| Project of the Month - November 2010

EU-RU.NET - Linking R&D Strategies, Foresight and Stimulation of EU-Russia Cooperation in Nanoelectronics Technology

Leading research centres of Belgium (IMEC), France (CEA), Germany (Fraunhofer Society), and Italy (CNR) along with universities and research centres in Moscow (Lomonosov State University and MIKRON JSC), St Petersburg (Academic University Nanotechnology Research Education Centre RAS and the Electrotechnical University ETU), and RAS institutes in Novosibirsk and Ulan-Ude, have created within this FP7 Coordination and Support Action Project networks aiming at strengthening the EU-Russia cooperation in Nanoelectronics.
Joint working groups of experts have specified subjects for thirteen collaborative R&D pilot projects in prospective areas including: high-k and low-k dielectrics, nanoscale electronic devices with low-dimensional nanostructured materials, 3D self-assembly for molecular electronics, band gap of graphene epitaxially grown on SiC, etc. Within EU-RU.NET, a pilot project is defined as a small-scale preliminary effort conducted before the main research to test an idea or working approach. Pilot projects target generation of new knowledge, joint publications, and eventually possibility of continuation in the form of new EU, Russian or bilateral R&D projects.

A Foresight study will be carried out on the future of EU-Russia cooperation in Nanoelectronics. The Strategy Experts Group will analyse the outcome of pilot projects, develop roadmaps and propose new actions. Recommendations on linking strategies and strengthening cooperation will be prepared for the EU and Russian officials responsible for the development of Nanoelectronics.

Project Partners

  • European Centre for Knowledge and Technology Transfer (Project Coordinator) - Belgium
  • St. Petersburg Academiv University, Nanotechnology Research and Education Centre - Russia
  • M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University - Russia
  • Mikron Joint Stock Company - Russia
  • State University Higher School of Economics - Russia
  • Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives - France
  • Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V. - Germany
  • Consilio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Italy
  • Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum VZW - Belgium

Weblink

Visit the project website at www.eu-ru.net

Contact

EU-RU.NET Coordinator

Dr. Ruben Vardapetian
European Centre for Knowledge and Technology Transfer
rv.eurotex@gmail.com
www.eurotex.org
Mobile: +324 98 15 13 74
Tel./Fax: +322 230 69 16

 

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