Descrizione del progetto
Sfruttare il grafene su scala industriale
Con uno spessore di un atomo, il grafene è il composto più sottile e forte e il materiale più leggero conosciuto. È anche il miglior conduttore di calore e di elettricità. Ma per quanto le possibilità per il grafene appaiano infinite, esso non è ancora in grado di sostituire i chip elettronici a causa della mancanza di un’adeguata tecnologia di produzione e di trasferimento, capace di fornire grafene di alta qualità attraverso processi di produzione su larga scala. Il progetto SPRING, finanziato dall’UE, aiuterà la società Applied Nanolayers (ANL), fondata nel 2012 da esperti professionisti del settore e scienziati dei materiali dell’Università di Leiden, a replicare su scala industriale e automatizzare la sua tecnologia di fonderia di materiali 2D, portandola alla fase di commercializzazione.
Obiettivo
The global economy depends on semiconductor devices – electronic chips – in everything from smartphones to cars, the internet to lifesaving medical equipment. This market has been driven by an exponential increase in capacity achieved through miniaturisation, now reaching its physical limits. Graphene, a one-atom thick carbon layer is seen as having the greatest potential for semiconductor improvements. However, the adoption of graphene is impeded because there is no production and transfer technology which delivers high quality graphene and is suitable for large scale production processes. Applied Nanolayers (ANL) - founded in 2012 by seasoned industry professionals & material scientists from Leiden University - is unique in developing the technology to produce and exploit quality graphene on an industrial scale. Large tool vendors, supplying tools that enable semiconductor companies to get maximum performance from the current silicon technology, have not built growth and transfer tools for graphene. Therefore, in addition to developing a production methodology, ANL has built its own tools, using existing tool platforms. This means that the ANL processes can be seamlessly integrated into mainstream industry fabrication partners. ANL has a proven automated growth process as well as a dry transfer process (TRL6). The latter is not yet fully automated. ANL’s Delft foundry location with access to the facilities of the TU Delft EKL Laboratory and world class material scientists enables ANL to propose an innovative industrial foundry service for graphene. With the SPRING project, ANL aims to scale-up and automate its 2D material foundry technology, bringing it to the commercialisation stage (TRL9). Within 5 years from the project ending, ANL expects to obtain revenues of €54m and an EBIT of nearly €9m. ANL’s mission is to be the leading global foundry for integrating 2D materials in the designated markets.
Campo scientifico
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternet
- engineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materialstwo-dimensional nanostructuresgraphene
- natural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicssemiconductivity
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsmobile phones
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloids
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