a glass for<br />
phonons. Different systems have been<br />
studied to reduce heat conduction<br />
without destroying electrical conduction<br />
in order to get a good factor of merit Z.<br />
One of the strategies employed here is to<br />
introduce nanoparticle or produce<br />
nanocomposites to obtain ‘NEAT’<br />
materials (‘Nanoparticle Embedded in<br />
Alloy Thermoelectric’ materials).<br />
(see Figure 4).<br />
For example simulation showed that<br />
Mg 2 Si x Ge y Sn 1-x-y alloys with embedded<br />
Mg 2 Si nanoparticles are promising<br />
thermoelectrics to be operated at<br />
intermediate temperature. A design of a<br />
new thermoelectric device based on semi<br />
randomly dispersed wires has also been<br />
proposed. This is the object of a patent<br />
application. The invention allows to<br />
considerably simplifying the fabrication<br />
procedure for planar thermoelectric<br />
devices. Shidong WANG, the postdoctoral<br />
fellow employed by the<br />
Foundation as part of this project,<br />
performed calculations to assess the<br />
robustness of the approach as well as its<br />
feasibility.<br />
Please read the corresponding Highlight<br />
at the end of this report for further<br />
information<br />
Fig. 4: The heat conduction and thermoelectric properties of system (here SiGe) can be modified<br />
by introducing nanodots which scatter phonons and reduce heat conductivity.<br />
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Growth, patterning, defects<br />
& structure of nano-objects.<br />
The elaboration and characterisation of<br />
nano-objects is of primary importance in<br />
nanosciences and requires a mastering of<br />
complex experimental methods.<br />
Numerical simulation is of great help in<br />
understanding the details of the physical<br />
mechanism involved in elaboration<br />
procedure and in interpreting the output<br />
of methods used to analyze the structure<br />
of these objects.<br />
In this context the Nanosciences<br />
Foundation supports so far three Chairs<br />
of Excellence and one PhD student.<br />
Chair of Excellence 2009: Normand<br />
MOUSSEAU<br />
Coordinator: Pascal POCHET<br />
(INAC/SP2M)<br />
This project started in early <strong>2010</strong>. It aims<br />
at coupling a kinetic method (k-ART)<br />
developed by Pr MOUSSEAU and the abinitio<br />
code BigDFT developed initially at<br />
INAC. The new methodology will then be<br />
coupled to study the growth of three<br />
types of nanostructures: SiGe quantum<br />
dots, Si nanowires and graphene on SiC.<br />
The first tests of the new methodology<br />
have already been done on the simpler<br />
system consisting of a fullerene C20.<br />
The goal of this project is therefore to<br />
benefit from the expertise of Pr Graves in<br />
the field of MDS applied to plasmasurface<br />
interactions to assist the fast<br />
development of etching processes of<br />
graphene layers.<br />
“Fil de l’eau” PhD student 2008: Arpan<br />
Krishna DEB<br />
Thesis Director: Thierry DEUTSCH and<br />
Damien CALISTE (INAC/SP2M).<br />
This thesis deals with cluster approach to<br />
simulate defects in Si or Ge. Indeed<br />
working with charged periodic systems is<br />
a bit complicated as it involves the long<br />
range Coulomb forces and it is impossible<br />
to negate the interaction between the<br />
images created due to the periodicity in<br />
the simulation. A very common approach<br />
is to add a neutralizing background<br />
charge. But even this trick does not<br />
completely eliminate the spurious<br />
interaction of the image charges. The<br />
cluster approach clearly avoids these<br />
difficulties and open new possibilities to<br />
treat these defects.<br />
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Chair of Excellence <strong>2010</strong>: David GRAVES<br />
Coordinator: Gilles CUNGE (LTM).<br />
The Chair of Excellence of Pr GRAVES<br />
(University of California at Berkeley) will<br />
deal with Nanometer Scale Control of<br />
Graphene Processing with Innovative<br />
Plasma Technology (NSCGP). This project<br />
aims to advance nanometer-scale control<br />
of graphene processing using advanced,<br />
innovative plasma technology. In order to<br />
exploit the extraordinary power of plasma<br />
for large area, smooth and damage-free<br />
graphene film growth and patterning, it<br />
will be necessary to take a leap in plasma<br />
technology.<br />
LTM is currently investing such a new<br />
technology: pulsed plasmas. However,<br />
the interactions between reactive<br />
plasmas and surfaces are so complex<br />
that the efficient development of<br />
processes for new materials requires<br />
numerical simulations.<br />
For 20 years, Molecular Dynamic<br />
Simulations (MDS) have proved to be<br />
powerful for this purpose, but this<br />
expertise does not exist locally.<br />
Fig. 5: Cluster of Si used for the simulation of<br />
a defect. Left: cluster with no defect inside.<br />
Right: cluster with one vacancy<br />
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9 – TECHNOLOGICAL<br />
FACILITIES<br />
Created at the early stage of the<br />
Nanosciences Foundation in 2006, the<br />
“network of technological facilities”<br />
gathers most of the facilities concerned<br />
by nanofabrication, characterization at<br />
nanoscale, simulation and modeling of<br />
nanostructures, within the scientific area<br />
covered by the Foundation. The network<br />
is aimed to coordinate the financial<br />
support provided by the Foundation to<br />
the facilities. By supporting running costs<br />
of some facilities, the Foundation also<br />
eases the access to shared equipments.<br />
With almost 1/3 of its budget dedicated<br />
to the network of technological facilities,<br />
the Foundation contributes efficiently to<br />
the development of nanotechnologies<br />
involving physics, chemistry and biology.<br />
The facilities are opened to the whole<br />
community of researchers, post doctoral<br />
fellows and students involved in<br />
nanosciences. They offer state-of-the-art<br />
equipments for nanofabrication,<br />
nanocharacterisation and numerical<br />
simulation. More than 80% of the overall<br />
projects supported by the Foundation<br />
uses or have used the equipments of the<br />
network and many other national and<br />
European projects also benefits from<br />
them.<br />
THE NETWORK<br />
The network is composed by four<br />
facilities dedicated to:<br />
Nanofabrication<br />
Nanocharacterization<br />
Nano-chemistry and biology<br />
Numerical simulation<br />
The Nanofabrication Facility<br />
This Nanofabrication facility covers 1000<br />
m 2 dispatched over two clean rooms<br />
located in close proximity. These clean<br />
rooms offer top level equipments for<br />
optical and electron beam lithography,<br />
metals and oxides deposition, reactive<br />
ion etching, chemical cleaning and<br />
etching, characterization and metrology.<br />
They are specially equipped to process<br />
samples of various sizes (from millimetre<br />
up to 4 inches). Special procedures have<br />
been implemented to avoid cross<br />
contamination as different types of<br />
materials (semiconductors, metals and<br />
polymers) can be processed in the<br />
facility. This flexibility is particularly<br />
important to provide a full access to the<br />
networks members.<br />
PTA:<br />
The Plateforme Technologique Amont<br />
(PTA) operated by CEA, <strong>CNRS</strong>, Grenoble<br />
INP and UJF and located on the MINATEC<br />
campus, provides to the community upto-date<br />
equipments for nanofabrication<br />
including electron beam lithography,<br />
etching (ion beams, reactive plasma) and<br />
deposition. The main topics developed in<br />
the PTA deal with nanoelectronics,<br />
spintronics, and photonics. Since 2009<br />
and thanks to the merger of PTA and<br />
CIME Nanotech clean rooms, the PTA<br />
provides also equipments dedicated to<br />
the fabrication of Micro-Electro<br />
Mechanical Systems (MEMS).<br />
Fig. 1: Elliptical GaAs photonic etched<br />
nanowires for shape-controlled single mode<br />
photon emission. [Coll. LETI-INAC & PTA and<br />
Nitin MALIK, a PhD student employed by the<br />
Foundation as part of the 2007 “new comers”<br />
project of Julien CLAUDON.]<br />
The Foundation provides funding to the<br />
PTA for both equipments and running<br />
costs. In 2009, the Foundation co-funded<br />
the purchase of a LPCVD equipment<br />
dedicated to polysilicon and silicon nitride<br />
deposition for an amount of 220k€. In<br />
<strong>2010</strong>, the Foundation contributed to the<br />
acquisition of a second electron beam<br />
evaporator for metal thin film deposition<br />
for an amount of 300k€. This second<br />
equipment will solve the bottle neck<br />
created by the overbooking of the<br />
existing evaporator. On the other hand,<br />
the Foundation contribution to the<br />
running costs in 2009 (250k€) and <strong>2010</strong><br />
(200k€) allowed to keep a constant cost<br />
for the PTA users in spite of the increase<br />
of the PTA running costs due partly to the<br />
merger with the CIME Nanotech facilities.<br />
Thanks to the Foundation funding, the<br />
PTA presently provides a fully operational<br />
nanofabrication facility, largely accessible<br />
to the nanotechnology and nanosciences<br />
community.<br />
The PTA activity has been constantly<br />
growing since its opening, especially for<br />
the last two years.<br />
CONTACTS<br />
François LEFLOCH<br />
francois.lefloch@cea.fr<br />
Tel: +33 4 38 78 48 22<br />
Cécile GOURGON<br />
cecile.gourgon@cea.fr<br />
Tel: +33 4 38 78 98 37<br />
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An increase has been registered from<br />
11500 hours in 2009 to 19000 hours in<br />
<strong>2010</strong> which represents approximately<br />
150 running projects for the facility.<br />
The PTA serves the upstream research<br />
community but also provides an access to<br />
private companies such as CROCUS and<br />
Solar Force. An important feature of this<br />
strategy is the increase of the number of<br />
projects oriented toward industrial<br />
applications and technology transfer<br />
mostly driven by the LETI. As a<br />
consequence, LETI became the second<br />
biggest user of the PTA in <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
In conclusion, the Foundation support<br />
allowed the PTA to reach a critical mass<br />
in terms of equipments and to constantly<br />
maintain a rather accessible cost for a<br />
large community of scientists. Thanks to<br />
its potential, the PTA is expected to<br />
maintain the continuous increase of its<br />
activity in both academic and industrial<br />
areas.<br />
is crucial for the deposition of nanotubes<br />
on the substrate. Since carbon nanotubes<br />
are hydrophobic, it is difficult to suspend<br />
them in a solvent. Silanisation can treat<br />
the surfaces directly into the frame<br />
(plasma activation) without exposing the<br />
sample to the water (which reacts with<br />
the aminosilane) and reproducibly<br />
(through mass flow controllers).<br />
Another example lays in functionalization<br />
of substrates for the electrical<br />
characterization of neurons, as it was<br />
achieved in the 2007 RTRA project<br />
‘NEUROFET’.<br />
NanoFab:<br />
NanoFab facility embedded at Institut<br />
Néel hosts nanofabrication of many<br />
research programs within the<br />
nanosciences community. Equipped with<br />
tools for nanolithography (e-beam, FIB,<br />
DUV lithography), etching (RIE, IBE) and<br />
deposition (PVD, evaporation, ALD), its<br />
clean room trains a large number of PhD<br />
students and postdoctoral fellows.<br />
Originally dedicated to the fabrication of<br />
nano-objects for low temperatures<br />
nanophysics, NanoFab has kept its<br />
specialty but also evolved into new<br />
activities and new materials. The support<br />
of the Nanosciences Foundation was<br />
particularly decisive in the evolution<br />
toward "biophysics” and characterization<br />
of individual nano-objects.<br />
In 2009, the Foundation enabled the<br />
acquisition of a surface functionalization<br />
tool by oxygen plasma and "silanisation"<br />
for 120 k€. This equipment has been<br />
installed in a nano-chemistry dedicated<br />
room and open to all projects requiring<br />
surface activation.<br />
Molecular electronics involves devices<br />
whose active part is a molecule,<br />
sometimes single, connected to<br />
electrodes. Electrical measurements then<br />
give direct access to molecular orbitals. It<br />
then becomes possible to probe the<br />
quantum properties of a single molecule<br />
as Coulomb blockade or the Kondo effect.<br />
The challenge involves connecting a<br />
quantum dot consisting of a carbon<br />
nanotube and to couple it to a single<br />
molecular quantum dot magnet.<br />
However, the realization of these circuits<br />
requires a controlled silanisation step that<br />
Fig. 2 : Neuron as a gate of nanofabricated<br />
FET [C.Villard et al – NanoFab - as part of the<br />
2007 RTRA project ‘NEUROFET’)<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>, the Nanosciences Foundation<br />
helped to upgrade the FIB and e-beam<br />
nanolithography tools (for an amount of<br />
50 k €) and therefore encouraged a<br />
significant increase in work on the<br />
fabrication of devices dedicated to the<br />
characterization of individual objects,<br />
often randomly arranged on surfaces.<br />
The Nanosciences Foundation plays a<br />
crucial role in the life of NanoFab. Its<br />
contribution enables the development of<br />
a large number of funded projects (ANR,<br />
ERC...) but also not yet funded…<br />
The Nanocharacterization<br />
Facility<br />
This facility gathers top level equipments<br />
for probing nanostructures and<br />
nanodevices from atomic up to macro<br />
scale with beams of electrons, ions and<br />
X-rays. These facilities are available on<br />
the three following sites.<br />
PFNC:<br />
The so called ‘PlateForme de Nano<br />
Caractérisation’ (PFNC), located on the<br />
MINATEC campus is particularly<br />
specialized in crystallography and<br />
chemical measurements of inorganic<br />
nanostructures by high Resolution<br />
Transmission Electron Microscopy and Ion<br />
beam analysis.<br />
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CRG:<br />
The French Cooperative Research Group<br />
(CRG) at ESRF operates equipments for<br />
the structural and chemicals analysis of<br />
nanostructures by hard X-rays diffraction<br />
and diffusion.<br />
CMTC:<br />
Grenoble INP’s ‘Consortium de Moyens<br />
Technologiques Communs’ (CMTC) offers<br />
laboratory equipments for X-ray<br />
characterization and electron microscopy<br />
analysis of nanomaterials.<br />
The nanocharacterization facility is open<br />
to a large part of the Foundation<br />
members while there are no uniform<br />
access rules because some top level<br />
equipments can only be operated by<br />
trained experts or because the selection<br />
by Program Committees is required<br />
(ESRF).<br />
In 2008, the Foundation contributed to<br />
the acquisition of a new dual beam<br />
Focused Ion Beam (FIB) that is located at<br />
the PFNC. This NVision ZEISS FIB was<br />
installed during summer 2009. Since<br />
then, numerous “expert” users have been<br />
trained to use this equipment. Now,<br />
more than 10 users from the 3 partner’s<br />
laboratories (CMTC, PTA and PFNC) are<br />
working every day to perform advanced<br />
experiments:<br />
Nanomanipulation of nanoobjects<br />
as tripod ZnO, nanowires or tores<br />
using the 4 nanomanipulators<br />
Fig. 3: MEB-FIB nanomanipulators<br />
Electrical testing on nanodevices<br />
(carbon nanotubes, memories,<br />
transistors)<br />
Thin lamella preparation for TEM<br />
observations: classical lift out with<br />
optimised end milling at low voltage to<br />
reduced implantation /amorphisation;<br />
back end preparation to avoid ion beam<br />
damage on critical structures<br />
Ion milling for nano-object<br />
making (nanopillar for 3D X-ray<br />
tomography, hole in thin layers for<br />
Synchrotron experiments, others…)<br />
3D reconstruction using the “slice<br />
and view” method. Experiment of series<br />
of images is done overnight to perform<br />
3D reconstruction with nm resolution.<br />
Tests were done on a large range of<br />
materials: SC, porous materials,<br />
Biological sample (rat heart tissues),<br />
devices for microelectronic, fuel cell …<br />
Fig. 4: TEM images of YBaCuO/LaZrO thin bilayer<br />
on NiW substrate obtained from a single<br />
12 µm TEM slice cut using the FIB (Coll.<br />
CMTC/Grenoble INP)<br />
Please read the corresponding Highlight<br />
at the end of this report for further<br />
information<br />
These experiments are done for various<br />
kinds of projects: ANR, Nanosciences<br />
Foundation, Carnot Institutes, PhD<br />
Thesis, Nano2012 for nanoscience and<br />
nanodevices applications.<br />
Additional experiments were also<br />
conducted by Earth Science Institute<br />
(‘Institut des Sciences de la Terre’ or<br />
‘ISTerre’) and ‘Grenoble Institute of<br />
Neuroscience’ or ‘GIN’ for biological<br />
applications.<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>, the Foundation has decided to<br />
partially support (~50%) the purchase of<br />
a new X-ray optics for the D2AM French<br />
CRG beamline at ESRF. This operation,<br />
which was also supported by Léti, will<br />
enable to extend the X ray photon energy<br />
up to 40 keV, and cover an energy range<br />
that is complementary to the available<br />
one at synchrotron Soleil in Saint-Aubin.<br />
This high energy range is particularly well<br />
suited to the characterization of buried<br />
interfaces and nanostructures.<br />
A significant improvement of the beam<br />
quality is also expected, which will reduce<br />
by a factor of 10 to 100 the acquisition<br />
time.<br />
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The Nano-Chemistry and<br />
Biology Facility<br />
The objectives of these facilities are to<br />
provide to the community the tools for<br />
the synthesis and characterisation of<br />
molecules as well as the equipments<br />
required for analysis of organic/inorganic<br />
heterostructures and interfaces.<br />
NanoBio:<br />
The "Plateforme NanoBio-Chimie" located<br />
on the campus of Grenoble University<br />
offers equipments and tools for the<br />
synthesis of molecules, the grafting on<br />
surfaces and their characterisation (mass<br />
spectroscopy, AFM, IR spectroscopy...)<br />
and the imagery.<br />
IBS:<br />
The electron microscopy team of the<br />
‘Institut de Biologie Structurale’ (IBS) has<br />
developed the tools to study fragile<br />
materials such as living cells, proteins ,…<br />
grafted on inorganic nanostructures.<br />
The nano-chemistry and biology facility<br />
initiated in 2006 is dedicated to the<br />
conception and synthesis of bio molecules<br />
and to surface grafting. It is now well<br />
equipped for analytical characterization of<br />
final products, functionalized surfaces<br />
and molecular interactions, and is largely<br />
open to the community - the number of<br />
users increasing regularly.<br />
In 2008, the Foundation funded the<br />
purchase of an atomic force microscope<br />
AFM that works in biological media. Set<br />
up at the ‘Interdisciplinary Physics<br />
Laboratory’ (LIPhy), this new equipment<br />
belongs to the Nanobio facility (East<br />
Campus) and scientific activities have<br />
really started in September 2009.<br />
Coupled to an inverted Zeiss optical<br />
microscope, the JKP-Berlin AFM-Bio<br />
instrument allows various measurements<br />
such as cell-cell adhesion properties, the<br />
elasticity of gels or the topography of<br />
biological cells (Fig.5).<br />
The types of molecules analyzed by this<br />
technique are:<br />
biopolymers (oligonucleotides,<br />
peptides, carbohydrates)<br />
synthetic polymers<br />
various modified molecular<br />
objects functionalized by bio-organic<br />
molecules tag<br />
bio organic and inorganic<br />
complexes (non-covalent structure).<br />
MALDI-TOF mass spectral analysis was<br />
used to characterize the relative<br />
molecular weight distribution of low<br />
molecular weight polymers - decanoate<br />
-CD ester (-CD-C 10 ) - presenting a<br />
low polydispersity of substitution. The<br />
correlation between the nanoparticle<br />
ultrastructure and the total degree of<br />
substitution has been demonstrated in<br />
the case of -CD-C 10 derivatives. (DPM-<br />
ICMG).<br />
It will also be possible to perform surface<br />
imaging (laser Smartbeam TM available<br />
with this new instrument). This feature<br />
has been used to discriminate between<br />
different in vitro bacteria culture<br />
(preliminary work, CERMAV-ICMG)<br />
Finally, using modified supports by<br />
adjunction of carbon nanotubes or others<br />
nanoparticles (gold), it will be possible to<br />
increase the capabilities of the<br />
instrument. The mass spectrometry<br />
technical staff is composed by 1 research<br />
engineer (<strong>CNRS</strong>), 1 design engineer<br />
(UJF) and 2 Technicians (<strong>CNRS</strong> and UJF).<br />
In 2009, the NanoBio facility acquired a<br />
new Maldi-ToF mass spectrometer<br />
(standing for ‘Matrix assisted laser<br />
desorption/ionisation – Time of Flight’).<br />
The objectives of this facility are to<br />
provide to the community the tools for<br />
the characterization by mass<br />
spectrometry of various kinds of<br />
molecules of high mass (superior limit<br />
500 000 Da).<br />
Fig. 5: Example of AFM topography on<br />
biological cell.<br />
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The Numerical Simulation<br />
Facility<br />
The CIMENT (Intensive Calculus,<br />
Modelisation, Numerical and Technical<br />
Experimentation) facility provides access<br />
to medium size frames for computer<br />
simulations of the physical and chemical<br />
properties of nanostructures. Operated<br />
by the Grenoble University, it is<br />
dedicated to the High Performance<br />
Computing and is actually used by<br />
several members of the Foundation for<br />
simulation of the physical, mechanical<br />
and chemical properties of<br />
nanostructures.<br />
The CIMENT facility has been financed by<br />
the Foundation via thematic projects.<br />
One of them is a 2007 RTRA project titled<br />
‘NanoSTAR’ (standing for ‘Spectroscopy<br />
and Transport Properties in Nanomaterials:<br />
Applications and Research’).<br />
This project aims at developing highlyaccurate<br />
and efficient numerical<br />
theoretical methods and applying them to<br />
spectroscopy and transport properties in<br />
nanomaterials. Such a challenge relies on<br />
the internationally recognized and<br />
complementary competences of several<br />
groups belonging to the main Grenoble<br />
institutions: Institut Neel, INAC, Grenoble<br />
INPG, UJF and Léti/MINATEC.<br />
Meanwhile this project aims at creating<br />
and funding the Grenoble node of the<br />
European Theoretical Spectroscopy<br />
Facility (ETSF, http://www.etsf.eu). The<br />
ETSF is a “knowledge centre” focusing on<br />
electronic excitations, spectroscopy and<br />
quantum transport in nanostructures and<br />
in condensed matter systems. The impact<br />
of former and future developments in the<br />
Grenoble node will be greatly enhanced<br />
by making them available through the<br />
ETSF. The sharing of the different<br />
expertises and the pool of computational<br />
resources such as CIMENT facility are<br />
crucial for the development of ETSF-<br />
Grenoble. The contribution of the<br />
Foundation (315 k€) was devoted to 2<br />
PhD thesis grants and a new<br />
supercomputer (135 k€), which is used<br />
for the calculations in the topics of the<br />
NanoSTAR project.<br />
Another action within CIMENT is led by<br />
the 2009 Chair of Excellence Normand<br />
MOUSSEAU, who has stimulated new<br />
interactions between physics groups and<br />
computer scientists. Thanks to this<br />
collaboration, CIMENT and now the<br />
‘Modeling House project’ (‘Maison de la<br />
modélisation’) has strong competences in<br />
hybrid architectures using graphics cards<br />
which boost ab initio calculations applied<br />
to nanosciences<br />
FUNDING OF THE<br />
NETWORK<br />
Except for 2011, about 20% of the<br />
budget allocated by the Foundation to the<br />
network of technological facilities is<br />
attributed to cover clean rooms operating<br />
costs and the remaining 80 % is ought to<br />
purchase new equipment.<br />
In 2009, the Foundation co-funded a new<br />
LPCVD machine at the PTA whose benefit<br />
is recognized for a wide range of activity<br />
from the MEMS and NEMS fabrication to<br />
nano-photonics and nano-electronics.<br />
At NanoFab, new equipment for surface<br />
functionalisation and “silanisation” was<br />
funded. This instrument has been crucial<br />
for the implementation of new biophysics<br />
oriented activities.<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>, 350 k€ have been devoted for<br />
the acquisition of a new metal evaporator<br />
at the PTA. This equipment is crucial to<br />
allow to continue welcoming new users<br />
and increasing the activity. The foreseen<br />
increase of this activity is expected to<br />
compensate the decrease of the support<br />
for running expenses that will stop in<br />
2012. The same year, 50 k€ were<br />
devoted to NanoFab in order to improve<br />
its electronic beam lithography (EBL)<br />
system. With this funding, NanoFab will<br />
acquire a state-of-the-art EBL system<br />
using a commercial scanning electronic<br />
microscope with enhanced repositioning<br />
performances.<br />
In 2008, the nanofabrication and<br />
nanocharacterisation facilities agreed<br />
together to ask the Foundation for the<br />
funding of a dual-beam FIB equipment.<br />
This new instrument is located at the<br />
PFNC-Minatec and is accordingly used by<br />
both facilities.<br />
The investment towards CRG-D2AM at<br />
the ESRF beam line is co-funded by both<br />
the Foundation and the Léti (RTB<br />
funding). This equipment will re-enforce<br />
the characterization capabilities of this<br />
beam line especially in the field of<br />
semiconducting nanostructures using<br />
Multiwavelength Anomalous Diffraction<br />
(MAD) and Diffraction Anomalous Fine<br />
Structure (DAFS)<br />
The Nano-Chemistry and Biology facility<br />
beneficiated in 2008 of a support for an<br />
AFM-Bio that is now fully operative. In<br />
2009, the Foundation co-funded half of a<br />
new Maldi-ToF mass spectrometer (150<br />
k€). The equipment, presently installed in<br />
LIPhy, will be located in the new Nanobio<br />
building in November 2011. Due to the<br />
complexity of the financial timing<br />
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consortium (Nanosciences Foundation,<br />
Région Rhône-Alpes, ICMG, CPER), this<br />
new apparatus has only been opened to<br />
scientific community lately.<br />
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Year<br />
2007-<br />
2009<br />
<strong>2010</strong> 2011<br />
Equipment<br />
Nanofabrication 1425 350 -<br />
Bio & Chemistry 660 - -<br />
Characterization 1740 200 -<br />
Simulation 135 - -<br />
Operating costs<br />
Fabrication 850 230 200<br />
Bio & Chemistry 32 - -<br />
Characterization - - -<br />
Simulation - - -<br />
Tab. 1: The Nanosciences Foundation support<br />
for the equipment and the running costs of its<br />
network facilities<br />
CONCLUSIONS<br />
After 5 years, the “network of<br />
technological facilities” offers to the<br />
community of nanosciences and<br />
nanotechnologies a large panel of top<br />
level equipments operated by very highly<br />
skilled research and technical staff. The<br />
initial choice of the Foundation to support<br />
financially a limited number of selected<br />
facilities, has been essential, first in the<br />
creation and then in the operation of the<br />
network.<br />
A true coherency now exists between the<br />
facilities which are prompted to build<br />
collaborative projects. Gaps in<br />
technologies have been filled up<br />
essentially in nanofabrication tools and<br />
processes, with a substantial support of<br />
the Foundation in a restricted number of<br />
equipments.<br />
Finally, the positive effect of networking<br />
has been the spreading out of the<br />
“culture” of technology in the community.<br />
This is shown by the increasing number<br />
of projects (research projects, Ph.D.<br />
thesis, Chairs of Excellence) which rely<br />
on micro and nanodevices built and<br />
characterized in the facilities of the<br />
network. Therefore it seems important,<br />
for the short and long term future, that<br />
the Foundation maintains a high level of<br />
involvement in the technological facilities.<br />
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10 - EDUCATION AND<br />
SCIENTIFIC<br />
ANIMATION<br />
The scientific animation is first of all<br />
driven by the Working Groups of the<br />
Foundation that are organizing different<br />
meetings along the year with two main<br />
objectives: fostering the exchanges<br />
allowing a better reciprocal knowledge<br />
between the Foundation's partners, and<br />
helping to build a strategic and<br />
prospective analysis of possibly new<br />
scientific orientations of the Foundation.<br />
The Foundation monthly<br />
Seminars<br />
Entitled "Les Séminaires de la Fondation",<br />
this event takes place every month since<br />
November 2008. A specialist is invited to<br />
present his field of activity and its own<br />
research: it can be either a visiting<br />
scientist or one of the "Chairs of<br />
Excellence" funded by the Foundation.<br />
There is a particular will to browse a wide<br />
range of subjects, in order to offer to the<br />
Grenoble scientific community an<br />
opportunity to discover new aspects of<br />
Nanosciences. The list of all the<br />
Foundation’s monthly seminars is given<br />
below.<br />
Fig. 1: “Nano & Micro-Environment for Cell<br />
Biology” workshop. The speaker’s panel was<br />
exclusively composed of PhD students and<br />
Post-doctoral fellows, in order to encourage<br />
young researchers to share and discuss their<br />
results with all Grenoble-based research teams<br />
The Foundation’s Thesis<br />
Prize<br />
The Thesis Prize of the Foundation has<br />
been created in 2009. Its aim is to<br />
highlight the best PhD research<br />
performed in one of the laboratories of<br />
the network.<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>, two laureates have been chosen<br />
by the Steering Committee. Each of their<br />
theses was an advanced combination of<br />
basic research and device-oriented<br />
research that is central to the strength of<br />
Grenoble scientific community.<br />
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The Foundation workshops<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>, 5 workshops have also been<br />
organized by the Foundation:<br />
“Electronic Noise and Relaxation<br />
in Nanostructures” - 1 st & 2 nd April <strong>2010</strong><br />
“Grenoble projects with MEB-FIB<br />
microscope” - 11th May <strong>2010</strong><br />
“Contact and surface effects in<br />
nanostructures” - 28 th September <strong>2010</strong><br />
“New trends in Electrical<br />
Scanning Probe Microscopies” - 18 th<br />
October <strong>2010</strong><br />
“Nano & Micro-Environment for<br />
Cell Biology” – 25 th November <strong>2010</strong><br />
The aim of those workshops is to bring<br />
together local and invited scientists in<br />
order to share their experience on a<br />
chosen topic. After several talks, time is<br />
left for discussions in order to identify the<br />
roadblocks for which a collaborative effort<br />
could be beneficial in Grenoble.<br />
Those workshops’ programs are detailed<br />
below, with the names of local and<br />
invited speakers, as well as the titles of<br />
their talks.<br />
Each year, a thesis Prize Award<br />
Ceremony was organised and highlighted<br />
with talks of brilliant Grenoble scientists<br />
supported by an ERC grant or<br />
acknowledged by a prestigious scientific<br />
award. The scientific content of those<br />
ceremonies, along with the winning thesis<br />
subjects, are listed in the next pages.<br />
Fig. 2: There were two laureates for the<br />
<strong>2010</strong> Foundation Thesis Prize: Nicolas ROCH<br />
(Institut Néel) and Dimitri HOUSSAMEDDINE<br />
(INAC/SPINTEC).<br />
CONTACTS<br />
Hervé COURTOIS<br />
herve.courtois@grenoble.cnrs.fr<br />
Tel: +33 4 76 88 11 51<br />
Panagiota MORFOULI<br />
morfouli@minatec.inpg.fr<br />
Tel: +33 4 56 52 95 55<br />
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FURTHER READING<br />
www.elecmol.com<br />
qfs<strong>2010</strong>.neel.cnrs.fr<br />
www-moriond2011.fr<br />
www.minatec.com/infos2011<br />
embe2011.neel.cnrs.fr<br />
www.esonn.fr<br />
www.migas.inpg.fr<br />
esm.neel.cnrs.fr/2011<br />
Call for proposals<br />
“Education and Scientific<br />
Animation”<br />
In addition to its own events, the<br />
Foundation also supports actions that<br />
promote exchanges in the Nanoscience<br />
scientific community and contribute to<br />
the national and international recognition<br />
of the Grenoble network. They are<br />
workshops, conferences, or training<br />
courses for PhD students and postdoctoral<br />
scientists, like summer schools.<br />
The funding is attributed through a call<br />
for proposals process. The Steering<br />
Committee is in charge of the evaluation<br />
of all the submitted projects and<br />
agreement from the Board of the<br />
submitted proposals (that must include a<br />
tentative well-balanced budget).<br />
Since 2009, the Call for training and<br />
scientific animation proposals is<br />
disconnected from the other calls.<br />
The criteria for selection are:<br />
relevance to nanoscience<br />
strong relationship with scientific<br />
activities developed in Grenoble<br />
international visibility<br />
Grenoble campus promotion<br />
benefit for the Foundation<br />
laboratories<br />
and readability of the Foundation<br />
action.<br />
As for the selection process, an oral and<br />
public presentation of every proposal is<br />
given in front of the Working Group on<br />
Education which then reports to the<br />
Steering Committee. The latter analyses<br />
the report and makes its propositions for<br />
funding.<br />
Actions that have been supported by the<br />
Foundation are listed in tables of<br />
Appendix 5 and 6.<br />
Since 2007, the Foundation supports a<br />
series of weekly seminars entitled<br />
"Quantum Nano-electronics Seminar".<br />
The Foundation has maintained its<br />
support since then. The attendance is<br />
growing, with an average of about 30<br />
people, and consists of various scientists<br />
from many different laboratories. The<br />
support of the Foundation allows inviting<br />
speakers from foreign countries (they are<br />
listed in the Part 7 – section 3). In 2011,<br />
thanks to the related topical group, a<br />
similar series of seminars on<br />
"Nanomagnetism and Spintronics" is to<br />
be launched.<br />
In <strong>2010</strong> and 2011, 5 international<br />
conferences have been supported:<br />
5 th International Conference on<br />
Molecular Electronics, which is a major<br />
conference in the field (more than 300<br />
attendees over 5 days).<br />
QFS<strong>2010</strong>, an international<br />
symposium on Quantum Fluids and Solids<br />
organized in Grenoble with about 200<br />
participants.<br />
2011 Rencontres de Moriond on<br />
"Quantum Mesoscopic Physics" organized<br />
in the Alps by the French community,<br />
with about 150 attendees.<br />
INFOS2011, an international<br />
conference on Microelectronic devices<br />
fabrication and physics, organized in<br />
2011 on Minatec campus.<br />
EuroMBE 2011 an international<br />
conference devoted to Molecular Beam<br />
Epitaxy of semiconducting nanostructures<br />
and epilayers, organized at l'Alpe d'Huez<br />
by the <strong>CNRS</strong>-CEA joint team.<br />
Since 2008, a very significant effort is<br />
made to support the European School on<br />
Nanosciences and Nanotechnology<br />
(ESONN), created in 2004, offering young<br />
researchers (graduate students and postdoctoral<br />
scientists entering the field) a<br />
thorough training in the field, based on 3<br />
week-long program with an exact balance<br />
lectures and laboratory trainings. Many<br />
research groups of the network are<br />
involved allowing the students to work on<br />
very sophisticated experiments. The<br />
support to ESONN has been maintained<br />
in 2011, the funding being increased to<br />
26.5 k€ helping to compensate the<br />
decreasing support from the European<br />
Community.<br />
Fig. 3: ESONN <strong>2010</strong> students.<br />
In <strong>2010</strong> and 2011, the total amount<br />
dedicated to the support of actions of<br />
education and scientific animation has<br />
reached 51 and 60 k€ respectively. More<br />
events have been supported, at different<br />
levels. (see Appendix 6). Apart from<br />
ESONN, three other summer schools<br />
have received some funding from the<br />
Foundation: Graphene International<br />
School in <strong>2010</strong>, MIGAS <strong>2010</strong> and 2011<br />
and the European School on Magnetism<br />
2011.<br />
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Q-NET: a new European<br />
Initial Training Network<br />
Fig. 4: Group picture taken at the Graphene<br />
International School. Konstantin NOVOSELOV,<br />
invited lecturer, had just received his Nobel<br />
Prize in Physics (jointly with Andre GEIM).<br />
Three workshops of one to two days,<br />
dealing with specific topics, have been<br />
supported. Even if the contribution of the<br />
Foundation is most often low compared<br />
to the total budget of the events, this<br />
commitment contributes to improve the<br />
awareness of the Foundation and of its<br />
role in the scientific community: in most<br />
cases, the opportunity is given to the<br />
Foundation Director to make a short<br />
presentation of the scope of Foundation<br />
actions.<br />
PhD students & research<br />
training<br />
The other major action of the Foundation<br />
in terms of education is research training.<br />
By providing the financial support to<br />
enrol top-level students for the<br />
preparation of a thesis, the Foundation<br />
contributes to the education of the new<br />
scientists that our society will need. It is<br />
crucial to prepare future generations to<br />
develop and adopt new technologies<br />
beyond nanotechnology. The Foundation<br />
is also closely linked to the Doctoral<br />
Schools of Grenoble. According to their<br />
topic, the Foundation’s PhD students are<br />
registered to different schools, but most<br />
of them belong either to the Doctoral<br />
School of Physics, or to the Doctoral<br />
School of Chemistry and Life Sciences.<br />
Since 2009, the relationships with the<br />
different doctoral schools have been<br />
particularly enhanced. The Director of the<br />
Foundation is now an invited member of<br />
the Council of the Doctoral School of<br />
Physics. He also acts to facilitate the<br />
involvement of the Chairs of Excellence in<br />
the lessons program of all Doctoral<br />
Schools.<br />
Focused on Quantum Nano-Electronics,<br />
Q-NET has been initiated within the<br />
Nanosciences Foundation and is to be<br />
launched in April 2011. It will provide<br />
doctoral training in the general field of<br />
Quantum Nano-Electronics, in particular<br />
spintronics, molecular electronics, singleelectronics,<br />
quantum dots and nanowires,<br />
nano-cooling.<br />
The recruited PhD students will be trained<br />
to state-of-the-art technologies of<br />
nanofabrication, near-field microscopies,<br />
transport measurement under extreme<br />
conditions (low temperatures, magnetic<br />
field, radio-frequency irradiation) and<br />
theoretical calculations. Ultimate<br />
detectors, innovative local probes, new<br />
metrological standards, on chip microcoolers<br />
will be developed. The training<br />
will be implemented through systematic<br />
secondments of young researchers from<br />
one partner to several academic and<br />
private partners.<br />
Q-NET will contribute to organize<br />
sessions of the European School On<br />
Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies<br />
(ESONN) devoted to Quantum Nano-<br />
Electronics, combining both theoretical<br />
and practical training. Annual special<br />
training sessions will be organized,<br />
covering seven complementary domains<br />
such as ethics, project management,<br />
‘IPR’ (Intellectual Property Rights),<br />
communication skills...<br />
The consortium involves most of the<br />
leading groups in the domain which<br />
contributed to the European leadership in<br />
Quantum Nanoelectronics these last ten<br />
years. Q-NET will therefore significantly<br />
contribute to meet the needs of the<br />
industry in terms of highly-skilled and<br />
open-minded scientists for leading the<br />
competition in “Beyond C-MOS” Nano-<br />
Electronics.<br />
Q-NET involves 9 partners:<br />
1. Institut Néel & LPMMC, U. Joseph<br />
Fourier and <strong>CNRS</strong>, Grenoble (H. Courtois,<br />
coordinator),<br />
2. Low Temperature Laboratory, Aalto<br />
University, Helsinki (J. P. Pekola),<br />
3. NEST CNR-INFM, Pisa (F. Giazotto),<br />
4. Attocube systems, München (K.<br />
Karrai),<br />
5. School of Physics &<br />
Astronomy,University of Leeds (C. H.<br />
Marrows),<br />
6. Laboratory for Solid State Physics,<br />
ETH Zürich (K. Ensslin),<br />
7. Microtechnology and Nanoscience,<br />
Chalmers University, Göteborg (T. Bauch),<br />
8. NanoGUNE, San Sebastian (L. E.<br />
Hueso),<br />
9. AIVON, Helsinki (J. Penttilä).<br />
FURTHER READING<br />
www.quantum-net.org<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
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SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Physics Olympiads<br />
The Foundation has provided for two<br />
consecutive years its financial support to<br />
the “Olympiades de Physique”, a friendly<br />
contest in which High School students<br />
from all over France take part.<br />
The idea is to give the participants the<br />
opportunity to manage their own project,<br />
according to a proper scientific approach<br />
(involving bibliographic research,<br />
experimental activities, and results<br />
analysis).<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>, the Foundation awarded the<br />
team from the French High School<br />
Regnault, which developed a micro-robot<br />
able to follow a line traced on the floor.<br />
In 2011, 3 girls from the High School<br />
Louis le Grand (Paris) demonstrated and<br />
explained the behaviour of Non-<br />
Newtonian fluids. They analysed<br />
astonishing observations collected with<br />
(dry or wet) corn starch or ketchup and<br />
even simulated these changing behaviour<br />
with specialised researchers.<br />
Fig. 5: Malik BENKIRANE and Nawfal EL JAYID<br />
were awarded by the Nanosciences Foundation<br />
Prize in <strong>2010</strong><br />
Fig. 6: Justine SAINT-HILAIRE, Alice CALLIGER<br />
and Dalia BARKLEY were awarded by the<br />
Nanosciences Foundation Prize in 2011<br />
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Thesis Prize Award Ceremonies<br />
2009 Thesis Prize Award Ceremony<br />
19 th November 2009<br />
Speakers From Title<br />
Wolfgang<br />
WERNSDORFER<br />
Senior "ERC Advanced<br />
Grant"<br />
Bernard DIENY<br />
Senior "ERC Advanced<br />
Grant"<br />
Thomas ERNST<br />
"ERC Starting Grant"<br />
François VARCHON<br />
Laureate of the “<strong>2010</strong><br />
Nanosciences Foundation<br />
Prize”<br />
Institut Néel<br />
INAC/SPINTEC<br />
Léti<br />
Institut Néel<br />
Molecular spintronics using single-molecule magnets<br />
Spintronics phenomena and their implementation in<br />
functional devices<br />
Nanowires for multiphysics devices and circuits<br />
Electronic and structural properties of graphene on<br />
silicon carbide<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
<strong>2010</strong> Thesis Prize Award Ceremony<br />
2 nd December <strong>2010</strong><br />
Speakers From Title<br />
Xavier WAINTAL<br />
"ERC Consolidator Grant"<br />
Maxime RICHARD<br />
"ERC Starting Grant"<br />
INAC/SPSMS<br />
Institut Néel<br />
An example of computer assisted theory: quantum<br />
Monte-Carlo simulations of correlated quantum<br />
transport<br />
Quantum degeneracy in solid-state environment made<br />
easy<br />
Catherine PICART<br />
"ERC Starting Grant"<br />
Dimitri<br />
HOUSSAMEDDINE<br />
Laureate of the “<strong>2010</strong><br />
Nanosciences Foundation<br />
Prize”<br />
Nicolas ROCH<br />
Laureate of the “<strong>2010</strong><br />
Nanosciences Foundation<br />
Prize”<br />
Le SI DANG<br />
Laureate of the “<strong>2010</strong><br />
Gentner-Kastler Prize”<br />
LMGP<br />
INAC/SPINTEC<br />
Institut Néel<br />
Institut Néel<br />
Biomimetic films and membranes as advanced<br />
materials for studies on cellular processes<br />
Magnetization dynamics in spin torque microwave<br />
nano-oscillators<br />
Towards molecular spintronics<br />
Bose-Einstein condensation in solids<br />
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List of the Foundation’s monthly Seminars<br />
2008<br />
Speaker From Date Title<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Grant WILLSON<br />
Vincent BAYOT<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
2009<br />
University of Texas - Austin<br />
(USA)<br />
Catholic University of<br />
Leuven (Belgium)<br />
Nov 17 th<br />
High Resolution Imaging Technology : a View of<br />
the Future<br />
Dec 18 th Scanning gate microscopy : A new tool for<br />
Nanoelectronics<br />
Speaker From Date Title<br />
Younes EZZAHRI<br />
University of California -<br />
Santa Cruz (USA)<br />
Jan 15 th Thermoélectricité: L’apport des nanostructures<br />
pour des sources d’énergie renouvelable<br />
Mairbek CHSHIEV<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
University of Alabama<br />
(USA)<br />
Feb 26 th Recent Advances in Theory of Spintronics<br />
Phenomena<br />
Michael ROUKES<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
California Institute of<br />
Technology – Pasadena<br />
(USA)<br />
Mar 26 th<br />
Complexity and Nanosystems: From "Craft" – to<br />
Technology – to New Frontiers<br />
Daniel BLOCH<br />
CEA Medical advisor for<br />
nanomaterials – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
May 26 th Nanoparticules et santé au travail: Une<br />
problématique nouvelle?<br />
Stefan JAKOBS<br />
Max Planck Institute for<br />
Biophysical Chemistry –<br />
Goettingen (Germany)<br />
Jun 18 th<br />
STED Microscopy: Focusing on Mitochondria.<br />
Paul F. BARBARA<br />
Yong ZHANG<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
Center for Nano and<br />
Molecular Science and<br />
Technology – Austin (USA)<br />
NREL at the University of<br />
North Carolina – Charlotte<br />
(USA)<br />
Jul 6 th Are the electronic properties of conjugated<br />
polymers deformable?<br />
Oct 1 st Novel Multifunctional Inorganic-Organic Hybrid<br />
Semiconductors with Extraordinary Properties<br />
Tetiana AKSENOVA<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
National Academy of<br />
Sciences (Ukraine)<br />
Nov 26 th<br />
Brain Computer Interfacing: From the laboratory<br />
to real life applications<br />
Alain ROCHEFORT<br />
Département de génie<br />
physique de l’École<br />
Polytechnique de Montréal<br />
Dec 17 th<br />
Imagerie STM de nanostructures organiques<br />
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<strong>2010</strong><br />
Speaker From Date Title<br />
Researchers<br />
supported by the<br />
Foundation<br />
Jan 28 th<br />
Nanosciences Foundation’s Projects Review<br />
Nayla FAROUKI<br />
Marcelo<br />
FRANCA SANTOS<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
John KIRTLEY<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
Jim GREER<br />
Baruch FELDMAN<br />
Independent Philosopher<br />
and Science Historian<br />
University of Belo Horizonte<br />
(Brazil)<br />
Stanford University<br />
(USA)<br />
Tyndall National Institute -<br />
University College Cork<br />
(Ireland)<br />
Tyndall National Institute -<br />
University College Cork<br />
(Ireland)<br />
Mar 23 rd<br />
La science et l'éthique: quelle éthique?<br />
April 29 th Protecting and recovering information in<br />
entangled open systems<br />
May 27 th Fundamental studies of superconductors using<br />
scanning magnetic imaging<br />
Jun 22 nd<br />
Jun 22 nd<br />
Charge transport in molecular and semiconductor<br />
nanowires<br />
Simulations of electronic transport in ultra-thin<br />
and ultra-short junctionless transistors<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Samuel MAO<br />
University of California –<br />
Berkeley (USA)<br />
July 6 th<br />
Nanostructured Organic Light-Emitting Diodes for<br />
Energy Efficient Lighting<br />
Philip WONG<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
Stanford University<br />
(USA)<br />
Sept 23 rd<br />
Carbon Electronics – From Material Synthesis to<br />
Circuit Demonstration<br />
Stéphane REDON<br />
Center of Research ‘INRIA<br />
Grenoble - Rhône Alpes’<br />
(France)<br />
Nov 4 th<br />
Adaptive algorithms for modelling and simulating<br />
nanosystems<br />
Michael J. GORDON<br />
University of California -<br />
Santa Barbara (USA)<br />
Nov 26 th<br />
Nano to macro: synthesis, characterization, and<br />
evaluation of nanoparticle catalysts and organic<br />
photovoltaic films<br />
Claudia WIEMER<br />
RTRA Project<br />
PERCEVALL<br />
Instituto per la Microelletronica<br />
e Microsistemi -<br />
Agrate Brianza (Italy)<br />
Dec 14 th<br />
Material Perspectives for Phase Change Memories<br />
Sabine SZUNERITS<br />
Institut de Recherche<br />
Interdisciplinaire -<br />
Villeneuve d’Ascq (France)<br />
Dec 16 th<br />
Biological And Chemical Sensing On Nanoparticle<br />
Based Plasmonic Interfaces<br />
2011<br />
Speaker From Date Title<br />
Xavier BLASE<br />
Institut Néel – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Jan 27 th<br />
Electronic conductivity of nanotubes and graphene<br />
from quantum simulations<br />
Normand MOUSSEAU<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
Montreal<br />
(Canada)<br />
University<br />
Feb 22 nd ART cinétique, une méthode Monte-Carlo<br />
cinétique hors réseau avec calcul des barrières à<br />
la volée<br />
Roland HELLMANN,<br />
Géraldine SARRET<br />
& Laurent CHARLET<br />
Institute for Earth Sciences<br />
& Observatory for Earth and<br />
Planetary Sciences -<br />
Grenoble (France)<br />
Mar 31 st Geochemistry at the nanoscale: chemistry of<br />
fluid-mineral interfaces, phytoremediation, and<br />
nanotoxocology<br />
Jean-Pierre GASPARD<br />
RTRA Project<br />
PERCEVALL<br />
University of Liège<br />
(Belgium)<br />
Apr 18 th<br />
Electronic structural instabilities and information<br />
storage in Phase Change Materials<br />
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List of the Foundation’s workshops<br />
Workshop “Auto-assemblage 2D et 3D”<br />
19 th January 2009<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Invited Speakers From Title<br />
Alain DEFFIEUX<br />
Kornelius NIELSCH<br />
Laboratoire de Chimie des<br />
Polymères Organiques -<br />
Bordeaux (France)<br />
Institute of Applied Physics -<br />
University of Hamburg<br />
(Germany)<br />
Workshop “Contributions of computational simulation to Nanosciences”<br />
23 rd March 2009<br />
Nanoobjects based on single macromolecules : design<br />
and properties<br />
Lithographically Controlled Growth of Al2O3<br />
Membranes: A Tool-Box for 1D Nanostructures<br />
Local Speakers From Title<br />
Valerio OLEVANO<br />
RTRA Project<br />
NanoSTAR<br />
Institut Néel – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
The European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility and the<br />
RTRA NanoSTAR: Theory and Nanoscience<br />
Christophe<br />
PRUD'HOMME<br />
Pascale MALDIVI<br />
Laboratoire Jean Kuntzmann –<br />
Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
INAC/SCIB – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Algorithmes et méthodes sur architecture hybride: le<br />
point de vue des mathématiques<br />
Apport de la chimie quantique moléculaire pour l'étude<br />
de systèmes intéressant lesnanosciences<br />
Alain PASTUREL<br />
SIMAP – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Ingénierie quantique: succès et limitations<br />
Xavier BLASE<br />
Institut Néel – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Transport électronique dans les nanostructures: de l'ab<br />
initio à la physique mésoscopique<br />
Mairbek CHSHIEV<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
INAC/Spintec – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Description of spintronics phenomena with tightbinding<br />
and ab-initio simulation Tools<br />
Sylvain BARRAUD<br />
LETI-Minatec – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Modélisation du transport électronique dans les nanodispositifs<br />
semi-conducteurs<br />
Workshop “Super Resolution Optical Microscopy”<br />
19 th June 2009<br />
Invited Speakers From Title<br />
Stefan JAKOBS<br />
Mark NEIL<br />
Heinrich LEONHARDT<br />
Max Planck Institute -<br />
Göttingen (Germany)<br />
Imperial College – London<br />
(United Kingdom)<br />
LMU Biozentrum - Munich<br />
(Germany)<br />
STED Microscopy: Focusing on Mitochondria<br />
Structured Illumination for 3D microscopy<br />
Subdiffraction multicolor imaging of the nuclear<br />
periphery with 3D structured illumination microscopy<br />
Ulrich NIENHAUS Karlsruhe University (Germany) Advanced Fluorescent Proteins for Optical Nanoscopy<br />
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Workshop “Super Resolution Optical Microscopy” (continued)<br />
Local Speakers From Title<br />
André VERDEL<br />
Institut Albert Bonniot –<br />
Grenoble (France)<br />
Heterochromatin formation and maintenance<br />
Annie MOLA<br />
Claire MONGE<br />
Isabelle MARTY<br />
Yves GOLDBERG<br />
Sergiy AVILOV<br />
Institut Albert Bonniot –<br />
Grenoble (France)<br />
Laboratoire de Bioénergétique<br />
Fondamentale et Appliquée –<br />
Grenoble (France)<br />
Grenoble Institute of<br />
Neurosciences – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Grenoble Institute of<br />
Neurosciences – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
European Molecular Biology<br />
Laboratory – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Le complexe passager : régulateur clé de la mitose<br />
Intracellular diffusion and organization of metabolism:<br />
system biology approach<br />
Molecular complex involved in calcium signaling<br />
Cell-cell communication in the brain via exosome<br />
transfer & CHMP2B assemblies and their role in<br />
dendritic spine morphogenesis<br />
Potential of super-resolution techniques for imaging<br />
influenza virus life cycle<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Dimitrios A. SKOUFIAS<br />
Institute of Structural Biology<br />
– Grenoble (France)<br />
The need of high resolution microscopy for studies on<br />
kinetochore and centromere associated proteins<br />
Andrei POPOV<br />
Grenoble Institute of<br />
Neurosciences – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Action at the microtubule ends<br />
Sébastien VIOLOT<br />
Institut de Recherche en<br />
Technologie et Sciences pour<br />
le Vivant – Grenoble (France)<br />
Interaction of actin-binding proteins with actin<br />
filaments<br />
Sylva MACHE<br />
Institut de Recherche en<br />
Technologie et Sciences pour<br />
le Vivant – Grenoble (France)<br />
Single cell transcript profiling and intracellular<br />
localisation of transcriptional components<br />
Gilles FAURY<br />
Institut de Recherche en<br />
Technologie et Sciences pour<br />
le Vivant – Grenoble (France)<br />
Evolution de la morphologie des fibres élastiques au<br />
cours du développement et du vieillissement<br />
Workshop “From Smart Materials to Devices”<br />
12 th and 13 th October 2009<br />
Invited Speakers From Title<br />
Paul BARBARA<br />
Xiaoyang ZHU<br />
Ken SHIH<br />
Lauren WEBB<br />
Keith STEVENSON<br />
Graeme HENKELMAN<br />
Sanjay BANERJEE<br />
University of Texas – Austin<br />
(USA)<br />
University of Texas – Austin<br />
(USA)<br />
University of Texas – Austin<br />
(USA)<br />
University of Texas – Austin<br />
(USA)<br />
University of Texas – Austin<br />
(USA)<br />
University of Texas – Austin<br />
(USA)<br />
University of Texas – Austin<br />
(USA)<br />
Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence of Soliton Waves<br />
in Conjugated Polymers<br />
For 0D to 3D: electron transfer at the quantum dot/bulk<br />
semiconductor interface<br />
Resonant Fluorescence of Single Quantum Dots<br />
Towards Electrostatic Control of Protein-Surface<br />
Interactions<br />
Porous Electrode Architectures for Energy Conversion<br />
and Storage<br />
Optimal annealing schedules to achieve self-assembly<br />
Nanoparticle floating gate memory<br />
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Workshop “From Smart Materials to Devices” (continued)<br />
Local Speakers From Title<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Henri MARIETTE<br />
Hervé COURTOIS<br />
Mairbek CHSHIEV<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
Vincent BOUCHIAT<br />
Philippe PEYLA<br />
Guy ROYAL<br />
Institut Néel – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Institut Néel – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
INAC/Spintec – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Institut Néel – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Laboratory for Interdisciplinary<br />
Physics – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Departement de Chimie<br />
Moléculaire – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Recent progresses on III-V and II-VI semiconductors<br />
nanowires at the Nanophysique et Semiconducteurs<br />
group<br />
Josephson effect and hysteresis in superconducting<br />
hybrid nanostructures<br />
Quantum description of spintronic phenomena in<br />
crystalline magnetic tunnel junctions<br />
Superconducting Transport in Carbon Nanostructures<br />
Rheology of a suspension of microswimmers<br />
Switchable materials and electronic components based<br />
on macrocyclic metal complexes<br />
Rachel AUZELY<br />
Centre de Recherche sur les<br />
Macromolécules Végétales –<br />
Grenoble (France)<br />
Polysaccharide-based hydrogels and capsules with<br />
tailor-made functional properties for drug delivery<br />
Valérie<br />
STAMBOULI-SENÉ<br />
Laboratoire des Matériaux et<br />
du Génie Physique – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Label-free DNA biosensors based on<br />
electrical/electrochemical detection : towards an<br />
optimization through the electrode electrical properties<br />
Patrice RANNOU<br />
INAC/SPRAM – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Self-organized thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole-based liquid<br />
crystalline organic semiconductors for (supra)molecular<br />
(opto)electronic applications<br />
Jean-Pierre TRAVERS<br />
INAC/SPRAM – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Semiconductor nanocrystals and hybrid photovoltaics<br />
Didier BOTURYN<br />
Departement de Chimie<br />
Moléculaire – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
New Peptidic Vectors for Tumor Imaging and Cancer<br />
Therapy<br />
David PEYRADE<br />
Laboratoire des Technologies<br />
de la Microélectronique –<br />
Grenoble (France)<br />
Colloidal nanodevices<br />
Laurent LEVY<br />
Institut Néel – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Quantum Hall effect in epitaxial grapheme<br />
Mark CASIDA<br />
Departement de Chimie<br />
Moléculaire – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Theoretical spectroscopy at the nano interface between<br />
solids and molecules: a beginner's guide to timedependent<br />
density-functional theory<br />
Said SADKI<br />
INAC/SPRAM – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Electrochemical and spectroscopic properties of new<br />
low band gap conjugated polymers and double cable<br />
polymers for photovoltaic applications<br />
Francisco AIRES<br />
Institut de recherches sur la<br />
catalyse et l'environnement –<br />
Lyon (France)<br />
Surface science studies of catalytic surfaces in realistic<br />
conditions<br />
Loic BLUM<br />
Institut de Chimie et Biochimie<br />
Moléculaire<br />
&<br />
Supramoléculaire – Lyon<br />
(France)<br />
Structured biomolecular assemblies for the<br />
development of biochips, biomimetic membranes and<br />
enzymatic biofuel cells<br />
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Workshop “Electronic Noise and Relaxation in Nanostructures”<br />
1 st and 2 nd April <strong>2010</strong><br />
Organised with Leonid GLAZMAN, Chair of Excellence<br />
Invited Speakers From Title<br />
Bertrand REULET<br />
Jesper NYGÅRD<br />
Carles ALTIMIRAS<br />
Simon NIGG<br />
Takis KONTOS<br />
Laboratoire de Physique des<br />
Solides – Orsay (France)<br />
Niels Bohr Institute -<br />
Copenhagen (Denmark)<br />
Laboratoire de Photonique et<br />
de Nanostructures – Marcoussis<br />
(France)<br />
Geneva University<br />
(Switzerland)<br />
Ecole Normale Supérieure -<br />
Paris (France)<br />
Elastic and Inelastic relaxation in long SNS bridges<br />
Transport in semiconductor nanowire quantum dots<br />
with superconducting contacts<br />
Non-equilibrium edge channel spectroscopy in the<br />
integer quantum Hall regime<br />
Interaction induced edge channel equilibration<br />
Orbitally phase coherent spintronics with carbon<br />
nanotubes<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Alessandro DE MARTINO<br />
University of Cologne<br />
(Germany)<br />
Phonon-phonon interactions and phonon damping in<br />
carbon nanotubes<br />
Hélène BOUCHIAT<br />
Laboratoire de Physique des<br />
Solides – Orsay (France)<br />
Contact less investigation of electronic properties of<br />
nanoconductors coupled to a multimode microwave<br />
resonator<br />
Thierry MARTIN<br />
Centre de Physique Théorique<br />
– Marseille (France)<br />
Dynamic response of a mesoscopic capacitor in the<br />
presence of strong electron interactions<br />
Christophe MORA<br />
Ecole Normale Supérieure -<br />
Paris (France)<br />
Universal Resistances of the Quantum RC circuit<br />
Local Speakers From Title<br />
Laurent SAMINADAYAR<br />
Institut Néel – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Electron Coherence in Quantum-Wires: The Quest for<br />
the Fermi Liquid Ground State in the Kondo Regime<br />
David CARPENTIER<br />
Ecole Normale Supérieure -<br />
Lyon (France)<br />
Conductance Fluctuations in a Spin Glass Nanowire<br />
Pascal DEGIOVANNI<br />
Ecole Normale Supérieure -<br />
Lyon (France)<br />
Decoherence and relaxation in quantum Hall edge<br />
channels<br />
Wolfgang<br />
WERNSDORFER<br />
Institut Néel – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Energy Level Lifetimes in the Single-Molecule Magnets<br />
Raphaël<br />
VAN ROERMUND<br />
INAC/SPSMS – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Anderson Model out of equilibrium: decoherence effects<br />
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MEB-FIB microscope: Inauguration & Workshop<br />
11 th May <strong>2010</strong><br />
Invited Speakers From Title<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Marco CANTONI<br />
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale<br />
De Lausanne (Switzerland)<br />
Reconstruction 3D dans un FIB<br />
Local Speakers From Title<br />
Laurent MANIGUET<br />
Florence ROBAUT<br />
Fréderic CHARLOT<br />
Eric GAUTIER<br />
Consortium des Moyens<br />
Technologiques Communs –<br />
Grenoble (France)<br />
Consortium des Moyens<br />
Technologiques Communs –<br />
Grenoble (France)<br />
Consortium des Moyens<br />
Technologiques Communs –<br />
Grenoble (France)<br />
INAC/Spintec – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Présentation du Projet MEB-FIB<br />
Présentation technique des colonnes MEB et FIB, des<br />
équipements et des applications<br />
Préparation de plots magnétiques par FIB face arrière<br />
pour l’observation en TEM-holographie<br />
Etienne BUSTARET<br />
Institut Néel – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
FIB Preparation of Single Crystal Diamond for TEM<br />
Observations<br />
Jean François MOTTE<br />
Nanofab Facilities- Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
FIB at Nanofab : an overview of results and projects<br />
Workshop « Contact and surface effects in nanostructures »<br />
28 th September <strong>2010</strong><br />
Organised with Philip WONG, Chair of Excellence<br />
Invited Speakers From Title<br />
Philip WONG<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
Stanford University<br />
(USA)<br />
Metal to Carbon Nanotube Low Resistance Contacts<br />
Local Speakers From Title<br />
Guillaume ALBERT<br />
INAC/SPSMS – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Study of superconductor-graphene interfaces<br />
Murielle<br />
LECOCQ<br />
FAYOLLE-<br />
LETI-Minatec – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Advanced Interconnect: from Copper to Carbon<br />
Nanotube via integration<br />
Pascale PHAM<br />
LETI/DTBS – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Electrolyte/SC interfacial impedance<br />
Romain WACQUEZ<br />
INAC/SPSMS – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Atomistic Characterisation of doped contacts in a nano<br />
MOSFET<br />
Massimo MONGILLO<br />
INAC/SPSMS – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Fabrication and control of silicide contacts to undoped<br />
silicon nanowires<br />
Laurent MONTES<br />
Raul SALAZAR ROMERO<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
Yong ZHANG<br />
IMEP-LAHC –Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
LETI – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Contacts to nanostructures<br />
"eta" solar cells with nanostructured II-VI absorber<br />
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Workshop « New trends in Electrical Scanning Probe Microscopies»<br />
18 th October <strong>2010</strong><br />
Invited Speakers From Title<br />
Laurent NONY<br />
Franz GIESSIBL<br />
Bruno GRANDIDIER<br />
Institut des Materiaux, de la<br />
Microelectronique et des<br />
Nanosciences De Provence –<br />
Marseille (France)<br />
University of Regensburg<br />
(Germany)<br />
Institut d’Electronique, de<br />
Microélectronique et de<br />
Nanotechnologie – Lille<br />
(France)<br />
Advances in Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy on the<br />
atomic-scale: charge state characterization and<br />
chemical identification<br />
Improving spatial resolution, force resolution and ease<br />
of use in atomic force microscopy with quartz based<br />
force sensors<br />
Four-probe electrical transport measurements on<br />
individual inorganic nanowires<br />
Local Speakers From Title<br />
Benjamin GRÉVIN<br />
INAC/SPRAM – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
High resolution Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy<br />
investigations of organic photovoltaic blends<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Nicolas CHEVALIER<br />
LETI - Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Applications of SCM and SSRM techniques for doping<br />
characterization<br />
Laurent MONTES<br />
IMEP-LAHC –Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
AFM measurement of young modulus & piezoelectricity<br />
on individual nanostructures<br />
Antoine NIGUES<br />
Martin KOGELSCHATZ<br />
Bruno GILLES<br />
Claude CHAPELIER<br />
Europen Synchrotron Research<br />
Facilities – Grenoble (France)<br />
Laboratoire des Technologies<br />
de la Microélectronique –<br />
Grenoble (France)<br />
Science et Ingénierie des<br />
Matériaux et Procédés –<br />
Grenoble (France)<br />
INAC/SPSMS – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Dual probes AFM head: Toward a versatile mechanical<br />
haptic nanotweezer<br />
TUNA and surface potentiel measurements<br />
Local electron tunneling measurement using an AFM<br />
Tunneling spectroscopy and Andreev spectroscopy of<br />
highly disordered superconducting films<br />
Workshop “Nano & Micro-Environment for Cell Biology”<br />
25 th November <strong>2010</strong><br />
Organised with Martial BALLAND, «New comers» project Balland<br />
Local Speakers From Title<br />
Tatiana PINEDO-RIVERA<br />
Galina DUBACHEVA<br />
Laure FOUREL<br />
Myriam REGENT<br />
Laboratoire des Technologies<br />
de la Microélectronique –<br />
Grenoble (France)<br />
Département de Chimie<br />
Moléculaire – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Laboratoire des Matériaux et<br />
Génie Physique – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Institut Albert Bonniot –<br />
Grenoble (France)<br />
Capillary force assembly of hard and soft-matter<br />
Detachable polymer films based on redox-driven<br />
multivalent host-guest interactions as a sacrificial<br />
platform for cell sheet engineering<br />
Unraveling BMP-2 activity on cell adhesion and<br />
migration by a combination of physical and<br />
biochemical clues<br />
Changing the rigidity of environment reveals new<br />
insights into cell adhesion and migration<br />
Bertrand FOURCADE<br />
Institut Albert Bonniot –<br />
Grenoble (France)<br />
A mechano-transduction model for integrin activation<br />
and clustering<br />
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Valentina PESCHETOLA<br />
Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de<br />
Physique – Grenoble (France)<br />
Cancer cell migration on 2D deformable substrates<br />
Ghislain BUGNICOURT<br />
Grenoble Institute of<br />
Neurosciences – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Neurons on micro- or nano-structured surfaces: from<br />
enhanced growth to a control of polarity<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Muriel AUZAN<br />
Ofélia MANITI<br />
Agnes KAWSKA<br />
Anne MARTEL<br />
RTRA Project<br />
NANOBIODROP<br />
Lydia CARO<br />
CYTOO – Grenoble (France)<br />
Laboratoire des Matériaux et<br />
Génie Physique – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Institut de Recherche en<br />
Technologie et Sciences pour le<br />
Vivant – Grenoble (France)<br />
Institut de Biologie Structurale<br />
– Grenoble (France)<br />
Institut de Biologie Structurale<br />
– Grenoble (France)<br />
Using adhesive micropatterns in cell-based assays<br />
improves visualization and quantitative analysis of drug<br />
effects<br />
Systèmes biomimétiques d’étude de l’interaction<br />
cytosquelette/membrane plasmique médiée par une<br />
protéine de la famille des ERM<br />
Force generation in dense actin networks<br />
Artificial membranes on chip for high throughput studies<br />
of ion channels<br />
Bio-inspired receptor-ion channels to control the<br />
electrical activity of cells<br />
Jing JING<br />
Centre de Recherche sur les<br />
Macromolécules Végétales –<br />
Grenoble (France)<br />
Nano-engineered capsules based on chemically modified<br />
polysaccharides as multicompartment drug carriers<br />
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List of the Quantum Nanoelectronics Seminars<br />
Quantum Nanoelectronics Seminars in 2008<br />
Speaker From Date Title<br />
Christian<br />
SCHÖNENBERGER<br />
Michael ROUKES<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
Xavier WAINTAL<br />
University of Basel<br />
(Switzerland)<br />
Californian Institute of<br />
Technology(USA)<br />
Service de Physique de<br />
l'Etat Condense –<br />
CEA Saclay (France)<br />
Jan 15 th<br />
Jan 16 th<br />
Spin and Charge Transport in Carbon Nanotube<br />
Hybrid Quantum Dots<br />
Advances in Nanoelectromechanical systems<br />
Jan 22 nd Existe-t-il des métaux à deux dimensions?<br />
Localisation et corrélations électroniques dans les<br />
MOSFETS au Silicium de haute mobilité.<br />
Vittorio PELLEGRINI INFM - Pisa (Italy) Feb 5 th Shining light on correlated electrons in lowdimensional<br />
semiconductors<br />
Xiaoqin LI<br />
Felicien SCHOPFER<br />
University of Texas - Austin<br />
(USA)<br />
Laboratoire National de<br />
Métrologie et d’Essais –<br />
Trappes (France)<br />
Feb 12 th<br />
Mar 12 th<br />
Multidimensional snapshots of electron dynamics<br />
and couplings in semiconductors<br />
Métrologie quantique<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Pascal DEGIOVANNI<br />
Ecole Normale Supérieure -<br />
Lyon (France)<br />
Mar 18 th<br />
Quantum detection of electronic flying qubits<br />
Yaroslav M. BLANTER<br />
Delft University of<br />
Technology<br />
(The Netherlands)<br />
Mar 25 th<br />
Boundaries in graphene<br />
Frederic PIERRE<br />
Laboratoire de Photonique<br />
et de Nanostructures –<br />
Marcoussis<br />
(France)<br />
Lois de composition des impédances dans les<br />
Apr 1 st circuits mésoscopique: Test expérimental de la<br />
théorie du blocage de Coulomb dynamique<br />
généralisée aux conducteurs cohérents<br />
Patrice BERTET<br />
Service de Physique de<br />
l'Etat Condense –<br />
CEA Saclay (France)<br />
May 13 th<br />
Continuously monitoring the quantum oscillations<br />
of an electrical circuit<br />
Olivier BOURGEOIS<br />
Institut Néel - Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
May 20 th<br />
Effet de la topologie sur la capacité calorifique et<br />
la conductance thermique de nano-objets<br />
Klaus ENSSLIN ETH – Zürich (Switzerland) May 27 th Electron counting in quantum dots<br />
Laurent VILA INAC – Grenoble (France) Jun 3 rd Evolution of the Spin Hall Effect in Pt Nanowires:<br />
Size and Temperature Effects<br />
Pertti HAKONEN<br />
Helsinki University of<br />
Technology (Finland)<br />
Jun 10 th<br />
Shot noise in single walled carbon nanotubes and<br />
in graphene<br />
David CARPENTIER<br />
Ecole Normale Supérieure -<br />
Lyon (France)<br />
Jun 17 th Coherent Electronic Transport Through a Spin<br />
Glass<br />
David VITALI Camerino University (Italy) Jun 24 th micromechanical oscillators in optomechanical<br />
Ground state cooling and entanglement of<br />
systems<br />
Aashish CLERK<br />
McGill University – Montreal<br />
(Canada)<br />
Jul 1 st<br />
Entanglement dynamics in a dispersively coupled<br />
qubit-resonator system<br />
Michelle SIMMONS<br />
University of New South<br />
Wales – Sydney (Australia)<br />
Sep 2 nd<br />
Atomic scale silicon device fabrication<br />
Michele GOVERNALE<br />
Ruhr Universität - Bochum<br />
(Germany)<br />
Sep 10 th<br />
Non-equilibrium superconducting proximity effect<br />
and non-local Andreev transport in hybrid<br />
systems with interacting quantum dots<br />
Joaquin<br />
FERNANDEZ-ROSSIER<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
University of Alicante<br />
(Spain)<br />
Sep 16 th Magnetism and spintronics in graphene<br />
nanostructures<br />
Max HOFHEINZ<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
University of California -<br />
Santa Barbara (USA)<br />
Oct 14 th<br />
Manipulating photons in a microwave resonator<br />
with a phase qubit<br />
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Mikhail FEIGEL'MAN<br />
Landau Institute for<br />
Theoretical Physics –<br />
Moscow (Russia)<br />
Oct 21 st Fractal superconductivity near localization<br />
threshold<br />
Jukka PEKOLA Helsinki University (Finland) Nov 12 th Experiments on the quantum of thermal<br />
conductance<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Alberto MORPURGO<br />
Hartmut BUHMANN<br />
Felix VON OPPEN<br />
Geneva University<br />
(Switzerland)<br />
Würzburg University<br />
(Germany)<br />
Free University of Berlin<br />
(Germany)<br />
Quantum Nanoelectronics Seminars in 2009<br />
Takis KONTOS<br />
Nov 18 th<br />
Nov 26 th<br />
Dec 2 nd<br />
Mesoscopic physics with organic transistors<br />
Phase Coherent Transport Phenomena in HgTe<br />
Quantum Well Structures<br />
Physics of single-molecule transistors<br />
Speaker From Date Title<br />
Fabien PORTIER<br />
Ecole Normale Supérieure -<br />
Paris (France)<br />
Service de Physique de<br />
l'Etat Condense –<br />
CEA Saclay (France)<br />
Jan 6 th<br />
Jan 13 th<br />
Le bruit d'une impureté Kondo<br />
Une expérience d'Hanburry-Brown et Twiss avec<br />
des électrons et des photons<br />
Jonathan FINLEY<br />
Walter Schottky Institute –<br />
Munich (Germany)<br />
Jan 27 th Electrical control of spontaneous emission and<br />
strong coupling for a single quantum dot<br />
Marco APRILI<br />
Laboratoire de Physique des<br />
Solides – Orsay (France)<br />
Feb 3 rd<br />
Dynamique de la Phase et de l’Aimantation dans<br />
des Jonctions Josephson Ferromagnétiques<br />
Martino POGGIO<br />
University of Basel<br />
(Switzerland)<br />
Mar 3 rd<br />
Ultra-sensitive force detection applied to magnetic<br />
resonance imaging<br />
Miguel MONTEVERDE<br />
Maxime RICHARD<br />
«New comers»<br />
Project Richard<br />
Laboratoire de Physique des<br />
Solides – Orsay (France)<br />
Institut Néel – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Mar 10 th Quantum magneto-transport in monolayer and<br />
bilayer graphene<br />
Mar 17 th Toward room temperature Bose-Einstein<br />
Condensation of exciton-polaritons<br />
M. YAMAMOTO University of Tokyo (Japon) Mar 24 th Aharonov-Bohm ring with a fully controlled flying<br />
Observation of quantum phase shift in an<br />
charge qubit<br />
Vladimir I. FALKO<br />
University of Lancaster<br />
(United Kingdom)<br />
Mar 31 st<br />
Quantum transport in disordered graphene: weak<br />
localisation and mesoscopics<br />
Denis VASYUKOV<br />
University of Exeter<br />
(United Kingdom)<br />
Apr 28 th Photo-induced anomalous Hall and circular<br />
photogalvanic effects in 2D hole gases in<br />
perpendicular magnetic field<br />
Adrian BACHTOLD<br />
Institut Català de<br />
Nanotecnologia - Bellaterra<br />
(Spain)<br />
May 5 th<br />
Nanotube and Graphene ElectroMechanics<br />
Marine GUIGOU<br />
Université de Marseille<br />
(France)<br />
May 12 th<br />
Ecrantage d'un fil quantique par une pointe de<br />
STM : propriétés spectrales et de transport<br />
Lieven VANDERSYPEN<br />
Delft University of<br />
Technology<br />
(The Netherlands)<br />
May 19 th<br />
Coherence and control of individual electron spins<br />
in quantum dots<br />
Laurent<br />
SAMINADAYAR<br />
Institut Néel – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Jun 9 th<br />
Cohérence quantique, effet Kondo et désordre<br />
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Hélène LE SUEUR<br />
Laboratoire de Photonique<br />
et de Nanostructures –<br />
Marcoussis (France)<br />
Jun 16 th Interactions entre électrons en régime Hall<br />
quantique<br />
Joël CHEVRIER<br />
Institut Néel – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Jun 23 th Measures of Casimir force and of near-field<br />
radiative heat transfer<br />
Christoph STRUNK<br />
Joaquin<br />
FERNANDEZ-ROSSIER<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
G. A. STEELE<br />
Arne BRATAAS<br />
Thierry CHAMPEL<br />
University of Regensburg<br />
(Germany)<br />
University of Alicante<br />
(Spain)<br />
Delft University of<br />
Technology<br />
(The Netherlands)<br />
Norwegian University of<br />
Science and Technology –<br />
Trondheim (Norway)<br />
Laboratoire de Physique et<br />
Modélisation des Milieux<br />
Condensés – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Jun 30 th<br />
Jul 7 th<br />
Carbon nanotubes as a playground for quantum<br />
physics: From band structure to splitting Cooper<br />
pairs<br />
Probing and manipulating the spin of magnetic<br />
adatoms and molecules with tunneling electrons<br />
Jul 21 st Clean carbon nanotubes: From single electron<br />
quantum dots to ultra-high quality mechanical<br />
resonators<br />
Sep 8 th Magnetoelectronic Spin Transfer Torque,<br />
Dissipation, and Noise<br />
Sep 29 th Local density of states in disordered twodimensional<br />
electron gases at high magnetic field<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Aurélien FAY<br />
Low<br />
Temperature<br />
Laboratory, Helsinki<br />
University of Technology,<br />
Finland<br />
Oct 13 th Conductivity, shot noise, and hot phonons in<br />
bilayer graphene<br />
Gonzalo USAJ<br />
Centro Atomico Bariloche e<br />
Instituto Balseiro –<br />
Bariloche (Argentina)<br />
Oct 20 th<br />
Spintronics in Graphene<br />
Peter SAMUELSSON Lund University (Sweden) Dec 1 st Finite temperature entanglement in the electronic<br />
two-particle interferometer<br />
Hongqi XU Lund University (Sweden) Dec 15 th Spin States and Spin correlation in Semiconductor<br />
Quantum Structures<br />
Quantum Nanoelectronics Seminars in <strong>2010</strong><br />
Speaker From Date Title<br />
Nicolas REGNAULT<br />
Frank HEKKING<br />
Xavier JEHL<br />
Ecole Normale Supérieure -<br />
Paris (France)<br />
Laboratoire de Physique et<br />
Modélisation des Milieux<br />
Condensés – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
INAC/SPSMS – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Jan 12th Anatomie des états de l'effet Hall quantique<br />
fractionnaire<br />
Jan 19 th Phase-charge duality in Josephson junction<br />
circuits: Role of inertia and effect of microwave<br />
irradiation<br />
Jan 26 th Probing a single dopant in ultra-scaled CMOS<br />
transistors<br />
Antoine HEIDMANN<br />
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel<br />
– Paris (France)<br />
Feb 2 nd<br />
Micro-résonateurs et pression de radiation : vers<br />
l'optomécanique quantique.<br />
Oleg YEVTUSHENKO<br />
University of Munich<br />
(Germany)<br />
Mar 2 nd<br />
Dimensional Crossover of the Dephasing Time in<br />
Disordered Mesoscopic Rings<br />
Sergio O.<br />
VALENZUELA<br />
Institut Català de<br />
Nanotecnologia - Bellaterra<br />
(Spain)<br />
Mar 9 th Landau-Zener-Stuckelberg interferometry in<br />
superconducting qubits<br />
59
Yuli V. NAZAROV<br />
Delft University of<br />
Technology<br />
(The Netherlands)<br />
Mar 16 th<br />
Fully Overheated Single-Electron Transistor<br />
Anton ANDREEV<br />
University of Washington –<br />
Seattle (USA)<br />
Mar 23 rd<br />
Resistance of pn- junctions in strongly correlated<br />
armchair nanotubes<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Alexei ORLOV<br />
Thierry GIAMARCHI<br />
Yakov FOMINOV<br />
Xavier MARIE<br />
University of Notre-Dame –<br />
Indiana (USA)<br />
Geneva University<br />
(Switzerland)<br />
Landau Institute for<br />
Theoretical Physics –<br />
Moscow (Russia)<br />
Laboratoire de Physique et<br />
Chimie des Nano-Objets –<br />
Toulouse (France)<br />
Apr 6 th Recent Experimental Developments In<br />
Nanomagnetic Logic<br />
April 13 th<br />
April 20 th<br />
Luttinger liquid in presence of a bath<br />
Superconducting triplet spin valve<br />
May 4 th Dynamique de Spin dans des Nano-Objets<br />
Semiconducteurs<br />
Moshe GOLDSTEIN Bar-Ilan University (Israel) May 5 th quantum dots: A case for quantum phase<br />
Population switching and charge sensing in<br />
transitions<br />
Hakan TURECI ETH – Zürich (Switzerland) May 11 th The Kondo exciton: a quantum quench towards<br />
strong spin-reservoir correlations<br />
Alexey BEZRYADIN<br />
University of Illinois -<br />
Urbana-Champaign (USA)<br />
May 18 th<br />
Superconductor-insulator transition in sub-10 nm<br />
nanowires<br />
Robert S WHITNEY<br />
Institut Laue-Langevin -<br />
Grenoble (France)<br />
May 25 th<br />
From the Aharonov-Bohm effect to Peltier-cooling<br />
in mesoscopic devices<br />
Gwendal FÈVE<br />
Ecole Normale Supérieure -<br />
Paris (France)<br />
Jun 1 st Fluctuations de courant d’une source d’électrons :<br />
une preuve de l’émission contrôlée d'électrons<br />
uniques<br />
Thomas EBBESEN<br />
Institut de Science &<br />
d'Ingénierie<br />
Supramoléculaires –<br />
Strasbourg (France)<br />
Jun 8 th<br />
Light and Metal - Fundamentals and Applications<br />
of Surface Plasmons<br />
LianFu WEI<br />
Southwest<br />
University (China)<br />
Jiaotong<br />
Jun 15 th<br />
Adiabatic manipluations of Josephson qubits for<br />
quantum computing<br />
Vincent BOUCHIAT<br />
Institut Néel – Grenoble<br />
(France)<br />
Jun 22 nd Graphene as an Open Platform for Tuning 2D<br />
Electronic Transitions<br />
Michel DEVORET<br />
Yale University (USA) &<br />
Collège de France – Paris<br />
(France)<br />
Jun 29 th<br />
L'amplification des signaux quantiques<br />
Markus BUTTIKER<br />
Geneva University<br />
(Switzerland)<br />
Aug 31 st<br />
Chirality and fluctuation relations in mesoscopic<br />
tranpsort<br />
Alexander ALTLAND<br />
Cologne University<br />
(Germany)<br />
Sep 7 th<br />
Fluctuation relations in mesoscopic transport<br />
Jürgen LISENFELD<br />
Karlsruhe University<br />
(Germany)<br />
Sep 14 th Coherence properties of two-level-systems in<br />
superconducting phase qubits<br />
Jason ROBINSON<br />
Cambridge University<br />
(United Kingdom)<br />
Sep 28 th<br />
Enhancing the Proximity Effect in Superconductor<br />
/ Ferromagnet Devices<br />
Sebastian BERGERET<br />
San Sebastian University<br />
(Spain)<br />
Oct 5 th Theory of supercurrent in microwave-irradiated<br />
quantum point contacts<br />
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Quantum Nanoelectronics Seminars in <strong>2010</strong> (continued)<br />
Philippe JOYEZ<br />
Service de Physique de<br />
l'Etat Condense –<br />
CEA Saclay (France)<br />
Oct 12 th Tunneling spectroscopy of individual Andreev<br />
Bound States in a carbon nanotube<br />
Stevan NADJ-PERGE<br />
Corinna KOLLATH<br />
Delft University of<br />
Technology<br />
(The Netherlands)<br />
Ecole Polytechnique -<br />
Palaiseau (France)<br />
Nov 2 nd<br />
Nov 9 th<br />
Spin-orbit qubits in InAs nanowires<br />
Dynamics in strongly correlated ultracold gases<br />
Thomas ERNST Léti – Grenoble (France) Nov 16 th A multilevel nanowire technology<br />
Marco APRILI<br />
Thierry DEUTSCH<br />
Christophe DELERUE<br />
Laboratoire de Physique des<br />
Solides – Orsay (France)<br />
INAC/SP2M/L_SIM –<br />
Grenoble (France)<br />
Institut d'Electronique, de<br />
Microélectronique et de<br />
Nanotechnologie – Lille<br />
(France)<br />
Nov 23 rd<br />
Phase cooling<br />
Nov 30 th Calcul intensif pour les nanosciences : les<br />
méthodes ab initio<br />
Dec 7 th<br />
A single silicon dangling bond: deep insight into a<br />
quantum system<br />
SCIENTIFIC REPORT<br />
Tomáš NOVOTNÝ<br />
Charles University – Prague<br />
(Czech Republic)<br />
Dec 14 th<br />
Interaction effects on noise in nanojunctions<br />
Quantum Nanoelectronics Seminars in 2011<br />
Speaker From Date Title<br />
Andrea FERRARI<br />
Markus MÜLLER<br />
University of Cambridge<br />
(USA)<br />
International Centre for<br />
Theoretical Physics – Trieste<br />
(Italy)<br />
Jan 11 th Nanotechnology with graphene, nanotubes and<br />
diamond-like carbon<br />
Jan 18 th Quantum glasses – frustration and collective<br />
behavior at zero temperature<br />
Claude CHAPELIER<br />
INAC/SPSMS/<br />
LATEQS, France<br />
Jan 25 th<br />
Localization of preformed Cooper pairs in highly<br />
disordered superconducting films<br />
Inès SAFI<br />
Laboratoire de Physique des<br />
Solides – Orsay (France)<br />
Feb 1 st How to measure tunnelling charges without<br />
recourse to current noise?<br />
Erik BAKKERS<br />
Delft University of<br />
Technology<br />
(The Netherlands)<br />
Feb 8 th<br />
Periodic Nanowire Structures<br />
Alexey USTINOV<br />
Leonardo DICARLO<br />
Karlsruhe University<br />
(Germany)<br />
Delft University of<br />
Technology<br />
(The Netherlands)<br />
Feb 15 th Using a Josephson junction for manipulating<br />
microscopic atomic dipoles<br />
Feb 22 nd Preparation and measurement of multi-qubit<br />
entanglement<br />
Ali EICHENBERGER<br />
Federal Office of Metrology<br />
– Bern (Switzerland)<br />
Mar 1 st<br />
The watt balance route towards a new definition<br />
of the kilogram<br />
Piet BROUWER<br />
Free University of Berlin<br />
(Germany)<br />
Mar 8 th Majorana fermions and the superconductor<br />
proximity effect in half-metallic ferromagnets<br />
Vincent BAYOT<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
Catholic University of<br />
Leuven (Belgium)<br />
Mar 29 th<br />
Imaging Coulomb islands inside a quatum Hall<br />
interferometer<br />
Tobias MICKLITZ<br />
Free University of Berlin<br />
(Germany)<br />
Apr 12 th<br />
Equilibration and Transport in 1D quantum wires<br />
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Part III: SCIENTIFIC<br />
PRODUCTION<br />
2007 Call for Proposals<br />
Modelisation of magnetic nanostructures<br />
Chair of Excellence: Mairbeck CHSHIEV<br />
Post-doctoral fellow: Alan KALITSOV<br />
PhD student: Hongxin YANG<br />
Book chapter<br />
"Introduction to spin transfer torque", C. Baraduc, M. Chshiev, U. Ebels, in Nanomagnetism and Spintronics -<br />
Fabrication, Materials, Characterization and Applications , Eds: F. Nasirpouri, A. Nogaret, World Scientific Publishing,<br />
Singapore, 2009, pp. 173-192<br />
Publications<br />
"A two-band model of spin polarized transport in Fe|Cr|MgO|Fe magnetic tunnel junctions”, A. Vedyayev, N.<br />
Ryzhanova, N. Strelkov, M. Chshiev and B. Dieny, J. Appl. Phys. 107, 09C720 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
"Bias-voltage dependence of perpendicular spin-transfer torque in asymmetric MgO-based magnetic tunnel<br />
junctions", S.-C. Oh, S.-Y. Park, A. Manchon, M. Chshiev, J.-H. Han, H.-W. Lee, J.-E. Lee, K.-T. Nam, Y. Jo, Y.-C. Kong, B.<br />
Dieny & K.-J. Lee, Nature Physics 5, 898 (2009); advance online publication, 25 October 2009 | doi:10.1038/nphys1427<br />
"Stable hydroxyl network on diamond (001) via first-principles and MD investigation", H. X. Yang, L. F. Xu, C. Z.<br />
Gu, Z. Fang, S. B. Zhang, M. Chshiev, Surf. Sci. 603, 3035 (2009)<br />
"Origin of low Gilbert damping in half metals", C. Liu, C. K. A. Mewes, M. Chshiev, T. Mewes, and W. H. Butler,<br />
Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 022509 (2009)<br />
"Spin-transfer torque in magnetic tunnel junctions", A. Kalitsov, M. Chshiev, I. Theodonis, N. Kioussis, and W. H.<br />
Butler, Phys. Rev. B 79, 174416 (2009)<br />
"Voltage Dependence of Spin Transfer Torque in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions", M. Chshiev, I. Theodonis, A.<br />
Kalitsov, N. Kioussis and W. H. Butler, IEEE Trans. Magn., IEEE Trans. Magn. 44, 2543 (2008)<br />
"Description of current-driven torques in magnetic tunnel junctions", A. Manchon, N. Ryzhanova, A. Vedyayev,<br />
M. Chshiev and B. Dieny, J. Phys.: Cond. Matter, 20, 145208 (2008)<br />
"Oscillatory interlayer exchange coupling in MgO tunnel junctions with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy", L. E.<br />
Nistor, B. Rodmacq, S. Auffret, A. Schuhl, M. Chshiev and B. Dieny, Phys. Rev. B. Received 16 April <strong>2010</strong>; published 15<br />
June <strong>2010</strong>. 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.220407<br />
"Effect of Structural Relaxation and Oxidation Conditions on Interlayer Exchange Coupling in Fe|MgO|Fe Tunnel<br />
Junctions," H. X. Yang, M. Chshiev, A. Kalitsov, A. Schuhl, W. H. Butler, Appl. Phys. Lett., <strong>2010</strong>, vol. 96, n o 26, [Note(s):<br />
262509.1-262509.3]<br />
"Finite Element Modeling of Charge and Spin-currents in Magnetoresistive Pillars with Current Crowding Effects,"<br />
N. Strelkov, A. Vedyayev, D. Gusakova, L. D. Buda-Prejbeanu, M. Chshiev, S. Amara, A. Vaysset, B.Dieny, Magnetic<br />
Letters, 10.1109/LMAG.<strong>2010</strong>.2069556<br />
PART 3<br />
Invitations to talk at conferences:<br />
"Spin transfer torques in magnetic tunnel junctions ", Gordon Research Conferences "Magnetic nanostructures",<br />
Bates College, Lewiston, ME, USA, August 8-13, <strong>2010</strong><br />
"Non-collinear spin transport in layered structures and bulk materials for spintronics", MINATEC Upstream<br />
Research, MINATEC Crossroads'10, Grenoble, France, June 23-24, <strong>2010</strong><br />
"Quantum theory of spin transfer torques in a view of memory applications", International Symposium on<br />
Integrated Functionalities (ISIF <strong>2010</strong>), San Juan, PR, USA, June 13-16 <strong>2010</strong><br />
"Finite element modeling of charge and spincurrents in CPP GMR structures", N. Strelkov, A. Vedyaev, L. Buda-<br />
Prejbeanu, M. Chshiev and B. Dieny, 2009 Intermag Conference, Sacramento, CA, USA, May 4-8, 2009, EA-06<br />
"Voltage dependence properties of ballistic spin currents and spin transfer torques in magnetic tunnel junctions",<br />
2009 APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, X29.0006<br />
"Description of spintronic phenomena with tight-binding and ab-initio simulation tools", Workshop de la<br />
Fondation Nanosciences "Les apports de la simulation numérique en nanosciences", Grenoble, France, March 23, 2009<br />
"Nature of voltage dependence of spin transfer torque in magnetic tunnel junctions", 2008 Intermag Conference,<br />
Madrid, Spain, May 4-8, 2008, CC-02<br />
"Design of new spintronic materials"(with W. H. Butler), International School M-SNOW 2008, Nancy, France,<br />
November 23-25, 2008<br />
"Voltage dependence of spin transfer torques in magnetic tunnel junctions", MINT Workshop "Materials for Spin<br />
Transfer Torque MRAM", Tuscaloosa, AL, October 15, 2008<br />
"Modelling Spintronic Phenomena", MINATEC Crossroads'08, Grenoble, France, June 24, 2008<br />
"Finite element modeling of charge and spincurrents in CPP GMR structures" N. Strelkov, A. Vedyaev, L. Buda-<br />
Prejbeanu, M. Chshiev and B. Dieny, 2009 Intermag Conference, Sacramento, CA, USA, May 4-8, 2009, EA-06<br />
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Invitations to talk at seminars:<br />
"Recent advances in theory of spintronic phenomena", a Nanosciences Foundation seminar, Grenoble,<br />
France, February 26, 2009<br />
"Spin dependent transport properties and electronic structure of materials for spintronics", University of<br />
Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD, USA, October 30, 2007<br />
"Spin torque in magnetic tunnel junctions and electronic structure of materials for spintronics", <strong>CNRS</strong>/Thales,<br />
June 13, 2007<br />
"Spin torque in magnetic tunnel junctions and electronic structure of materials for spintronics",<br />
IPCMS/GEMME, Strasbourg (France), July 27, 2007<br />
"Spin-dependent transport in structures with giant and tunnel magnetoresistance", California State University,<br />
Northridge, CA, USA, January 2005<br />
"Transport polarisé en spin dans une jonction tunnel à double barrière", an Institut Louis Neel seminar, Avril,<br />
2002<br />
"Spin-Polarized Transport in Double Barrier Junctions assisted by quantum well states", Colloquium, Thales CSF –<br />
Université Paris-Sud, January, 2001<br />
PART 3<br />
Oral presentations and posters<br />
"Bias-voltage dependence of perpendicular spin-transfer torque in asymmetric MgO-based magnetic tunnel<br />
junctions", S.-C. Oh, S.-Y. Park, A. Manchon, M. Chshiev, J.-H. Han, H.-W. Lee, J.-E. Lee, K.-T. Nam, Y. Jo, Y.-C. Kong, B.<br />
Dieny & K.-J. Lee, <strong>2010</strong> APS March Meeting, March 15–19, <strong>2010</strong>; Portland, OR, USA, L37.00010;<br />
"Effect of oxidation on interlayer exchange coupling in Fe|MgO|Fe tunnel junctions", H. Yang, M. Chshiev, A.<br />
Kalitsov, A. Schuhl and W.H. Butler, <strong>2010</strong> APS March Meeting, March 15–19, <strong>2010</strong>; Portland, OR, USA, S1.00121;<br />
"Voltage induced control and magnetoresistance of magnetically frustrated systems", A. Kalitsov, M. Chshiev, B.<br />
Canals and C. Lacroix, <strong>2010</strong> APS March Meeting, March 15–19, <strong>2010</strong>; Portland, OR, USA, Y34.00011;<br />
"Voltage induced control and magnetoresistance of magnetically frustrated systems",A. Kalitsov, M. Chshiev, B.<br />
Canals and C. Lacroix, 11 th Joint MMM/Intermag Conference, Washington, DC, Jan. 18-22, FV-16<br />
"Spin polarized transport in Fe|Cr|(Fe)|MgO|Fe magnetic tunnel junctions using a two-band model", A.<br />
Vedyayev, N. Ryzhanova, N. Strelkov, M. Chshiev and B. Dieny, 11 th Joint MMM/Intermag Conference, Washington, DC,<br />
Jan. 18-22, FB-07<br />
"Effect of oxidation conditions on interlayer exchange coupling in Fe|MgO|Fe tunnel junctions from first-principles<br />
and tightbinding approaches",<br />
H. Yang, M. Chshiev, A. Kalitsov, A. Schuhl and W.H. Butler, 11 th Joint MMM/Intermag Conference, Washington, DC, Jan.<br />
18-22, FB-08<br />
"Modélisation des courants de charge et de spin dans des dispositifs de géométrie complexe", Strelkov N., D.<br />
Gusakova, Vedyayev A., Ryzhanova N., Buda-Prejbeanu L. D., Chshiev M., Amara S., Vaysset A., Baraduc C., Dieny B,<br />
XIIIeme Colloque Louis Neel, Albe, 31 mars – 2 avril, <strong>2010</strong>; O-TMM-1<br />
"Mechanism of magnetotransport properties modulation via interfacial electronic structure in single crystal Fe-<br />
MgO-Fe tunnel junctions",<br />
C. Tiusan, H.Yang, M. Chshiev, F. Greullet, C. Bellouard, Y. Lu, F. Montaigne and M. Hehn, 11 th Joint MMM/Intermag<br />
Conference, Washington, DC, Jan. 18-22, <strong>2010</strong>; EV-07<br />
"Modeling and measurement of transport properties in Current Confined Path GMR structures",<br />
S. Amara, C. Baraduc, N. Strelkov, A. Vedyayev, L. Buda-Prejbeanu, M. Chshiev, Y. Liu, M. Li, K. Zhang and B. Diény,<br />
11 th Joint MMM/Intermag Conference, Washington, DC, Jan. 18-22, AC-11<br />
"Calculation of intrinsic damping in half metals",<br />
C. Liu, C. Mewes, M. Chshiev, T. Mewes, W.H. Butler, 2009 APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, T32.0005<br />
"Nonequilibrium properties of spin transfer torque and tunnel magnetoresistance in magnetic tunnel junctions",<br />
M. Chshiev; A. Kalitsov, I. Theodonis; N. Kioussis, W. H. Butler, 53 rd MMM Conference, Austin, TX, Nov. 10-14, EB-01<br />
"Calculation of intrinsic damping in half metals",<br />
C. Liu, C. Mewes, M. Chshiev, T. Mewes, W. H. Butler, 53 rd MMM Conference, Austin, TX, Nov. 10-14, GF-04<br />
"Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy at Fe|MgO interfaces"<br />
J. Lee, K. Shin, M. Chshiev, A. Manchon, B. Rodmacq and B. Dieny, 11 th Joint MMM/Intermag Conference, Washington,<br />
DC, Jan. 18-22, <strong>2010</strong>; EV-09<br />
Biomimetic Artificial Membrane Systems for Generating Electrochemical Energy<br />
Chair of Excellence: Donald MARTIN<br />
Post-doctoral fellow: Lavinia LIGUORI<br />
Publications<br />
"Terminating polyelectrolyte in multilayer films influences growth and morphology of adhering cells"<br />
Ting JHY, Haas M, Valenzuela S, Martin DK, IET Nanobiotechnology (<strong>2010</strong>) IET nanobiotechnology ISSN 1751-875X<br />
(accepted 30/3/10)<br />
"Crystallization of the membrane protein hVDAC1 produced in cell-free system"<br />
Aurélien Deniaud, Lavinia Liguori, Iulia Blesneac, Jean-Luc Lenormand, Eva Pebay-Peyroula (<strong>2010</strong>). Biochim Biophys<br />
Acta. <strong>2010</strong> Aug;1798(8):1540-6. Epub <strong>2010</strong> May 9<br />
"Characterization of the cell-penetrating properties of the Epstein-Barr virus ZEBRA trans-activator "<br />
Romy Rothe, Lavinia Liguori, Bruno Marques, Didier Grunwald, Emmanuel Drouet and Jean-LucLenormand (April <strong>2010</strong>).<br />
First Published on April 9, <strong>2010</strong>, doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.101550 June 25, <strong>2010</strong> The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285,<br />
20224-20233.<br />
"A simple method for the reconstitution of membrane proteins into giant unilamellar vesicles."<br />
Armelle Varnier, Frédérique Kermarrec, Iulia Blesneac, Christophe Moreau, Lavinia Liguori, Jean Luc Lenormand, and<br />
Nathalie Picollet-D’hahan (<strong>2010</strong>). J Membr Biol. 233: 85-92.<br />
"Single-step Production of Functional OEP24 proteoliposomes."<br />
L. Liguori, I.Blesneac, D.Madern, M.Vivaudou and J-L Lenormand (<strong>2010</strong>). Protein Expr Purif. 69: 106-111<br />
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Invitations to talk at conferences and seminars<br />
"Characterisation of diffusion in a free thin polyelectrolyte membrane"<br />
Alcaraz JP, Liguori L, Stidder B, Cinquin P, Martin DK (<strong>2010</strong>), NanoBio Europe<strong>2010</strong>, June 15-17, Munster, Germany<br />
"Towards a biological battery to power implantable devices"<br />
Stidder, B, Alacarz JP, Liguori L, Cinquin P, Martin DK (<strong>2010</strong>). NanoBio Europe<strong>2010</strong>, June 15-17, Munster, Germany<br />
"Production of proteoliposomes with a cell-free expression system to develop new nanotechnology devices"<br />
Liguori L, Alcarz JP, Stidder B, Cinquin P, Martin DK (<strong>2010</strong>), NanoBioEurope<strong>2010</strong>, June 15-17, Munster, Germany<br />
“MekaNo – Biomimetic Artificial Membrane Systems for Generating Electrochemical Energy”,<br />
D. Martin, P. Cinquin, S. Cosnier, C. Gondran, J-L. Lenormand, L. Liguori, J-P. Alcaraz. Inauguration of RTRA, Grenoble,<br />
19 September 2008<br />
“Providing Permeability to Microcapsules with Incorporated Ion Channels”,<br />
D. Martin, P. Cinquin, S. Cosnier, C. Gondran, J-L. Lenormand, L. Liguori, J-P. Alcaraz, Laboratoire de Spectrometrie<br />
Physique, UJF, Grenoble, 9 March 2009<br />
“Providing Permeability to Microcapsules with Incorporated Ion Channels”,<br />
D. Martin, P. Cinquin, S. Cosnier, C. Gondran, J-L. Lenormand, L. Liguori, J-P. Alcaraz, CEA, Grenoble, 10 March 2009 et<br />
Spectro UJF Grenoble 9 March 2009<br />
“Possibilities of Power using Biological Transport Proteins Built into Artificial Biomimetic Membranes – MekaNo”.<br />
D. Martin, P. Cinquin, J-P. Alcaraz, L. Liguori, B. Stidder, J-L. Lenormand, S. Cosnier, C. Gondran.<br />
TIMC-GMCAO, Grenoble, 2 June 2009<br />
“Possibilities of Power using Biological Transport Proteins Built into Artificial Biomimetic Membranes”.<br />
D.K.Martin, L.Liguori, B.Stidder, J-P.Alcaraz, P.Cinquin, J-L. Lenormand, Journées Nationales en Nanosciences et<br />
Nanotechnologies (ANR - J3N), Toulouse, 21-23 Octobrer, 2009 and TIMC GMCAO Grenoble June 2nd 2009<br />
"Biomimetic membrane systems with incorporated biological transport proteins provide stable platforms for novel<br />
biosensors."<br />
Martin DK, Alcaraz JP, Liguori L, Stidder B, Cinquin P, Cornell BA, Valenzuela SM (<strong>2010</strong>), NanoAgri <strong>2010</strong>, June 20-25,<br />
Brésil<br />
“Le point sur les membranes biologiques”.<br />
J-P. Alcaraz, TIMC-GMCAO, 19 May 2009<br />
“Engineering Human Bak Proteoliposomes: a New Approach for the Treatment of Glioblastoma”.<br />
L. Liguori, Lenormand JL.EHRLICH II, 2nd World Conference on Magic Bullets“, October 3-5, 2008, Nürnberg, Germany.<br />
“Optimized bacterial cell-free expression system for membrane proteins and proteoliposomes production”<br />
L. Liguori, Lenormand JL.CHI (Cambridge healthtech institute) protein expression Europe. 20-21 October 2008 Lisbona,<br />
Portugal.<br />
PART 3<br />
Patent<br />
<br />
Cinquin P, Martin DK (2007). “Biomimetic artificial membrane device”, PCT/EP2008/058253, WO/2009/003936<br />
Coherent quantum phenomena<br />
Chair of Excellence: Leonid GLAZMAN<br />
Post-doctoral fellow: Vitaly GOLOVACH<br />
Publications<br />
“Dynamic response of 1D bosons in a trap”<br />
V. Golovach, A. Minguzzi, L. Glazman, Phys. Rev. A 80,043611 (2009), [also selected for Nov. 2009 issue of Virtual<br />
Journal of Atomic Quantum Fluids].<br />
“Electron liquids and solids in one dimension”,<br />
Vikram V. Deshpande, Marc Bockrath, Leonid I.Glazman & Amir Yacoby, Nature (Insight article) 464, 209-216 (<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
“The fate of 1D spin-charge separation away from Fermi points”,<br />
Thomas L. Schmidt, Adilet Imambekov, Leonid I. Glazman, Phys. Rev.Lett. 104, 116403 (<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
“Decay of a plasmon into neutral modes in a carbon nanotube”,<br />
Wei Chen, A.V. Andreev, E.G. Mishchenko, L.I. Glazman, arXiv:1006.2150.<br />
“Distribution function of persistent current” ,<br />
M. Houzet, Received 29 July <strong>2010</strong>; published 22 October <strong>2010</strong>, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.82.161417<br />
“Single dopant resonance in a single electron transistor”,<br />
V. Golovach, X. Jehl, M. Houzet, M. Pierre, B.Roche, M. Sanquer, L. Glazman, Received 5 November <strong>2010</strong>; published 2<br />
February 2011, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.83.075401<br />
“Phonon assisted transport through suspended carbon nanotube quantum dots”,<br />
G. Rastelli, M. Houzet, F. Pistolesi, L. Glazman (in preparation).<br />
Invitations to talk at seminars<br />
Leonid Glazman has given a talk on “Dynamics of one-dimensional quantum fluids in Tomonaga-Luttinger model<br />
and beyond it” on Nov 24, 2009, during the “Theoretical Physics Days” organized by A. Minguzzi with the CTPG in<br />
Grenoble on Nov 24-25, 2009.<br />
He has given a 2x2h blackboard lecture at Graduate level on “Dynamic correlation function in 1D quantum<br />
liquids” at Maison des Magistères on May 6-7, <strong>2010</strong>. His guest Yuli V. NAZAROV (TU Delft, Netherlands) has given a 1h<br />
blackboard lecture on “Phase-slip oscillator” Mar 11, 2009 at Maison des Magistères<br />
With his guests, he has organized 5 seminars that contributed substantially to the “Quantum Nanoelectronics<br />
seminar” program:<br />
- Hakan TURECI (ETH Zurich, Suisse), on May 11, <strong>2010</strong>. Title: The Kondo exciton: a quantum quench<br />
towards strong spin-reservoir correlations [funded with the “Quantum nanoelectonics seminar” RTRA<br />
project];<br />
- Moshe GOLDSTEIN (Département de Physique, Université Bar-Ilan, Israel) on May 5, <strong>2010</strong>. Title :<br />
Population switching and charge sensing in quantum dots: A case for quantum phase transitions;<br />
- Yakov FOMINOV (Institut Landau, Moscou) on April 20, <strong>2010</strong>. “Superconducting triplet spin valve”<br />
3
- Anton ANDREEV (University of Washington, Seattle) on Mar 23, <strong>2010</strong>. Title: Resistance of pnjunctions<br />
in strongly correlated armchair nanotubes;<br />
- Yuli V. NAZAROV (TU Delft, Netherlands) on Mar 16, <strong>2010</strong>. Title : Fully Overheated Single-Electron Transistor.<br />
Scanning gate nanoelectronics<br />
Chair of Excellence: Vincent BAYOT<br />
PhD student: Peng LIU<br />
Publications<br />
"Scanning gate microscopy of quantum rings: effects of an external magnetic field and of charged defects"<br />
M.G. Pala, S. Baltazar, F. Martins, B. Hackens, H. Sellier, T. Ouisse, V. Bayot, S. Huant. Nanotechnology 20, 264021<br />
(2009)<br />
“Imaging Coulomb islands in a quantum Hall interferometer”<br />
B. Hackens, F. Martins, S. Faniel, C.A. Dutu, H. Sellier, S. Huant, M. Pala, L. Desplanque, X. Wallart & V. Bayot. Received<br />
22 Mar <strong>2010</strong> | Accepted 24 Jun <strong>2010</strong> | Published 27 Jul <strong>2010</strong>. Nature Communications<br />
PART 3<br />
Invitations to talk at conferences<br />
"Imaging the electron LDOS inside buried quantum rings"<br />
ICPS-29 (2008), International conference on the physics of semiconductors<br />
"Imaging electron transport close to filling factor nu=2 in a quantum ring"<br />
EP2DS (2009), Electronic properties of two dimensional systems<br />
"Scanning gate microscopy on quantum rings : influence of themagnetic field and of charged defects" EP2DS<br />
(2009)<br />
Invited contributions<br />
Imaging confined semiconductor systems, "9th International Balkan Workshop on Applied Physics », July 7-9,<br />
2008, CONSTANTA, ROMANIA, B. Hackens (orateur)<br />
XXXIX « Jaszowiec » International School & Conference on the Physics of semiconductors, Poland, June <strong>2010</strong>, S.<br />
Huant (orateur)<br />
"Imaging Electron Transport By Scanning Gate Microscopy"<br />
P. Liu 1, H. Sellier 1, S. Huant 1, X. Wallart 2, L. Desplanque 2, B. Hackens 3, F. Martins 2 and V. Bayot<br />
Le Forum <strong>2010</strong> des Microscopies à Sondes Locales, Mittelwihr, France, 15—19, March, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Transport in core/shell nanowires<br />
Chair of Excellence: Philip WONG<br />
PhD student: Jae Woo LEE<br />
Posters<br />
"Charge Transport Characteristics in Time Domain"<br />
JW LEE, X.MESCOT,M.MOUIS, G. KIM and G.GHIBAUDO, MIGAS summer school, 20th-26th June 2009, Autrans-Grenoble,<br />
France<br />
"Analysis of charge sensitivity and low frequency noise limitation in silicon nanowire sensors"<br />
J.W. Lee, D. Jang, G.T. Kim, M. Mouis, G. Ghibaudo, , Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 107, n°4, pp. 044501:1-4 (Feb.<br />
<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
"Experimental Analysis of Surface Roughness Scattering in FinFET devices"<br />
Jae Woo Lee, Doyoung Jang, Mireille Mouis, Gyu Tae Kim, Thomas Chiarella, Thomas Hoffmann and Gérard Ghibaudo, ,<br />
40 th European Solid-State Device Research Conference, ESSDERC'<strong>2010</strong>, 13-17 September <strong>2010</strong>, Sevilles, Spain, IEEE<br />
Conference Proceedings (Sept. <strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Publications<br />
"Maskless optical microscope lithography system"<br />
Eung Seok Park, Doyoung Jang, Jaewoo Lee, Yun Jeong Kim, Junhong Na, Hyunjin Ji, Jae Wan Choi, and Gyu-Tae Kim,<br />
Review of Scientific Instruments, 80, 126101 (2009)<br />
"Analysis of charge sensitivity and low frequency noise limitation in silicon nanowire sensors"<br />
Jae Woo Lee, Doyoung Jang, Gyu Tae Kim, Mireille Mouis, and Gérard Ghibaudo, Journal of Applied Physics, 107, 044501<br />
(<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
"Degradation pattern of SnO2 nanowire field effect transistors"<br />
Junhong Na, Junghwan Huh, Sung Chan Park, DaeIlKim,DongWook Kim, JaeWoo Lee, In-Sung Hwang,Jong-Heun Lee,<br />
Jeong Sook Ha and Gyu Tae Kim IOP publishing Nanotechnology 21 (<strong>2010</strong>) 485201 (6pp) doi:10.1088/0957-<br />
4484/21/48/485201<br />
Downsizing nanospintronics: single atom control<br />
Chair of Excellence: Joaquim FERNANDEZ-ROSSIER<br />
PhD student: Chonglong CAO<br />
Publications<br />
"Optical probing of spin fluctuations of a single paramagnetic Mn atom in a semiconductor quantum dot".<br />
L. Besombes, Y. Léger, J. Bernos, H. Boukari, H. Mariette, J.P. Poizat, T. Clement, J. Fernandez-Rossier, R. Aguado, Phys.<br />
Rev. B 78, 125324 (2008)<br />
"Optical Spin Orientation of a Single Manganese Atom in a Semiconductor Quantum Dot Using Quasiresonant<br />
Photoexcitation"<br />
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C. Le Gall, L. Besombes, H. Boukari, R. Kolodka, J. Cibert, and H. Mariette, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 127402 (2009)<br />
"Modelling optical spin pumping of a single Mn atom in a CdTe quantum dot"<br />
C. Chonglong, L. Besombes, J. Fernandez-Rossier, Proceeding of the conference OECS 11 (Journal of Physics), Madrid,<br />
septembre 2009.<br />
"Optical spin orientation of a single manganese atom in a quantum dot"<br />
L. Besombes, C. Le Gall, H. Boukari, R. Kolodka, J. Cibert, D. Ferrand, H. Mariette Solid State Comm., special issue on<br />
Fundamental Phenomena and Application of Quantum Dots, 149, 1472 (2009)<br />
"Optical initialization, readout and dynamics of a single Mn spin in a quantum dot"<br />
R. Kolodka, C. Le Gall, C. Chonglong, H. Boukari, H. Mariette, J. Fernandez-Rossier, L. Besombes,<br />
in preparation for Phys. Rev. B<br />
“Spins in semiconducting nanostructures”<br />
Besombes L, Ferrand D, Mariette H, Cibert, J., Jamet, M., Barski A.International journal of nanotechnology, Volume 7<br />
Pages: 641-667 <strong>2010</strong><br />
“Dynamical equilibrium between magnetic ions and photocarriers in low Mn-doped single quantum dots”<br />
Clement T, Ferrand D, Besombes L., Boukari H., Mariette H. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, Volume: 81 Pages: 155328 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
“Optical spin orientation of a single manganese atom”<br />
C. Le Gall, R. Kolodka, L. Besombes, H. Boukari, J. Cibert, D.Ferrand, H. Mariette, 14th International Conference on II-VI<br />
Compounds, St Petersburg, RUSSIA, AUG, 2009 PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI C , Volume 6 Pages: 1651-1654 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
“Modelling optical spin pumping of a single Mn atom in a CdTe quantum dot”<br />
C L Cao, L Besombes and J Fernández-Rossier, 30th International Conference on Physics of semiconductors, Seoul July<br />
<strong>2010</strong>, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. Volume:210, Pages: 012046 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
“Optical control of a Mn spin embedded in a quantum dot”<br />
R S Kolodka , L Besombes , C Le Gall, et al. 30th International Conference on Physics of Semiconductors, Seoul July<br />
<strong>2010</strong>, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. Volume: 210 Pages: 012038 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Invitation to talk at seminar<br />
J. Fernandez-Rossier in Grenoble for 10 days in Septembre <strong>2010</strong>: Lectures at Ecole Doctorale de physique of UJF<br />
(4 x 1H30)<br />
X ray investigations on nanoparticles<br />
Chair of Excellence: Vaclav HOLY<br />
PART 3<br />
Publication<br />
"In situ x-ray scattering study on the evolution of Ge island morphology and relaxation for low growth rate :<br />
advanced transition to superdomes."<br />
MI. Richard, T. Schulli, G. Renaud, E. Wintersberger, G. Chen, G. Bauer, V. Holy, Physical Review B 80(4) 04 53 13<br />
(2009)<br />
Very Large Scale Integration of NEMS<br />
Chair of Excellence: Michael ROUKES<br />
Invitations to talk at conferences<br />
OMNT – NEMS (June 2008), "Nanomechanics for NEMS – Scientific and technological issues "<br />
CHU – GIN (March 2009) "NEMS for biological applications"<br />
RTRA (March 2009) : Complexity and Nanosystems: from « Craft » to Technology<br />
Workshop Alliance for NEMS VLSI (June 2009)<br />
Publications<br />
"Piezoelectric nanoelectromechanical resonators based on aluminum nitride thin films "<br />
R. B. Karabalin,M. H. Matheny,X. L. Feng, E. Defaÿ,G. Le Rhun,C. Marcoux,S. Hentz, P. Andreucci,and M. L. Roukes, Appl.<br />
Phys. Lett. 95, 103111 (2009)<br />
“In-plane nanoelectromechanical resonators based on silicon nanowire piezoresistive detection”,<br />
E. Mile, G. Jourdan, I. Bargatin, S. Labarthe, C. Marcoux, P. Andreucci, S. Hentz, C. Kharrat, E. Colinet, and L.<br />
Duraffourg, Nanotechnology 21 (<strong>2010</strong>) 165504<br />
Patents<br />
« moyens de transduction pour les NEMS à base de matériaux métalliques »<br />
(on going) P.Andreucci/P.Brianceau/S.Hentz/L.Duraffourg/C.Marcoux/S.Minoret + E.Myers/M.Roukes<br />
« couches de fonctionnalisation chimique localisée sur des NEMS pour des applications de détection de gaz »<br />
(on going) G.Delapierre/Y.Hou + E.Myers/H.McCaig/M.Roukes<br />
2 patents on « des architectures de spectrométrie de masse à base de NEMS «<br />
(on going) L.Duraffourg/P.Andreucci + A.Naik/M.Roukes<br />
« une architecture de détection/analyse multigaz »<br />
(on going) P.Puget + E.Myers/M.Roukes<br />
« technique d’intégration hybride de NEMS »<br />
(on going) T.Ernst/P.Andreucci/E.Colinet/L.Duraffourg + M.Roukes<br />
2 patents (on going) on « des dispositifs NEMS de détection ultra-sensibles de masse »<br />
S. Hentz/P. Andreucci/E.Colinet/L. Duraffourg + M. Roukes<br />
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Cellulose Hybrid block copolymers / RTRA project<br />
Post-doctoral fellow: Karim AISSOU<br />
Communication<br />
"Chemistry and Self-Assembly Properties"<br />
I. Otsuka, K. Fuchise, A. Narumi, S. Halila, S. Fort, T. Kakuchi, R. Borsali, Methods in Polymer and Materials Science<br />
EUPOC 2009 "Hybrid Oligosaccharide-Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Block Copolymer Systems: 31 May - 4 June, 2009,<br />
Gargnano, Lake Garda, Italy<br />
Patent<br />
"Auto-organisation de films minces d’amylose(4’,4-bipyridine)-bloc-polystyrène pour des applications dans la<br />
microélectronique et les nanotechnologies” Réf CRO-AM BFF 09P0656<br />
K. Aissou, S. Halila, S. Fort, R. Borsali, T. Baron: deposited by the <strong>CNRS</strong> July 31st <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
PART 3<br />
Publications<br />
“Thermo-responsive vesicular morphologies obtained by self-assemblies of hybrid oligosaccharide-block-poly(Nisopropylacrylamide)<br />
copolymer systems”<br />
Otsuka, K. Fuchise, S. Halila, S. Fort, K. Aissou, I. Pignot-Paintrand, Y. Chen, A. Narumi, T. Kakuchi and R. Borsalii,<br />
LANGMUIR, <strong>2010</strong>, 26 (4), pp 2325–2332.<br />
“Nano-organizations of Amylose-b-Polystyrene Block Copolymer Films doped with Bipyridine”<br />
Karim Aissou, Issei Otsuka, Cyrille Rochas, Sébastien Fort, Sami Halila, and Redouane Borsali, LANGMUIR, 2011, 27 (7),<br />
pp 4098–4103.<br />
"Nanostructured films made from zwitterionic phosphorylcholine diblock copolymer systems"<br />
Porto, Ledilege; Aissou, Karim; Giacomelli, Cristiano; Baron, Thierry; Rochas, Cyrille; Pignot-Paintrand, Isabelle; Armes,<br />
Steven; Lewis, Andrew; Soldi, Valdir; Borsali, Redouane, Macromolecules, 2011, 44 (7), pp 2240–2244<br />
Publications in preparation :<br />
“Nanostructured Light-Emitting Small molecules via Hybrid Natural-block-Synthetic Supramolecular Assembly”<br />
K. Aissou, S. Fort, S. Halila, I. Otsuka, B. Salem, T. Baron and R. Borsali: To submit in ACS Nano.<br />
“Fluorescent Vesicles Formed using Water by Glycose-based Amphiphilic Copolymer With a -Conjugated<br />
Sequence Self-assembled in Water"”<br />
K. Aissou, A. Pfaff, C. Giacomelli, C. Travelet, A. Müeller and R. Borsali (submitted to Macromol. Rapid Commnication)<br />
January 2011<br />
NEP-IV (New Electronic Properties with Group Four Nanowires) / RTRA project<br />
Publications<br />
“The morphology of silicon nanowires grown in the presence of trimethylaluminium”,<br />
F Oehler, P Gentile, T Baron, M Den Hertog, J Rouvière and P Ferret, Nanotechnology 20 (2009) 245602,<br />
“Recombination Dynamics of Spatially Confined Electron-Hole System in Luminescent Gold Catalyzed Silicon<br />
Nanowires”,<br />
O. Demichel, V. Calvo, N. Pauc, A. Besson, P. Noe´, F. Oehler, P. Gentile,and N. Magnea,<br />
Nanoletters 2009 Vol. 9, No. 7 2575-2578,<br />
"Photoluminescence of confined electron-hole plasma in core-shell silicon/silicon oxide nanowires"<br />
O. Demichel, F. Oehler, P. Noé, V. Calvo, N. Pauc, P. Gentile, T. Baron, D. Peyrade, and N. Magnea, Appl. Phys.Lett. 93,<br />
213104 (2008),<br />
"Three-Dimensional Real-Space Simulation of Surface Roughness in Silicon Nanowire FETs"<br />
C. Buran, M.G. Pala, M. Bescond, et al. ,IEEE-Transactions on Electron Devices 56, 2186 (2009),<br />
"Phonon- and surface-roughness-limited mobility of gate-all-around 3C-SiC and Si nanowire FETs"<br />
K. Rogdakis, S. Poli, E. Bano, K. Zekentes, and M.G. Pala, Nanotechnology 20, 295202 (2009),<br />
"Self-connected horizontal silicon nanowire field effect transistor"<br />
B. Salem ,F. Dhalluin, H. Abed, T. Baron, P. Gentile, N. Pauc and P. Ferret, Solid StateCommunications, 149, p 799<br />
(2009)<br />
"Recombination Dynamics of Spatially Confined Electron−Hole System in Luminescent Gold Catalyzed Silicon<br />
Nanowires"<br />
O. Demichel, V. Calvo, N. Pauc, A. Besson, P. Noé, F. Oehler, P. Gentile and N. Magnea, Nano Lett., 2009, 9 (7), pp<br />
2575–2578<br />
"Photoluminescence of silicon nanowires obtained by epitaxial chemical vapor deposition"<br />
O. Demichel, F. Oehler, V. Calvo, P. Noé, N. Pauc, P. Gentile, P. Ferret, T. Baron and N. Magnea, Physica E 41 (2009)<br />
963–965<br />
"Surface Recombination Velocity Measurements of Efficiently Passivated Gold-Catalyzed Silicon Nanowires by a<br />
New Optical Method"<br />
O. Demichel, V. Calvo, A. Besson, P. Noé, B. Salem, N. Pauc, F. Oehler, P. Gentile and N. Magnea, Nano Lett., <strong>2010</strong>, 10<br />
(7), pp 2323–2329<br />
Invitations to talk at conferences<br />
“Electrical characterization of silicon nanowires FET”,<br />
B. Salem, H. Abed, F. Dhalluin, M. Panabière, T. Baron, P. Noé, F. Oehler, N. Pauc, P. Gentile, ECS Vienne (Austria) 2009,<br />
"Backscattering coefficient in gate-all-around 3C-SiC nanowire FETs",<br />
K. Rogdakis, S. Poli, E. Bano, K. Zekentes, and M.G. Pala, IEEE-NANO 2009, Jul 26-30, Genoa (Italy).<br />
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NANOSTAR / RTRA project<br />
PhD students: Bharathi NATARAJAN, Omid FAIZY NAMARAVAR<br />
Oral presentations and Posters<br />
"Behaviour of Conical Intersections within Noncollinear" "Spin-Flip Time-Dependent Density-Functional Theory:<br />
Oxirane as Test Case Conical Intersections and Photochemistry"<br />
Bhaarathi Natarajan, Miquel Huix-Rotllant, Andrei Ipatov, C. Muhavini Wawire, Thierry Deutsch, and Mark E. Casida,<br />
DFT09 International Conference(2009), Lyon, August 31 – September 4<br />
Bhaarathi Natarajan has been invited to present a talk on the state of achievements of her PhD work at the Psi-k<br />
conference in Berlin<br />
Publications<br />
"Assessment of noncollinear spin-ip Tamm{Danco_ ap-proximation time-dependent density-functional theory for<br />
the photochemical ring-opening of oxirane",<br />
Mark Casida, Thierry DeutschPhys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12, 12811 (<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
"Ab initio high-energy excitonic e_ects in graphite and grapheme"<br />
P. E. Trevisanutto, M. Holzmann, M. Cote and V.Olevano, Phys.Rev. B Rapid Comm., 81, 121405 (<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
"Improving the theoretical ability to predict experimental spectra by interpolation tech-niques"<br />
H.C. Weissker, R. Hambach, V. Olevano and L. Reining, Phys. Rev. B 79, 094102 (2009).<br />
"Substrate-enhanced supercooling in AuSi eutectic droplets"<br />
T.U. Schulli, R. Daudin, G. Renaud, A. Vaysset, O. Geaymond and A. Pasturel, Nature, 464, 1174 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
"Quantum Transport Properties of ChemicallyFunctionalized Long Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes"<br />
A. Lopez-Bezanilla, X. Blase X, S. Roche, 3, 288(<strong>2010</strong>);<br />
"Chemically Induced Mobility Gaps in Graphene Nanoribbons: A Route for Upscaling Device Performances"<br />
B. Biel, F. Triozon, X. Blase and S. Roche, Nanoletters 9, 2725 (2009)<br />
"Electronic transport through graphene constrictions: subwavelength regime and optical analogy"<br />
P. Darancet, V. Olevano, and D. Mayou, Coherent , Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 102, 136803, 2009<br />
Neuro FETs /RTRA project<br />
Post-doctoral fellow: Libertad ABAD MUNOZ<br />
PART 3<br />
Communications<br />
"Achieving in vitro axonal polarization by using micropatterns",<br />
S. Roth, J. Brocard, S. Gory- Faur´e, C.Villard, APS March meeting, mars 2009, Pittsburg, USA<br />
"Neurones sur motifs d’adhésion : vers un contrôle de la polarisation axonale",<br />
S. Roth, J.Brocard, G.Bugnicourt, S.Gory-Fauré, et C.Villard. SFP Conference, July 2009, Palaiseau.<br />
Publication in preparation<br />
" Shaping neurons : how morphology controls polarity"<br />
Roth, S., Brocard, J., M. Bisbal, Bugnicourt, G., Saoudi, Y.,Andrieux, A., Gory-Faur´e, S. and Villard, C.<br />
POMME / RTRA project<br />
Post-doctoral Fellows: Alexey DOBRYNIN and Anne BERNAND-MANTEL<br />
Invitation to talk at conference<br />
“ Toward electric field control of magnetization in a metallic nanostructure”<br />
ISAMMA <strong>2010</strong>, July <strong>2010</strong>, Sendai, Japan<br />
Poster<br />
“Effets de charge dans les métaux ferromagnétiques : vers un contrôle électrique de l’aimantation” Colloque<br />
Louis Néel <strong>2010</strong>, march <strong>2010</strong>, Albé, France<br />
A DC-to-THz cryogenic platform for new generation of nano-detectors / New Incoming project<br />
Alexandro MONFARDINI<br />
Post-doctoral fellow: Loren SWENSON<br />
Publications<br />
"In situ measurement of the permittivity of helium using microwave NbN resonators"<br />
G. J. Grabovskij, L. J. Swenson, O. Buisson, C. Hoffmann, A. Monfardini, and J.-C. Villégier, Applied Physics Letters 93,<br />
134102 (2008)<br />
"Kinetic inductance detectors development for MM-wave astronomy"<br />
A. Monfardini, L. J. Swenson, A. Benoit, A. Bideau, G. Bres, P.Camus, G. Garde, C. Hoffmann, J. Minet, H. Rodenas and<br />
the NIKA collaboration, EAS Publications Series, 2009<br />
"A Fast, Ultra-Sensitive and Scalable Detection Platform Based on Superconducting Resonators for Fundamental<br />
Condensed-Matter and Astronomical Measurements"<br />
L. J. Swenson, J. Minet, G. J. Grabovskij, O. Buisson, F. Lecocq, C.Hoffmann, P. Camus, J.C. Villégier, S. Doyle, P.<br />
Mauskopf, M. Roesch, M.Calvo, C. Giordano, S.J.C. Yates, A.M. Baryshev,Y, J.J.A. Baselmans, A.Benoit , A. Monfardini, in<br />
Proc. 13th Int.Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors (LTD-13), AIP Conf. Proc. 1185, 84 (2009).<br />
"Readout for large arrays of Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors using a Fast Fourier Transform<br />
Spectrometer"<br />
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PART 3<br />
S. J. C. Yates, J. J. A. Baselmans, A. M. Baryshev, Y. J. Y. Lankwarden, L.Swenson, A. Monfardini, B. Klein and R. Güsten,<br />
LTD 13, Proceedings of the 13 th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, Edited by B.Cabrera, A.Miller, and<br />
B.Young in Proc. 13th Int. Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors (LTD-13), AIP Conf. Proc. 1185, 249 (2009).<br />
“Optimisation of lumped-element kinetic-inductance detectors for use in ground based large arrays,”<br />
S. Doyle, P. Mauskopf, J. Zhang, S. Withington, D. Goldie, L. J. Swenson, A.Monfardini and D. Glowacka, in Proc. 13th<br />
Int. Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors (LTD-13), AIP Conf. Proc. 1185, 156 (2009).<br />
“Kinetic inductancedetectors development for mm-wave astronomy,”<br />
A. Monfardini, L. J. Swenson, A. Benoit, A. Bideau, G. Bres, P. Camus, G. Garde, C.Hoffmann, J. Minet, H. Rodenas and<br />
the NIKA collaboration, “Astrophysics Detector Workshop 2008, P. Kern (ed), EAS Publications Series, 37 (2009) 95-9.<br />
“In situ measurement of the permittivity of helium using microwave NbNresonators,”<br />
Grabovskij, G. J.; Swenson, L. J.; Buisson, O.; Hoffmann, C.; Monfardini, A.; Villégier, J.-C., Applied Physics Letters,<br />
Volume 93, Issue 13, 134102 (2008).<br />
"High-speed phonon imaging using frequency-multiplexed kinetic inductance detectors"<br />
L. J. Swenson, A. Cruciani, A. Benoit, M. Roesch, C. S. Yung, A. Bideaud, and A. Monfardini<br />
Submitted on 28 Apr <strong>2010</strong>, last revised 18 Jun <strong>2010</strong>, Accepted for publication in Applied Physics Letters<br />
"NIKA: A millimeter-wave kinetic inductance camera"<br />
A. Monfardini, L. J. Swenson, A. Bideaud, F. X. D´esert, S. J. C. Yates, A. Benoit, A. M. Baryshev, J. J. A.<br />
Baselmans, S. Doyle, B. Klein, M. Roesch, C. Tucker, P. Ade, M. Calvo, P. Camus, C. Giordano, R. Guesten,<br />
C. Hoffmann, S. Leclercq, P. Mauskopf, K. F. Schuster, Astronomy & Astrophysics manuscript no. NIKA˙v6 c ESO <strong>2010</strong>,<br />
June 22, <strong>2010</strong><br />
“Optimisation of Lumped Element Kinetic Inductance Detectors for use in ground based mm and sub-mm<br />
arrays”,<br />
Simon Doyle, Philip Mauskopf, Jin Zhang, Stafford Withington, David Goldie, Dorota Glowacka, Alessandro Monfardini,<br />
Loren Swenson, Markus Roesch. The Thirteenth International Workshop On Low Temperature Detectors-LTD13. AIP<br />
Conference Proceedings, Volume 1185, pp. 156-159 (2009).<br />
“Development of KIDs detectors for large submillimetric telescopes”,<br />
M. Calvo, C. Giordano, P. de Bernardis, R. Battiston, A. Cruciani, B. Margesin, S. Masi , A. Monfardini . EAS Publications<br />
Series, Volume 40, <strong>2010</strong>, pp.443-448.<br />
"The new NIKA: A dual-band millimeter-wave kinetic inductance camera for the IRAM 30-meter telescope"<br />
A. Monfardini1, A. Benoit, A. Bideaud, L. J. Swenson, M. Roesch, F. X. D´esert, S. Doyle, A. Endo, A.<br />
Cruciani, P. Ade, A. M. Baryshev, J. J. A. Baselmans, O. Bourrion, M. Calvo, P. Camus, L. Ferrari, C.<br />
Giordano, C. Hoffmann, S. Leclercq, J. Macias-Perez, P. Mauskopf, K. F. Schuster, C. Tucker, C. Vescovi, S.J. C. Yates.<br />
arXiv:1102.0870v2 [astro-ph.IM] 8 Feb 2011<br />
Communications<br />
"A Fast, Ultra-Sensitive and Scalable Detection Platform Based on Superconducting Resonators for Fundamental<br />
Condensed-Matter and Astronomical Measurements"<br />
L. J. Swenson and J. Minet and G. J. Grabovskij and O.Buisson and F. Lecocq and C. Hoffmann and P. Camus and J.-<br />
C.Villegier and S. Doyle and P. Mauskopf and M. Roesch and M. Calvo and C.Giordano and S. J. C. Yates and A. M.<br />
Baryshev and J. J. A.Baselmans and A. Benoit and A. Monfardini<br />
editor = Betty Young and Blas Cabrera and Aaron Miller, 13 th International Workshop on low temperarure detectors<br />
(2009), Stanford (USA)<br />
"Readout for large arrays of Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors using a Fast Fourier Transform<br />
Spectrometer "<br />
S. J. C. Yates and J. J. A. Baselmans and A. M. Baryshev and Y. J.Y. Lankwarden and L. Swenson and A. Monfardini and<br />
B. Klein and R.Gusten, 13 th International Workshop on low temperarure detectors (2009), Stanford (USA)<br />
Dentritic potentials imaging by second harmonic generation / New Incoming project<br />
Julien DOUADY<br />
Post-doctoral Fellow: Hartmut WEGE<br />
Publications<br />
"Neutral push-pull chromophores for nonlinear optical imaging of cell membranes"<br />
Cyril Barsu, Rouba Cheaib, Stéphane Chambert, Yves Queneau, Olivier Maury, Davy Cottet, Hartmut Wege, Julien<br />
Douady, Yann Bretonnière and Chantal Andraud. Org. Biomol. Chem., <strong>2010</strong>, 8, 142-150<br />
“Development of a non-linear optical microscope for real-time measurement of neuronal activity in submicrometric<br />
structures”<br />
Davy Cottet, Julien Douady, Jean-Claude Vial, Hartmut A. Wege, Optical Materials, 2011<br />
Poster<br />
"Second harmonic generation microscopy : a way to study neuronal potentials"<br />
"TOPIM – European Society for Molecular Imaging"<br />
Davy Cottet, Hartmut Wege, Julien Douady, Jean-Claude Vial, Jonathan Coles, Mireille Albrieux, Patrick Mouche), Yann<br />
Bretonnière, Chantal Andraud, Catherine Villard.<br />
Ecole Thématique "Dual and Innovative Imaging Modalities",Les Houches – 26-30 January 2009<br />
Invitation to talk at conference<br />
« Nonlinear optical imaging of cell membranes: new probes and applications in the field of neuronal activity »<br />
Julien DOUADY, French/Polish Workshop « WOREN : Workshop on Organic Electronics and Nanophotonics », February<br />
<strong>2010</strong>.<br />
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Computational modelling of novel nanostructured thermoelectric materials / New Incoming project Natalio<br />
MINGO<br />
Post-doctoral Fellow: Shidong WANG<br />
Invitations to talk at conferences<br />
Invited talk, First-principles thermal transport calculations, at Minatec Crossroads, Grenoble, 2008.<br />
Invited talk, Quantum Mechanical Description of Phonon Transport Through Atomically Defined Systems, MRS<br />
meeting, San Francisco, 2007.<br />
Invited talk, Lattice thermal transport through atomically defined systems in a quantum mechanical description.<br />
APS March meeting, Denver, 2007.<br />
The ``Nanoparticle in Alloy” Approach to Efficient Thermoelectrics: Silicides in SiGe, N. Mingo et al, MRS, San<br />
Francisco, 2009.<br />
Tailoring Interface Roughness and Superlattice Period Length in Novel Electron Filtering Thermoelectric Materials.<br />
Shidong Wang and Natalio Mingo, MRS, San Francisco, 2009.<br />
Predicting the Very Low Thermal Conductivity of Carbon Nanotubes Junctions Using Atomistic Green's Functions.<br />
Chalopin Yann, Volz Sebastian and Natalio Mingo. MRS, San Francisco, 2009.<br />
The impact of isotopes on the thermal conductivity of boron nitride nanotubes, (poster) D. A. Stewart, I. Savic,<br />
N. Mingo, 6th Japan-US Joint Seminar on Nanoscale Transport Phenomena, Boston, MA, July 15th, 2008.<br />
Thermal conduction mechanisms in isotope-disordered boron nitride and carbon nanotubes, I. Savic, N. Mingo,<br />
D. Stewart, APS meeting, 2009.<br />
“A first principles perspective on thermal transport in nanostructures with defects”, D. A. Stewart, I. Savic, N.<br />
Mingo, APS March Meeting, New Orleans, March 12th, 2008.<br />
Disorder and geometry effects in thermal transport across an interface in semiconductor nanowires I. Savic, N.<br />
Mingo, MRS Meeting, San Francisco, 2008<br />
Workshop<br />
Invited talk, CECAM workshop on structural, electronic and transport properties of quantum wires, Lyon, 2008.<br />
Patents<br />
“Silicide nanoparticle in silicon germanium matrix nanocomposites for silicon compatible thermoelectric energy<br />
conversion”,<br />
N. Kobayashi, N. Mingo, M. Plissonnier, and A. Shakouri, international patent filed, PCT/2008/001020, 11 July 2008.<br />
“Magnesium based nanocomposite materials for thermoelectric energy conversion”,<br />
Natalio MINGO, Marc PLISSONNIER, Shidong WANG, PCT/FR2009000392 provisional number, March 2009<br />
“Micro-structure pour générateur thermoélectrique à effet Seebeck et procédé de fabrication d'une telle microstructure”<br />
N. Mingo, T. Caroff, M. Plissonnier, V. Remondiere, S. Wang , N° E.N. :09 53930, Date: June 12, 2009.<br />
PART 3<br />
Publications<br />
"Cooling electrons one by one."<br />
S. De Franceschi, N. Mingo, Nature Nanotechnology 2, 538 (2007).<br />
"Intrinsic lattice thermal conductivity of semiconductors from first principles."<br />
D. A. Broido, M. Malorny, G. Birner, Natalio Mingo, D. A. Stewart, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 231922 (2007).<br />
"Thermal conduction mechanisms in boron nitride nanotubes: few-shell or all-shell?"<br />
I. Savic, D. A. Stewart, and N. Mingo, Physical Review B, 78 235434 (2008).<br />
"Phonon transport in isotope-disordered carbon and boron-nitride nanotubes: is localization observable?"<br />
I. Savic, N. Mingo, and D. A. Stewart, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 165502 (2008).<br />
"Phonon transmission through defects in carbon nanotubes from first principles."<br />
N. Mingo, D. A. Stewart, D. A. Broido, and D. Srivastava, Phys. Rev. B 77, 033418 (2008).<br />
"Phonon thermal transport in bulk and nanostructured materials from first principles.."<br />
D. A. Broido, N. Mingo, and D. A. Stewart, IMECE 2008-67049 (2008).<br />
"Carbon Nanotube MicroArchitecture for Enhanced Thermal Conduction at Ultra-Low Mass Fraction in Composite<br />
Materials".<br />
M. Bozlar, D. He, J. Bai, Y. Chalopin, N. Mingo, and S. Volz. , Adv. Mat., 22, 1654 (2009).<br />
"Improved thermoelectric properties of Mg 2Si xGe ySn 1-x-y nanoparticle in alloy materials."<br />
S. Wang and N. Mingo, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 203109 (2009).<br />
"Lattice thermal conductivity of single-walled carbon nanotubes: Beyond the relaxation time approximation and<br />
phonon-phonon scattering selection rules"<br />
L. Lindsay, D.A. Broido, and Natalio Mingo, Phys. Rev. B 80, 125407 (2009).<br />
"Reducing the thermal conductivity of carbon nanotubes below the random isotope limit."<br />
Gabriel Stoltz, Natalio Mingo, Francesco Mauri, Phys. Rev. B 80, 113408 (2009).<br />
"Mesoscopic Size Effects on the Thermal Conductance of Silicon Nanowire."<br />
J. S. Heron, T. Fournier, N. Mingo, and O. Bourgeois, Nano Letters 9, 1861 (2009).<br />
"Interface heat transfer between crossing carbon nanotubes, and the thermal conductivity of nanotube pellets."<br />
Y. Chalopin, S. Volz, and N. Mingo, Journal of Applied Physics, 105, 084301 (2009).<br />
"Turning carbon nanotubes from exceptional heat conductors into insulators."<br />
R. S. Prasher, X.J. Hu, Y. Chalopin, N. Mingo, K. Lofgreen, S. Volz, L. F. Cleri, and P. Keblinski, Phys. Rev. Lett., 102,<br />
105901 (2009).<br />
"The nanoparticle in alloy approach to efficient thermoelectrics: silicides in SiGe."<br />
N. Mingo, D. Hauser, N. P. Kobayashi, M. Plissonnier, and A. Shakouri, Nano Letters 9, 711 (2009).<br />
"Effects of interface roughness and superlattice period length on thermoelectric electron filtering."<br />
S. Wang and N. Mingo, Phys. Rev. B, 79, 115316 (2009).<br />
"First-Principles Calculation of the Magnitude of the Isotope Effect on Boron Nitride<br />
Nanotube Thermal Conductivity."<br />
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D. A. Stewart, I. Savic, and N. Mingo, Nano Letters, 9, 81 (2009).<br />
"Marked effects of alloying on the thermal conductivity of nanoporous materials".<br />
C. Bera, N. Mingo, and S. Volz, Phys. Rev. Lett., 104, 115502 (<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
Precise control of thermal conductivity at the nanoscale via individual phonon barriers.<br />
G. Pernot, M. Stoffel, I. Savic, A. Jacquot, J. Schumann, G. Savelli, A. Rastelli, O.G. Schmidt, J. M. Rampnoux, S. Dilhaire,<br />
M. Plissonnier, S. Wang, and N. Mingo, Nature Materials, accepted (<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
“Cluster” isotope effects on phonon conduction: the case of graphene."<br />
N. Mingo, K. Esfarjani, D. A. Broido, and D. A. Stewart, Phys. Rev. B, 81, 045408 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Two-Dimensional Phonon Transport in Supported Graphene.<br />
J. H. Seol, I. Jo, A. L. Moore, L. Lindsay, Z. H. Aitken, M. T. Pettes, X. Li, Z. Yao, R. Huang, D. Broido, N. Mingo, R. S.<br />
Ruoff, and L. Shi, Science, 328, 213 (<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
Book Chapter<br />
N. Mingo, to appear within the series “Topics in Applied Physics”, Springer (2009).<br />
“Phonon transport through nano-contacts by Green’s function methods”.<br />
UHV – CVD growth and measuring equipment / New Incoming project<br />
Tobias SHULLI<br />
Post-doctoral Fellow : Valentina CANTELLI<br />
PART 3<br />
Publication<br />
"Substrate-enhanced supercooling in AuSi eutectic droplets"<br />
T.U. Schülli, R. Daudin, G. Renaud, A. Vaysset, O. Geaymond & A. Pasturel, Nature, April <strong>2010</strong><br />
STRONGCHIP / New Incoming project<br />
Julien CLAUDON<br />
PhD student: Nitin Singh MALIK<br />
Publications<br />
"A highly efficient single-photon source based on a quantum dot in a photonic nanowire"<br />
Julien Claudon, Joël Bleuse, Nitin Singh Malik, Maela Bazin, Perine Jaffrennou, Niels Gregersen, Christophe Sauvan,<br />
Philippe Lalanne and Jean-Michel Gerard, Nature Photonics 4, p174 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
"Whispering gallery mode lasing in high quality GaAs/AlAs pillar Microcavities"<br />
P. Jaffrennou, J. Claudon, M. Bazin, N. S. Malik, S. Reitzenstein, L. Worschech, M. Kamp, A. Forchel, and J.-M. Gérard<br />
Applied Physics Letters 96, 071103 _<strong>2010</strong><br />
2008 Call for Proposals<br />
Implantable computer-brain interface<br />
Chair of Excellence: Tetiana AKSENOVA<br />
PhD student: Andrey YELISYEYEV<br />
Invitations to talk at conferences<br />
"Filtrage spatial robuste à partir d’un sous-ensemble optimal d’électrodes en BCI EEG"<br />
Barachant А., Aksenova T., Bonnet S, Proceedings of 22e Colloque GRETSI, Dijon, France, September 2009<br />
"RPNN: Structural modeling robust to outliers in input and output variables, Proceedings of International<br />
Conference on Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems"<br />
Shaposhnyk V., Villa A.E.P., Aksenova T., INFOS 2009, Krynica, Poland, September 2009<br />
"Iterative N-way PLS for real-time control of external effectors with ECoG recordings",<br />
Eliseyev, A., Moro, C., Costecalde, T., Torres, N., Gharbi, S., Mestais, C., Benabid, A.L., Aksenova, T. Bernstein<br />
Conference on Computational Neuroscience <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
"Brain –computer interface: Approaches and methods"<br />
5rd Open Summer School AACIMP <strong>2010</strong>, National Technical University, Kiev, Ukraine, August 3-18, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Invitation to talk at seminar<br />
Brain computer interface : from laboratory to real life applications"<br />
Tetiana AKSENOVA, Séminaire de la Fondation nanosciences, November 2009, Grenoble<br />
Publications<br />
"Filtering out of Artifacts of Deep Brain Stimulation Using Nonlinear Oscillatory Model"<br />
Aksenova, T.I., Novicki D.V., Benabid A.-L., Neural Computation, 21, 2648–2666, (2009)<br />
"Filtering of Multichannel Recordings of Neuronal <strong>Activity</strong> during Deep Brain Stimulation"<br />
Aksenova TI, Nowicki DV, Benabid AL,Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. September 2009<br />
"Iterative N-way PLS for self-paced BCI in freely moving animals".<br />
Eliseyev, A., Moro, C., Costecalde, T., Torres, N., Gharbi, S., Mestais, C., Benabid, A.L., Aksenova, T. (submitted to J.<br />
Neural Eng.)<br />
"First successful self-paced non-supervised ECoG based on-line BCI in freely moving rats performing a binary<br />
behavioral task during long term experiments"<br />
Moro, C., Aksenova, T., Torres, N., Yelisyeyev, A., Costecalde, T., Charvet, G., Sauter, F., Gharbi, S., Porcherot, J.,<br />
Mestais, C., Benabid, A.L.,. (submitted to Brain)<br />
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"Deep brain stimulation: BMI at large, where are we going to?"<br />
Benabid A.-L., Torres N., Moro C., Aksenova T., Costecalde T., Yelisyeyev A., Charvet G., Ratel D., Pham P., Mestais C.,<br />
Pollack P., Chabardes S., (submitted to Prog in Brain Reseach)<br />
Publications in books of proceedings<br />
"Advances in structural modeling robust to outliers in explanatory and response variables", Shaposhnyk, V., Villa<br />
A.E.P., Aksenova T., IJCNN <strong>2010</strong>, Barcelona, Spain, July 18-23, <strong>2010</strong><br />
"Tensor based self-paced BCI in freely moving animals"<br />
Aksenova, T., Eliseyev, A., Moro, C., Torres, N., Costecalde, T., Charvet, G., Gharbi, S., Mestais, C. Benabid, A.L.; <strong>2010</strong>..<br />
SfN<strong>2010</strong>, San-Diego, 13-17 November, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Patents<br />
Direct neural interface System and method of calibrating it. Aksenova, T., Yelisyeyev, A., <strong>2010</strong>. Patent<br />
PCT/IB<strong>2010</strong>/001528. (submitted)<br />
Aksenova, T. Fast Continuous Wavelet Transform with piecewise polynomials for real time BCIs<br />
Tunneling-based nano-FETs<br />
Chair of Excellence: Alexander ZASLAVSKY<br />
PhD Student: Jing WAN<br />
Publications<br />
"Tunneling field-effect transistor with epitaxial junction in thin germanium-on-insulator,"<br />
D. Kazazis, P. Jannaty, A. Zaslavsky, C. Le Royer, C. Tabone, L. Clavelier, and S. Cristoloveanu, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94,<br />
263508 (2009).<br />
"GeOI as a platform for ultimate devices,"<br />
W. Van Den Daele, S. Cristoloveanu, E. Augendre, C. Le Royer, J.-F. Damlencourt, D. Kazazis, and A. Zaslavsky, chapter<br />
in: S. Luryi, J. M. Xu, and A. Zaslavsky, eds, Future Trends in Microelectronics: From Nanophotonics to Sensors to<br />
Energy, New York: Wiley, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
"SOI TFETs: Suppression of ambipolar leakage and low-frequency noise behavior"<br />
Jing Wan, C. Le Royer, A. Zaslavsky, and S. Cristoloveanu, accepted by ESSDERC (<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
PART 3<br />
EPOCA Emission Properties Of a semiconducting Cavity coupled to an Artifical atom<br />
Chair of Excellence: Marcelo FRANCA SANTOS<br />
PhD Student: Daniel VALENTE<br />
Publications<br />
"Pure emitter dephasing: A resource for advanced solid-state single-photon sources"<br />
A.Auffèves, JM.Gérard and JP.Poizat, Phys. Rev. A 79, 053838 (2009)<br />
"Controlling the dynamics of a coupled atom-cavity system by pure dephasing"<br />
A. Auffèves, D. Gerace, J.-M. Gérard, M. França Santos, L. C. Andreani, and J.-P.<br />
Poizat, PRB 81,245419 (<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
POLYSUPRA / RTRA project<br />
Post-doctoral Fellow: Minhao YAN<br />
Publication<br />
"Soluble Heterometallic Coordination Polymers Based on a Bis-terpyridine-Functionalized Dioxocyclam Ligand"<br />
AurLelien Gasnier, Jean-Michel Barbe, Christophe Bucher, Carole Duboc, Jean-Claude Moutet,<br />
Eric Saint-Aman, Pierre Terech, and Guy Royal, Inorg. Chem. <strong>2010</strong>, 49, 2592–2599<br />
NANOBIODROP / RTRA project<br />
Post-doctoral Fellow: Anne MARTEL<br />
Invitations to talk at conferences<br />
Second Conference on Advances in Microfluidics and Nanofluids –<br />
5-7 January 2011 Singapore<br />
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DISPOGRAPH / RTRA project<br />
Post-doctoral Fellow: Vincent RENARD<br />
PART 3<br />
Publications<br />
"Graphene on the C-terminated SiC (000-1) surface : An ab initio study"<br />
L.Magaud, F.Hiebel, F.Varchon, P.Mallet, J.-Y.Veuillen, Phys. Rev. B79, 161405(R)(2009)<br />
"Scanning tunneling Microscopy investigation of the graphene/6H-SiC(000-1)(3x3)<br />
Interface"<br />
F.Hiebel, P.Mallet, F.Varchon, L.Magaud, J.-Y.Veuillen, Solid Stat. Comm 149,1157 (2009)<br />
"How the SiC substrate impacts graphene's atomic and electronic structure"<br />
L.Magaud, F.Hiebel, F.Varchon, P.Mallet, J.-Y.Veuillen, Phys. Status Solidi RRL, 3,172-174 (2009)<br />
"Electronic properties of epitaxial grahene"<br />
C.Berger et al, Int.J.Nanotechnol 7, 383 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
"Interface structure of graphene on SiC : an ab initio and STM approach"<br />
J.-Y.Veuillen, F.Hiebel, L.Magaud, P.Mallet, F.Varchon, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 43 374008 doi: 10.1088/0022-<br />
3727/43/37/374008<br />
M. Dubois, M.G. Pala and M. Mouis, submitted to Nanotechnology<br />
"Tuning the electron phonon coupling in multilayer graphene with magnetic fields"<br />
C.Faugeras, M. Amado, P. Kossacki, M. Orlita, M. Sprinkle, C. Berger, W.A. de Heer, and<br />
M. Potemski, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 186803 (2009).<br />
"Using Landau quantization to suppress Auger scattering in grapheme"<br />
P.Plochocka, P.Kossacki, A. Golnik, T. Kazimierczuk, C. Berger, W.A. de Heer, M. Potemski, Phys. Rev.<br />
B 80, 245415 (2009).<br />
"How perfect can graphene be ?"<br />
P. Neugebauer, M. Orlita, C. Faugeras, A.-L. Barra, M.Potemski, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 136403 (2009)<br />
"Thermal conductivity of graphene membrane in Corbino geometry"<br />
C. Faugeras, B. Faugeras, M. Orlita, M. Potemski, R.R. Nair, and A.K. Geim, ACS<br />
Nano, 4, 1889 (<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
"Graphite from the viewpoint of Landau level spectroscopy: An effective graphene<br />
bilayer and monolayer"<br />
M. Orlita, C. Faugeras, J. M. Schneider, G. Martinez, D. K.Maude, M. Potemski, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 166401 (2009).<br />
"A consistent interpretation of the low temperature magneto-transport in graphite using<br />
the Slonczewski--Weiss--McClure 3D band structure calculations"<br />
J. M. Schneider, M.Orlita, M. Potemski, D. K. Maude, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 166403 (2009).<br />
"Using magnetotransport to determine the spin splitting in graphite"<br />
J. M. Schneider, N. A. Goncharuk, P. Vašek, P. Svoboda, Z. Vyborny, L. Smrčka, M.Orlita, M. Potemski, and D. K. Maude,<br />
Phys. Rev. B 81, 195204 (<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
"Few graphene layers/carbon nanotube composites grown at complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor<br />
compatible temperature"<br />
V. Jousseaume, J. Cuzzocrea, N. Bernier, and V. T. Renard, Received 15 October <strong>2010</strong>; accepted 2 March 2011; published<br />
online 21 March 2011_APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 98, 123103 _2011<br />
Invitations to talk at conferences<br />
"Anomalous half-integer Quantum Hall effect in graphene : three-probe measurements"<br />
G. Albert, L. Jansen, F. Lefloch, and Z. Osvath, GDR Mesoscopic Quantum Physics Meeting,5 - October 2009, Aussois,<br />
France – poster<br />
"Superconductor-Graphene Junctions"<br />
G. Albert, L. Jansen, F. Lefloch, Z. Osvath, and C. Chapelier, , Transalp’Nano <strong>2010</strong>, the 2nd Transalpine Conference on<br />
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 3 – 5 June <strong>2010</strong>, Como, Italy – accepted poster<br />
"Magnetotransport measurements in grapheme on SiC"<br />
C.Naud, TransAlp'Nano, May/June.<br />
"Electronic properties of graphitic layers: magnetic field studies"<br />
M. Potemski, European Science Fundation Conference in Partnership with LFUI<br />
“Graphene Week 2009”, (Obergurgl, Austria, 2-7 March, 2009).<br />
"Landau level spectroscopy of Dirac fermions in multilayer epitaxial graphene, graphite<br />
and grapheme"<br />
M. Potemski, 2009 American Physical Society March Meeting(Pittsburgh, USA, 16-20 March, 2009)<br />
Two-dimensional gas of Dirac-fermions (M. Potemski), M. Potemski, International<br />
workshop on “Emergent phenomena in quantum Hall systems”, (Villa Guinigi,<br />
Capannori (Lucca), Italy, 25 - 28 June 2009)<br />
Magneto spectroscopy of Dirac fermions (M. Potemski), M. Potemski, International<br />
workshop on “Recent progress in graphene research”, (Seoul, Korea, June 29 – July 2,<br />
2009)<br />
How ideal can graphene be, M. Orlita, 14th International Conference on Narrow Gap<br />
Semiconductors and Systems, (Sendai, Japan, 13 – 17 July, 2009)<br />
Tuning the electron phonon coupling in multilayer graphene with magnetic fields<br />
C. Faugeras, Graphene Tokyo Workshop, (Tokyo, Japan, 25-26 July, 2009)<br />
Magneto-spectroscopy of multilayer epitaxial graphene, of graphite and of graphene.<br />
M. Potemski, International workshop on “Graphene”, (Benasque, Spain, July 25 –<br />
August 8, 2009)<br />
Electronic structure of graphene based systems: magneto-spectroscopy studies<br />
M. Potemski, Canada-Poland-Japan International Symposium on Nanoscience,<br />
(Wroclaw, Poland, 5-8 October, 2009)<br />
Magneto-spectroscopy of Dirac fermionsM. Orlita, 16th InternationalWinterschool on<br />
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New Developments in Solid State. Physics: Low Dimensional Systems, (Mauterndorf,<br />
Austria, 22 – 26 February, <strong>2010</strong>).<br />
Magneto-optics of grahene systems, M. Potemski, Nobel Symposium on “Physics of<br />
graphene”, (Stockholm, Sweden, 28-31 May, <strong>2010</strong>)<br />
RICOPHIN / New Incoming project<br />
Maxime RICHARD<br />
Publication<br />
" One-dimensional ZnO exciton polaritons with negligible thermal broadening at room temperature"<br />
A. Trichet, L. Sun, G. Pavlovic, N.A. Gippius, G. Malpuech, W. Xie, Z. Chen, M. Richard, and Le Si Dang, Phys. Rev. B 83,<br />
041302(R) (2011)<br />
Invitations to talk at conferences<br />
August <strong>2010</strong>: Talk « 12eme Journées de la Matière Condensée » (Troyes, France)<br />
February 2011: Talk « 5th International Conference on Spontaneous Coherence in Excitonic<br />
Systems » (Lausanne, Suisse)<br />
August 2011: Invitation received for a 30mn talk at the « The 15th International Conference on II-VI<br />
Compounds» (Cancun, Mexico)<br />
MECCA / New Incoming project<br />
Martial BALLAND<br />
PhD Student: Kalpana MANDAL<br />
Publication<br />
" Multi-confocal fluorescence correlation spectroscopy"<br />
Galland R, Gao J, Kloster M, Herbomel G, Destaing O, Balland M, Souchier C, Usson Y, Derouard J, Wang I, Delon A, Front<br />
Biosci (Elite Ed). 2011 Jan 1;3:476-88<br />
PART 3<br />
IMAGE / RTRA project<br />
Invitations to talk at conferences<br />
Results obtained on RPE sur l’anisotropie magnétiques des nanostructures de (Ge,Mn) :<br />
“Investigation of magnetic anisotropy of (Ge,Mn) nanocolumns”,<br />
A. Jain, M. Jamet, A. Barski, T. Devillers, C. Porret, P. Bayle-Guillemaud, S. Gambarelli, V. Maurel, G. Desfonds, Appl.<br />
Phys. Lett. 97, 202502 (<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
“Structure and magnetism of Ge3Mn5 clusters”,<br />
A. Jain, M. Jamet, A. Barski, T. Devillers, II.-S. Yu, C. Porret, P. Bayle-Guillemaud, V. Favre-Nicolin, S. Gambarelli, V.<br />
Maurel, G. Desfonds, J.-F. Jacquot, S. Tardif, J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013911 (2011).<br />
“Magnetic anisotropy in (Ge ,Mn) nanostructures “,<br />
A. Jain, M. Jamet, A. Barski, T. Devillers, I.-S. Yu, C. Porret, S. Tardif, P. Bayle-Guillemaud, V. Favre-Nicolin, V. Maurel,<br />
S. Gambarelli, J.-F. Jacquot, G. Desfonds, S. Cherifi, J. Cibert, Journal of Physics: Conference Series (in press).<br />
“Magnetic anisotropy of (Ge,Mn) nanostructures“,<br />
A. Jain, M. Jamet, A. Barski, T. Devillers, I.-S. Yu, C. Porret, S. Tardif, P. Bayle-Guillemaud, V. Favre-Nicolin, V. Maurel,<br />
S. Gambarelli, J.-F. Jacquot, G. Desfonds, S. Cherifi, J. Cibert, 12 e Journées de la Matière Condensée, August <strong>2010</strong>,<br />
Troyes (oral).<br />
“Magnetic anisotropy of (Ge,Mn) nanostructures“,<br />
A. Jain, M. Jamet, T. Devillers, I.-S. Yu, C. Porret, A. Barski, P. Bayle-Guillemaud, V. Favre-Nicolin, V. Maurel, S.<br />
Gambarelli, S. Tardif, S. Cherifi, J. Cibert, 13 e Colloque Louis Néel, March/April <strong>2010</strong>, Albé (poster).<br />
“Magnetic anisotropy in (Ge,Mn) nanostructures”,<br />
A. Jain, M. Jamet, A. Barski, T. Devillers, I.-S; Yu, C. Porret, S. Tardif, P. Bayle-Guillemaud, V. Favre-Nicolin, V. Maurel,<br />
S. Gambarelli, J.-F. Jacquot, G. Desfonds, S. Cherifi, J. Cibert, Trends in Spintronics and Nanomagnetism, 23-27 May<br />
<strong>2010</strong>, Lecce (Italie) (oral).<br />
“Magnetic anisotropy in (Ge,Mn) nanostructures”,<br />
A. Jain, M. Jamet, A. Barski, T. Devillers, I.-S; Yu, C. Porret, S. Tardif, P. Bayle-Guillemaud, V. Favre-Nicolin, V. Maurel,<br />
S. Gambarelli, J.-F. Jacquot, G. Desfonds, S. Cherifi, J. Cibert, 23 e Rencontres Jacques Cartier, Colloque Nanomagnétisme<br />
et Spintronique, 24-25 November <strong>2010</strong>, Minatec-Grenoble (poster).<br />
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2009 Call for Proposals<br />
MUSCADE<br />
Chair of Excellence: Normand MOUSSEAU<br />
Post-doctoral Fellow: Eduardo MACHADO-CHARRY<br />
Publication subdued<br />
“Optimized energy landscape exploration using the ab initio based ART-nouveau”<br />
Eduardo Machado-Charry;; Damien Caliste;; Luigi Genovese;;Thierry Deutsch;; Normand Mousseau et Pascal Pochet. Journal<br />
of Chemical Physics (March 2011, ongoing)<br />
Publications in preparation<br />
“Charge dependent energy landscape exploration of small fullerene”<br />
Eduardo Machado-Charry;; Seth Burleigh;; Luigi Genovese;; Normand Mousseau et Pascal Pochet. Journal of Chemical<br />
Physics (ongoing)<br />
“Bourguoin-Corbett diffusion mechanism in silicon probed by ab initio based ART-nouveau”<br />
Eduardo Machado-Charry; Emmanuel Arras; Damien Caliste; Normand Mousseau et Pascal Pochet. Phys. Rev B (ongoing)<br />
PART 3<br />
Invitations to talk at conference and poster<br />
“Growth and self-organization of nanostructures using BART”<br />
Eduardo Machado-Charry;; Luigi Genovese;; Damien Caliste;; Pascal Pochet;; Normand Mousseau. Présentation à la Psi_k<br />
conference (September <strong>2010</strong>)<br />
“Growth and self-organization of nanostructures using BART”<br />
Eduardo Machado-Charry;; Luigi Genovese;; Damien Caliste;; Pascal Pochet;;<br />
Normand Mousseau. Presentation at the 27th Max Born Symposium: Multi-scale Modeling of Real Materials (September<br />
<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
II VI Photovoltaic<br />
Chair of Excellence: Yong ZHANG<br />
PhD Student: Raul SALAZAR<br />
Communications<br />
Journées de la Matière Condensée (JMC12)- Troyes, France, August <strong>2010</strong><br />
61 st annual meeting of ISE, Nice, France, 26 September – 1 October <strong>2010</strong><br />
218 th The Electrochemical Society Meeting, Las Vegas, USA, October 10-15 (<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
E-MRS Fall Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, September 13-17 (<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
Second International Workshop on Advanced, nano- and Biomaterials and Their Applications (nabm), Sibiu,<br />
Romania, September 15-19 (<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
Solar Fuels / Photochemistry conference, Puerto Morelos Mexico, December 1-4 (<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
Publications<br />
"Optical initialization, readout, and dynamics of a Mn spin in a quantum dot"<br />
Le Gall C, Kolodka RS, Cao CL, Boukari H., Mariette H., Fernandez-Rossier J., Besombes L.<br />
PHYSICAL REVIEW B Volume: 81 Pages: 245315 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
"Spins in semiconducting nanostructures"<br />
Besombes L, Ferrand D, Mariette H, Cibert, J., Jamet, M., Barski A.<br />
International journal of nanotechnology, Volume 7 Pages: 641-667 <strong>2010</strong><br />
"Dynamical equilibrium between magnetic ions and photocarriers in low Mn-doped single quantum dots"<br />
Clement T, Ferrand D, Besombes L., Boukari H., Mariette H. Physical review b, Volume: 81 Pages: 155328 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
"Optical spin orientation of a single manganese atom"<br />
C. Le Gall, R. Kolodka, L. Besombes, H. Boukari, J. Cibert, D.Ferrand, H. Mariette<br />
14th International Conference on II-VI Compounds, St Petersburg, RUSSIA, AUG, 2009 PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI C,<br />
Volume 6 , Pages: 1651-1654 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
"Modelling optical spin pumping of a single Mn atom in a CdTe quantum dot"<br />
C L Cao, L Besombes and J Fernández-Rossier<br />
30th International Conference on Physics of Semiconductors, Seoul July <strong>2010</strong>. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. Volume:210, Pages:<br />
012046 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
"Optical control of a Mn spin embedded in a quantum dot"<br />
R S Kolodka , L Besombes , C Le Gall, et al. 30th International Conference on Physics of Semiconductors, Seoul July<br />
<strong>2010</strong>. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. Volume: 210 Pages: 012038 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
MIDWEST / RTRA project<br />
Post-doctoral Fellow: Aurélien MASSEBOEUF<br />
Publications<br />
“Current-Induced Spin-Orbit Torque in a Uniformly Magnetized Ferromagnetic Layer with<br />
Rashba Inversion Asymmetry”,<br />
I.M. Miron, G. Gaudin, S. Auffret, B. Rodmacq, A. Schuhl, S. Pizzini, J. Vogel, P. Gambardella, Nature Mater. 9, 230<br />
(<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
“Effect of crystalline defects on domain wall motion under field and current in nanowires with perpendicular<br />
magnetization”,<br />
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F. Garcia-Sanchez, H. Szambolics, A.P. Mihai, L. Vila, A. Marty, J.-C. Toussaint, L.D. Buda-Prejbeanu, Phys. Rev. B 81,<br />
134408 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
“Invasion percolation universality class and fractal geometry of magnetic domains”,<br />
J. P. Attané,M. Tissier, A. Marty, and L. Vila, Phys. Rev. B 82, 024408 (<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
“Non-adiabatic spin-torques in narrow magnetic domain walls”,<br />
C.Burrowes, A.P. Mihai, D.Ravelosona, J.-V. Kim, C. Chappert, L. Vila, A. Marty, Y. Samson, F. Garcia-Sanchez, L.D.<br />
Buda-Prejbeanu, I. Tudosa, E.E. Fullerton, J.-P. Attané, Nature Physics 6, 17 (<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
“Current-induced motion and pinning of domain walls in spin-valve nanowires studied by<br />
XMCD-PEEM”,<br />
V. Uhlir, S. Pizzini, N. Rougemaille, J. Novotny, V. Cros, E. Jimenez, G. Faini, L. Heyne, F. Sirotti, C. Tieg, A. Bendounan,<br />
F. Maccherozzi, R. Belkhou, J. Grollier, A. Anane, J. Vogel, Phys. Rev. B 81, 224418 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
“Direct observation of Oersted-field-induced magnetisation dynamics in magnetic nanowires”,<br />
V. Uhlir, S. Pizzini, N. Rougemaille, V. Cros, E. Jiménez, L. Ranno, O. Fruchart, M. Urbánek, G.<br />
Gaudin, J. Camarero, C. Tieg, F. Sirotti, E. Wagner and J. Vogel, Phys. Rev. B 83, 020406 (2011).<br />
“Fast current-induced domain wall motion controlled by the Rashba effect”,<br />
I.M. Miron, T.A.Moore, H. Szambolics, G. Gaudin, L.D. Buda-Prejbeanu, S. Auffret, B. Rodmacq, S. Pizzini, J.Vogel, A.<br />
Schuhl, (on going).<br />
PERCEVALL / RTRA project<br />
Post-doctoral Fellow: Billel SALHI<br />
PhD student: Giada GHEZZI<br />
Communications<br />
"Effect of C and N on the structure of amorphous GeTe"<br />
G. Ghezzi, A. Roule, E. Elkaim, F. Hippert, S. Maitrejean, oral, , accepted to the MRS spring meeting 2011, Session:<br />
Phase-Change Materials for Memory and Reconfigurable Electronics Applications<br />
"PECVD of GeTe material for phase change memories"<br />
C. Vallée, E. Gourvest, P. Michallon, R. Blanc, D. Jourde, S. Lhostis, S. Maitrejan, poster, accepted to the MRS spring<br />
meeting 2011, Session: Phase-Change. Materials for Memory and Reconfigurable Electronics Applications<br />
"Crystallization study of GeSb4 phase change material thin films"<br />
A. Bastard, G. Ghezzi, J.P. Simon, F. Hippert, C. Bonafos, J.P. Gaspard, F. Fillot, A. Roule, B. Hyot, S. Maitrejean, S.<br />
Lhostis, poster, , presented to the European Symposium on Phase Change and Ovonic Science (E\PCOS <strong>2010</strong>),<br />
September 6th to 7th, <strong>2010</strong>, Milan, Italy<br />
"Growth of GeTe Films by MOCVD and PE-MOCVD for Phase Change"<br />
E. Gourvest, C. Vallee, Ph. Michallon, J. Vitiello, R. Blanc, D. Jourde, S. Lhostis, S. Maitrejean, Oral, , presented to the<br />
AVS 57th International Symposium & Exhibition, October 17, <strong>2010</strong><br />
"Crystallisation mechanisms of amorphous GeTe and GeSb6 thin films used in phase change random access<br />
memories (PCRAM)",<br />
JP Simon, F. Hippert, G. Ghezzi, F. Fillot, A. Roule, A. Bastard, J-P Gaspard, S. Maitrejean, Oral, presented to the<br />
conference on solid-solid phase transformation in inorganic materials <strong>2010</strong> (PTM <strong>2010</strong>), June 6-11 <strong>2010</strong>, Avignon, France<br />
PART 3<br />
THE SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION FROM THE PHD STUDENTS “AU<br />
FIL DE L’EAU”<br />
Mikhail KUSTOV<br />
Posters<br />
"Diamagnetic levitation applied to the μ-manipulation of μ- and nanoobjects and biological cells"<br />
Christian Pigot, Paul Kauffmann, Hichem Chetouani, Mikhail Kustov, Minatec Crossroads 2008, Grenoble, FRANCE, June<br />
23-27, 2008<br />
"Quantitative imaging and straightforward calculation of magnetic fields of micropatterned permanent magnet<br />
films for magnetic MEMS"<br />
Mikhail Kustov, Rostislav Grechishkin, Frederic Dumas-Bouchiat, and Nora M. Dempsey,<br />
JCGE (Conférence des Jeunes Chercheurs en Génie Electrique), Lyon, France, December 16-17, 2008<br />
"Modeling a "flying carpet" stable in both the positive and negative z-directions" *<br />
Mikhail Kustov, Paul Kauffmann, Orphee Cugat, Gilbert Reyne, Compumag 2009, Florianopolis, Brésil, November 22-26,<br />
2009<br />
"Measurement of the 3 components of a magnetic field using a single component Scanning Hall Probe<br />
Microscope"<br />
Mikhail Kustov, Nora M. Dempsey, Piotr Laczkowski, Danny Hykel, Dominique Givord, Orphée Cugat, Rostislav<br />
Grechishkin and Klaus Hasselbach, EMSA <strong>2010</strong> (8th European Conference on Magnetic Sensors and Actuators), Bodrum,<br />
Turquie, July 4-7, <strong>2010</strong>, (accepted)<br />
Communications<br />
"Comparative magneto-optic and scanning Hall probe microscopy of magnetic field istributions in patterned Nd-<br />
Fe-B films"<br />
Mikhail Kustov, Rostislav Grechishkin, Frederic Dumas-Bouchiat, Daniel O’Brien, Klaus Hasselbach,<br />
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Piotr Laczkowski, Danny Hykel, Sergey Soshin, Dominique Givord, and Nora M. Dempsey<br />
EUROMAT 2009 (European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes), Glasgow, UK<br />
September 7-10, 2009<br />
M. Kustov, R. Grechishkin, F. Dumas-Bouchiat, D. O’Brien, K. Hasselbach, P. Laczkowski, D. Hykel, S. Soshin, D. Givord,<br />
and N.M. Dempsey, “Comparative magneto-optic and scanning Hall probe microscopy of magnetic field distributions in<br />
patterned Nd-Fe-B films”, EUROMAT 2009 (European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes),<br />
Glasgow, UK, September 7-10, 2009 (oral).<br />
PART 3<br />
Publications<br />
"Thermomagnetically patterned micromagnets"<br />
F. Dumas-Bouchiat, L. F. Zanini, M. Kustov, N. M. Dempsey, R.Grechishkin, K. Hasselbach, J. C. Orlianges, C.<br />
Champeaux, A.Catherinot, D. Givord, Appl. Phys. Letters, 96, 102511 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
"Contactless dielectrophoretic handling of diamagnetic levitating water droplets in air"<br />
P. Kauffmann, P. Pham, A. Masse, M. Kustov, T. Honegger, D. Peyrade, V.Haguet, G. Reyne,<br />
IEEE Trans. on Magn., <strong>2010</strong> (accepted)<br />
"Magnetic characterization of micropatterned Nd–Fe–B hard magnetic films<br />
using scanning Hall probe microscopy"<br />
M. Kustov,P. Laczkowski,D. Hykel, K. Hasselbach, F. Dumas-Bouchiat,D. O’Brien, P. Kauffmann, R. Grechishkin, D.<br />
Givord, G. Reyne, O. Cugat, andN. M. Dempsey<br />
Journal of applied physics 108, 063914 _<strong>2010</strong>_Received 26 May <strong>2010</strong>; accepted 5 August <strong>2010</strong>; published online 23<br />
September <strong>2010</strong><br />
“Calculations and measurements of the magnetic field of patterned permanent magnetic films for lab-on-chip<br />
applications”<br />
S. Chigirinsky, M. Kustov, N. Dempsey, C. Ndao, and R. Grechishkin, , Rev. Adv. Mater. Sci., 20, pp. 85 – 91, 2009.<br />
Irina GROZA<br />
Posters<br />
“Transport measurements with nanometric magnetic clusters”<br />
Irina Groza, Robert Morel, Ariel Brenac, Damien Le Roy and Lucien Notin, Réunion Thématique du GDR Nanoalliages-<br />
Nanoaliiages&Magnétisme, January 2009, Lyon<br />
‘’Correlations in core-shell clusters’’<br />
Irina Groza, Robert Morel, Ariel Brenac, Damien Le Roy and Lucien Notin, European School on Magnetism, September 1-<br />
10th 2009, Timisoara, Romania<br />
"Corrélations magnétiques dans les agrégats Co-CoO"<br />
Irina Groza, Robert Morel, Ariel Brenac, Cyrille Beigné et Lucien Notin, Colloque Louis Néel <strong>2010</strong>, March/April, Albé (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Akash CHAKRABORTY<br />
Publication<br />
"Dynamical properties of a three-dimensional diluted Heisenberg model"<br />
Akash Chakraborty, Georges Bouzerar, Physical Review B, 81, 172406 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Poster<br />
"Magnetic Spin Excitations in Diluted Ferromagnetic Systems"<br />
Akash Chakraborty, Georges Bouzerar, workshop "New trends in the theory of strongly correlated electron systems", 8-9<br />
April,<strong>2010</strong><br />
Xiaojun CHEN<br />
Communications<br />
The 4 th Nanowire Growth Workshop, Oct. 26-27, 2009, Paris :Poster contribution<br />
The 3 rd international symposium on the Growth of Nitride Materials July-4th-7th, <strong>2010</strong>, Montpellier: Oral<br />
presentation contribution<br />
Publications<br />
“Wafer-scale selective area growth of GaN hexagonal prismatic nanostructures on c-sapphire substrate”<br />
X.J. Chen, J.S.Hwang, G.Perillat-Merceroz, S.Landis, B.Martin, D. LeSiDang, J.Eymery, C.Durand. ,Journal of Crystal<br />
Growth, 322 (2011) 15–22<br />
"Homoepitaxial growth of catalyst-free GaN wires on N-polar substrates"<br />
X.J. Chen, G. Perillat-Merceroz, D. Sam-Giao, C. Durand , J. Eymery , Applied Physics Letters 97, 151907 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
"Selective area growth of GaN hexagonal nanoprisms on patterned c-sapphire substrates"<br />
X.J. Chen, J.S. Hwang, G. Perillat-Merceroz, D. S. Landis, D. Le Si Dang, J. Eymery, C. Durand (Submitted to J. of Appl.<br />
Phys.)<br />
Patent<br />
“Procédé de croissance sélective sur une structure semiconductrice"<br />
Xiaojun CHEN, Joel EYMERY, Damien SALOMON, Christophe DURAND 5 avril 2011, 1152926 (on going)<br />
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Miryam ELOUNEG JAMROZ<br />
Posters<br />
"CdSe Quantum Dots Insertion in ZnSe Nanowires: MBE Growth and Microstrucural Analysis"<br />
Miryam Elouneg-Jamroz, Y. Genuist, E. Bellet-Amalric, C. Bougerol, Samir Bounouar, J.P. Poizat, R. André, Martien den<br />
Hertog, K. Kheng and S. Tatarenko, GDR Nanofils 2009, Autrans (France)<br />
“CdSe QD heterostructure layer in ZnSe NWs for single-photon emission”<br />
M. Elouneg-Jamroz, M. den Hertog, S. Bounouar, E. Bellet-Amalric, Y. Genuist, R. André, K. Kheng, J.P. Poizat and S.<br />
Tatarenko, 5th Nanowire Growth Workshop, Roma (November <strong>2010</strong>)<br />
“Correlation of structural, chemical and optical characterization of CdSe quantum dots inserted in ZnSe<br />
nanowires”<br />
M. Elouneg-Jamroz, M. den Hertog, S. Bounouar, E. Bellet-Amalric, R. Andre, Y. Genuist, K.Kheng, J-P Poizat, S.<br />
Tatarenko, 16 th European Molecular Beam Epitaxy Workshop, Alpes d’Huez (Mars 2011)<br />
Publication<br />
"Epitaxial growth of ZnSe and ZnSe/CdSe Nanowires on ZnSe"<br />
E. Bellet-Amalric, M. Elouneg-Jamroz, C. Bougerol, M. Den Hertog, Y. Genuist, S. Bounouar, J.P.<br />
Poizat, K. Kheng, R. André, S. Tatarenko, Physica Status Solidi <strong>2010</strong> (on going)<br />
Chi VO VAN<br />
Poster<br />
"Ultrathin epitaxial cobalt films on graphene: perpendicular magnetic anisotropy"<br />
C.Vo-Van,Z.Kassir-Bodon,H.Yang,J.Coraux,J.Vogel,S.Pizzini,P.Bayle-Guillemaud, M.Chshiev, L.Ranno, V.Santonacci,<br />
P.David, V.Salvador, O.Fruchart., 13th Colloque Louis Néel, Albé (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Radoslaw BOMBERA<br />
PART 3<br />
Posters<br />
"Reversible cell capture on a dna biochip coupled to spr imaging": Ecole thématique CRNS « Fonctionnalisation<br />
de surfaces et méthodes de détection pour les biocapteurs » (8-12 February <strong>2010</strong>)<br />
<br />
<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
"Reversible cell capture on a DNA biochip monitored by SPR imaging": congrès Biosensors <strong>2010</strong> (26-28 May<br />
Aleš HRABEC<br />
Invitations to talk at conferences<br />
"Light-induced ultrafast spin dynamics in a Gd 1-xCo x ferrimagnetic film"<br />
Cormier M., Mekonnen A., Kimel A.V., Kirilyuk A., Hrabec A., Ranno L., Rasing Th., 13th Colloque Louis Neel, Albé <strong>2010</strong><br />
"Compensation domain walls in Gd 1-xCo x films, Joint European Magnetism Symposium (JEMS)"<br />
Hrabec A., Nam N.T., Pizzini S., Ranno L., Krakow, August, <strong>2010</strong><br />
"Laser-induced ultrafast magnetization dynamics in Gd 1-xCo x ferrimagnetic thin film"<br />
Mekonnen A., Cormier M., Kimel A.V., Kirilyuk A., Hrabec A., Ranno L., Rasing Th., JEMS, Krakow,<br />
August, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Posters<br />
" Deplacement de parois de domaines par courant polarise dans des alliages ferromagnetiques compenses "<br />
Hrabec A., Ranno L., Pizzini S., 13th Colloque Louis Neel, Albé <strong>2010</strong><br />
" Domain wall displacement in compensated ferrimagnetic Gd 1-xCox alloy "<br />
Sao Paulo School of advanced Science: Spintronics and quantum computation (Nov,<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Marc GANZHORN<br />
Poster<br />
"Carbon nanotube based NEMS as magnetic force detector"<br />
M. Ganzhorn, M. Urdampilleta, A. Reserbat-Plantey, V. Nguyen, JP. Cleuziou, and W. Wernsdorfer, ElecMol’10, December<br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
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Part IV: SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Appendix 1: the RTRA laboratories 3<br />
Appendix 2: the Foundation’s board 4<br />
Appendix 3: the Scientific Committee 5<br />
Appendix 4: the Steering Committee 6<br />
Appendix 5: 2009 Call for Proposals funded projects 7<br />
Appendix 6: <strong>2010</strong> Call for Proposals funded projects 10<br />
Appendix 7: List of the Chairs of Excellence 13<br />
Appendix 8: List of the Post Doc Fellows 16<br />
Appendix 9: List of the PhD students 18<br />
Appendix 10: "Les Parrains de la Fondation" 21<br />
Appendix 11: List of the Reviewers involved in the Calls for Proposals in 2009 and <strong>2010</strong> 22<br />
Appendix 12: "Les Indicateurs Académiques" 25<br />
Appendix 13: <strong>Report</strong> of the 2 nd Scientific Committee held in 2009, November 19 th – 20 th 47
Appendix 1: the RTRA laboratories<br />
Laboratory’s Name Short name * Website<br />
Centre de Recherche sur les Macromolécules Végétales CERMAV 2 www.cermav.cnrs.fr<br />
Département de Chimie Moléculaire DCM 2,3 dcm.ujf-grenoble.fr<br />
Grenoble Electrical Engineering Laboratory G2Elab 2,3, 4 www.g2elab.grenoble-inp.fr<br />
Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences GIN 1,3 neurosciences.ujf-grenoble.fr<br />
Institut Albert Bonniot IAB 2,3 www-iab.ujf-grenoble.fr<br />
Institut de Biologie Structurale IBS 1,2,3 www.ibs.fr<br />
Institut de Microélectronique, Electromagnétisme et<br />
Photonique<br />
IMEP 2,3,4 www.imep-lahc.grenoble-inp.fr<br />
Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble IPAG 2,3 ipag.osug.fr<br />
Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour<br />
le Vivant<br />
IRTSV 1,2,3 www-dsv.cea.frirtsv<br />
Institut Fourier IF 2,3 www-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr<br />
Institut Nanosciences et Cryogénie INAC 1,2,3,4 inac.cea.fr<br />
INAC – Service de Chimie Inorganique et Biologique INAC/SCIB 1,2,3,4 inac.cea.frscib<br />
INAC – Service de Physique des Matériaux et<br />
Microstructures<br />
INAC/SP2M 1,2,3,4 inac.cea.frsp2m<br />
INAC – Service de Physique Statistique, Magnétisme et<br />
Supraconductivité<br />
INAC/SPSMS 1,2,3,4 inac.cea.frspsms<br />
INAC - Spintronique et Technologie des Composants INAC/SPINTEC 1,2,3,4 www.spintec.fr<br />
INAC - Structure et Propriétés d’Architectures<br />
Moléculaires<br />
INAC/SPAM 1,2,3 inac.cea.frspram<br />
Institut Néel NEEL 2 www.neel.cnrs.fr<br />
Laboratoire d’Electro et Physico-chimie des Matériaux et<br />
Interfaces<br />
Laboratoire d’Electronique et de Technologie de<br />
l’Information<br />
LEPMI 2,3,4 lepmi.grenoble-inp.fr<br />
LETI 1 www-leti.cea.fr<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Laboratoire d’Informatique de Grenoble LIG 2,3,4 www.liglab.fr<br />
Laboratoire d’Innovations pour les Technologies des<br />
Energies nouvelles et les Nanomatériaux<br />
Laboratoire de biologie structurale des interactions virus<br />
cellule hôte<br />
Laboratoire de Physique et Modélisation des Milieux<br />
Condensés<br />
Laboratoire des Ecoulements Géophysiques et<br />
Industriels<br />
LITEN 1 www-liten.cea.fr<br />
LBSIVCH 2,3<br />
LP2MC 2,3 lpmmc.grenoble.cnrs.fr<br />
LEGI 2,3,4 www.legi.inpg.fr<br />
Laboratoire des Matériaux et du Génie Physique LMGP 2,4 www.lmgp.inpg.fr<br />
Laboratoire des Technologies de la Microélectronique LTM 1,2,3 www.ltm-cnrs.fr<br />
Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique LIPhy 2,3 www-liphy.ujf-grenoble.fr<br />
Laboratoire Jean Kuntzmann LJK 2,3,4,5 www-ljk-imag.fr<br />
Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses LNCMI 2,3 ghmfl.grenoble.cnrs.fr<br />
Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux et Procédés SIMAP 2,3,4 simap.grenoble-inp.fr<br />
Technique de l’Informatique, de la Microélectronique<br />
pour l’Architecture des ordinateurs<br />
Techniques de l’Imagerie, de la Modélisation et de la<br />
Cognition<br />
TIMA 2,3,4 www.tima.imag.fr<br />
TIMC 2,3,4 www-timc .imag.fr<br />
* 1 = CEA, 2= <strong>CNRS</strong>, 3= UJF, 4= Grenoble INP, 5 = INRIA<br />
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Appendix 2: the Foundation’s board<br />
(As of May 2011)<br />
Representatives of the Founding Institutions:<br />
Since June <strong>2010</strong>, there are three representatives (instead of two) in the Foundation’s board.<br />
CEA<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Jean-Paul DURAUD, Deputy Director of the ‘Direction des Sciences de la Matière’, CEA Saclay<br />
Simon DELEONIBUS, Director of the ‘Laboratoire Nanodispositifs Electroniques’, CEA-LETI<br />
Engin MOLVA, Director of the ‘Institut Nanosciences et Cryogénie’, CEA Grenoble<br />
<strong>CNRS</strong><br />
Claude AMRA, Deputy Scientific Director of the ‘Institut des Sciences de l'Ingénierie et des<br />
Systèmes’, <strong>CNRS</strong><br />
Jérôme VITRE 1 , Regional Representative of the Alpes Sector, <strong>CNRS</strong><br />
Giancarlo FAINI 2 , Deputy Scientific Director of the ‘Institut de Physique’, <strong>CNRS</strong><br />
Grenoble INP<br />
Paul JACQUET, President of Grenoble INP<br />
Roland MADAR, Research Director of the ‘Laboratoire des Materiaux et du Genie Physique’, Grenoble<br />
INP<br />
Pierre BENECH, Professor, Director of PHELMA, Grenoble INP<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Université Joseph Fourier:<br />
Farid OUABDESSELAM 3 , President of Joseph Fourier University<br />
Thierry DOMBRE, Director of the ‘Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique’, UJF<br />
Alain SCHUHL, Director of the ‘Institut Néel’, <strong>CNRS</strong>-UJF<br />
Representative of the Partnering Institution:<br />
<br />
François SILLION 4 , Director of the Centre of Research ‘INRIA Grenoble - Rhône Alpes’<br />
Qualified personalities:<br />
Andre-Jacques AUBERTON-HERVE, CEO of SOITEC (Bernin, Isere, France)<br />
Elisabeth CHARLAIX, Professor of the ‘ Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée et<br />
Nanostructures’, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University<br />
Gabriel M. CREAN, Professor & Scientific Director of the ‘Direction de la Recherche Technologique’,<br />
CEA Grenoble<br />
Michel DUCASSY, Sector Manager, CIC Lyonnaise de Banque, Grenoble<br />
Jean-Yves MARZIN, Director of Laboratory ‘Photonique et de Nanostructures’ (Marcoussis, France)<br />
Representatives of the network researchers:<br />
<br />
INAC<br />
<br />
Marc SANQUER, Head of the ‘Laboratoire de Transport Electronique Quantique et Supraconductivité’,<br />
Jean-Claude MOUTET 5 , Deputy Director of the ‘Département de Chimie Moléculaire’<br />
The Commissioner of the Government:<br />
<br />
Olivier AUDEOUD, Grenoble local Education Officer<br />
Invited representative of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research:<br />
<br />
Robert PLANA, Scientific Director of the Ministry of Research<br />
The Executive Office of the Board<br />
Chairman: Farid OUABDESSELAM 6<br />
First vice-chairman: Jean-Paul DURAUD 7<br />
Second vice-chairman: Giancarlo FAINI 8<br />
Treasurer: Roland MADAR 9<br />
1 : succeeds to Pascale BUKHARI, former Regional Representative [from 18/10/<strong>2010</strong>]<br />
2 : succeeds to Alain FONTAINE, former Director of the ‘Institut Néel’ [from 01/01/2011]<br />
3 : succeeds to Ahmad BSIESY, Director of the CIME Nanotech [from 15/12/<strong>2010</strong>]<br />
4 : from 26/05/<strong>2010</strong><br />
5 : succeeds to Jacques DEROUARD [from 14/12/2009]<br />
6 : succeeds to Jean-Paul DURAUD [from 23/03/2011]<br />
7 : succeeds to Alain FONTAINE [from 23/03/2011]<br />
8 : succeeds to Roland MADAR [from 23/03/2011]<br />
9 : succeeds to Alain SCHUHL [from 23/03/2011]<br />
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Appendix 3: the Scientific Committee<br />
(As of May 2011)<br />
President:<br />
Benoît DEVEAUD-PLEDRAN, Head of the Laboratoire d'Optoélectronique Quantique, Ecole<br />
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)<br />
Members:<br />
François AMALRIC, Director of the ‘Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale’, University<br />
Paul Sabatier in Toulouse (France)<br />
<br />
Jean-Philippe BOURGOIN, Director of the Nanoscience Program at the CEA in Saclay (France)<br />
Alain CAPPY, Director of the ‘Institut d'Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie’<br />
in Lille (France)<br />
Marc DRILLON, Director of the ‘Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux’ in Strasbourg<br />
(France)<br />
<br />
Philippe FAUCHET, Director of the Center for Future Health, University of Rochester (USA)<br />
Klaus KERN, Director of the Nanoscale Science Department, Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State<br />
Research in Stuttgart (Germany)<br />
Jagadeesh MOODERA, Senior Research Scientist and Group Leader of the Francis Bitter Magnet<br />
Laboratory, Massachussetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge (USA)<br />
Michel ORRIT 1 , Senior Research Scientist and Group Leader of the Molecular Nano-Optics and<br />
Spins team at Leiden University (Netherlands)<br />
Benoît PERTHAME, Professor, University Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris (France)<br />
Clivia SOTOMAYOR TORRES, Professor, Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology in Barcelone (Spain)<br />
Dominique THOMAS 2 , Director of R&D Partnerships at STMicroelectronics in Crolles (France)<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
1 : succeeds to Paul F. BARBARA, former Director of the Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology, University of Texas in<br />
Austin (USA) [from 09/03/2011]<br />
2 : succeeds to Giorgio BACCARANI, Professor, University of Bologna (Italy) [from 05/11/<strong>2010</strong>]<br />
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Appendix 4: the Steering Committee<br />
(As of May 2011)<br />
Quantum Nanoelectronics:<br />
<br />
<br />
Appointed member: Maud VINET, Research engineer, CEA<br />
Deputy member: Olivier BUISSON, Senior Researcher, <strong>CNRS</strong><br />
Nanomagnetism:<br />
<br />
<br />
Appointed member: Ursula EBELS 1 , Research engineer, CEA<br />
Deputy member: Joël CIBERT, Senior Researcher, <strong>CNRS</strong><br />
Nanophotonics:<br />
<br />
<br />
Appointed member: Jean Michel GERARD, Research engineer, CEA<br />
Deputy member: Jean-Emmanuel BROQUIN, Professor, Grenoble INP<br />
Molecular Electronics:<br />
<br />
<br />
Appointed member: Vincent BOUCHIAT, Researcher, <strong>CNRS</strong><br />
Deputy member: Eric SAINT AMAN, Professor, UJF<br />
Nanomaterials:<br />
<br />
<br />
Appointed member: Thierry BARON, Senior Researcher, <strong>CNRS</strong><br />
Deputy member: François MARTIN, Research engineer, CEA<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Nanocharacterisation:<br />
<br />
<br />
Appointed member: Hubert RENEVIER, Professor, Grenoble INP<br />
Deputy member: Joël CHEVRIER, Professor, UJF<br />
Nano approaches to Life Sciences:<br />
<br />
<br />
Appointed member: Franz BRUCKERT 2 , Professor, Grenoble INP<br />
Deputy member: Julian GARCIA 3 , Professor, UJF<br />
Nanosimulation:<br />
<br />
<br />
Appointed member: Didier MAYOU, Senior Researcher, <strong>CNRS</strong><br />
Deputy member: Gilles LECARVAL, Research engineer, CEA<br />
Education:<br />
<br />
<br />
Appointed member: Hervé COURTOIS, Professor, UJF<br />
Deputy member: Morfouli PANAGIOTA, Professor, Grenoble INP<br />
Technical Platforms:<br />
<br />
<br />
Appointed member: François LEFLOCH 4 , Research engineer, CEA<br />
Deputy member: Cécile GOURGON, Researcher, <strong>CNRS</strong><br />
INRIA experts:<br />
Appointed member: Stéphane REDON, Team leader, INRIA [from 17/12/<strong>2010</strong>]<br />
Deputy member: Alain GIRAULT, Researcher, INRIA [from 09/03/2011]<br />
6<br />
1 : succeeds to Alain SCHUHL, Senior Researcher, UJF [from 01/02/<strong>2010</strong>]<br />
2 : succeeds to Pierre LABBE, Professor, UJF [from 14/05/2011]<br />
3 : succeeds to Franz BRUCKERT, Professor, Grenoble INP [from 14/05/2011]<br />
4 : succeeds to Noël MAGNEA, Research engineer, CEA [from 14/05/2011]
Appendix 5: 2009 Call for Proposals funded projects<br />
Chairs of Excellence support<br />
Major topic Action Title & Description<br />
Super Nano Charac<br />
Partners<br />
1 2 3<br />
Financial<br />
support<br />
(k€)<br />
Nano -<br />
characterisation<br />
Part<br />
Time<br />
Chair<br />
John R. KIRTLEY, one of the world’s<br />
leading experts on Josephson junction<br />
devices and superconductivity, will join this<br />
project aimed at the study of the physical<br />
properties of high quality superconducting<br />
films and their integration into quantum<br />
nano-devices.<br />
Epitaxial superconducting films will be grown<br />
by MBE and characterized at the nanoscale<br />
at room temperature as well as at very low<br />
temperature. The epitaxial trilayers will be<br />
patterned into phase qubits. Novel<br />
nanoSQUID microscopy techniques will be<br />
employed to image the high quality circuits.<br />
Institut<br />
Néel<br />
SIMAP<br />
INAC/<br />
SPSMS<br />
350<br />
II-VI Photovoltaics<br />
Nanophotonics<br />
Part<br />
Time<br />
Chair<br />
Yong ZHANG is an expert in both optical<br />
spectroscopy and electronic structure<br />
computation, and is involved in<br />
optoelectronic applications of materials<br />
(e.g.,solar cell, solid state lighting,<br />
thermoelectrics).<br />
The goal of the project is to validate and<br />
combine new ideas for solar cells along<br />
three axis: 1/Type II band alignment at the<br />
interfaces, 2/1D architecture, using arrays<br />
of II-VI wires, 3/Direct band gap II-VI<br />
semiconductors. It will be done by exploring<br />
a new class of photovoltaic cells, based on<br />
core/shell nanowires architecture with type<br />
II band alignment such as ZnO/CdTe and<br />
ZnTe/CdSe.<br />
Institut<br />
Néel<br />
Léti LTM 300<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
MUSCADE<br />
Nanosimulation<br />
Part<br />
Time<br />
Chair<br />
The core of this project is the true<br />
integration of Professor Normand<br />
MOUSSEAU from the University of Montréal<br />
into a local organization regrouping both<br />
physicists and computer scientists and<br />
working on condensed matter and<br />
nanostructures.<br />
Through the study of three prototype<br />
systems motivated by the experimental<br />
community, multiscale simulations are<br />
expected to advance our fundamental<br />
understanding of the key issues governing<br />
the formation and stability of<br />
semiconducting quantum dots, silicon<br />
nanowires and graphene sheets.<br />
INAC/<br />
SP2M<br />
SIMAP<br />
&<br />
Institut<br />
Néel<br />
LIG<br />
&<br />
Léti<br />
280<br />
TOTAL (k€) 930<br />
7
RTRA projects support<br />
Major topic Action Title & Description<br />
PERCEVAL<br />
Partners<br />
1 2 3<br />
Financial<br />
support<br />
(k€)<br />
Nanomaterials<br />
RTRA<br />
project<br />
The main target of the project is the study<br />
of the effect of reducing dimensions on<br />
phase transitions in new materials candidate<br />
for phase change random access memories<br />
(PCRAM). Special focus will be made on the<br />
effect of scaling on the variability of material<br />
composition in an array, the variation of<br />
melting temperature and the shift in<br />
crystallization.<br />
The studied materials will be Ge2Sb2Te5,<br />
GeTe and GeSb6. With Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST)<br />
being considered as a reference materials.<br />
LETI<br />
INAC/<br />
SP2M<br />
LMGP<br />
&<br />
LTM<br />
280<br />
MIDWEST<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Nanomagnetism<br />
Quantum<br />
Nanoelectronics<br />
RTRA<br />
project<br />
RTRA<br />
project<br />
The objective is to establish a local platform<br />
for magnetic imaging particularly suited for<br />
current-induced domain wall motion, which<br />
will be unique in France and even worldwide.<br />
The project outcomes will allow addressing<br />
the open questions in the field and<br />
producing ground-breaking results in the<br />
coming years in this competitive and fastmoving<br />
field.<br />
TRANSPIN<br />
The goal of this project is to realize coherent<br />
transport of a single electron spin in a<br />
scalable condensed matter system (lateral<br />
quantum dots defined in a GaAs<br />
heterostructure).<br />
The realization of teleportation of a single<br />
electron spin will open new possibilities to<br />
the field of Quantum Information and is an<br />
essential step towards coherent control of a<br />
large number of Q-Bits.<br />
Institut<br />
Néel<br />
Institut<br />
Néel<br />
INAC/<br />
LEMMA<br />
Spintec 250<br />
IMEP TIMA 230<br />
TOTAL (k€) 760<br />
Technological Platforms support<br />
Platform<br />
Attributed support<br />
Financial<br />
support<br />
(k€)<br />
PTA<br />
& CIME<br />
Operating expenses 250<br />
High temperature LP CVD system 220<br />
NanoBio Mass spectroscopy for bio-molecules 150<br />
NanoFab Silanisation system 120<br />
TOTAL (k€) 740<br />
8
Education and Scientific Animation support<br />
Topic Name of the event Location Dates (2009)<br />
Financial<br />
support<br />
(k€)<br />
EDUCATION<br />
Life sciences, Nanomaterials,<br />
Quantum Nanoelectronics, etc<br />
ESONN'09<br />
Grenoble<br />
August 23 rd -<br />
September 12 th 25<br />
Nanocharaterisation<br />
10th HERCULES<br />
specialized courses<br />
Grenoble<br />
May 18 th –<br />
May 22 nd 5<br />
Life sciences, Nanomaterials<br />
Sciences de la<br />
Miniaturisation et<br />
Biologie<br />
Grenoble<br />
June 8 th –<br />
June 12 th 5<br />
Quantum Nanoelectronics MIGAS 09 "SOI" Autrans<br />
SCIENTIFIC ANIMATION<br />
June 20 th –<br />
June 26 th 2<br />
Nanomaterials, Quantum<br />
Nanoelectronics<br />
4ème Colloque GDR<br />
«Nanowires,<br />
nanotubes,<br />
semiconductors»<br />
Autrans<br />
June 30 th –<br />
July 3 rd 2<br />
Quantum Nanoelectronics<br />
Seminars on Quantum<br />
Nanoelectronics<br />
Grenoble Weekly 6,5<br />
Nanomaterials, Quantum<br />
Nanoelectronics<br />
Nanomaterials, Quantum<br />
Nanoelectronics<br />
Nanomagnetism<br />
2nd France-Chine<br />
Workshop «Quantum<br />
Information and<br />
Spintronics with<br />
Semiconductors»<br />
2nd Grenoble & UT<br />
Austin workshop on<br />
nanosciences<br />
Daniel Dautreppe<br />
Seminars<br />
Grenoble<br />
Autrans<br />
Biviers<br />
October 11 th –<br />
October 16 th 2<br />
October 14 th –<br />
October 16 th 2<br />
November 16 th –<br />
November 20 th 2<br />
TOTAL (k€) 51.5<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
9
Appendix 6: <strong>2010</strong> Call for Proposals funded projects<br />
Chairs of Excellence support<br />
Major topic Action Title & Description<br />
JoQOLaT<br />
Partners<br />
1 2 3<br />
Financial<br />
support<br />
(k€)<br />
Quantum<br />
Nanoelectronics<br />
Full<br />
Time<br />
Chair<br />
The new expertise in microwave quantum<br />
optics and dynamical Coulomb blockade<br />
brought by Max HOFHEINZ is at the core of<br />
this project that will include the development<br />
of various specific devices and circuits -<br />
based on his experience with<br />
superconducting quantum circuits (phase<br />
qubits and microwave resonators).<br />
INAC/<br />
SPSMS<br />
Institut<br />
Néel<br />
LPMMC 500<br />
NISHI<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Nanomaterials<br />
Nanosimulation<br />
Part<br />
Time<br />
Chair<br />
Part<br />
Time<br />
Chair<br />
Yoshio NISHI and his team at Stanford<br />
have a strong expertise in the field of MOS<br />
devices and technology and have made<br />
recent breakthroughs in the technology of Ge<br />
channel NMOS devices. The know-how of<br />
Prof. Nishi regarding Ge material, Metallic<br />
source and drains MOSFET will strongly<br />
benefit to the local community and will allow<br />
making significant progress in terms of<br />
technological and scientific aspects.<br />
CORTRANO<br />
Harold BARANGER has a track record of<br />
making connections between theorists<br />
working with computational techniques and<br />
those making analytic progress. He will<br />
bring specific expertise in several<br />
computational and theoretical areas: pathintegral<br />
quantum Monte Carlo simulation,<br />
molecular electronics using DFT combined<br />
with one-body Green function and in<br />
particular one of the first applications to<br />
spintronics.<br />
Léti IMEP 330<br />
INAC/<br />
SPSMS<br />
LPMMC<br />
Institut<br />
Néel<br />
300<br />
NSCGP<br />
Nanosimulation<br />
Part<br />
Time<br />
Chair<br />
This project is to benefit from the expertise<br />
of Prof. David GRAVES in the field of<br />
Molecular Dynamic Simulations applied to<br />
plasma-surface interactions. The goal is to<br />
determine under which plasma conditions<br />
graphene layers can be etched without<br />
damage. If it succeeds it will provide a<br />
technology to get the high quality samples<br />
that are required for fundamental studies of<br />
graphene properties as well as the possibility<br />
to pattern large area wafers for industrial<br />
applications.<br />
LTM<br />
Institut<br />
Néel<br />
Léti 300<br />
3D-CDI<br />
Nanosimulation<br />
Part<br />
Time<br />
Chair<br />
At University of Illinois, Prof. Jian Min ZUO<br />
has dedicated the past 8 years on the<br />
development of electron Coherent Diffractive<br />
Imaging (CDI) for structure characterization<br />
of nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes. This<br />
project on semiconductor, oxide nanowires,<br />
and organic nanostructures provides a<br />
further opportunity to broaden the<br />
application of electron CDI and to improve<br />
this technique with comparison with<br />
synchrotron.<br />
INAC/<br />
SP2M<br />
Cermav Léti 300<br />
10
TOTAL (K€) 1 730<br />
Ph. D. program<br />
Session Topic Host lab.<br />
Quantum<br />
Nanoelectronics<br />
INAC/<br />
SPSMS<br />
/LaTEQS<br />
Successful applicant<br />
Name Nationality Thesis title<br />
Andreas<br />
PFEFFER<br />
German<br />
Hybrid superconducting<br />
nanostructures: towards the<br />
realization of an EPR<br />
electronic source<br />
Financial<br />
support<br />
(k€)<br />
115<br />
April <strong>2010</strong><br />
Nanophotonics,<br />
Nano approaches<br />
to Life Sciences<br />
LIPhy<br />
Teodora<br />
SCHEUL<br />
Romanian<br />
Super-resolved microscopy:<br />
instrumental development<br />
and application to life science<br />
115<br />
Nanomaterials,<br />
Nanocharac.<br />
Nanomagnetism<br />
& Nano<br />
approaches to<br />
Life Sciences<br />
G2ELAB &<br />
Léti<br />
Nanostructured multilayers of<br />
Dmitry<br />
ZAKHAROV Russian exotic magnetic materials for<br />
energy-harvesting MEMS &<br />
NEMS<br />
115<br />
Quantum<br />
Nanoelectronics<br />
Institut<br />
Néel<br />
Hadi<br />
ARJMANDI<br />
TASH<br />
Iranian<br />
Quantum Transport in<br />
Suspended and Metal Doped<br />
Graphene<br />
115<br />
October<br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
Nano approaches<br />
to Life Sciences<br />
Institut de<br />
Biologie<br />
Structurale<br />
Francesca<br />
COSCIA<br />
Italian<br />
Protein symmetrisation as a<br />
novel tool in structural<br />
biology<br />
115<br />
Quantum<br />
Nanoelectronics<br />
Institut<br />
Néel<br />
Thomas<br />
WEISSL<br />
German<br />
Quantum Dynamics in a<br />
Josephson Junction Chain<br />
TOTAL (K€) 690<br />
Technological Platforms support<br />
Platform<br />
Attributed support<br />
115<br />
Financial<br />
support<br />
(k€)<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
PTA<br />
&<br />
CIME<br />
Operating expenses for the PTA platform<br />
New metal evaporator<br />
500<br />
CRG Monochromator equipment dedicated for spectroscopy 200<br />
NanoFab<br />
Operating expenses for the NanoFab platform 30<br />
Upgrade of the lithography e-beam equipment 50<br />
TOTAL (k€) 780<br />
11
Education and Scientific Animation support<br />
Topic Name of the event Location Dates (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Financial<br />
support<br />
(k€)<br />
EDUCATION<br />
All topics covered ESONN'10 Grenoble<br />
Quantum Nanoelectronics,<br />
Molecular electronics,<br />
Nanosimulation<br />
Graphene International<br />
School<br />
Cargese<br />
Quantum Nanoelectronics MIGAS'10 "MEMS & NEMS" Autrans<br />
August, 22 nd –<br />
September, 11 th 25,0<br />
October, 11 th –<br />
October 23 rd 2,0<br />
June, 26 th –<br />
July, 2 nd 2,0<br />
SCIENTIFIC ANIMATION<br />
Molecular electronics,<br />
Nanocharacterisation, Nano<br />
approaches to Life Sciences,<br />
Nanosimulation<br />
ElecMol’10<br />
Grenoble<br />
December, 6 th –<br />
December 10 th 10,0<br />
Quantum Nanoelectronics<br />
Nanocharacterisation, Nano<br />
approaches to Life Sciences,<br />
Nanosimulation<br />
Séminaires de<br />
Nanoélectronique Quantique<br />
Séminaire OMNT - Interactions<br />
biologie<br />
synthétique et<br />
micronanotechnologies<br />
Grenoble Weekly 6,5<br />
Grenoble March, 30 th 2,0<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Nanomagnetism and Spin<br />
Electronics<br />
Quantum Nanoelectronics,<br />
Nanocharacterisation,<br />
Nanosimulation<br />
Nanomagnétisme et<br />
Spintronique<br />
(Entretiens Jacques Cartiers)<br />
QFS<strong>2010</strong> : International<br />
Symposium on Quantum<br />
Fluids and Solids<br />
Grenoble<br />
Grenoble<br />
November, 24 th –<br />
November, 25 th 2,0<br />
August, 1 st –<br />
August, 7 th 1,5<br />
TOTAL (k€) 51,0<br />
12
Appendix 7: List of the Chairs of Excellence<br />
2007 Call for Proposals<br />
Name<br />
Nationality<br />
Duration<br />
FULL TIME<br />
Major topic Description From<br />
Starting<br />
on<br />
Modelisation of magnetic nanostructures<br />
Mairbek<br />
CHSHIEV<br />
Russian<br />
3 years<br />
Nanomagnetism<br />
The research of M. Chshiev is focused on the theory of<br />
spin-dependent electronic transport phenomena in<br />
nanostructures with giant and tunnel magnetoresistance<br />
as well as on electronic band structure of materials for<br />
spin electronics.<br />
University<br />
of Alabama<br />
(USA)<br />
May 2008<br />
Donald<br />
MARTIN<br />
Australian<br />
3 years<br />
Nano<br />
approaches to<br />
Life Sciences<br />
Biomimetic artificial membrane.<br />
D. Martin is one of the leaders of the Nanobiotechnology<br />
program at the University of Technology Sydney. He has<br />
launched the OzNano2Life program, in partnership with<br />
the European project Nano2life. His research focuses on<br />
ion channels in cell membranes.<br />
University<br />
of<br />
Technology<br />
of Sydney<br />
(Australia)<br />
January<br />
2009<br />
PART TIME<br />
Quantum coherent phenomena<br />
Leonid<br />
GLAZMAN<br />
American<br />
3m/year x3<br />
Vincent<br />
BAYOT<br />
Belgium<br />
2,5 m/year x3<br />
Quantum<br />
Nanoelectronics<br />
Nanocharacterisation<br />
L. Glazman is a renowned expert in the physics of<br />
mesoscopic systems with major contributions to the<br />
theory of electron transport and correlations in systems of<br />
reduced dimensionality, such as quantum dots and<br />
quantum wires.<br />
Scanning-gate Nanoelectronics<br />
V. Bayot has been involved in low-dimensional electronic<br />
systems and mesoscopic physics. More recently, he has<br />
concentrated on the study of mesoscopic and quantum<br />
transport by scanned gate microscopy.<br />
Transport in core/shell devices<br />
Yale<br />
University<br />
(USA)<br />
Catholic<br />
University<br />
of Leuven<br />
(Belgium)<br />
July 2008<br />
April<br />
2008<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Philip<br />
WONG<br />
American<br />
1m/year x3<br />
Quantum<br />
Nanoelectronics<br />
P. Wong is interested in exploring new materials, novel<br />
fabrication techniques, and novel device concepts for<br />
future nanoelectronics systems. His research covers a<br />
broad range of topics including carbon nanotubes,<br />
semiconductor nanowires, self-assembly, exploratory<br />
logic devices, and novel memory devices.<br />
Stanford<br />
University<br />
(USA)<br />
June<br />
2008<br />
Downsizing nanospintronics<br />
Joaquin<br />
FERNANDEZ-<br />
ROSSIER<br />
Spanish<br />
1,5 m/year x3<br />
Nanomagnetism<br />
J. Fernandez-Rossier works in the broad research field of<br />
condensed matter theory. He is particularly interested in<br />
the magnetic properties of systems of reduced<br />
dimensionality and in the manipulation of these properties<br />
by means of electrical fields and currents as well as laser<br />
excitation.<br />
University<br />
of Alicante<br />
(Spain)<br />
Sept.<br />
2008<br />
Vaclav<br />
HOLY<br />
Czech Republic<br />
1 m/year x4<br />
Nanocharacterisation<br />
X ray investigations on nanoparticles<br />
V. Holy is a well known specialist of X-ray diffusion by<br />
nanostructures. His expertise is particularly focused on<br />
the quantum objects prepared in situ on the beam lines<br />
and on the nano-defects induced in silicon by the<br />
technological processes.<br />
University<br />
of Masarik<br />
(Czech<br />
Republic)<br />
July 2008<br />
Michael<br />
ROUKES<br />
American<br />
3 m/year x 4<br />
Quantum<br />
Nanoelectronics<br />
Very Large Scale Integration of NEMS<br />
M. Roukes is the founding director of the Kavli<br />
Nanosciences Institute. His research interests are focused<br />
on developing and using of nanodevices in the exploration<br />
of single-quantum and single-molecule phenomena.<br />
Californian<br />
Institute of<br />
Technology<br />
(USA)<br />
May 2008<br />
13
2008 Call for Proposals<br />
Name<br />
Nationality<br />
Duration<br />
FULL TIME<br />
Major topic Description From<br />
Starting<br />
on<br />
Implantable computer –brain interface<br />
Tetiana<br />
AKSENOVA<br />
Russian<br />
3 years<br />
Nano<br />
approaches to<br />
Life Sciences<br />
T. Aksenova is a leading expert in the field of machine<br />
learning and real time signal processing. She invented<br />
several innovative approaches for signal processing,<br />
classification and modeling that will be used for Brain<br />
Computer Interface design.<br />
National<br />
Academy of<br />
Sciences<br />
(Ukraine)<br />
Novemb.<br />
2008<br />
PART TIME<br />
Alexander<br />
ZASLAVSKY<br />
American<br />
3m/year x3<br />
Quantum<br />
Nanoelectronics<br />
Tunneling-based nano-FETs<br />
A. Zaslavsky conducts research on devices that could<br />
supplement the current silicon transistor-based<br />
microelectronics technology.<br />
Brown<br />
University<br />
(USA)<br />
June<br />
2009<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Marcelo<br />
FRANCA<br />
SANTOS<br />
Brazilian<br />
3m/year x3<br />
Leonardo<br />
FONSECA<br />
Brazilian<br />
6m/ 3 years<br />
Nanophotonics<br />
Nanosimulation<br />
2009 Call for Proposals<br />
Emission Properties Of a semiconducting Cavity<br />
coupled to an Artifical atom<br />
M. Franca Santos is a theoretician specialized in quantum<br />
optics and cavity QED.<br />
Nanometric Devices calculated ab initio<br />
L. Fonseca is an expert in theory and modeling of<br />
nanostructures.<br />
University<br />
of Belo<br />
Horizonte<br />
(Brazil)<br />
W. Von<br />
Braun<br />
Center<br />
(Brazil)<br />
July 2009<br />
Novemb.<br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
Name<br />
Nationality<br />
Duration<br />
PART TIME<br />
Major topic Description From<br />
SuperNanoCharach<br />
Starting<br />
on<br />
John<br />
KIRTLEY<br />
American<br />
3m/year x 3<br />
Nanocharacterisation<br />
J. Kirtley, one of the world’s leading experts on<br />
Josephson junction devices and superconductivity. For<br />
the past dozen years, he has developed the technique of<br />
scanning SQUID microscopy and used the resulting novel<br />
instruments for fundamental studies. This project aims to<br />
achieving the nanocharacterisation of superconducting<br />
nanostructures.<br />
Stanford<br />
University<br />
(USA)<br />
April<br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
II-VI Photovoltaic<br />
Yong<br />
ZHANG<br />
American<br />
2m/year x 2<br />
Nanophotonics<br />
Y. Zhang is an expert in both optical spectroscopy and<br />
electronic structure computation, and is involved in<br />
optoelectronic applications of materials (e.g.solar cell,<br />
solid state lighting, thermoelectrics). This project aims to<br />
developing new concepts solar cells with II-VI<br />
semiconductor nanostructures.<br />
National<br />
Renewable<br />
Energy<br />
Laboratory<br />
(USA)<br />
Novemb.<br />
2009<br />
Normand<br />
MOUSSEAU<br />
Canadian<br />
2m/year x 3<br />
Nanosimulation<br />
MUSCADE<br />
N. Mousseau is an expert in theoretical and numerical<br />
studies of the structural and dynamical properties of<br />
complex materials. Through the study of three prototype<br />
systems, multiscale simulations are expected to advance<br />
the fundamental understanding of the key issues<br />
University<br />
of<br />
Montreal<br />
(Canada)<br />
Sept.<br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
14
governing the formation and stability of semiconducting<br />
quantum dots, silicon nanowires and graphene sheets.<br />
<strong>2010</strong> Call for Proposals<br />
Name<br />
Nationality<br />
Duration<br />
FULL TIME<br />
Major topic Description From<br />
JoQOLaT<br />
Starting<br />
on<br />
Max<br />
HOFHEINZ<br />
3 years<br />
Quantum<br />
Nanoelectronics<br />
The new expertise in microwave quantum optics and<br />
dynamical Coulomb blockade brought by Max HOFHEINZ<br />
is at the core of this project that will include the<br />
development of various specific devices and circuits -<br />
based on his experience with superconducting quantum<br />
circuits (phase qubits and microwave resonators).<br />
IRAMIS/<br />
SPEC,<br />
CEA Saclay<br />
(France)<br />
July 2011<br />
PART TIME<br />
CORTRANO<br />
Harold<br />
BARANGER<br />
9m/3 years<br />
David<br />
GRAVES<br />
9m/3 years<br />
Nanosimulation<br />
Nanosimulation<br />
Harold BARANGER has a track record of making<br />
connections between theorists working with computational<br />
techniques and those making analytic progress. He will<br />
bring specific expertise in several computational and<br />
theoretical areas: path-integral quantum Monte Carlo<br />
simulation, molecular electronics using DFT combined with<br />
one-body Green function and in particular one of the first<br />
applications to spintronics.<br />
NSCGP<br />
This project is to benefit from the expertise of Prof. David<br />
GRAVES in the field of Molecular Dynamic Simulations<br />
applied to plasma-surface interactions. The goal is to<br />
determine under which plasma conditions graphene layers<br />
can be etched without damage. If it succeeds it will<br />
provide a technology to get the high quality samples that<br />
are required for fundamental studies of graphene<br />
properties as well as the possibility to pattern large area<br />
wafers for industrial applications.<br />
Duke<br />
University<br />
(USA)<br />
Berkeley<br />
University<br />
(USA)<br />
June<br />
2011<br />
June<br />
2011<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
NISHI CHAIR<br />
Yoshio<br />
NISHI<br />
9m/3 years<br />
Nanomaterials<br />
Yoshio NISHI and his team at Stanford have a strong<br />
expertise in the field of MOS devices and technology and<br />
have made recent breakthroughs in the technology of Ge<br />
channel NMOS devices. The know-how of Prof. Nishi<br />
regarding Ge material, Metallic source and drains MOSFET<br />
will strongly benefit to the local community and will allow<br />
making significant progress in terms of technological and<br />
scientific aspects.<br />
Stanford<br />
University<br />
(USA)<br />
April<br />
2011<br />
3D-CDI<br />
Jian-Min<br />
ZUO<br />
9m/3 years<br />
Nanocharacterisation<br />
At University of Illinois, Prof. Jian Min ZUO has dedicated<br />
the past 8 years on the development of electron Coherent<br />
Diffractive Imaging (CDI) for structure characterization of<br />
nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes. This project on<br />
semiconductor, oxide nanowires, and organic<br />
nanostructures provides a further opportunity to broaden<br />
the application of electron CDI and to improve 3D<br />
coherent diffractive imaging with comparison with<br />
synchrotron.<br />
University<br />
of Illinois<br />
(USA)<br />
May<br />
2011<br />
15
Appendix 8: List of the Post Doc Fellows<br />
Post Doc Fellows recruited in 2008<br />
Name<br />
Project<br />
Nationality Stay Topics Laboratory<br />
Hartmut WEGE<br />
«New comers»<br />
Project Douady<br />
German<br />
March 2008<br />
-<br />
September 2009<br />
Dentritic potentials imaging by second<br />
harmonic generation<br />
Spectro<br />
Lavinia LIGUORI<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
Donald MARTIN<br />
Italian<br />
July 2008<br />
-<br />
June <strong>2010</strong><br />
Biomimetic artificial membrane systems<br />
for generating electrochemical energy<br />
TIMC<br />
Loren SWENSON<br />
«New comers»<br />
Project Monfardini<br />
American<br />
July 2008<br />
-<br />
June <strong>2010</strong><br />
A DC-to-THz cryogenic platform for new<br />
generations of nano-detectors<br />
Institut Néel<br />
Alexey DOBRYNIN<br />
RTRA Project<br />
POMME<br />
Russian<br />
July 2008<br />
-<br />
June <strong>2010</strong><br />
Properties of magnetic metals under<br />
electric field<br />
Institut Néel<br />
Libertad<br />
ABAD MUNOZ<br />
RTRA Project<br />
NeuroFET<br />
Spanish<br />
November 2008<br />
-<br />
May <strong>2010</strong><br />
Coupling of neurons with silicon nano Field<br />
Effect Transistors<br />
Institut Néel &<br />
CRETA<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Post Doc Fellows recruited in 2009<br />
Name<br />
Project<br />
Karim AISSOU<br />
RTRA Project<br />
Cellulose hybrid<br />
Alan KALITSOV<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
Mairbek CHSHIEV<br />
Nationality Stay Topics Laboratory<br />
French<br />
Russian<br />
February 2009<br />
–<br />
August <strong>2010</strong><br />
April 2009<br />
–<br />
July <strong>2010</strong><br />
Cellulose Hybrid Block Copolymers<br />
Modeling of spin-dependent electronic<br />
transport in nanostructures<br />
CERMAV<br />
SPINTEC<br />
Shidong WANG<br />
«New comers»<br />
Project Mingo<br />
Chinese<br />
May 2009<br />
–<br />
February <strong>2010</strong><br />
Computational modeling of novel<br />
nanostructured thermoelectric materials<br />
LITEN<br />
Vitaly HOLOVACH<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
Leonid GLAZMAN<br />
Ukrainian<br />
November 2009<br />
–<br />
November 2011<br />
Quantum coherent nanoscale devices<br />
INAC/SPSMS<br />
Eduardo MACHADO<br />
CHARRY<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
Normand MOUSSEAU<br />
Colombian<br />
December 2009<br />
–<br />
September 2011<br />
Multi-scale Design of Nano-materials with<br />
simulations on hybrid architectures<br />
INAC/SP2M<br />
16
Post Doc Fellows recruited in <strong>2010</strong><br />
Name<br />
Project<br />
Nationality Stay Topics Laboratory<br />
Anne<br />
BERNAND MANTEL<br />
RTRA Project<br />
POMME<br />
French<br />
January <strong>2010</strong><br />
-<br />
September <strong>2010</strong><br />
Preparation and study of models revealing<br />
magnetism activation effects under a<br />
given electric field<br />
Institut Néel<br />
Vincent<br />
CONSONNI<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
John KIRTLEY<br />
French<br />
February <strong>2010</strong><br />
–<br />
January 2011<br />
Réalisation de nanostructures de type<br />
coeur-coquille à base de nanofils de ZnO<br />
LTM<br />
Vincent RENARD<br />
RTRA Project<br />
DISPOGRAPH<br />
French<br />
March <strong>2010</strong><br />
–<br />
September 2011<br />
DISPOGRAPH project: Study of graphene<br />
and its application to new devices<br />
Institut Néel<br />
Aurelien<br />
MASSEBOEUF<br />
RTRA Project<br />
MIDWEST<br />
French<br />
March <strong>2010</strong><br />
–<br />
October 2011<br />
Projet MIDWEST : Etude des mouvements<br />
de parois induits par des courants<br />
polarisés en spin<br />
INAC/SP2M<br />
Valentina<br />
CANTELLI<br />
«New comers»<br />
Project Schülli<br />
Italian<br />
April <strong>2010</strong><br />
–<br />
September 2011<br />
UHV-CVD measuring station for in-situ x-<br />
ray investigation of growing<br />
semiconductor nanowires<br />
INAC/SP2M<br />
Anne MARTEL<br />
RTRA Project<br />
NANOBIODROP<br />
Anupam KUNDU<br />
«New comers»<br />
Project Mingo<br />
Sergiy BOKOCH<br />
«New comers»<br />
Project Labbé<br />
Jean Faber<br />
FERREIRA DE<br />
ABREU<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
Tetiana AKSENOVA<br />
French<br />
Indian<br />
Ukrainian<br />
Brazilian<br />
May <strong>2010</strong><br />
–<br />
November 2011<br />
August <strong>2010</strong><br />
–<br />
April 2011<br />
September <strong>2010</strong><br />
–<br />
August 2011<br />
September <strong>2010</strong><br />
–<br />
September 2011<br />
Artificial membranes on chip for the study<br />
of membrane proteins<br />
Computational modeling of novel<br />
nanostructured thermoelectric materials<br />
Modeling of hysteresis in ferromagnetic<br />
materials<br />
Interface Brain computer interface, selflearning<br />
adaptative embedded solution<br />
IBS<br />
LITEN<br />
Laboratoire<br />
KUNTZMAN<br />
LETI<br />
/CLINATEC<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Benjamin SACEPE<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
Vincent BAYOT<br />
French<br />
September <strong>2010</strong><br />
–<br />
February 2012<br />
Use of scanning gate microscopy to study<br />
coherent quantum transport in the<br />
quantum hall effect.<br />
Institut Néel<br />
Billel SALHI<br />
RTRA Project<br />
PERCEVALL<br />
French<br />
October <strong>2010</strong><br />
–<br />
September 2011<br />
Study of the location of metal catalyst for<br />
the growth of silicon nanowires<br />
LTM<br />
Minhao YAN<br />
RTRA Project<br />
POLYSUPRA<br />
Chinese<br />
October <strong>2010</strong><br />
–<br />
March 2012<br />
Preparation and characterization of<br />
functional and multi-responsive self<br />
assembled metallo-suprapolymers<br />
INAC/SPRAM &<br />
DCM<br />
Cécile DELACOUR<br />
RTRA Project<br />
NeuroFET<br />
French<br />
December <strong>2010</strong><br />
–<br />
March 2011<br />
Silicon nano transistors for the detection<br />
of neural network activity<br />
Institut Néel<br />
Thomas NOGARET<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
Normand MOUSSEAU<br />
French<br />
December <strong>2010</strong><br />
–<br />
November 2011<br />
Approche multi-échelle de la croissance de<br />
nanofils de silicium<br />
SIMAP<br />
17
Appendix 9: List of the PhD students<br />
PhD students recruited in 2007<br />
Name<br />
Project<br />
Nationality Thesis started on Thesis title Laboratory<br />
Thomas QUAGLIO<br />
"fil de l'eau"<br />
French October 2007<br />
Local spectroscopy of nanostructured<br />
superconductors out of equilibrium<br />
Institut Néel<br />
Xu WANG<br />
"fil de l'eau"<br />
Chinese October 2007<br />
New nanometric bio-sensors<br />
nanotubes<br />
from carbon<br />
DCM<br />
Subhadeep DATTA<br />
"fil de l'eau"<br />
Indian October 2007<br />
Molecular spintronics using singlemolecule<br />
magnets<br />
Institut Néel<br />
Jun-Seok<br />
HWANG<br />
"fil de l'eau"<br />
South<br />
Korean<br />
November 2007 Transport and optics of single nanowires Institut Néel<br />
Mikhail KUSTOV<br />
"fil de l'eau"<br />
Russian December 2007<br />
Micromanipulation of nanoparticles using<br />
the diamagnetic levitation approach<br />
G2ELAB<br />
PhD students recruited in 2008<br />
Name<br />
Project<br />
Nationality Thesis started on Thesis title Laboratory<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Sandeep<br />
AGNIHOTRI<br />
"fil de l'eau"<br />
Marcio MEDEIROS<br />
SOARES<br />
"fil de l'eau"<br />
Aleš HRABEC<br />
"fil de l'eau"<br />
Peng LIU<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
Vincent BAYOT<br />
Indian March 2008<br />
Brazilian May 2008<br />
Czech September 2008<br />
Chinese September 2008<br />
Spin-based electronics in II-VI<br />
semiconductors : Spin-dependent tunnel<br />
current in heterostructures<br />
Growth, structure and magnetism in<br />
perpendicular coupled systems<br />
Magnetization reversal in compensated<br />
ferrimagnets and current-induced domain<br />
wall displacement in magnetic<br />
nanostructures<br />
Nanoelectronics by scanning probe<br />
microscopy<br />
Institut Néel &<br />
INAC/SP2M<br />
Institut Néel<br />
Institut Néel<br />
Institut Néel<br />
Bharathi<br />
NATARAJAN<br />
RTRA Project<br />
NANOSTAR<br />
Indian September 2008<br />
Development of New Functionals and<br />
Algorithms for Time Dependent Density<br />
Functional Theory<br />
INAC/SP2M<br />
Nitin Singh MALIK<br />
«New comers»<br />
project Claudon<br />
Indian September 2008<br />
Study of strong atom-light interaction on<br />
chip<br />
INAC/SP2M<br />
Chonglong CAO<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
FERNANDEZ-<br />
ROSSIER<br />
Chinese September 2008<br />
Optical and electronic properties of<br />
quantum dots with a single Mn impurity<br />
Institut Néel<br />
Arpan Krishna<br />
DEB<br />
"fil de l'eau"<br />
Indian October 2008<br />
Multiscale study of the charge effect on<br />
diffusion in silicon<br />
INAC/SP2M<br />
Radoslaw<br />
BOMBERA<br />
"fil de l'eau"<br />
Polish October 2008<br />
Development of novel biochips destined<br />
for cell characterization and sorting<br />
INAC/SCIB<br />
Irina GROZA<br />
"fil de l'eau"<br />
Romanian October 2008<br />
Spin-torque effects in magnetic<br />
nanoparticules<br />
INAC/SP2M<br />
Akash<br />
CHAKRABORTY<br />
"fil de l'eau"<br />
Indian October 2008<br />
Magnetism and transport in diluted<br />
magnetic systems and effects of<br />
nanoscale inhomogeneities<br />
Institut Néel<br />
Xiaojun CHEN<br />
"fil de l'eau"<br />
Chinese October 2008<br />
Selective growth of nitride nanowires for<br />
photonics applications<br />
INAC/SP2M<br />
18
PhD students recruited in 2009<br />
Name<br />
Project<br />
Nationality Thesis started on Thesis title Laboratory<br />
Andriy<br />
YELISYEYEV<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
Tetiana AKSENOVA<br />
Ukrainian January 2009<br />
Brain-Computer Interface using electrocorticogram<br />
(ECoG) from the cortical<br />
surface<br />
Léti<br />
Jae Woo LEE<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
Philip WONG<br />
South<br />
Korean<br />
February 2009 Transport in core-shell nanowires IMEP LAHC<br />
Hongxin YANG<br />
"fil de l'eau"<br />
Chinese March 2009<br />
Electronic structure and spin-polarized<br />
currents in magnetic epitaxial tunnel<br />
junctions.<br />
INAC/SPINTEC<br />
Miryam ELOUNEG<br />
JAMROZ<br />
"fil de l'eau"<br />
Canadian March 2009<br />
Development of quantum dots in II-VI<br />
semiconductors nanowires for photonic<br />
applications<br />
Institut Néel<br />
Vinicius<br />
FERRAZ<br />
GUIMARAES<br />
"fil de l'eau"<br />
Brazilian June 2009<br />
Preparation and characterization of yttrium<br />
aluminoborate nanopowders for the<br />
development of a new generation of<br />
phosphors for lighting<br />
Institut Néel<br />
Jing WAN<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
Alexander<br />
ZASLAVSKY<br />
Chinese June 2009<br />
Quantum and tunneling nanodevices<br />
integrated in the "semiconductor-oninsulator"<br />
platform<br />
IMEP/LETI<br />
Omid FAIZY<br />
RTRA Project<br />
NANOSTAR<br />
Purvi JAIN<br />
"fil de l'eau"<br />
Van Dai NGUYEN<br />
"fil de l'eau"<br />
Kalpana MANDAL<br />
«New comers»<br />
project Balland<br />
Natalia ARES<br />
"fil de l'eau"<br />
Iranian July 2009 Quantum transport in nanostructures Institut Néel<br />
Indian September 2009<br />
Vietnamese October 2009<br />
Indian October 2009<br />
Argentinean October 2009<br />
Antibody phage display in materials<br />
sciences : new nano-probes and linkers for<br />
nano-objects<br />
Injection of electrical current and the<br />
dynamics of magnetic walls propagation<br />
Contribution of the physical properties of<br />
the environment to cell/cell interactions<br />
Electronic transport and spin dynamics in<br />
coupled SiGe self-assembled quantum<br />
dots<br />
SPECTRO<br />
INAC/SP2M<br />
SPECTRO<br />
INAC/SPSMS<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Chi VO VAN<br />
"fil de l'eau"<br />
Vietnamese October 2009<br />
Graphene epitaxy on metals for a new<br />
generation of self-organized, highly<br />
ordered, tunable magnetic nanosystems<br />
Institut Néel<br />
Raul SALAZAR<br />
ROMERO<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
Yong ZHANG<br />
Mexican November 2009<br />
New concepts solar cells with II-IV<br />
semiconductor nanostructures<br />
Léti<br />
Siddarth NAMBIAR<br />
"fil de l'eau"<br />
Indian November 2009<br />
Plasmons assisted Si electro-optical<br />
devices<br />
Léti<br />
Daniel VALENTE<br />
Chair of Excellence<br />
Marcelo FRANCA<br />
SANTOS<br />
Brazilian November 2009<br />
Emission properties of a semi-conducting<br />
Cavity coupled to an Artificial Atom<br />
Institut Néel<br />
Marc GANZHORN<br />
"fil de l'eau"<br />
German December 2009<br />
Molecular spintronics using single molecule<br />
magnets: magnetic force measurements<br />
using carbon nanotube based mechanical<br />
resonators.<br />
Institut Néel<br />
19
PhD students supported in <strong>2010</strong><br />
Name<br />
Project<br />
Nationality Thesis started on Thesis title Laboratory<br />
Giada GHEZZI Italian February <strong>2010</strong><br />
Dimensional effect on phase transition in<br />
materials for phase change memories<br />
Léti & LMGP<br />
PhD students supported by the PhD program <strong>2010</strong><br />
Name<br />
Project<br />
Nationality Thesis started on Thesis title Laboratory<br />
Teodora SCHEUL Romanian October <strong>2010</strong><br />
Superresolved microscopy: instrumental<br />
development and application to live<br />
sciences<br />
SPECTRO<br />
Andreas PFEFFER German November <strong>2010</strong><br />
Hybrid superconducting nanostructures:<br />
towards the realization of an EPR<br />
electronic source<br />
INAC/SPSMS<br />
Dmitri ZAKHAROV Russian January 2011<br />
Nanostructured multilayers of exotic<br />
magnetic materials for energy-harvesting<br />
MEMS & NEMS<br />
Léti & GE2lab<br />
Francesca COSCIA Italian February 2011<br />
Protein symmetrization as a novel tool in<br />
structural biology<br />
IBS<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Thomas WEISSL German February 2011<br />
Hadi<br />
ARJMANDI TASH<br />
Iranian April 2011<br />
Quantum Dynamics in a Josephson<br />
Junction Chain<br />
Quantum Transport in Suspended and<br />
Metal Doped Graphene<br />
Institut Néel<br />
Institut Néel<br />
20
Appendix 10: "Les Parrains de la Fondation"<br />
Alim-Louis BENABID, Member of the Academy of Sciences, Professor Emeritus of Biophysics at the<br />
University Joseph Fourier, Scientific Counselor at the 'Direction de la Recherche Technologique’ of the CEA.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Michel BRUEL: Scientific Counsellor at the Léti and Founder of the Consulting Company APLINOV.<br />
Jean-Lou CHAMEAU: President of the Californian Institute of Technology.<br />
Albert FERT: 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics, Professor at the University Paris-Sud (Paris XI).<br />
Axel KAHN: Geneticist, President of the University Paris Descartes (Paris V).<br />
Etienne KLEIN: Physicist and Doctor in Philosophy of Sciences, Research Director at the CEA<br />
Saclay, Director of the ‘Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Sciences de la Matiere’.<br />
Joël MONNIER: Founder of the start-up Kalray and former Vice-President and Director of R&D in<br />
STMicroelectronics.<br />
Eva PEBAY-PEROULA: Member of the Academy of Sciences, Director of the ‘Institut de Biologie<br />
Structurale’, Professor at the University Joseph Fourier.<br />
<br />
Francesco SETTE: General Director of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility.<br />
<br />
Jean THERME: Director of the CEA Grenoble.<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
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Appendix 11: List of the Reviewers involved in the Calls for<br />
Proposals in 2009 and <strong>2010</strong><br />
2009 Call for Proposals<br />
Reviewer Laboratory / University / Institution Country<br />
Jacqueline BLOCH Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures LPN/<strong>CNRS</strong> France<br />
Daniel BOUCHIER Institut d'Electronique Fondamentale, Orsay France<br />
Guillaume CASSABOIS Laboratoire Pierre Aigrain, Ecole Normale Supérieure France<br />
Maria CHAMARRO Institut des Nanosciences de Paris, Université Pierre et Marie Curie France<br />
Laurent COGNET<br />
Centre de Physique Moléculaire Optique et Hertzienne, Université de<br />
Bordeaux and <strong>CNRS</strong><br />
France<br />
Jean-Pierre COLINGE Tyndall National Institute, Cork Ireland<br />
Ana CROS STÖTTER Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales, Universidad de Valencia Spain<br />
Maxime DAHAN<br />
Christophe DELERUE<br />
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Département de Physique et de Biologie,<br />
Ecole Normale Supérieure<br />
Institut d'Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie,<br />
<strong>CNRS</strong> Lille<br />
France<br />
France<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Hervé DEVAUX<br />
Stefan DILHAIRE<br />
Laboratoire Structure et Dynamique par Résonance Magnétique, URA<br />
CEA/<strong>CNRS</strong> 331, DSM/IRAMIS/Service Interdisciplinaire sur les<br />
Systèmes Moléculaires et les Matériaux<br />
Groupe de PhotoThermique des Microsystèmes et Nanomatériaux,<br />
CPMOH, Université Bordeaux1-<strong>CNRS</strong><br />
France<br />
France<br />
Klaus ENSSLIN Laboratorium f. Festkörperphysik Switzerland<br />
Giancarlo FAINI<br />
Groupe de Physique et Technologie des Nanostructures, Laboratoire<br />
de Photonique et Nanostructures, <strong>CNRS</strong>, Marcoussis<br />
France<br />
Vladimir FALKO Physics Department, Lancaster University United Kingdom<br />
Jayne GARNO<br />
Howard Hughes Medical Institute , Chemistry Department, Chevy<br />
Chase<br />
Christian GLATTLI Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris France<br />
USA<br />
Stefan GODECKER University of Basel Switzerland<br />
Marcello GOFFMAN<br />
Laboratoire d'Electronique Moléculaire, DSM / IRAMIS /SPEC/ CEA<br />
Saclay<br />
France<br />
Jean-Jacques GREFFET Ecole Centrale Paris France<br />
Mihai Adrian IONESCU Nanolab, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland<br />
Alain JONAS<br />
Unité de Chimie et de Physique des Hauts Polymères (POLY),<br />
Université catholique de Louvain<br />
Belgium<br />
Ali KHADEMHOSSEINI Harvard-MIT, Cambridge USA<br />
Jean-Philippe LACHAUX<br />
Philippe LAFARGE<br />
INSERM U821 Brain Dynamics and Cognition, Centre Hospitalier Le<br />
Vinatier<br />
Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques<br />
<strong>CNRS</strong> – Université de Paris 7<br />
France<br />
France<br />
Astrid LAMBRECHT Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, <strong>CNRS</strong> Université de Paris 6 France<br />
Didier LETOURNEUR CHU, Bichat France<br />
Salvatore LOMBARDO STMicroelectronics Italy<br />
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2009 Call for Proposals (continued)<br />
Reviewer Laboratory / University / Institution Country<br />
Stéphane MANGIN Institut Jean Lamour, <strong>CNRS</strong> – Nancy University France<br />
Chris MARROWS School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds United Kingdom<br />
Thierry MARTIN Centre de Physique Théorique et Université de la Méditerranée France<br />
Dominique MASSIOT<br />
Mikael MERTIG<br />
CEMHTI (Conditions Extrêmes et Matériaux : Haute Température et<br />
Irradiation) –<strong>CNRS</strong> Université d'Orléans, Directeur Fédération RMN<br />
Solide Hauts Champs FR2950<br />
BioNanotechnologie und Strukturbildung, Max Bergmann Zentrum für<br />
Biomaterialien und Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaft, Technische<br />
Universität Dresden<br />
France<br />
Germany<br />
David MOONEY Harvard , Engineering & Applied Science Dpt USA<br />
Vincent PAILLARD CEMES-<strong>CNRS</strong> & Univ. Toulouse France<br />
Jukka PEKOLA Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology Finland<br />
Alain PEREZ<br />
Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée et Nanostructures<br />
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 et <strong>CNRS</strong><br />
France<br />
Frédéric PETROFF Unité Mixte de Physique <strong>CNRS</strong>/Thales France<br />
Jean-Claude PLENET<br />
Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée et Nanostructure,<br />
<strong>CNRS</strong> Université de Lyon<br />
France<br />
Hughes POTHER Quantronics group, SPEC, CEA-Saclay France<br />
Stephan REITZENSTEIN Lehrstuhl für Technische Physik, Nuremberg Germany<br />
Patrice ROCHE CEA Saclay France<br />
Sven ROGGE Delft University of Tehnology Netherlands<br />
Sylvie ROUSSET Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques, Université Paris Diderot France<br />
Stéphane ROUX LMT-Cachan, <strong>CNRS</strong> Université Pierre et Marie Curie France<br />
Markus SAUER<br />
Applied Laser Physics & Laser Spectroscopy<br />
Bielefeld University<br />
Germany<br />
Christian SHÖNENBERGER Department of Physics, University of Basel Switzerland<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Mark SMITH Warwick University, Coventry United Kingdom<br />
Etienne SNOECK CEMES-<strong>CNRS</strong> - Groupe NanoMatériaux France<br />
Patrice TURCHI<br />
Advanced Metallurgical Science and Engineering, Condensed Matter<br />
and Materials Division (CMMD), Lawrence Livermore National<br />
Laboratory<br />
USA<br />
Alexey USTINOV University of Karlsruhe Germany<br />
Herre van DER ZANT Delft University of Technology Netherlands<br />
Olivier VANBESIEN<br />
Institut d'Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie,<br />
<strong>CNRS</strong> Lille<br />
France<br />
Paul VOISIN Laboratoire de Photonique et Nanostructures, <strong>CNRS</strong>, Marcoussis France<br />
Marcy ZENOBI WONG<br />
Laboratory for Biosensors & Bioelectronics, Institute for Biomedical<br />
Engineering , Zurich<br />
Switzerland<br />
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<strong>2010</strong> Call for Proposals<br />
Reviewer Laboratory / University / Institution Country<br />
Philippe BERGONZO Laboratoire Capteurs Diamant - CEA Saclay / DRT/DCSI//LCD France<br />
Daniel BOUCHIER Institut d'Electronique Fondamentale, Orsay France<br />
Mads BRANDBYGE DTU Danemark - Chimie quantique Danemark<br />
Alain BRISSON<br />
Equipe Imagerie Moléculaire et NanoBioTechnologie - IECB - <strong>CNRS</strong>-<br />
Université Bordeaux 1<br />
France<br />
Virginie CHAMARD Institut Fresnel, <strong>CNRS</strong>, Marseille France<br />
Alain CLAVERIE CEMES France<br />
Laurent COGNET<br />
Maxime DAHAN<br />
Christophe DELERUE<br />
Centre de Physique Moléculaire Optique et Hertzienne - Université de<br />
Bordeaux and <strong>CNRS</strong><br />
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Département de Physique et de Biologie,<br />
Ecole Normale Supérieure<br />
Institut d'Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie,<br />
<strong>CNRS</strong> Lille<br />
France<br />
France<br />
France<br />
Klaus ENSSLIN Laboratorium f. Festkörperphysik Switzerland<br />
Daniel ESTEVE Quantronics group - SPEC-CEA Saclay France<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Giancarlo FAINI<br />
Groupe de Physique et Technologie des Nanostructures, Laboratoire de<br />
Photonique et Nanostructures, <strong>CNRS</strong>, Marcoussis<br />
France<br />
Fabrice GOURBILLEAU ENSICAEN France<br />
Alain JONAS<br />
Unité de Chimie et de Physique des Hauts Polymères (POLY),<br />
Université catholique de Louvain<br />
Belgium<br />
Takis KONTOS Département de Physique de l’Ecole Normale supérieure France<br />
Gilles LERONDEL LNIO-UTT - expert for OMNT France<br />
Didier LETOURNEUR CHU, Bichat France<br />
Frederic PETROFF THALES France<br />
Sven ROGGE Delft University of Technology Netherlands<br />
Stéphane ROUX LMT-Cachan, <strong>CNRS</strong> Université Pierre et Marie Curie France<br />
Christian SHONENBERGER University of Basel, Institute of Physics Suisse<br />
Pierre STADELMANN EPFL, Lausanne Suisse<br />
Patrice TURCHI<br />
Advanced Metallurgical Science and Engineering, Condensed Matter<br />
and Materials Division (CMMD), Lawrence Livermore National<br />
Laboratory<br />
USA<br />
Marcy ZENOBI WONG<br />
Laboratory for Biosensors & Bioelectronics, Institute for Biomedical<br />
Engineering , Zurich<br />
Suisse<br />
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Appendix 12: "Les Indicateurs Académiques"<br />
Nom du laboratoire<br />
Centre de Recherche sur les Macromolécules Végétales (CERMAV)<br />
Identification UPR 5301<br />
Directeur<br />
Redouane BORSALI<br />
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
EFFECTIFS<br />
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 23/9 24/9 24/9 24/9<br />
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 10% 20% 30% 30%<br />
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 1/35 2/30 2/20 3/24<br />
Nombre total de doctorants 33 33 34 33<br />
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 23 23 22 21<br />
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation<br />
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT<br />
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 0 1 2 0<br />
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 7 6 11 2<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 1 0 4 0<br />
Nombre de publications dans l'année 72 100 80 56<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 7 5 12 8<br />
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 7 2 2 4<br />
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 0 0 1 1<br />
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 3 4,5,6 1 3 2 1,2 1<br />
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux 2 3<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
RESSOURCES (K€)<br />
Budget total hors salaires 931,889 1138,445 1746,300 1622,816<br />
Total des ressources contractuelles 953,508 824,799 1173,000 1043,671<br />
dont ANR 278,914 251,791 523,500 289,460<br />
dont Europe 410,445 198,519 221,900 35,500<br />
dont Région 88,302 134,794 122,600 40,250<br />
dont Industrie 147,272 240,105 164,200 33,257<br />
dont Fondation Nanosciences : RTRA retenu en 2008 et financé<br />
en 2009 ; Copolymères Hybrides, R. Borsali<br />
0 0 88000 0<br />
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 566419 163854 493338 639204<br />
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 0<br />
Salaire<br />
Post-doc<br />
K. Aissou<br />
5572 +<br />
CDD payé<br />
par la<br />
fondation<br />
Yoko<br />
OTSUKA ~<br />
45 000€<br />
0<br />
1 : Coll. franco-brésilien Polymères Environnement, Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, Brésil, 18-20 oct. 09<br />
2 :6th Int. Conf. on Proteoglycans, Aix-les-Bains, 13-17 sept. 09<br />
3 :FBPol.2008, 2e congrès franco-brésilien sur les polymères, Florianopolis, Brésil, 20-25 avril 08<br />
4 :Coll. Raw Materials for the Future, Lyon, 5-6 déc. 07<br />
5 :3e Sém. sur les Polymères, Béjaia, Alg., 22-24 mai 07<br />
6 :Congrès du GGMM, Autrans, 2-5 mai 07<br />
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Nom du laboratoire<br />
Département de Chimie Moléculaire (DCM)<br />
Identification UMR 5250<br />
Directeur<br />
Pascal DUMY<br />
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
EFFECTIFS<br />
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 22/41 20/39 22/40 21/41<br />
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 21% 22% 23% 42%<br />
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 5 5 5<br />
Nombre total de doctorants 39 35 44 35<br />
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 14 15 14 10<br />
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 1 2 2 1<br />
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 0 0 0 1<br />
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 9 8 6 14<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 3 0 1 5<br />
Nombre de publications dans l'année 83 86 88 99<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 5 9 19 27<br />
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 1 2 2 4<br />
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 1 1<br />
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 1 1 2 3 5 4<br />
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux 1 2 1 5<br />
RESSOURCES (K€)<br />
Budget total hors salaires 2 773,773 2498,529 1943,451 1780,263<br />
Total des ressources contractuelles 2422,473 2169,529 1514,518 1429,263<br />
dont ANR 223,545 241,082 176,140 240,519<br />
dont Europe 9,302 51,492 9,500<br />
dont Région 37,048 18,579 34,000 20,000<br />
dont Industrie 40,000 65,425<br />
dont Fondation Nanosciences 223,000 20,000 25,000<br />
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 370,227 560,433 561,000 762,961<br />
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 9,500 50,667 67,083 67,083<br />
1:<br />
5 th France-China Workshop on Surface Electrochemistry of Molecules of Biological Interest & Biosensor<br />
applications, Changsha, 17-20 mai 2008<br />
2: XI Colloque National du Groupe Français de Bioélectrochimie, Lacanau, 29 sept-2 oct 2008<br />
3: The 6th Sino-French Workshop on « Surface Electrochemistry of Molecules of Biological Interest & Biosensor<br />
Applications », Lyon, 29 novembre-2 décembre 2009<br />
Workshop on Nanosciences & Nanotechnology : From Smart Materials to Devices, Octobre 2009, Autrans, 41<br />
participants<br />
4: 4 th International IMBG Meeting, Villard-de-Lans, septembre <strong>2010</strong>, 90 participants<br />
5 th International Meeting on Molecular Electronic, Grenoble, déc. <strong>2010</strong>, 400 participants<br />
CEFISO / IFCOS (Centre Franco Indien pour la Synthèse Organique), Isère, 14-17 sept. <strong>2010</strong><br />
Journée Alpine de Chimie Organique (JACO) AE Greene, Isère, juin <strong>2010</strong><br />
11 e Journées Francophones des Jeunes Physico-Chimistes (JFJPC), Isère, 17-21 oct. <strong>2010</strong><br />
5: Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry <strong>2010</strong><br />
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Nom du laboratoire<br />
Grenoble Electrical Engineering Laboratory (G2Elab)<br />
Identification UMR 5269<br />
Directeur<br />
James ROUDET<br />
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
EFFECTIFS<br />
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 70 68 69<br />
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 2 % 3 % 5 %<br />
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 20 27 25<br />
Nombre total de doctorants 144 145 141<br />
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 76 74 79<br />
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 1 1 1<br />
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT<br />
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 1 1 2<br />
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 26 33 28<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 1<br />
Nombre de publications dans l'année 288 302 291<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 10<br />
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 3 6 3<br />
Nombre de licences dans l'année ?<br />
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms)<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux<br />
RESSOURCES (K€)<br />
Budget total hors salaires 3060,794 2277,269 2374,945<br />
Total des ressources contractuelles 3343,223 2523,026 3756,197<br />
dont ANR 1795,969 869,249 1044,533<br />
dont Europe 416,007 145,902 94,910<br />
dont Région 267,244 210,472 246,623<br />
dont Industrie 864,003 1297,403 2370,131<br />
dont Fondation Nanosciences<br />
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 976,081 1360,644 1499,834<br />
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences<br />
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Nom du laboratoire<br />
GRENOBLE INSTITUT DES NEUROSCIENCES (GIN)<br />
Identification Unité Inserm U 836<br />
Directeur<br />
Claude FEUERSTEIN<br />
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
EFFECTIFS<br />
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 72 81 104 84<br />
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? NC NC NC NC<br />
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 1 1 6 7<br />
Nombre total de doctorants 41 45 67 44<br />
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 5 13 6<br />
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 0<br />
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT<br />
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 1 2 1 2<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 11 8 11 15<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? NC NC NC NC<br />
Nombre de publications dans l'année 156 111 126 127<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? NC NC NC NC<br />
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 1 1<br />
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? -<br />
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 1 -<br />
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux 2 2<br />
RESSOURCES (K€)<br />
Budget total hors salaires 1233,000 1102,000 1261,660 1200,000<br />
Total des ressources contractuelles 2553,593 3371,728 2651,844 2050,000<br />
dont ANR 792,078 605,763 750,000<br />
dont Europe 371,731 362,008 400,000<br />
dont Région 927,414 505,000 600,000<br />
dont Industrie 10,000 232,750 300,000<br />
dont Fondation Nanosciences<br />
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles<br />
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences<br />
28
Nom du laboratoire<br />
Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS)<br />
Identification UMR 5075<br />
Directeur<br />
Eva PEBAY-PEYROULA<br />
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
EFFECTIFS<br />
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 90 101 93 93<br />
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 7% 7% 7% 7%<br />
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 32 25 20 29<br />
Nombre total de doctorants 29 32 39 40<br />
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 7 11 18 19<br />
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation<br />
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT<br />
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 2 3 0 2<br />
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 11 12 7 9<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 2 2 1 1<br />
Nombre de publications dans l'année 127 141 163 150<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 12 14 10 11<br />
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 2 1 0 3<br />
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 1 0 0<br />
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 1 0<br />
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux<br />
RESSOURCES (K€)<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Budget total hors salaires 4509,799 4321,767 6369,882 6832,800<br />
Total des ressources contractuelles 2831,799 2743,167 4363,737 4342,000<br />
dont ANR 665,154 1048,930 1196,875 1900,000<br />
dont Europe 931,978 606,417 698,013 550,000<br />
dont Région 155,670 67,500 189,500 209,000<br />
dont Industrie 302,032 336,588 351,790 273,000<br />
dont Fondation Nanosciences<br />
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 1577,550 1666,000 1597,872 1973,000<br />
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences<br />
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Nom du laboratoire<br />
Institut de Microélectronique, Electromagnétisme et Photonique et<br />
Laboratoire d'Hyperfréquences et de Caractérisation (IMEP-LAHC)<br />
Identification UMR 5130<br />
Directeur<br />
Gérard GHIBAUDO<br />
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
EFFECTIFS<br />
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 59 57 58 60<br />
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 60% 60% 60% 60%<br />
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 10 10 12 12<br />
Nombre total de doctorants 85 80 88 96<br />
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 45 40 50 55<br />
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 1 2 2<br />
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 0 0 0 0<br />
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 22 21 25 24<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 16 12 18 17<br />
Nombre de publications dans l'année 80 75 85 82<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 60 55 65 61<br />
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 3 3 4 2<br />
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 0 0 0 0<br />
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 3 1,2,3,4 3 1,2,5 4 1,6,7,8 3 2,8,9<br />
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux 0 0 0 0<br />
RESSOURCES (K€)<br />
Budget total hors salaires 2500,000 2500,000 2700,000 2500,000<br />
Total des ressources contractuelles 2200,000 2200,000 2400,000 2250,000<br />
dont ANR 440,000 450,000 430,000 400,000<br />
dont Europe 1450,000 1490,000 800,000 1000,000<br />
dont Région 50,000 40,000 60,000 70,000<br />
dont Industrie 240,000 200,000 540,000 600,000<br />
dont Fondation Nanosciences 20,000 20,000 30,000 20,000<br />
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 400,000 400,000 500,000 600,000<br />
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 0 0 0 60,000<br />
1: ECS SOI<br />
2: MIGAS<br />
3: UWB<br />
4: Optique<br />
5 : Supra<br />
6 : SOI Workshop<br />
7 : JNM<br />
8 : Nanosil Workshop<br />
9 : WOFE<br />
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Nom du laboratoire<br />
Institut de Recherche en Technologies et Sciences pour le vivant (IRTSV)<br />
Identification FR 3425<br />
Directeur<br />
Jérôme GARIN<br />
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
EFFECTIFS<br />
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 29/8 28/8 110/18<br />
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 13% 20% 10-20%<br />
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 0 0 5<br />
Nombre total de doctorants 11 16 54<br />
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 1 1 10<br />
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 0 0 0<br />
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT<br />
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 1 1 2<br />
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 3 5 9<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 0 1 2<br />
Nombre de publications dans l'année 42 56 161<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 1 3<br />
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 1 5<br />
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 3<br />
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 1 2<br />
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
RESSOURCES (K€)<br />
Budget total hors salaires 735 707 5 833<br />
Total des ressources contractuelles 636 767 3 200<br />
dont ANR 460 559 1 064<br />
dont Europe na na 348<br />
dont Région 60 80 50<br />
dont Industrie na na 150<br />
dont Fondation Nanosciences na na 16<br />
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 234 348 890<br />
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences na na 0<br />
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Nom du laboratoire<br />
Institut Fourier<br />
Identification UMR 5582<br />
Directeur<br />
Gérard BESSON<br />
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
EFFECTIFS<br />
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 14/69 15/69 15/68 15/71<br />
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 1,2% 1,2% 1,2% 1,2%<br />
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 7 11 7 11 7 13 7/26<br />
Nombre total de doctorants 29 35 45 49<br />
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 10 10 15 21<br />
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 0 0 0 0<br />
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 3 5 1 3<br />
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 7 5 5 10<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 0 0 0 0<br />
Nombre de publications dans l'année 86 89 78 72<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 0 0 0 0<br />
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 0 0 0 0<br />
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 0 0 0 1<br />
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 2 1<br />
2 5<br />
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux 1 1<br />
1 4<br />
RESSOURCES (K€)<br />
Budget total hors salaires 296,000 518,000 461,000 415,000<br />
Total des ressources contractuelles 51,000 245,000 239,000 180,000<br />
dont ANR 39,000 105,000 83,000 116,000<br />
dont Europe 0 125,000 7,000 0<br />
dont Région 12,000 0 0 64,000<br />
dont Industrie 0 0 0 0<br />
dont Fondation Nanosciences 0 4,000 1,500 0<br />
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 0 0<br />
0 0<br />
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 0 0 0 0<br />
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Nom du laboratoire<br />
Identification<br />
Directeur<br />
Institut Nanosciences et Cryogénie (INAC)<br />
CEA/DSM-Direction des Sciences de la Matière<br />
Engin MOLVA<br />
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
EFFECTIFS<br />
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 230 230 230 230<br />
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ?<br />
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 30 97 105 78<br />
Nombre total de doctorants 86 100 107 107<br />
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 20 34 45 20<br />
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 1 6 9 11<br />
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT<br />
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 1 8 3 3<br />
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 27 20 24 27<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 19 14 17 17<br />
Nombre de publications dans l'année 342 356 350 350<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 205 214 210 210<br />
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 17 22 13 25<br />
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 0 0 0 0<br />
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 0 1 1 0 1 2<br />
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux 2 3,4 2 3,4 2 3,4 2 3,4<br />
RESSOURCES (M€)<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Budget total hors salaires 15 15.3 15.3 16,4<br />
Total des ressources contractuelles 11 11.9 11.9 14,5<br />
dont ANR 3.2 2.9 2.9 1,8<br />
dont Europe 2 2.6 2.6 1,6<br />
dont Région 0.2 0.2 0.2 0,3<br />
dont Industrie 1 0.3 0.3 1,2<br />
dont Fondation Nanosciences 0,8 0,2 0,2 1<br />
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 0 0 0 0<br />
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 0,15 0,15 0,15 0,15<br />
1: Elecmol’08<br />
2: Elecmol’10<br />
3: Fête de la science<br />
4: Débat NS&NT<br />
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Nom du laboratoire<br />
Institut Néel<br />
Identification UPR 2940<br />
Directeur<br />
Alain SCHUHL<br />
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
EFFECTIFS<br />
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 170 169 165 173<br />
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 2/3 2/3 2/3 2/3<br />
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 62 68 75 72<br />
Nombre total de doctorants 105 106 119 108<br />
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 30 22 35 49<br />
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 3 5 10 13<br />
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT<br />
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 0 3 7 5<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 33 28 32 16<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 70% 70% 70% 70%<br />
Nombre de publications dans l'année 340 360 365 352<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 210 225 222<br />
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 12 8 1 19 1 20 1<br />
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 4 ou 5 3 ou 4 2 7 2 5 1<br />
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms)<br />
SFO-SFP-<br />
JISI-<br />
Elecmol<br />
Nano RA<br />
SFO-SFP-<br />
Elecmol<br />
QFS<strong>2010</strong><br />
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux 1 4 2 4,5 5 6,7,8,9 6 4,10,11<br />
RESSOURCES (K€)<br />
Budget total hors salaires 9,3M€ 9,57 M€ 11,85 M€ 11,95M€<br />
Total des ressources contractuelles 4,05M€ 6,27 M€ 8,79 M€ 9.61M€<br />
dont ANR 2,5 M€ 3,45 M€ 3,43 M€ 3,7M€<br />
dont Europe 1,00M€ 1,12 M€ 2,28 M€ 1,6M€<br />
dont Région 0,35 M€ 0,3 M€ 0,44 M€ 0,55 M€<br />
dont Industrie 0,2 M€ 0,7 M€ 1,14 M€ 1,01 M€<br />
dont Fondation Nanosciences 0 0,42 M€ 1,14 M€ 0,866<br />
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 0,84 M€ 1,1 M€ 1.15 M€ 1,724 M€<br />
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 0,02M€ 0,129M€ 0,25 M€<br />
1: actifs : 30 cumulés<br />
2: actives : 20 cumulées<br />
4: Esonn - Hercules<br />
5: Journée des 7 lauréats des prix scientifiques<br />
6: DVD Lacaze<br />
7: débats nanosciences<br />
8: Voyage dans le cristal Cryo<br />
9: Fête de la science<br />
10: Journées 40 ans prix Nobel Néel<br />
11: Workshop on XANES and RXD simulation<br />
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Nom du laboratoire<br />
Identification<br />
Directeur<br />
Laboratoire d'Electronique et de Technologies de l'Information (LETI)<br />
CEA<br />
Laurent MALIER<br />
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
EFFECTIFS<br />
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 723 757 837 901<br />
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 10% 11% 17% 17%<br />
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 54 50 90 110<br />
Nombre total de doctorants 175 173 176 202<br />
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 32 36 47 61<br />
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 1 2<br />
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT<br />
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 6 4 4 8<br />
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 33 57 59 50<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 6 14 15 13<br />
Nombre de publications dans l'année 236 249 337 367<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 61 52 70 69<br />
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 205 258 283 265<br />
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 31 1 21 1 26 1 22 1<br />
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et<br />
noms)<br />
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats<br />
sociétaux<br />
8 3<br />
1<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
RESSOURCES (M€)<br />
Budget total hors salaires 130,3 120,1 125,5 135,9<br />
Total des ressources contractuelles 152,2 152,8 160,1 168,1<br />
dont ANR 4,1 7,4 6,9 9,7<br />
dont Europe 21,8 2 24,8 3 21,5 26,5<br />
dont Région 0,9 1,0 2,4 0,9<br />
dont Industrie 69,2 64,0 65,2 69,9<br />
dont Fondation Nanosciences 0,042 0,07 0,11<br />
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles<br />
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences<br />
1: Licences ayant généré un retour financier dans l'année<br />
2: PCRD (9,2 M€) ; Eureka (12,6 M€)<br />
3: PCRD (10,3 M€) ; Eureka (14,5 M€)<br />
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Nom du laboratoire<br />
Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble (LIG)<br />
Identification UMR 5217<br />
Directeur<br />
Hervé MARTIN<br />
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
EFFECTIFS<br />
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 51/124 49/131 48/132 48/136<br />
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 6% 6% 6% 6%<br />
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 11 14 16/11 14/11<br />
Nombre total de doctorants 228 204 182 170<br />
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 105 94 89 101<br />
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 0 0 0 0<br />
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT<br />
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 7 3 7 9<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 32 46 55 50<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 0 0 0 0<br />
Nombre de publications dans l'année 463 478 603 -<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 0 0 0 0<br />
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? N/A N/A N/A N/A<br />
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? N/A N/A N/A N/A<br />
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 2 1 2 2 3 3 4 4<br />
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux<br />
RESSOURCES (K€)<br />
Budget total hors salaires 490,959 644,492 514,992 545,100<br />
Total des ressources contractuelles 6621,170 5056,982 6857,061 7012,169<br />
dont ANR 1634,550 2396,526 2046,974 2217,907<br />
dont Europe 591,509 553,472 1560,756 1234,000<br />
dont Région 409,101 331,098 659,670 990,156<br />
dont Industrie 149,700 294,371 253,940 2144,960 5<br />
dont Fondation Nanosciences 0 0 82,000 0<br />
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 2376,146 2995,739 1779,762 4256,687<br />
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 0 0 0 0<br />
1: Plate-forme AFIA 2007 (association française pour l'intelligence artificielle),<br />
ICFI 2007 (Feature Interactions in Software and Communication Systems)<br />
2: Ecole d'été Web Intelligence, 2/ CFIP 2008 (Colloque francophone sur l'ingénierie des protocoles)Nom de<br />
l’évènement<br />
3: Iihm'09 (21ème Conférence Francophone sur l'Interaction Homme-Machine), 2/ Jvrc09 (Joint Virtual Reality<br />
Conference), 3/ LSHTC (Large Scale Hierarchical Text classification Pascal Challenge)Nom de l’évènement<br />
4: SLTU <strong>2010</strong>, 2/ CBMI <strong>2010</strong>, 3/ PASCO'10, 4/ GCM 1 st International Workshop on Green Computing Middleware<br />
5 : non compris gestion propre FLORALIS<br />
36
Nom du laboratoire<br />
Laboratoire d’Innovations pour les Technologies des Energies nouvelles et<br />
des Nanomatériaux (LITEN)<br />
Identification -<br />
Directeur<br />
Didier MARSACQ<br />
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
EFFECTIFS<br />
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 430<br />
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 28%<br />
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 50<br />
Nombre total de doctorants 83<br />
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 20<br />
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 0<br />
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT<br />
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 1<br />
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 21<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 11<br />
Nombre de publications dans l'année 112<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 45<br />
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 152<br />
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 3<br />
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 1 1<br />
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
RESSOURCES (K€)<br />
Budget total hors salaires 90,574<br />
Total des ressources contractuelles 82,798<br />
dont ANR 6,940<br />
dont Europe 6,493<br />
dont Région 4,642<br />
dont Industrie 47,401<br />
dont Fondation Nanosciences 60<br />
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 7,344<br />
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences<br />
1: Nanosafe<br />
37
Nom du laboratoire<br />
Laboratoire de Physique et de Modélisation des Milieux Condensés<br />
(LPMMC)<br />
Identification UMR 5493<br />
Directeur<br />
Bart VAN TIGGELEN<br />
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
EFFECTIFS<br />
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 11 13 12 13<br />
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 75% 75% 75% 75%<br />
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 8 10 10 13<br />
Nombre total de doctorants 9 8 6 5<br />
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 3 3 3 2<br />
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 0 0 0 0<br />
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT<br />
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 1 0 0 0<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 1 2 2 2<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 1 1 2 2<br />
Nombre de publications dans l'année 34 27 42 45<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 85% 85% 85% 85 %<br />
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 0 0 1 0<br />
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 0 0 0 0<br />
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 2 2 2 3 1<br />
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux 0 0 0 3 2<br />
RESSOURCES (K€)<br />
Budget total hors salaires 220,330 231,721 282,221<br />
Total des ressources contractuelles 144,800 131,229 182,773<br />
dont ANR 77,600 101,247 152,058<br />
dont Europe 37,500 29,982 24,215<br />
dont Région 0 0 0<br />
dont Industrie 5,060 0 0<br />
dont Fondation Nanosciences 0 0 0 6500<br />
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 184,000 81,000 117,199<br />
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 0 0 0 0<br />
1: Ecole thématique “Wave and chaos in Complex media, juillet <strong>2010</strong> IESC Cargèse (GDR MESOIMAGE/ DFG<br />
Forschungsgruppe Van Tiggelen/Stockmann ) : ; Fluctuations,Correlations,and Disorder (PEPS/ GDR<br />
MESOIMAGE : Skipetrov/Minguzzi): <strong>CNRS</strong> Grenoble nov <strong>2010</strong> ; Frontières en Physique de la Matière<br />
Condensée (Ecole prédoctorale, Hekking.Hippert), Les Houches aout <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
2: ECOINFO (Berthoud) : Comment l'informatique peut devenir plus écologique (Toulouse) ; quels critères de<br />
développement durable l'acheteur peut-il utiliser (Lyon, Paris)<br />
38
Nom du laboratoire<br />
Laboratoire des MATERIAUX et du GENIE PHYSIQUE (LMGP)<br />
Identification UMR 5628<br />
Directeur<br />
Bernard CHENEVIER<br />
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
EFFECTIFS<br />
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 12 / 12 12 / 14 12 / 14 13/13<br />
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 20% 30% 30% 30%<br />
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 3 4 3/4 3/4<br />
Nombre total de doctorants 22 20 25 21<br />
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 8 7 7 12<br />
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation - - - -<br />
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT<br />
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 1 - - 2<br />
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 8 4 6 3<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 4 3 4 2<br />
Nombre de publications dans l'année 48 52 50 60<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 20 26 25 22<br />
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 2 2 3 1<br />
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? - - - -<br />
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 2 1 3 2 1 3 1 4<br />
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux Voir 5 Voir 5 Voir 5 Voir 5<br />
RESSOURCES (K€)<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Budget total hors salaires 1751,915 1495,834 1334,408 1460,382<br />
Total des ressources contractuelles 1315,633 983,322 801,178 1358,971<br />
dont ANR 160,582 59,942 364,028 572,829<br />
dont Europe 231,956 167,226 240,067 153,666<br />
dont Région 123,283 38,270 17,120 304,834<br />
dont Industrie 154,250 185,375 113,575 94,913<br />
dont Fondation Nanosciences - - 13,000 14,000<br />
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 255,526 360,377 406,624 463,836<br />
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences - - - -<br />
1: June 28-29, 2007: ORG HETERO-SiC’O7 - Workshop on 3C-SiC hetero-epitaxy;<br />
July 2-6, 2007: ORG European School on Multiferroics (ESMF)<br />
2: March 6-19, 2008: Workshop ORG "Oxydes fonctionnels pour intégration en micro et nano-électronique"<br />
May 26-30, 2008: E-MRS SYMPOSIUM F ORG "Multiferroics and magnetoelectric materials", Strasbourg;<br />
September 1-5, 2008: ORG ESMF 2008, 2nd European School on Multiferroics<br />
3: March 8-11, 2009: MAM 2009 – Grenoble- MINATEC<br />
4: June 7-11 <strong>2010</strong>: E-MRS SYMPOSIUM "Frontiers of multifunctional oxides"<br />
39
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
5 :<br />
Très nombreuses visites de laboratoires (Lycées, Collèges, organismes socio-économiques), écoles<br />
thématiques, participations aux MIDI-MINATEC, Coordination Fête de la Science sur MINATEC, débat ETHIQUE<br />
40
Nom du laboratoire<br />
Laboratoire des Technologies de la Microélectronique (LTM)<br />
Identification UMR 5129<br />
Directeur<br />
Olivier JOUBERT<br />
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
EFFECTIFS<br />
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 21 22 23 26<br />
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 10% 14% 20% 22%<br />
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 0 0 1 1<br />
Nombre total de doctorants 27 31 34 34<br />
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 7 8 11 8<br />
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 0 0 0 0<br />
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT<br />
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 2 2 2 1<br />
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 6 6 12 9<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 2 2 4 3<br />
Nombre de publications dans l'année 78 48 56 77<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 10 12 20 18<br />
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 0 0 0 4<br />
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 0 0 0 0<br />
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 0 0 0 3<br />
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux 0 0 0 0<br />
RESSOURCES (K€)<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Budget total hors salaires 408,600 497,553<br />
Total des ressources contractuelles 2384,092 3 398,473 2147,509 4649,097<br />
dont ANR 906,849 1351,111 1075,359 727,230<br />
dont Europe 146,404 173,410 214,588 83,510<br />
dont Région 373,621 128,870 80,547 514,057<br />
dont Industrie 205,160 499,822 185,048 283,223<br />
dont Fondation Nanosciences 225,000 107,000 220,000 300,000<br />
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 548,330 720,020 724,536 713,456<br />
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 0 0 0 0<br />
41
Nom du laboratoire<br />
Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique (LIPhy)<br />
Identification UMR 5588<br />
Directeur<br />
Thierry DOMBRE<br />
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
EFFECTIFS<br />
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 53 57 27/23 28/25<br />
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 51% 49% 54% 53%<br />
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 8 10 10 11<br />
Nombre total de doctorants 21 20 29 31<br />
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 16 15 19 21<br />
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 0 0 2 2<br />
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT<br />
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 3 0 2<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 10 8 2 6<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 4 4 1 3<br />
Nombre de publications dans l'année 83 102 90 88<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 34 40 38 48<br />
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 0 0<br />
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 1 2 1<br />
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 1 1 1 1 0<br />
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux 1 2 1 2 1 2 4 2,3<br />
RESSOURCES (K€)<br />
Budget total hors salaires 1088,817 1400,387 1405,471 1434807<br />
Total des ressources contractuelles 311,007 415,718 779,810 699296<br />
dont ANR 123,032 19,954 446,930 526106<br />
dont Europe 128,103 79,307 20,000 61692<br />
dont Région 20,328 30,622 28,880 56848<br />
dont Industrie 39,544 100,835 5000 4 0<br />
dont Fondation Nanosciences 0 12,000 299,000 54,650<br />
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 14,571 78,954 160,984 275,855<br />
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 0 43,500 6413,483 45,603<br />
1: Ecole Internationale de Cargèse « Complex and Biofluid Flows » (juillet 2009)<br />
2: Fête de la Science<br />
3: 50 ans du Laser, participation au spectacle « Boucle d’Or et les 33 variations » à l’Hexagone Meylan suite à<br />
l’obtention du prix A.R.T.S. 2009, participation à l’exposition Michel Paysant : OnLab au Musée du Louvre<br />
4: Actions de valorisation passant maintenant quasi-exclusivement par la filiale de l’UJF Floralis, et la Business<br />
Unit SARA pour ce qui concerne les applications des techniques de spectroscopie ultra-sensible (ressources non<br />
intégrées dans le budget du laboratoire)<br />
42
Nom du laboratoire<br />
Laboratoire Jean Kuntzmann (LJK)<br />
Identification UMR 5224<br />
Directeur<br />
Eric Bonnetier<br />
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
EFFECTIFS<br />
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 111 111 113 105<br />
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 7 7 13 7<br />
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 22 20<br />
Nombre total de doctorants 85 84 1 83 82<br />
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 23 36 26<br />
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 1 1 0<br />
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT<br />
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 3 4 3 5<br />
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 20 26 17 20<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 1 2 0 0<br />
Nombre de publications dans l'année 442 405 397 348<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 25 25 12 10<br />
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 3 6<br />
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 6<br />
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 2 2 2 3 2 4<br />
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux<br />
RESSOURCES (K€)<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Budget total hors salaires 2196 2348 3131 2619<br />
Total des ressources contractuelles 1923 2041 2696 2291<br />
dont ANR 376 527 1551 1396<br />
dont Europe 407 395 _ _<br />
dont Région 410 69<br />
dont Industrie 78 338 203 732<br />
dont Fondation Nanosciences 40 43 _<br />
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles NC NC<br />
NC<br />
NC<br />
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 40 43 _<br />
1: dont 4 sur la thématique Nanosciences<br />
2: SMAI 2007, EGCR2007<br />
3: ECCV2008, VIRPHYS 2008<br />
4: PASCO’10 Convex Analysis, Optimization and Applications<br />
43
Nom du laboratoire<br />
Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses (LNCMI)<br />
Identification UPR 3228<br />
Directeur<br />
Geert RIKKEN<br />
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
EFFECTIFS<br />
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 11/3 10/2 15/11 17/11<br />
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 2 2 4/4 4/4<br />
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 4 /12 4/8 4/100 4/100<br />
Nombre total de doctorants 5 5 11 13<br />
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 5 5 7 7<br />
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 0 0 0 0<br />
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT<br />
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 0 1<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 3 1 3 4<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 1 0 1 3<br />
Nombre de publications dans l'année 103 70 126 139<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 13 15 60 70<br />
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 1 0 0 4<br />
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 0 0 0 0<br />
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 1 1 1 2 - -<br />
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux - 2<br />
RESSOURCES (K€)<br />
Budget total hors salaires 3321,712 3544,111 5197,000 5000,000<br />
Total des ressources contractuelles 507,212 646,611 1967,000 1800,000<br />
dont ANR 164,245 222,112 716,000 700,000<br />
dont Europe 275,000 154,725 1050,000 1050,000<br />
dont Région 8,402 8,024 0 0<br />
dont Industrie 59,565 26,750 0 0<br />
dont Fondation Nanosciences 0 0 0 0<br />
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 300,941 181,699 300,000 300,000<br />
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 0 0 0 0<br />
1: Ecole Magnétic Fields for Sciences Cargèse 2007<br />
2: ESF MFFM - ILL Grenoble 2008<br />
44
Nom du laboratoire<br />
Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux et Procédés (SIMAP)<br />
Identification UMR 5266<br />
Directeur<br />
Michel PONS<br />
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
EFFECTIFS<br />
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 64 62 63 63<br />
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 18 18 17 17<br />
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 12 10 15 5<br />
Nombre total de doctorants 81 83 75 80<br />
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 24 28 22 29<br />
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 0 0 0 0<br />
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT<br />
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 3 0 0 0<br />
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 21 23 21 19<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 3 2 3 3<br />
Nombre de publications dans l'année 153 132 192 171<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 25 32 25 28<br />
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 1 4 4 5<br />
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 0 1 0 0<br />
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms)<br />
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
RESSOURCES (K€)<br />
Budget total hors salaires 4305,000 3920,312 4403,432 4460,235<br />
Total des ressources contractuelles 3557,662 3172,812 3524,279 3378,504<br />
dont ANR 634,312 802,693 1121,808 1120,689<br />
dont Europe 978,580 272,724 264,272 144,603<br />
dont Région 151,651 72,546 73,029 164,591<br />
dont Industrie 1508,662 1775,854 1320,059 1019,000<br />
dont Fondation Nanosciences 0 8,866 1 0 2 29,200<br />
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 611,530 590,600 896,508 1236,793<br />
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 0 0<br />
0 Thomas<br />
Nogaret<br />
(post-doc)<br />
1: Investissement RX géré par le CMTC non comptabilisé<br />
2: Investissement FIB géré par le CMTC non comptabilisé<br />
45
Nom du laboratoire<br />
Techniques de l’Imagerie, de la Modélisation et de la Cognition<br />
(TIMC-IMAG)<br />
Identification UMR 5525<br />
Directeur<br />
Philippe CINQUIN<br />
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
EFFECTIFS<br />
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 78 83<br />
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? NC NC<br />
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 7 9<br />
Nombre total de doctorants 79 83<br />
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 32 32<br />
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 0 0<br />
SUPPLEMENTS<br />
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT<br />
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 1 2<br />
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 28 15<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 0 0<br />
Nombre de publications dans l'année<br />
275 (216<br />
ACL + 59<br />
ACTI)<br />
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 0 1<br />
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 13 7<br />
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 0<br />
282 (233<br />
ACL + 49<br />
ACTI)<br />
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms)<br />
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux<br />
RESSOURCES (K€)<br />
Budget total hors salaires 3199,312 1912,845<br />
Total des ressources contractuelles 3860,737 3692,553<br />
dont ANR 365,257 1150,133<br />
dont Europe 309,024 273,012<br />
dont Région 941,520 132,200<br />
dont Industrie 222,341 563,966<br />
dont Fondation Nanosciences 442,000 0<br />
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 1034,627 2110,188<br />
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 438,000 0<br />
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SUPPLEMENTS<br />
Appendix 13: <strong>Report</strong> of the 2 nd Scientific Committee held in<br />
2009, November 19 th – 20 th<br />
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SUPPLEMENTS<br />
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SUPPLEMENTS
HIGHLIGHTS<br />
QUANTUM NANOELECTRONICS: Nano-Electromechanical Resonators 1<br />
TECHNOLOGICAL FACILITIES: FIB Nano-Tomography of Defects in ZnMgO Heterostructures 2<br />
NANOMAGNETISM AND SPINTRONICS: Domain Wall Dynamics in Nanostripes 3<br />
NANOMAGNETISM AND SPINTRONICS: Detecting Single Nanoparticle Magnetization Reversal With a Nanotube 4<br />
NANOPHOTONICS: A Bright Single-Photon Source Based on a Photonic Nanowire 5<br />
NANOPHOTONICS: Quantum Heterostructures in II-VI Nanowires 6<br />
MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS: Terpyridine-based Macrocycles for Switches 7<br />
MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS: ELECMOL’10 conference 8<br />
NANOMATERIALS: Hybrid Natural-block-Synthetic Supramolecular Assembly 9<br />
NANOMATERIALS: Cristal Phase Transitions in Pressurized Silicon Nanowires 10<br />
NANOCHARACTERISATION: The Néel IRAM KIDs ARRAYs (NIKA) 11<br />
NANOCHARACTERISATION: Scanning Gate Nanoelectronics 12<br />
THEORY AND NANOSIMULATION: Nano-Ordering & Deep Undercooling Drive the Silicon Nanowire Growth 13<br />
THEORY AND NANOSIMULATION: Control of Thermal Conductivity at the Nanoscale 14<br />
LIFE SCIENCES: Implantable Computer Brain Interface 15
HIGHLIGHT : QUANTUM NANOELECTRONICS<br />
CONTACTS<br />
laurent.duraffourg@cea.fr<br />
philippe.andreucci@cea.fr<br />
roukes@caltech.edu<br />
FURTHER READING<br />
R. B. Karablin et al, Applied Physics Letters,<br />
95, 103111, (2009)<br />
E. Mile et al, Nanotechnology, 21, 165504<br />
(<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
1<br />
NANO-<br />
ELECTROMECHANICAL<br />
RESONATORS<br />
The Chair of Excellence of Michael<br />
ROUKES aims to merge advances in<br />
nanotechnology with very-large-scale<br />
integration (VLSI) processes in order to<br />
create complex nanomechanical systemsbased<br />
tools for science and industry—<br />
thus accelerating nanoscience out of the<br />
laboratory and into the marketplace.<br />
The emerging field of<br />
nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS)<br />
is attracting considerable interest. These<br />
miniaturized nanoscale devices,<br />
particularly cantilever and beam flexuralmode<br />
resonators, have enabled the<br />
demonstrations of single molecule mass<br />
sensors and single cell level-force<br />
sensors. The small displacements of<br />
these miniaturized devices induce very<br />
low signals which are overwhelmed by<br />
parasitic background. A lot of efforts<br />
have been devoted to developing new<br />
transduction and background reduction.<br />
Piezoelectric and piezoresistive<br />
transductions appear to be particularly<br />
advantageous compared to the more<br />
conventionally employed magnetomotive<br />
and capacitive techniques.<br />
Amongst the attributes of chosen<br />
transduction, principles are intrinsic<br />
integrability, high efficiency and electrical<br />
tunability, low power consumption, and<br />
low thermal budgets for materials<br />
processing, permitting post-CMOS<br />
integration.<br />
Silicon nanowire<br />
piezoresistive detection<br />
A piezoresistive detection scheme offers<br />
great potential compared to a capacitive<br />
one especially for high resonant<br />
frequency measurements. Recently, mass<br />
resolution down to 7 zeptograms Hz 1/2 has<br />
been demonstrated using a metallic<br />
gauge layer deposited on the top of a<br />
cantilever. Another approach consists in<br />
using a doped silicon nanowire. However<br />
to date bottom-up nanowires cannot be<br />
fabricated using a VLSI process<br />
compatible with a standard CMOS<br />
technology.<br />
We demonstrate a new kind of detection<br />
scheme based on doped silicon nanowire<br />
strain gauges that are fully compatible<br />
with CMOS processes. This allows very<br />
large scale integration of devices in a<br />
straightforward manner. Measurements<br />
obtained with this approach are showing<br />
promising performances in terms of<br />
frequency stability, dynamic range, and<br />
achievable mass resolution (Fig.1).<br />
Fig. 1: Nano cantilever beam resonator based<br />
on silicon nanowire piezoresistive detection –<br />
Very large signal to noise ratio<br />
The devices tested in this work were<br />
developed as prototypes and were not<br />
optimized for mass detection at this<br />
stage. Such NEMS have a great potential<br />
for future performance improvements<br />
and new applications opportunities.<br />
Further device optimization for lower<br />
mass and higher frequency, based on<br />
advanced top-down nanowire fabrication<br />
techniques (for instance 40nm-silicon<br />
thickness), will lead to a resolution in the<br />
range of a few zeptograms or less.<br />
Piezoelectric<br />
nanoelectromechanical<br />
resonators<br />
We also demonstrated piezoelectrically<br />
actuated, electrically tunable NEMS based<br />
on multilayers containing a 100-nm-thin<br />
aluminum nitride (AlN) layer. Efficient<br />
piezoelectric actuation of very high<br />
frequency fundamental flexural modes up<br />
to 80 MHz has been demonstrated at<br />
room temperature (Fig.2).<br />
Fig. 2: Very High Frequency AlN beam<br />
resonators demonstrating nonlinearity (a) and<br />
frequency tuning behaviour (b).<br />
To conclude, 11 patents were deposited.<br />
Moreover an Alliance for Nanosystems<br />
VLSI between Caltech/KNI and Léti-<br />
Minatec was created thanks to the<br />
support of the Nanosciences Foundation.
FIB NANO-<br />
TOMOGRAPHY OF<br />
DEFECTS IN Z N M G O<br />
HETEROSTRUCTURES<br />
In 2008 the Nanosciences Foundation<br />
funded, through the network of<br />
technological facilities, the acquisition of<br />
a dual beam Focused Ion Beam – FIB –<br />
system that is located at the Minatec<br />
nanocharacterisation facility (PFNC). 3D<br />
reconstruction of two dimensional zinc<br />
and magnesium oxide heterostructures<br />
has been obtained using this new<br />
instrument in the nano-tomography<br />
mode. This work has been carried out in<br />
collaboration with the LETI in the<br />
framework of the “Eclairage” Carnot<br />
Institute project.<br />
The principle of FIB nano-tomography is<br />
depicted in Figure 1: in a dual-beam<br />
instrument, a gallium ion beam allows a<br />
sample to be etched layer by layer, and<br />
the electron beam is used for imaging the<br />
surface in scanning electron microscopy<br />
(SEM). In this serial sectioning technique,<br />
the sample is "sliced and viewed",<br />
without any mechanical movement. The<br />
spacing between each slice can be nearly<br />
the same as the pixel size of the SEM<br />
images. Thus the acquired stack of<br />
images is transformed directly into a 3D<br />
data volume, without any reconstruction.<br />
Fig. 1: Principle of the FIB nano-tomography<br />
technique in a dual-beam focused ion beam<br />
microscope.<br />
A big advantage is the robustness and<br />
the versatility of this technique. It is<br />
possible to observe almost any sample,<br />
even non-conductive ones. The ultimate<br />
spatial resolution is about two<br />
nanometers in the three dimensions. In x<br />
and y, it is limited by the size of the<br />
electron probe, and the thinnest possible<br />
slices in z is nearly of the same size. The<br />
acquisition of each slice takes typically<br />
one minute - 10 seconds for cutting, and<br />
50 seconds for image recording, so a full<br />
volume acquisition takes typically 10<br />
hours.<br />
Figure 2 shows an example of application<br />
for the study of growth defects in two<br />
dimensional zinc and magnesium oxide<br />
heterostructures. These structures are<br />
grown at the Léti by metal organic vapor<br />
phase epitaxy on sapphire substrates, for<br />
the realisation of new solid state lightning<br />
devices.<br />
Fig. 2: Virtual plan-view images of a ZnMgO<br />
heterostructure at various steps of the growth.<br />
It reveals (a) the spinel network at the<br />
sapphire/ZnO interface, (b) the porosity at the<br />
beginning of the growth, (c) the sub-grains in<br />
the ZnO layer, and (d) the defaults in the<br />
ZnMgO heterostructure<br />
Under certain growth conditions, the<br />
surface presents several large defects,<br />
with a shape of hexagonal based<br />
pyramids. A stack of nine hundred<br />
images has been acquired, with a pixel<br />
size of 4 nm and a slice thickness of 10<br />
nm. From this stack, it is possible to<br />
reconstruct virtual images of the layer in<br />
perpendicular directions, as well as<br />
virtual plan view images. A lot of new<br />
details appear compared to a single<br />
cross-sectional view.<br />
For example a characteristic network due<br />
to a new phase appears at the beginning<br />
of the growth. It consists of a zinc<br />
aluminate spinel formed by a solid state<br />
reaction between sapphire and zinc oxide<br />
during the high temperature growth step<br />
at 1000 °C. The 3D shape of this spinel<br />
network can be visualized, and it is<br />
noticeable that its two faces are not<br />
equivalent: the top face is very smooth,<br />
but the bottom face presents a<br />
characteristic and almost continuous<br />
crater, hardly seen on a single 2D<br />
projection.<br />
The porosity at the beginning of the<br />
growth is also clearly revealed. It can be<br />
quantified, and correlated with sub-grains<br />
slightly mis-oriented in the ZnO layer.<br />
This corresponds to a growth mechanism<br />
with small islands at the beginning. The<br />
porosity appears during the coalescence<br />
of these islands, but the small misorientations<br />
are kept in the whole ZnO<br />
layer. Finally it is shown that the<br />
pyramidal defects start exactly at the<br />
interface between ZnO and zinc and<br />
magnesium oxide.<br />
CONTACTS<br />
pierre-henri.jouneau@cea.fr<br />
pascale.bayle-guillemaud@cea.fr<br />
2<br />
HIGHLIGHT : TECHNOLOGICAL FACILITIES
HIGHLIGHT : NANOMAGNETISM AND SPINTRONICS<br />
CONTACTS<br />
jan.vogel@grenoble.cnrs.fr<br />
gilles.gaudin@cea.fr<br />
laurent.vila@cea.fr<br />
FURTHER READING<br />
V.Uhlir et al., Physical Review B, Rapid<br />
Communications, 83, 020406 (2011)<br />
C. Burrowes et al., Nature Physics, 6, 17<br />
(<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
T.A. Moore et al., Applied Physics Letters,<br />
93, 252604 (2008).<br />
I.M. Miron et al., Nature Materials, 9, 230<br />
(<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
3<br />
DOMAIN WALL<br />
DYNAMICS<br />
IN NANOSTRIPES<br />
Magnetic domain walls in nanostripes<br />
have been proposed to be the basic<br />
element of a new type of fast and cheap<br />
magnetic storage medium. The<br />
displacement of the domain walls in these<br />
nanostripes is induced by current pulses,<br />
through the spin-transfer-torque (STT)<br />
effect. Several Grenoble laboratories<br />
(Institut Néel, INAC/SPINTEC & NM &<br />
LEMMA) work together to obtain groundbreaking<br />
results in this very competitive<br />
field of research, through the fabrication<br />
of innovating materials and the<br />
development and the use of advanced<br />
tools for characterization and modelling.<br />
In 2009, the RTRA project MIDWEST,<br />
yields funds to the 4 laboratories to<br />
develop and share complementary<br />
magnetic imaging techniques allowing a<br />
detailed metrology of domain wall<br />
dynamics in magnetic nanostructures.<br />
Current induced domain wall motion<br />
(CIDM) has mainly been studied in<br />
nanostripes of soft magnetic permalloy<br />
(Ni 80 Fe 20 ) with in-plane magnetization. In<br />
these stripes, relatively high domain wall<br />
velocities were obtained (> 100 m/s), but<br />
the current densities needed were<br />
relatively high (> 10 12 A/m 2 ). These high<br />
current densities are a drawback both for<br />
the power consumption and for the<br />
associated Joule heating of the stripes.<br />
In collaboration with a team from Unité<br />
Mixte de Physique <strong>CNRS</strong>/Thales, the<br />
group of the Institut Néel has used timeresolved<br />
Photo Emission Electron<br />
Microscope (PEEM) magnetic imaging to<br />
investigate CIDM in Co/Cu/NiFe trilayers.<br />
Domain wall velocity up to 600 m/s was<br />
observed in this system, for current<br />
densities that were a factor 2-3 smaller<br />
than required for single permalloy layers.<br />
Images taken during the application of<br />
the current pulses revealed that the NiFe<br />
magnetization, which is parallel to the<br />
axis of the stripes when no current is<br />
applied, tilts in the direction transverse to<br />
the stripes during the current pulses. It<br />
was shown that this is due to the Oersted<br />
magnetic field generated by the current<br />
itself, which is relatively large for these<br />
trilayer systems where most of the<br />
current flows in the Cu and Co layers.<br />
The effect of the Oersted field on the<br />
magnetization of the stripes and the<br />
domain wall may be at the origin of the<br />
high efficiency of CIDM in this system<br />
[Uhlir2011].<br />
Perpendicular magnetized materials are<br />
very attractive for applications since, due<br />
to the simpler and narrower domain<br />
walls, CIDM is predicted to be much more<br />
efficient and the induced displacements<br />
reproducible.<br />
The group of INAC/NM, together with<br />
colleagues from Spintec and IEF Orsay,<br />
has studied domain wall motion in FePt<br />
alloys and Co/Ni multilayers with<br />
perpendicular anisotropy. By studying the<br />
probability of depinning a domain wall<br />
from a natural or artificial defect, as a<br />
function of applied field and current<br />
density, important information was<br />
provided on the STT efficiency, the socalled<br />
non-adiabatic torque. Contrary to<br />
what was expected, the results showed<br />
that this non-adiabatic torque is relatively<br />
insensitive to the domain wall width<br />
[Burrowes2008].<br />
Another system with perpendicular<br />
magnetic anisotropy, consisting of<br />
Pt/Co/AlO x trilayers, was developed by<br />
Spintec, and CIDM was studied in<br />
collaboration with Institut Néel. It shows<br />
a very high CIDM efficiency and, in<br />
contrast to almost all other perpendicular<br />
systems, long distance current-induced<br />
motion of domain walls, essential for<br />
most of the applications, can be observed<br />
in this system, as shown in Fig. 1.<br />
Fig. 1: Differential Kerr images of currentinduced<br />
domain wall motion in 500nm wide<br />
Pt/Co(0.6nm)/AlOx stripes, for two different<br />
current densities (1x10 12 and 1.5x10 12 A/m 2 )<br />
These images were obtained with Kerr<br />
microscopy, using the difference between<br />
images taken before and after the<br />
application of current pulses. For the<br />
lower current densities, the domain wall<br />
velocity increases with current density<br />
following a so-called creep law<br />
[Moore2008], while at higher current<br />
densities a linear increase is observed,<br />
with maximum velocities above 400 m/s.<br />
The Rashba effect due to the structural<br />
inversion asymmetry is thought to be at<br />
the origin of both the high CIDM<br />
efficiency and the high velocities<br />
[Miron<strong>2010</strong>].
DETECTING SINGLE<br />
NANOPARTICLE<br />
MAGNETIZATION<br />
REVERSAL WITH A<br />
NANOTUBE<br />
Nanospintronics benefits from advances<br />
in quantum transport and molecular<br />
electronics. Combining these concepts<br />
provides new devices highly sensitive to<br />
the local electromagnetic environment<br />
such as carbon nanotube quantum dots.<br />
Moreover molecular objects offer great<br />
versatility in their functionnalization with<br />
magnetic systems such as nanoparticles<br />
or molecular magnets, offering new<br />
routes towards nanoscale spin detection.<br />
Magneto-Coulomb effect in<br />
nanotube quantum dots<br />
filled with magnetic<br />
nanoparticles<br />
“Fil de l’eau” PhD student 2007:<br />
Subhadeep DATTA<br />
Carbon nanotubes at low temperature<br />
behave as quantum dots (QD) for which<br />
charging processes become quantized,<br />
giving rise to Coulomb blockade. Any<br />
small change in the electrostatic<br />
environment (tuned by the gate<br />
electrode, see Fig. 1, top) can induce a<br />
shift of the energy of the QD, leading to<br />
conductivity variation. A carbon nanotube<br />
can therefore be a very accurate<br />
electrometer. If a magnetic system is<br />
electronically coupled to a nanotube, its<br />
spin state can influence sequential<br />
tunneling through the nanotube (socalled<br />
magneto-Coulomb effect).<br />
The context in which the magneto-<br />
Coulomb effect (MCE) was first observed<br />
was that of single-electron transistors<br />
connected with two ferromagnetic leads.<br />
This effect was characterized by an<br />
enhanced magnetoresistance (MR) of the<br />
island in the Coulomb blockade regime.<br />
This feature originated from the Zeeman<br />
energy of the ferromagnetic contacts,<br />
inducing a shift between the majority and<br />
minority spin energy bands. It resulted in<br />
a modification of the island chemical<br />
potential, which is equivalent to effective<br />
electrostatic gating. The MCE thus<br />
enabled the single electron transistor to<br />
be driven by the magnetic field.<br />
In our case, the hollow center of a double<br />
wall carbon nanotube is filled with<br />
magnetic nanoparticles such as iron<br />
(collaboration with Institut Carnot<br />
CIRIMAT, University of Toulouse). We<br />
observe unprecedented high MR reaching<br />
up to 53% at 40 mK with a hysteretic<br />
behaviour and sharp jumps at specific<br />
magnetic fields corresponding to the<br />
magnetization reversal of the<br />
encapsulated particle (see Fig. 1,<br />
bottom). Moreover these features are<br />
strongly gate dependent and reflect<br />
directly the features from Coulomb<br />
blockade in the QD. Indeed, the spin flip<br />
of the iron island at non-zero magnetic<br />
field causes a sharp change in the<br />
nanoparticle chemical potential due to<br />
the Zeeman energy, which is acting on<br />
the nanotube like an effective offset<br />
charge. Such coupling allows the<br />
detection of a single reversal event, with<br />
high accuracy considering its strong<br />
influence on the magnetoresistance.<br />
This effect is thus a new gate dependent<br />
MR, which differs from that described in<br />
previous reports in which the MCE<br />
originated from the contact between<br />
nanostructures and ferromagnetic leads.<br />
Here the MCE is induced by the local<br />
coupling of a nanotube quantum dot with<br />
low-dimensional magnets. This coupling<br />
allows differentiating the sensor from the<br />
probed magnetic object. It opens up new<br />
possibilities for exploiting the versatility<br />
of nanotube QD functionnalization with<br />
different nanomagnets, using double wall<br />
nanotube (DWNTs) filled with various<br />
materials, functionalized on their surface<br />
with molecular magnets.<br />
Fig. 1: Top: transistor based on a double wall<br />
carbon nanotube, the inner tube of which is<br />
filled with magnetic iron nanomagnet; Bottom:<br />
strong resistance variations R and strong MR<br />
hysteresis observed for different applied gate<br />
voltages Vg. Quantum transport and<br />
magnetization reversal are directly correlated<br />
and appear as color changes.<br />
CONTACTS<br />
4<br />
HIGHLIGHT : NANOMAGNETISM AND SPINTRONICS<br />
laetitia.marty@grenoble.cnrs.fr<br />
wolfgang.wernsdorfer@grenoble.cnrs.fr<br />
FURTHER READING<br />
L. Bogani et al., Nature Mater. 7, p179,<br />
(2008)
HIGHLIGHT : NANOPHOTONICS<br />
CONTACTS<br />
julien.claudon@cea.fr<br />
FURTHER READING<br />
J. Claudon et al. Nature Photonics, 4,<br />
p174, (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
J. Bleuse et al, Phys. Rev. Lett, 106,<br />
103601 (2011)<br />
5<br />
A BRIGHT SINGLE-<br />
PHOTON SOURCE<br />
BASED ON A PHOTONIC<br />
NANOWIRE<br />
The realization of an efficient, on-demand<br />
single-photon source (SPS) is an<br />
important goal for the development of<br />
quantum cryptography and photonic<br />
quantum information processing. In this<br />
context, semiconductor quantum dots<br />
(QD) are very attractive: at low<br />
temperature, they offer a stable singlephoton<br />
emission with a nearly perfect<br />
radiative yield. However, they are<br />
generally embedded in a high index<br />
semiconductor matrix that prevents the<br />
efficient collection of light in the far field.<br />
Within the “Strongchip” young scientist<br />
project supported by the Nanoscience<br />
Foundation, we have overcome this<br />
limitation and demonstrated a very bright<br />
SPS by inserting the QD inside a novel,<br />
well controlled electromagnetic<br />
environment: a photonic nanowire.<br />
A photonic wire is a monomode optical<br />
waveguide that is made of a high index<br />
dielectric material. Specifically, we<br />
consider here a structure defined in III-<br />
As semiconductors and shown in Fig. 1:<br />
the wire is made of GaAs (n=3.5) and is<br />
surrounded by air (n=1). It contains an<br />
InAs QD whose fundamental optical<br />
transition emits single photons at a free<br />
space wavelength around 920 nm. The<br />
high refractive index contrast between<br />
the wire and the air cladding has two<br />
important consequences. First, the<br />
guided mode is confined very tightly<br />
inside a wire having a 200 nm diameter,<br />
which guarantees a good coupling to the<br />
emitter. In addition, the coupling to the<br />
continuum of non-guided modes is<br />
strongly inhibited, thanks to a<br />
pronounced dielectric screening effect. As<br />
a consequence, the spontaneous<br />
emission of the QD is nearly completely<br />
funneled into the guided mode. Next, one<br />
has to collect efficiently the guided<br />
photons with a microscope objective<br />
located above the wire. For this goal, the<br />
two ends of the wire are carefully<br />
engineered. The photons emitted<br />
downward are reflected back into the<br />
guided mode with an integrated mirror,<br />
made of gold and silica. The upper wire<br />
end features a conical tip, designed to<br />
deconfine progressively the guided mode<br />
into the air cladding, in order to obtain a<br />
more directive far-field emission pattern.<br />
The fabrication process of such devices<br />
starts from a planar structure grown by<br />
molecular beam epitaxy. After deposition<br />
of the SiO 2 -Au mirror and a flip-chip step,<br />
the photonic nanowires are obtained with<br />
a dry plasma etching. Because it defines<br />
the nanowire geometry, this last step is<br />
critical and was carefully optimized.<br />
The sample was then mounted in a<br />
micro-photoluminescence setup and<br />
cooled down to liquid helium<br />
temperature. The injection of electronhole<br />
pairs to excite the QD luminescence<br />
was provided by a pulsed laser. The<br />
source efficiency, defined as the<br />
probability to emit a photon into the<br />
collecting cone of the microscope<br />
objective after an excitation pulse,<br />
reaches a maximum when the emitter is<br />
saturated. In these conditions, a record<br />
value of 0.72 photon per pulse was<br />
obtained. Simultaneously, intensity<br />
correlation measurements have provided<br />
the unambiguous signature of a very<br />
pure single-photon emission (g (2)
QUANTUM<br />
HETEROSTRUCTURES<br />
IN II-VI NANOWIRES<br />
Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) have<br />
attracted much attention in recent years<br />
because of their unique properties and<br />
potential use in a variety of technological<br />
applications. The flexibility of the NW<br />
growth allows designing quantum<br />
structures with unprecedented freedom.<br />
With narrow NW, quantum dot structures<br />
can be formed by inserting a low gap<br />
semiconductor along the NW axis<br />
(without the necessity of self-assembly),<br />
at defined position and size. On the other<br />
hand, core-shell heterostructures can be<br />
grown where the nanowires are<br />
surrounded by a radial shell which<br />
enables passivation of interfaces, and<br />
allows efficient charge separation in type<br />
II heterostructures for photovoltaic<br />
application.<br />
We have developed the growth of<br />
ZnSe/CdSe nanowire heterostructures by<br />
molecular beam epitaxy, using gold<br />
droplets as catalysts. Narrow wires with<br />
typical diameter of 10 nm have been<br />
obtained so that carriers in the CdSe QD<br />
are in the strong confinement regime<br />
(bulk exciton Bohr diameter is 11 nm for<br />
CdSe). These NW-QD show intense<br />
photoluminescence (PL) thank to the<br />
efficient light extraction from such<br />
structures as well as high linear<br />
polarization (linear polarization rate is<br />
about 90%) induced by the wire<br />
geometry. The strong Coulomb<br />
interaction in CdSe/ZnSe QDs (excitonbiexciton<br />
separation is 20meV in fig 1)<br />
makes this system particularly suitable<br />
for an application as high temperature<br />
(non cryogenic) single photon source.<br />
for non-classical light emission from a<br />
non-blinking semiconductor QD system.<br />
The intense PL emission of such QDs<br />
enables to carry out fine optical studies<br />
on the dynamics of elementary QD<br />
excitations (exciton, biexciton and trion).<br />
Moreover, we have introduced a novel<br />
technique to probe the dynamics of the<br />
microscopic events responsible for the<br />
spectral diffusion and broadening of QD<br />
lines. It relies on the measurement of the<br />
temporal correlations between photons<br />
emitted in the low-energy or high-energy<br />
parts of the QD exciton line; its resolution<br />
(90ps) represents an improvement by<br />
four orders of magnitude with respect to<br />
previous work.<br />
However pretty little control could be<br />
obtained with the growth on oxidized<br />
silicon: no epitaxial relation between the<br />
substrate, random orientation, quality<br />
hard to be reproduced. In order to gain<br />
control over the NW crystal structure and<br />
growth direction, we have investigated<br />
the epitaxial growth on a ZnSe buffer<br />
layer. The epitaxial growth has allowed<br />
us to obtain vertical and uniform NW (fig.<br />
2b) and a better reproducibility.<br />
With CdSe QD inserted in these ZnSe<br />
NW, we have managed very recently to<br />
demonstrate single photon emission up<br />
to room temperature, within the project<br />
of Miryam ELOUNEG, a PhD student<br />
funded by the Foundation.<br />
Fig. 2 (a) HRTEM image of two ZnSe NW<br />
embbeding a CdSe QD (gold catalyst is on<br />
top). (b) Low density of ZnSe NWs of uniform<br />
10nm diameter.<br />
HIGHLIGHT : NANOPHOTONICS<br />
Fig. 1: Very pure emission spectrum showing<br />
exciton (X) and biexciton (XX) from a single<br />
ZnSe/CdSe NW-QD<br />
With a first generation of NWs grown on<br />
an oxidized Si (001) wafer, we have<br />
demonstrated in 2008 single photon<br />
emission up to 220 K, which was at that<br />
time the highest reported temperature<br />
This expertise of CdSe axial<br />
heterostructures into II-VI nanowires is<br />
extended nowadays to lateral growth: a<br />
conformal layer of CdSe over a template<br />
of ZnO nanowires is an optimized<br />
geometry configuration for photovoltaic<br />
cells. In such core-shell semiconductor<br />
wires, the electron and the hole<br />
wavefunctions are naturally confined in<br />
the core and the shell region<br />
respectively.<br />
Such “quantum coaxial cables” open a<br />
promising route towards high efficiency<br />
solar cells which is explored within Yong<br />
ZHANG’s Chair of Excellence project<br />
entitled “II-VI photovoltaics”.<br />
CONTACTS<br />
kuntheak.kheng@cea.fr<br />
jean-philippe.poizat@grenoble.cnrs.fr<br />
henri.mariette@grenoble.cnrs.fr<br />
FURTHER READING<br />
A. Tribu et al. Nano Lett 8, 4326 (2008)<br />
G. Sallen et al, Phys. Rev. B 80, 085310<br />
(2009)<br />
G. Sallen et al, Nature Photonics 4, 696<br />
(<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
6
TERPYRIDINE-BASED<br />
MACROCYCLES FOR<br />
SWITCHES<br />
HIGHLIGHT : MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS<br />
The POLYSUPRA project , coordinated by<br />
Guy ROYAL (DCM, UJF) with Pierre<br />
TÉRECH (INAC/SPrAM) and Eric<br />
JALAGUIER, Julien BUCKLEY (Léti) as copartners<br />
concerns the preparation and<br />
study of self-assembled coordination<br />
polymers whose originality is to be able<br />
to respond to an external input (stimulus)<br />
that can be optical, electrical or chemical.<br />
The proposed systems are<br />
macromolecules based on polytopic<br />
ligands containing two coordinating units<br />
(terpyridines) bridged by a spacer having<br />
particular redox, optical or chemical<br />
properties. (Fig. 1) These molecules are<br />
particularly attractive for the preparation<br />
of smart materials or for electronic<br />
devices (transistors, memories).<br />
Fig. 1: Schematics detailing the formation of<br />
self-assembled metallo-polymers. The spacer<br />
induces additional chemical properties.<br />
The objectives of POLYSUPRA project<br />
supported by the Foundation are: i) the<br />
preparation and study of new<br />
metallopolymers; ii) the structural<br />
characterization of the polymers; iii) the<br />
attachments of the polymers onto solid<br />
substrates and study of the modified<br />
surfaces and iv) the incorporation of the<br />
systems into electronic devices. At of<br />
spring 2011, the first three tasks have<br />
been successfully realized.<br />
Fig. 2: Electrochromic behavior of a cobalt<br />
polymer.<br />
Structural and Rheological switching<br />
characterization of the polymers and their<br />
attachment onto solid substrates<br />
These metallopolymers can also form<br />
solution or gels, depending on the<br />
experimental conditions and it has been<br />
shown that a reversible gel to liquid<br />
conversion can be electrochemically<br />
controlled by changing the oxidation<br />
state of the metal ions in the polymers<br />
chains (Fig. 3). These polymers have<br />
been characterized using rheology,<br />
viscosimetry and SANS experiments.<br />
Their grafting onto solid substrates is also<br />
under way.<br />
Ox<br />
Red<br />
Fig. 3: Redox controlled Gel/Liquid conversion<br />
CONTACT<br />
guy.royal@ujf-grenoble.fr<br />
FURTHER READING<br />
A. Gasnier et al, Langmuir, 25(15), 8751–<br />
8762 (2009)<br />
A. Gasnier, et al., Inorganic Chemistry, 49,<br />
2592 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Synthesis and study of the<br />
metallopolymers in solution.<br />
Some polynuclear metallopolymers<br />
incorporating a binding unit as spacer<br />
have been prepared and investigated.<br />
These electroactive materials originally<br />
incorporate different types of metal<br />
complexes in the same polymer chain<br />
which induces novel functionalities.<br />
For example, remarkable electrochromic<br />
properties have been demonstrated (see<br />
Fig. 2).<br />
Fig. 4: Cover of the march <strong>2010</strong> issue of<br />
Inorganic Chemistry featuring the first phase<br />
of work supported by this RTRA project.<br />
7
ELECMOL’10<br />
CONFERENCE<br />
An important effort was provided by the<br />
Foundation to support dissemination of<br />
results through scientific conferences.<br />
The Foundation has therefore provided a<br />
continuous financial support of a series of<br />
international conferences on molecular<br />
electronics. This support from the<br />
academic community was constant since<br />
the first edition of the conference held in<br />
2004.<br />
The last edition of this conference was<br />
held last December <strong>2010</strong> at MINATEC.<br />
385 participants gathered for a 5 days<br />
conference featuring the last advances in<br />
the field of Molecular Electronics. The<br />
organizing committee was composed of<br />
12 scientists among which 8 are<br />
permanent researchers within the<br />
laboratories members of the RTRA<br />
network.<br />
Among other distinguished speakers, one<br />
should note the presence of Jean-Marie<br />
LEHN, from ISIS Strasbourg, Nobel Prize<br />
winner of Chemistry for his contributions<br />
on supramolecular chemistry; Georges<br />
WHITESIDES from Harvard University<br />
known for his pioneering works on Selfassembled<br />
systems, Paul ALIVISATOS,<br />
Director of the Lawrence Berkeley<br />
Laboratories, who presented his latest<br />
works on nanorods and Nadrian SEEMAN,<br />
discoverer of DNA based nanotechnology.<br />
The scope of the conference was chosen<br />
to encompass the broadest spectrum of<br />
molecular electronics and was structured<br />
in 8 topics organized as below:<br />
T1: Single Molecules & Quantum Dots:<br />
Junctions, Memories & Switches<br />
T2: Organic Electronics & Spintronics:<br />
Materials & Devices<br />
T3: Organic Optoelectronics & Photonics:<br />
Materials & Devices<br />
Fig. 1: Poster for the announcement of the<br />
fifth edition of the conferences ELECMOL<br />
Roland HERINO, former Director<br />
of the Nanoscience Foundation gave the<br />
opening ceremony talk during which he<br />
presented the scope of the Foundation.<br />
The conference included 15<br />
invited keynote lectures (45 minutes), 45<br />
Oral communications of 15 Minutes and<br />
256 Poster communications shared<br />
between 3 Poster Sessions.<br />
In order to facilitate the<br />
interaction between participants and<br />
promote interdisciplinarity, the choice of<br />
a single session conference held in a<br />
single amphitheatre was preferred over<br />
multiple parallel sessions.<br />
The total budget of the<br />
conference was about 149,000 Euros on<br />
which the Nanosciences Foundation<br />
contributed for the amount of 10,000<br />
Euros. The rest of the budget is shared<br />
between other public funding (20%),<br />
corporate and private support (sponsors)<br />
for 25%, the rest being provided by the<br />
registration fees of the participants.<br />
HIGHLIGHT : MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS<br />
T4: Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes &<br />
Nanowires: Synthesis & Devices<br />
T5: Self-Assembly & Supramolecular<br />
Architectures<br />
T6: Scanning Probe Microscopies & Near<br />
Field Approaches<br />
T7: Molecular Theoretical Modelling<br />
T8: Bioinspired Approaches & Biomimetic<br />
Devices<br />
Fig 2: The conference was hosted by the<br />
House of Micro and Nanotechnologies at<br />
MINATEC-Grenoble<br />
CONTACT<br />
patrice.rannou@cea.fr<br />
FURTHER READING<br />
www.elecmol.com<br />
8
HIGHLIGHT : NANOMATERIALS, NANOASSEMBLY AND NANOSTRUCTURATION<br />
CONTACTS<br />
borsali@cermav.cnrs.fr<br />
FURTHER READING<br />
K. Aissou et al., Langmuir, 27 (7), pp 4098–<br />
4103 (2011)<br />
C. Porto et al., Macromolecules, 44 (7), pp<br />
2240–2244 (2011)<br />
NANOSTRUCTURED<br />
LIGHT-EMITTING SMALL<br />
MOLECULES VIA<br />
HYBRID NATURAL-<br />
BLOCK-SYNTHETIC<br />
SUPRAMOLECULAR<br />
ASSEMBLY<br />
Self-assembly is emerging as an elegant,<br />
'bottom-up' method for fabricating<br />
nanostructured materials. As current<br />
polymers derive from petroleum - a<br />
resource that is being rapidly depleted -<br />
oligo and polysaccharides constitute an<br />
abundant, renewable, and yet<br />
undervalued resource for the fabrication of<br />
bio-inspired nanoelectronic devices. Within<br />
the framework of the 2007 RTRA project<br />
called “CELLULOSE HYBRID”, 3<br />
laboratories (CERMAV, LTM and Léti) have<br />
conceived a new method to build a<br />
versatile hierarchical assembly of hybrid<br />
diblock copolymer (cellulose based<br />
material) which led to tunable-lightemitting<br />
films. (1 patent)<br />
Synthesis and self-assembly<br />
of glycopolymer-based<br />
copolymers in thin films<br />
First, the team designs a hybrid naturalblock-synthetic<br />
copolymer system where<br />
the synthetic block is polystyrene and the<br />
natural one is an amylose fragment:<br />
maltoheptaose (noted maltoheptaoseblock-polystyrene<br />
(Mal7-b-PS))<br />
TEM pictures of Mal7-b-PS copolymer thin<br />
film confirm its phase organization (Fig.<br />
1). They show a stripe pattern, with dark<br />
regions smaller than bright ones, caused<br />
by the orientation of MAL7 cylinders<br />
parallel to the film free surface.<br />
Fig. 1: TEM picture of Mal7-b-PS thin film<br />
showing a stripe pattern, with a lattice period of<br />
about 12 nm measured from FFT inset.<br />
Photoluminescence of lightemitting<br />
thin film<br />
For light-emitting applications, one<br />
important challenge is to fabricate thin<br />
films with an optimal structure i.e. having<br />
large interface area and domain size<br />
similar to the exciton diffusion length<br />
about 10 nm. It has been possible to<br />
fabricate supramolecular architecture with<br />
active 4’,4-bipyridine on maltoheptaose<br />
blocks which fits this requirement to get<br />
expected photonic properties.<br />
Photoluminescence (PL) data of<br />
Mal7(bipy) 1.0 -b-PS thin films deposited on<br />
SiO 2 substrate were recorded (Fig. 2) after<br />
different annealing times. It yields wellorganized<br />
films (48h annealing),<br />
exhibiting a three times higher PL signal<br />
compared to a poorly organized film (15<br />
min annealing).<br />
Fig. 2: Photoluminescence spectra (excitation at<br />
365 nm) of Mal7(bipy)1.0-b-PS thin film after<br />
15 min (red) and 48h (black) annealing time.<br />
F<br />
ig.3: AFM phase image obtained from<br />
Mal7(bipy)1.0-b-PS thin film. The phase crosssection<br />
profile of the continuous red line on the<br />
AFM phase image inset revealed a distance of<br />
11nm between two white spots.<br />
This innovative conception of organic<br />
light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) has been<br />
patented (French patent deposited in<br />
<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
9
CRISTAL PHASE<br />
TRANSITIONS IN<br />
PRESSURIZED SILICON<br />
NANOWIRES<br />
The possibility to synthesize new<br />
crystalline phases in single silicon<br />
nanowires recently attracted attention<br />
owing to the potential tuning of the opto<br />
electronic properties that can be expected<br />
when the crystal structure undergoes<br />
phase transitions. In particular, it is<br />
predicted that the wurtzite phase which is<br />
metastable at room pressure and<br />
temperature is an indirect semiconductor<br />
with a 0.85 eV band gap. Unlike most of<br />
its III-V compounds counterparts where<br />
axial phase switching between cubic and<br />
hexagonal structure is routinely observed,<br />
direct crystal growth and characterization<br />
of wurtzite silicon nanowires is still a<br />
challenging task.<br />
In the frame of the NEP-IV project, we<br />
initiated a structural study of phase<br />
transitions in Si NWs, based on a<br />
“pressure engineering” approach that uses<br />
diamond (phase I) Si NWs as a starting<br />
material instead of the direct synthesis of<br />
modified wires, still under controversy.<br />
Indeed, in the case of bulk material, it was<br />
shown in the 60’s and 70’s that a highpressure<br />
loading and unloading cycle leads<br />
to high-pressure intermediate metallic or<br />
semimetallic phases that relax upon<br />
pressure release into the metastable Si III<br />
phase (body centred cubic, semimetallic)<br />
and Si IV phase (wurtzite, semiconductor)<br />
under a slight annealing of Si III at room<br />
pressure. In our experiment, we used a<br />
diamond-anvil cell to monitor the<br />
pressure-induced phase changes, which<br />
we followed by confocal micro-Raman<br />
spectroscopy. Size calibrated Si NWs were<br />
synthesized using 50 nm gold colloids as<br />
seeds for the vapour liquid solid growth.<br />
The sample was sonicated in a 4:1<br />
methanol-ethanol mixture and the<br />
resulting enriched solution was drop<br />
casted in the pressure cell for Raman<br />
investigation. This resulted in the<br />
formation of visible Si NW bundles at<br />
some preferential places in the cell that<br />
permitted precise excitation of the same<br />
group of wires all along the pressure rise<br />
and release cycle. The results are reported<br />
in Fig. 1 and show the characteristic<br />
Stokes Raman spectrum observed in bulk<br />
silicon I under increasing hydrostatic<br />
pressures up to 16-18 GPa where a first<br />
phase transition occurs, presumably<br />
towards the Si II phase (body centred<br />
tetragonal, metallic), which has no sharp<br />
Raman response. After completion of the<br />
phase transition and transformation of all<br />
Si I into Si II, pressure is progressively<br />
released. This does not lead to Si I phase<br />
retrieval but instead, and like in the bulk<br />
material, Si II remains stable down to the<br />
5-10 GPa range where a phase transition<br />
towards Si III phase takes place. The<br />
characteristic Raman peaks of Si III are<br />
detected together with two broader bands<br />
corresponding to amorphous Si but no<br />
contribution from Si I is found. Upon<br />
aperture of the cell, as the pressure is<br />
fully released to room pressure, the<br />
alcohol evaporates and Si I phase is<br />
immediately recovered, without any<br />
transit via Si IV. This is most likeky due to<br />
the lack of heat sink in the wire<br />
surroundings and subsequent intense laser<br />
annealing of Si III. Further experiments<br />
are necessary to fully understand the<br />
diameter dependence of the phase<br />
transitions and special care will be given<br />
to the low-pressure domain upon pressure<br />
release where observation of the Si IV<br />
phase is expected.<br />
Fig. 1: Raman spectra obtained on a bundle of<br />
50 nm diameter Si NWs for increasing<br />
pressures (top) and decreasing pressures<br />
(bottom). The different phases are labeled I, II<br />
and III<br />
CONTACTS<br />
nicolas.pauc@cea.fr<br />
pierre.bouvier@grenoble-inp.fr<br />
mael.guennou@grenoble-inp.fr<br />
10<br />
HIGHLIGHT : NANOMATERIALS, NANOASSEMBLY AND NANOSTRUCTURATION
THE NÉEL IRAM KIDS<br />
ARRAYS (NIKA)<br />
The Institut Néel is coordinating the NIKA<br />
collaboration, which is developing a new<br />
instrument for the 30-m IRAM (Institut<br />
de Radio Astronomie Millimetrique)<br />
telescope at Pico Veleta, near Granada<br />
(Spain). The peculiarity of this project is<br />
the use, in the focal plane, of large arrays<br />
of the new Kinetic Inductance Detectors<br />
(KIDs).<br />
the first technical run in Pico Veleta took<br />
place already in October 2009, with very<br />
encouraging results. We could observe,<br />
for example, a number of faint galactic<br />
and extra-galactic sources. The LEKID<br />
array used at the telescope in 2009 has<br />
been fabricated at the PTA-Grenoble<br />
platform.<br />
HIGHLIGHT : NANO-CHARACTERIZATION AND METROLOGY<br />
CONTACTS<br />
monfardini@grenoble.cnrs.fr<br />
alain.benoit@grenoble.cnrs.fr<br />
FURTHER READING<br />
A. Monfardini et al., Astronomy and<br />
Astrophysics, 521, id.A29 (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
L. Swenson et al., Applied Physics Letters,<br />
96, Issue 26, id. 263511 (<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
A. Monfardini et al., The Astrophysioal<br />
Journal, in press (2011), arXiv:1102.0870v2<br />
KIDS development<br />
The importance of millimeter and submillimeter<br />
astronomy is rapidly<br />
increasing. In particular, three main<br />
areas of millimeter continuum research<br />
have motivated the rapid development of<br />
new technologies:<br />
1. The study of the cold star-forming<br />
regions in the Galaxy<br />
2. The investigation of high-redshift<br />
galaxies, dimmed in higher energy<br />
bands<br />
3. Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)<br />
and its anomalies (e.g. SZ effect)<br />
The Néel IRAM KIDs Arrays (NIKA)<br />
project was kicked off in November 2008.<br />
The international collaboration, led by the<br />
Institut Néel, includes Institutions in the<br />
UK (University of Cardiff), Holland<br />
(SRON), Italy (Università di Roma) and of<br />
course France (Institut Néel, IRAM-<br />
Grenoble, LPSC, LAOG). NIKA, in its final<br />
configuration, uses, in the focal plane,<br />
thousands pixels arrays of KIDs (Kinetic<br />
Inductance Detectors). A KID consist<br />
basically in a planar superconducting<br />
resonator sensitive, through changes in<br />
the film kinetic inductance, to incoming<br />
mm-wave radiation.<br />
The development of KIDs detectors in<br />
France started in 2008 in Grenoble<br />
thanks to a “Jeunes Entrants” project<br />
titled “A DC-to-THz cryogenic platform for<br />
new generations of nano-detectors”. The<br />
project was funded by the “Fondation<br />
Nanosciences” Grenoble for the period<br />
2008-2011. In particular, Dr. Loren<br />
Swenson, post-doc hired by the<br />
Foundation, boosted incredibly the<br />
project with his pre-existing competences<br />
in RF electronics.<br />
In 2009, we started investigating a<br />
particular KID concept known as LEKID<br />
(Lumped Element KID), allowing a purely<br />
planar design and a good optical<br />
coupling. Totally unexplored at that time,<br />
we realized immediately the potential of<br />
this new configuration for future large<br />
instruments operating in the mm-wave<br />
range. Thanks to the rapid development,<br />
Fig. 1: The giant IRAM telescope, located at<br />
2900m on the Sierra Nevada, south of Spain<br />
[Credits L.Swenson]. Insets: Alessandro<br />
MONFARDINI (top), Loren SWENSON (bottom<br />
left) and Christian HOFFMANN (bottom right).<br />
In <strong>2010</strong> we have further developed the<br />
first NIKA prototype to build a new, dualband<br />
instrument able to observe<br />
simultaneously at the wavelengths of<br />
2mm (150GHz) and 1.25mm (240GHz).<br />
Fig. 2: The Crab observed by NIKA in October<br />
<strong>2010</strong> from the 30-m telescope.<br />
A new observational run with the<br />
improved system, and including two KIDs<br />
arrays of respectively 144 and 256 pixels<br />
has been carried out in October <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Thanks to the larger number of pixels,<br />
the two colors and the three-fold<br />
improvement in the detectors sensitivity,<br />
a large number of galactic and<br />
extragalactic extended sources have been<br />
detected during the six days on the sky.<br />
NIKA is today the state-of-the art<br />
concerning KIDs-based experiments, and<br />
this encourages us in proposing a multithousands<br />
pixels resident instrument,<br />
based on kinetic inductance detectors, at<br />
Pico Veleta.<br />
11
SCANNING GATE<br />
NANOELECTRONICS<br />
In the framework of Vincent Bayot’s Chair<br />
of Excellence, two major results were<br />
obtained by scanning gate microscopy<br />
(SGM): a theoretical understanding of<br />
SGM images in the coherent regime of<br />
transport both in the presence of defects<br />
and weak magnetic field; and the<br />
discovery of Coulomb islands in a<br />
quantum Hall interferometer.<br />
In the quantum Hall (QH) regime, near<br />
integer Landau level filling factors,<br />
electrons should be perfectly transmitted<br />
through spatially separated edge states<br />
(Fig. 2).<br />
SGM uses the electrically polarized tip of<br />
a low-temperature AFM to scan above a<br />
semiconductor device while the conductance<br />
changes, due to the tip perturbation,<br />
are simultaneously mapped in real<br />
space. Previously, we have applied the<br />
SGM technique to InGaAs-based quantum<br />
rings (QRs) at low temperature and<br />
under the effect of an external magnetic<br />
field (Hackens et al., Nature Phys 2006,<br />
Martins et al., PRL 2007). When the AFM<br />
tip scans over the QR surface, fringes are<br />
observed in the tip-induced conductance<br />
changes which are essentially radial with<br />
the QR. To understand the physics behind<br />
SGM experiments, we have focused on<br />
the correspondence between the local<br />
density of states (LDOS) and SGM<br />
conductance images by including an<br />
external magnetic field in the<br />
simulations. We also generate a realistic<br />
potential profile to account for disorder,<br />
and include many conduction channels<br />
contributing to the transport. We find<br />
that, in contrast with the current density<br />
distribution, the LDOS can often be<br />
determined by recursive semi-classical<br />
trajectories with energies close to the<br />
Fermi energy. As a result, the<br />
correspondence between LDOS and SGM<br />
images is clearly established (Fig. 1).<br />
Fig. 2: An artist’s view of edge states in the<br />
quantum ring confining potential. The tip (in<br />
green) induces a local perturbation of the<br />
potential that can be scanned over the<br />
quantum Hall interferometer.<br />
However, in mesoscopic systems,<br />
electronic transmission turns out to be<br />
more complex, giving rise to a large<br />
spectrum of magnetoresistance<br />
oscillations. To explain these<br />
observations, recent models (Rosenow et<br />
al., PRL 2007) put forward the theory<br />
that, as edge states come close to each<br />
other, electrons can hop between<br />
counterpropagating edge channels, or<br />
tunnel through Coulomb islands, giving<br />
rise to a new kind of Coulomb blockade<br />
effect. We have used SGM to<br />
demonstrate the presence of QH Coulomb<br />
islands, and reveal the spatial structure<br />
of transport inside a QH interferometer.<br />
The locations of electron islands are<br />
found by modulating the tunneling<br />
between edge states and confined<br />
electron orbits, i.e. the SGM polarized tip<br />
is used to modulate Coulomb blockade,<br />
resulting in concentric fringes<br />
surrounding the active island (Fig. 3).<br />
HIGHLIGHT : NANO-CHARACTERIZATION AND METROLOGY<br />
Fig. 1: Comparison between the LDOS (A) and<br />
conductance variation images (B) when<br />
negatively charged defects are included in the<br />
system.<br />
Moreover, by varying the Fermi<br />
level and magnetic field strength, we find<br />
that the LDOS and conductance images<br />
are periodical with the external field and<br />
that they bear the same periodicity as<br />
the Aharonov-Bohm effect. This finding<br />
strengthens our view that SGM in the<br />
weak tip-potential limit is the analogue of<br />
STM for imaging the electronic LDOS in<br />
buried open mesoscopic systems.<br />
Fig. 3: SGM image in the QH regime. The<br />
center of the resulting concentric fringes mark<br />
the position of the active quantum Coulomb<br />
island.<br />
Tuning the magnetic field, we<br />
were able to unveil a continuous<br />
evolution of active quantum Coulomb<br />
islands. This allows to decrypt the<br />
complexity of high-magnetic field<br />
magnetoresistance oscillations, and<br />
opens the way to further local-scale<br />
manipulations of QH localized states.<br />
CONTACTS<br />
vincent.bayot@uclouvain.be<br />
serge.huant@grenoble.cnrs.fr<br />
herve.courtois@grenoble.cnrs.fr<br />
FURTHER READING<br />
M. G. Pala et al., Nanotechnology, 20,<br />
264021 (2009)<br />
B. Hackens et al., Nature Communications<br />
1:39 (<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
12
NANO-ORDERING &<br />
DEEP UNDERCOOLING<br />
DRIVE THE SILICON<br />
NANOWIRE GROWTH<br />
Deep undercooling gives rise to a peculiar<br />
state of matter in which a liquid does not<br />
solidify even far below the normal<br />
freezing point. A good example of this<br />
phenomenon is found every day in<br />
meteorology: clouds in high altitude are<br />
an accumulation of undercooled droplets<br />
of water below their freezing points due<br />
to the high purity of the atmosphere at<br />
these altitudes.<br />
temperatures. Such a property is<br />
employed to manufacture high-purity Si<br />
nanowires through a vapour-liquid-solid<br />
growth mechanism. Very recently, the<br />
origin of the deep eutectic point was<br />
shown to be related to the presence of a<br />
well-defined chemical short-range order<br />
that enhances AuSi interactions in the<br />
liquid phase, in contrast with the solid<br />
mixture and with the occurrence of an<br />
important icosahedral ordering in the<br />
undercooled region [3].<br />
HIGHLIGHT : THEORY AND NANOSIMULATION<br />
CONTACTS<br />
alain.pasturel@grenoble.cnrs.fr<br />
noel.jakse@grenoble-inp.fr<br />
FURTHER READING<br />
[1] N. Jakse et al., Physical Review Letters,<br />
91, p205702, (2003); 93, p207801, (2004)<br />
[2] T.U. Schulli et al., Nature 464, p1174,<br />
(<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
[3] A. Pasturel et al., Phys. Rev. B 81,<br />
p140202R (<strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Undercooling was discovered in 1724 by<br />
Fahrenheit while observing that water<br />
droplets stay liquid below 0°C. However<br />
numerous questions about the underlying<br />
mechanisms remain nowadays still open.<br />
In the 1950’s, theoricians postulated the<br />
structure at the atomic level to be<br />
incompatible with crystallization. This led<br />
to the speculation that the atoms in the<br />
liquid could locally arrange in icosahedra<br />
characterized by a five-fold symmetry<br />
which is incompatible with the long-range<br />
periodicity of the crystalline solid.<br />
Fig. 1: Icosahedron<br />
and pentagonal<br />
rings<br />
Fifty years later, ab initio molecular<br />
dynamics simulations revealed for the<br />
first time five-fold coordinated clusters<br />
(pentagons) in pure liquid metals as well<br />
as liquid metallic alloys, some of them<br />
being known to form quasicrystalline<br />
phases or bulk metallic glasses upon<br />
rapid solidification [1].<br />
Using ab initio molecular dynamics<br />
simulations, a new remarkable<br />
undercooling phenomenon has been<br />
explained [2], namely an undercooling as<br />
deep as 350°C for Gold-Silicon (Au 81 Si 19 )<br />
eutectic alloy in contact with a specially<br />
decorated silicon (111) surface where the<br />
outermost layer of the solid featured<br />
pentagonal atomic arrangements. This<br />
alloy is characterized by an unusually<br />
deep eutectic temperature, 359°C, that is<br />
hundreds of degrees below the melting<br />
points of Au (1063°C) and Si (1412°C)<br />
and guarantees a very high mobility of<br />
the Si atoms at relatively low<br />
Fig. 2: Pentagonal arrangements in the goldsilicon<br />
eutectic liquid are stabilized at the<br />
interface. The close-packing of 7 atoms leads<br />
to build the five-fold ring.<br />
In order to understand the effect of the<br />
silicon surface on the local structure of<br />
the eutectic alloy and its undercooling<br />
properties, we carried out calculations of<br />
solid / eutectic liquid interfaces as a<br />
function of different silicon surfaces. The<br />
Silicon (111) surface forces the presence<br />
of local pentagonal arrangements in the<br />
liquid phase at the interface (see Figure<br />
2) The main consequence is that the<br />
alloy’s atoms near this interface display a<br />
local order that increases the stability of<br />
the supercooled phase of the liquid<br />
instead of triggering heterogeneous<br />
nucleation. It is also observed that the<br />
pentagonal decorated silicon (111) [2]<br />
surface influences the short-range order<br />
and the metastability of the liquid<br />
eutectic alloy, favouring the increase of<br />
pentagons in the liquid phase.<br />
This result has wide implications, not only<br />
for fundamental studies of freezing, but<br />
also for practical control of the phase<br />
transition. For instance, it should lead to<br />
important technological applications in<br />
the field of nanowire growth for which the<br />
eutectic alloy act as a catalyst. It is also<br />
speculated that the containerless<br />
techniques required today to obtain<br />
undercooling could be in the future be<br />
replaced by icosahedrally coated solid<br />
containers.<br />
13
CONTROL OF THERMAL<br />
CONDUCTIVITY AT THE<br />
NANOSCALE<br />
The ability to precisely control the<br />
thermal conductivity of a material is<br />
fundamental in the development of onchip<br />
heat management or energy<br />
conversion. By engineering a set of<br />
individual phonon-scattering nanodot<br />
barriers, researchers from the University<br />
of Bordeaux, IFW Dresden, and Liten,<br />
have accurately tailored the thermal<br />
conductivity of a single-crystalline SiGe<br />
material in spatially defined regions as<br />
short as 15 nm, attaining ultra low<br />
thermal conductivities below 1 W/m-K.<br />
The motivation of this study was to know<br />
whether it is possible to achieve fully<br />
diffusive phonon barriers in a single<br />
crystalline material.<br />
Previous studies on planar Si/SiGe<br />
superlattices had reported reductions in<br />
thermal conductivity compatible with<br />
partially diffusive interfaces. In our case,<br />
having dots rather than flat layers leads<br />
to a much stronger phonon scattering,<br />
and allows us to achieve fully diffusive<br />
barriers.<br />
The single crystalline nanodot samples<br />
were grown at IFW Dresden.<br />
Measurements of their thermal<br />
conductivity were performed by two<br />
different methods:<br />
3- method (by A. Rastelli at IFW<br />
Dresden)<br />
time domain thermoreflectance<br />
(TDTR), by S.Dilhaire at the University of<br />
Bordeaux.<br />
Theoretical modelling of flat and nanodot<br />
based superlattices was performed at<br />
Liten, employing atomistic Green’s<br />
function methods.<br />
The thermal conductivity was measured<br />
in the cross plane direction. Singlebarrier<br />
thermal resistances between 2<br />
and 4x10 -9 m 2 K W -1 were attained. This<br />
results in a room-temperature<br />
conductivity down to about 0.9Wm -1 K -1 ,<br />
in multilayered structures with only five<br />
barriers.<br />
Such low thermal conductivity is<br />
compatible with a totally diffuse<br />
mismatch model for the barriers, and it is<br />
well below the amorphous limit. The<br />
results are in agreement with atomistic<br />
Green’s function simulations.<br />
HIGHLIGHT : THEORY AND NANOSIMULATION<br />
Fig. 1: Schematic of the self-assembled<br />
nanodot multilayers fabricated by molecular<br />
beam epitaxy.<br />
Fig. 2: Experimental thermal conductivities of<br />
the samples, as a function of period length<br />
This demonstrated ability to tailor<br />
thermal conductivity with 1 Wm -1 K -1<br />
precision and confirmed a spatial<br />
resolution below the 20nm range which is<br />
very relevant to the development of<br />
integrated miniaturized energy<br />
harvesting or thermal management<br />
devices, fully compatible with silicon<br />
nanoelectronics.<br />
CONTACTS<br />
natalio.mingo@cea.fr<br />
FURTHER READING<br />
G.Pernot et al., Nature Materials, 9, 491<br />
(<strong>2010</strong>).<br />
14
HIGHLIGHT : NANO APPROACHES TO LIFE SCIENCES<br />
CONTACTS<br />
tetiana.aksenova@cea.fr<br />
corinne.mestais@cea.fr<br />
FURTHER READING<br />
Eliseyev et al., LNCS, 6792, 2011 (in press)<br />
IMPLANTABLE<br />
COMPUTER BRAIN<br />
INTERFACE<br />
Up to now, drugs were the main way for<br />
a physician to repair the brain and its<br />
connections to the rest of the body. Deep<br />
brain stimulation has nevertheless<br />
already demonstrated the interest of local<br />
stimulation to correct neural circuit<br />
defects using implantable electrodes.<br />
Nanotechnologies, allowing to record,<br />
stimulate or deliver drugs to neurons<br />
with an unprecedented (unmatched,<br />
unrivaled) resolution will surely help<br />
developing some of the tomorrow’s<br />
neurological treatments. Development of<br />
robust brain-computer interfaces is a key<br />
issue for these progresses.<br />
Development of selflearning<br />
adaptive solutions<br />
for the control of<br />
mechanical effectors<br />
Chair of Excellence 2008: Tetiana<br />
AKSENOVA<br />
Severe motor disabilities require the<br />
development of new communication<br />
pathways to allow the patient controlling<br />
efficiently and safely external aids, such<br />
as wheelchairs and prostheses. The<br />
current method consists in redirecting the<br />
injured nerves into non-essential muscles<br />
and using the electric signals associated<br />
to muscle contraction to monitor the<br />
patient’s intention. The aim of the “Brain-<br />
Computer Interface” project (BCI) is to<br />
directly interpret the brain neural activity<br />
and to translate it into useful command<br />
signals. “Motor signals” are relatively<br />
large in the brain, and can thus be<br />
discriminated from the other neural<br />
activity.<br />
In fact, this work consists in developing<br />
and implementing innovative signal<br />
processing algorithms to analyze<br />
Electrocorticographic signals (ECoG:<br />
electric signals recorded at the surface of<br />
the brain). Animals were instrumented<br />
with ECoG electrodes and trained to<br />
press a pedal to get food at their will,<br />
while ECoG signals were recorded. After<br />
training, a “predictor” was built that could<br />
successfully predict the animal’s intention<br />
(Fig. 1 & 2).<br />
One of the prominent features of this<br />
algorithm is that the success of the<br />
detection is stable for several months<br />
without recalibration, which is very<br />
important for future patient<br />
rehabilitation. Brain computer interface<br />
experiments are now in progress in nonhuman<br />
primates (the step toward human<br />
implantation) and show promising<br />
results.<br />
A<br />
B<br />
Fig. 1: scheme of the brain-computer interface<br />
experiments.<br />
A: training stage, the recorded signals are<br />
used to calibrate the algorithm.<br />
B: the algorithm is used to command the<br />
reward distributor.<br />
Fig. 2: A real-time brain computer interface<br />
experiment. The rat presses the pedal but<br />
decision whether to give a reward is made on<br />
the basis of the recorded ECoG signal.<br />
Although it is still necessary to further<br />
improve the reliability of the detection,<br />
these results successfully demonstrate<br />
that electrocortical electrodes could be<br />
used to control external mechanical<br />
devices and thus rehabilitate paralyzed<br />
people.<br />
Of course, a less invasive system is under<br />
development, consisting in electrodes to<br />
record ECoG signals and circuits to<br />
ensure wireless transmission to the<br />
computer. The first implantation is<br />
scheduled for 2012.<br />
15
Roland HERINO<br />
(past Director)<br />
Jean-Paul DURAUD<br />
(past President)<br />
Farid OUABDESSELAM<br />
(President)<br />
Alain FONTAINE<br />
(Director)<br />
Karine ARGENTO<br />
(past Chief<br />
Administrative Officer)<br />
Stéphanie MONFRONT<br />
(Head of Fundraising<br />
& Communications)<br />
Marie-Anne CARRE<br />
(Chief<br />
Administrative Officer)<br />
Maud DAYEZ<br />
(Human Resources<br />
Administrator<br />
and Assistant)
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