Nanoforum - Nanotech Regulatory Document Archive

2.2. The European Commission's webpages on nanotechnology
The European Commission is maintaining some webpages on the EC Cordis website
dedicated to nanotechnology: www.cordis.lu/nanotechnology. This site includes
information on past and current EU funded nanotechnology projects, EU and national
funding and private finance. It also includes publications and information on national and
EU networks, international collaboration, a mapping of excellence exercise and
information for the press and young public. Then, the candidate countries are covered
as well as the EU member states and other associated states.
Included in this site is a projects showcase, including fact sheets and images about 12
key projects. In two of these projects, a partner from a Candidate country is
participating. In HiT, "A high-temperature testing technology for micro and
nanomaterial", the Czech producer of scanning electron Microscopes Tescan
contributes their SEM technology.
Figure 3: a project showcase of a candidate country
(Source: European Commission:
http://www.cordis.lu/nanotechnology/src/pressroom-pub.htm)
In the project Robosem, "Smart and small robots for the micro-world", the Polish
research Institute of Electron Technology IET participates. The project aims to develop
a smart nanorobot for Sensor Based Handling in a Scanning electron Microscope.
http://www.robosem.de/Consortium/IET/iet.html
Figure 4: "Smart and small robots for the micro-world"
(Source: European Commission:
http://www.cordis.lu/nanotechnology/src/pressroom-pub.htm)
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