WELCOME TO NANOELECTRONICS
The smallest thing your eye can see might be a silk fibre. Imagine something thousand times smaller and you have reached the mysterious realm of the "nanoworld" where billions of electronic devices can be produced in the space of just a few square millimetres.
When combined with powerful and reliable software, these miniature electronic devices can deliver new services for improving our daily lives. Nanoelectronics allow for instance:
- more powerful and smarter electronic devices
- smart cities including safe and sustainable mobility
- enhanced healthcare and new health applications e.g. predictive medicine
The European Commission realises that investing in nanoelectronics today is investing in future innovation. Therefore, we concentrate on promoting research and innovation in various fields of nanoelectronics like manufacturing, technology, design and others.
NANOELECTRONICS, A KEY ENABLING TECHNOLOGY
The main driving force behind the development of ICT goods are the Key Enabling Technologies (KETs), i.e. nanotechnology, micro- and nanoelectronics including semiconductors, advanced materials, biotechnology and photonics.
In the context of KETs, the European scientific knowledge needs to be more strongly pushed to convert into industrially exploited products. We want to improve the innovation flow by closing the gap between advanced research and industrial needs.