Project description
Advances in chemistry shaping the future of nanotechnology in Europe
Nanotechnology, the technology of the 21st century, relies heavily on chemistry to create specifically tailored molecules for functional nanomaterials. Over time, industrial demand for novel nanostructures with unique properties for specific applications will increase. This requires a deeper understanding of the chemistry and physics behind new nanoscale fabrication methods. To ensure Europe’s central role in this industry, the nanotechnology sector needs well-trained individuals with technical skills and a broad understanding of next-generation processing techniques. Funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the ELENA project will study the chemistry underpinning emerging nanotechnology writing techniques to make them commercially competitive, and train a new generation of highly skilled scientists geared for innovation and entrepreneurship.
Objective
Chemistry is fundamental to nanotechnology, as chemistry can prepare specifically tailored molecules to serve, in a bottom-up approach, as the building blocks for the fabrication of functional and structured nano-materials. Nanotechnology is the technology of the 21st century with applications from electronics to biotechnology and medicine. The next decade will thus be characterized by an increasing industrial demand for novel nanostructures with individual physical and chemical properties tuned to specific applications. This, in turn, requires increased flexibility and control over material composition, shape and resolution. To meet this demand the chemistry and the physics behind new and emerging nanoscale fabrication methods must be well understood and this understanding must be systematically deployed to advance these methods into commercially viable fabrication technologies. Simultaneously to ensure that Europe is a significant player in this economically and technologically important industry, the European nanotechnology industry must have access to well trained individuals with both the technical skills and a broad understanding of the physical and chemical parameters governing the performance of next generation processing techniques and, the skills and drive needed for further innovation and entrepreneurship in the nano-technology field. ELENA addresses these scientific and training needs by: i) studying the chemistry underpinning two emerging nano-technology writing techniques; Focused Electron Beam Induced Processing and Extreme Ultra Violet Lithography, ii) exploiting knowledge gained in (i) to develop these techniques such that they may be made commercially competitive, and iii) training a new generation of European scientists with a fundamental understanding of the physics and chemistry behind these processes and the mind set for innovation and entrepreneurship to provide an exemplar for up-skilling European nanotechnology industry.
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101 Reykjavik
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28359 Bremen
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MK7 6AA Milton Keynes
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1040 Wien
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91054 Erlangen
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0313 Oslo
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33615 Bielefeld
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2628 CN Delft
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8600 Dubendorf
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3526 KV Utrecht
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3001 Leuven
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623 00 Brno Kohoutovice
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73447 Oberkochen
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CT2 7NZ Canterbury, Kent
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75794 Paris
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814 99 Bratislava
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32611 5500 Gainesville
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