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| Acronym: | Institut NĂ©el |
| Department: | Institut NĂ©el |
| Group: | Thermodynamics and Biophysics of Small Systems |
| Type of Institution: | Cooperative Research Center |
| Contact Person: | Olivier Bourgeois (More info) |
| Address: | 25 |
| Country: | France |
| Phone: | 33476881217 |
| Website: | http://www.neel.cnrs.fr/ |
| Main research areas: |
 Phonon-based nanometrology
Phonons and Heat ("incoherent phonons")
Phonons in Biology
fabrication of nanophononic structure |
| Personal: |
| Permanent Staff: 2 |
Post doctoral: 1 |
PhD: 2 |
| Technicians: 2 |
Others: 1 |
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| Participating Projects |
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MERGING - Membrane-based phonon engineering for energy harvesting - www.merging.eu
Coordinator: Clivia Sotomayor Torres (ICN, 0) Funding Source: European Union
Total Funding: 2850000 € - Partner Funding: 450000€ - Nº of Partners: 6
Starting Year: 2013 - Duration: 3 years. |
| Funding (average per year) |
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| 2013: 150000 € (MERGING) | |
| 2014: 150000 € (MERGING) | |
| 2015: 150000 € (MERGING) | |
| Infrastructures |
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Tool: Low temperature facilities, Dilution fridge; Trade Name: Cryoconcept; Model: 2008; Installation Year: 2009;
Tool Specificities: low temperature cryostat |
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Infrastructure: Clean room, characterisation room; Area: 200; Installation Year: 2011;
Main tools available: XeF2 etching machine, evaporation LESKER NANO38, ebam lithography ELPHY, LEO |
| Research topics |
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| Phonon-based components and circuits for ICT (incl. new device concepts) |
| Thermal diodes and rectifiers |
| Phonon waveguides |
| Phonons and Heat (incoherent phonons) |
| Thermal conduction in nanostructures, nanomaterials and interfaces (incl. Thermoelectrics and thermocrystals) |
| Thermal management at the nanoscale (incl. approaches to control heat transport in components, e.g., photonic devices) |
| New techniques for the study of heat transfer and phonon dynamics |
| Dissipation in solid-state quantum information processing |
| Phonons and Electrons |
| Electron-phonon interactions |
| Electron-transmitting and phonon-blocking materials |
| Role of phononics in nanoelectronics |
| Phonon-based nanometrology |
| Nanothermometry |
| Phonon-based energy devices |
| Nanoscale energy harvesting, storage and conversion |
| Bolometers |
| Thermal metamaterials |
| Technology and nanofabrication for phononic structures |
| Phononic crystals and quasi-crystals |
| Waveguides |
| Membranes |
| Hybrid structures |
| Phonons in Biology |
| Phonons in neuroinformatics |
