Activity Report 2010 - CNRS

Date of publication: May 2011
We would like to thank everyone who contributed to this report.
Director of publication:
Design & layout:
Alain FONTAINE, Director of the Nanosciences Foundation
Stéphanie MONFRONT, Nanosciences Foundation

The Laureates of Chairs of Excellence of the Nanosciences Foundation and their
hosting laboratories
DG: David GRAVES
MC: Mairbek CHSHIEV
AZ: Alexander ZASLAVSKY
PW: Philip WONG
VB: Vincent BAYOT
JFR: Joaquin FERNANDEZ-ROSSIER
MFS: Marcelo FRANCA SANTOS
JK: John KIRTLEY
DM: Donald MARTIN
YZ: Yong ZHANG
JMZ: Jian Min ZUO
MR: Michael ROUKES
NM: Normand MOUSSEAU
YN: Yoshio NISHI
VH: Vaclav HOLY
MH: Max HOFHEINZ
HB: Harold BARANGER
TA: Tetiana AKSENOVA
LF: Leonardo FONSECA
LG: Leonid GLAZMAN
These 3 concentric disks are to illustrate that most of the Chairs of Excellence have been
linking three labs in the project achievement. FMNT: the ensemble, LTM, SPINTEC, LMGP and IMEP.

Nanosciences Foundation
Activity Report 2010

Part I: OVERVIEW
Part II: SCIENTIFIC REPORT
Part III: SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION
Part IV: SUPPLEMENTS
HIGHLIGHTS

Part I: ACHIEVEMENTS &
PROSPECTS
The Nanosciences foundation at the end of 2010 3
The Nanosciences Foundation has been officially created on February 19, 2007 3
March 2010, the Foundation welcomed with much enthusiasm the Centre of Research ‘INRIA Grenoble – Rhône-
Alpes’ 3
Twelve more months after the 2nd meeting of the Scientific Committee. 4
Outstanding benefits catalyzed by the Nanosciences Foundation actions 5
Three laureates of Chairs of Excellence on their way to establish themselves in Grenoble. 5
Mairbek CHSHIEV 5
Donald MARTIN - Another profile, another route to join the University. 5
Tetiana AKSENOVA - A leading expert involved in the unique world class program CLINATEC ® . 6
The laureates of the 2010 Chairs of Excellence program 7
2010 Full-time Chair of Excellence 8
2010 Part-time Chairs of Excellence 8
‘Mobilité d’Excellence’: a new program 9
What have achieved our supported scientists? 9
The Foundation’s PhDs 9
The initial students’ defense and future 9
The 2010 PhD program 10
The 2011 PhD program 10
Integration on site between basic research and R&D labs 11
CEA-Léti 11
NanoINNOV 11
Investissements d’Avenir 12
LANEF and the Nanosciences Foundation 13
The Nanosciences Foundation’s Impact 14
Financial and human supports viewed in two tables 14
The Nanosciences Foundation budget 15
Resources 15
Expenditures and Commitments 15
Overview for the coming years 16
The evolution of the funding programs 17
Enhancing collaborations across the Foundation’s network 17
Relevant bibliometric data 18
The ‘nano-bio’ working group strengthens rapidly 18
A rising visibility online 18

The future of the Fondation 20
What beyond 2012? 20
What opportunity is given by the “Investissements d’Avenir”? 20
Acknowledgements 21
Post face 22

THE NANOSCIENCES FOUNDATION AT THE END
OF 2010
Three full years of operation allow us to appreciate the performance of a novel
instrument such as “The Nanosciences Foundation” networking a large ensemble of 32
laboratories in Grenoble and running programmes in “Nanosciences” with a large
diversity of approaches due to the cross-disciplinary character of the field.
The Nanosciences Foundation has been officially created
on February 19, 2007
The network brings together about 900 permanent researchers working in one of the
32 research units (see Appendix 1) linked to one or more of the 4 founding members
of the RTRA: the CEA, the CNRS, Grenoble Institut National Polytechnique (G-INP) and
Université Joseph Fourier (UJF).
The aim of the network is to enhance the excellence of the site of Grenoble in
Nanosciences developing strengths thanks to:
Human resources with a focus on creation of Chairs of Excellence and opening
new sources of recruitment for outstanding PhD students and post-doctoral fellows
Investments to upgrade experimental facilities to the current international
level, and to make them fully shared by the Grenoble scientific community
To challenge all the laboratories, those dedicated to basic research as well as
those dedicated to R&D, to achieve a better integration between themselves.
OVERVIEW
According to the convention signed with the Ministry of Research and Higher
Education, the focus of the Nanosciences Foundation has been established on 8
priorities:
1. Quantum Nanoelectronics
2. Nanomagnetism and spin electronics
3. Nanophotonics
4. Molecular Electronics
5. Nanomaterials, Nanobonding, nanostructuration
6. Nanocharacterization and Metrology
7. Application of Nanoelectronics in Life Sciences
8. Nanomodelling: theory and simulation.
To foster a world-class Nanosciences network, it was clear for everyone that the cross
fertilization of the multi-disciplinary expertise, the connections between research and
education, had to be actively stimulated.
Therefore the Steering Committee (see Appendix 4), headed by the Director, in charge
of the scientific life of the Nanosciences Foundation, was built with 10 appointed
members (and 10 deputy members). Those 10 working groups are corresponding to
the 8 main axes listed above and the 2 others groups stand for “Education and
Scientific Animation”, and “Technological Facilities”.
March 2010, the Foundation welcomed with much
enthusiasm the Centre of Research ‘INRIA Grenoble –
Rhône-Alpes’
INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatisme) asked to
become a partner member of the Foundation. All the founders were used to
collaborate with this national organism, on specific issues. The design of a more global
strategy was therefore considered relevant for the Foundation. INRIA is clearly
involved in top level research programs closely related to societal needs along three
priorities: health, sustainable development and energy. François SILLION, Director of
the Centre of Research ‘INRIA Grenoble Rhône-Alpes’ has joined the Foundation’s
Board. (see Appendix 2)
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OVERVIEW
Twelve more months after the 2nd meeting of the
Scientific Committee.
The Scientific Committee (see Appendix 3) held its last session in November 2009 in
Grenoble. The SC duly created its report with strong recommendations for the projects
to be funded via the Chairs of Excellence. The calls were accordingly modified and the
present ones ought to the selection of new comers with recognized ERC-junior levels
or to support ERC-considered junior candidates and to attract and select outstanding
PhD applicants. Another statement made by the Scientific Committee was that the
results obtained thanks to the Nanosciences Foundation’s support were not sufficiently
highlighted, which was not “an optimized approach” to stimulate the interest of
partners in the frame of fundraising.
This third issue of the scientific activity report introduces significant changes in its
presentation to fit the requirements expressed by the Scientific Committee. As a
tentative response to the Scientific Committee report, it appears relevant
to begin this report by underlining the benefits built up in Grenoble thanks to
the Nanosciences Foundation’s programs,
to highlight outstanding results as independent brief reports (which will be
integrated in a booklet later on) in addition to the scientific reports of each working
group
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OUTSTANDING
BENEFITS CATALYZED
BY THE NANOSCIENCES
FOUNDATION ACTIONS
Three laureates of Chairs of
Excellence on their way to
establish themselves in
Grenoble.
Mairbek CHSHIEV and Don MARTIN are
very likely to be hired as full professor by
the University Joseph Fourier.
Mairbek CHSHIEV
Thanks to the 2007 Chair
of Excellence program,
Mairbek CHSHIEV, 40,
came to Grenoble full
time to support the
important field of
Spintronics, very active
at INAC, NEEL and other
labs. All were strong on the experimental
side, but weak on the theory side – only
stimulated by visiting professors on
sabbatical. It has been obvious for these
laboratories to share a strategy to
reinforce this line of research and thanks
to the Nanosciences Foundation’s frame
this was made possible within an
appropriate time-scale, quasi-impossible
otherwise.
Both the high quality of Mairbek’s work,
clearly demonstrated over this three year
period, and the reactivity of the UJF
presidency will successfully settle a
theoretical group with a large impact in
this field.
Familiar with Grenoble thanks to regular
visits between 1998 and 2004, Mairbek
had been in US for six years before he
left his professorship in Alabama to join
us. His recent papers address four issues
both fundamental and of real impacts for
devices fabricated by Crocus, a spin-off
of SPINTEC and collaborators.
Spin transfer: solving the back
switching problem of the CROCUS MRAM
How to take into account current
non-homogeneities in MRAM and reading
heads
Improving the quality and the
strength of the exchange coupling and
perpendicular anisotropy by tuning
oxidation
Control of magnetic states of
frustrated systems
With his outstanding production of papers
in high impact journals, his invited
conferences, his involvement in three
accepted ANR projects as Principal
Investigator, plus 2 EU-strep … Mairbek
CHSHIEV’s influence is deeply felt and
appreciated in the Foundation’s
laboratories.
Albert FERT will welcome Mairbek for a
short period to fill the gap between two
salary supports in Grenoble.
Donald MARTIN - Another profile, another
route to join the University.
Don MARTIN, 53, part
time UJF professor is
employed by the
Foundation following the
2007 Chair of Excellence
program. Professor on
leave from University of
Sydney, Don is also cofounder
and Head of R&D
at Seagull Technology Pty Ltd and more
recently, partner in Synthelis SAS – a
start-up from University Joseph Fourier
created in mid-2010.
Combining chemistry and biology, along
with Philippe CINQUIN’s host group, they
revitalized the concept of bio-fuel cell.
Even though the idea dates from 2004,
the dream to obtain in-vivo bio-fuel cells
only became reality in 2010 thanks to
two CNRS-UJF labs (DCM & TIMC).
Implemented in the animal model, the
first bio-fuel cells, (GBFC for Glucose Bio
Fuel Cell), has been successfully
demonstrated and thanks to
technological breakthroughs, this kind of
cells will allow a gain by a factor 50 invivo.
ST Microelectronics is currently
optimizing miniaturisation and power
efficiency of GBFC. Pacemakers, insulin
pumps, defibrillators are all accessible
targets for this invention. (Source: UJF
Dépêche N°31)
The second step comes from the
contribution of Don Martin as Principal
Investigator and teamed with J-L.
Lenormand, F. Boucher, and P. Cinquin.
They worked on a bio-fuel cell using
biomimetic membranes and NaCl for fuel.
It leads to voltage up to a few tens of
mV, which can match the energy demand
of a new set of energy-demanding
sphincters.
These works were able to incubate larger
programs which are supported by funding
agencies (4 new ANR projects and 2
partnerships in the European Seventh
Framework Program ‘FP7’), it generated
4 new collaborations across Grenoble and
led to 4 invitations to international
conferences.
OVERVIEW
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OVERVIEW
Tetiana AKSENOVA - A leading expert
involved in the unique world class
program CLINATEC ® .
Previously engineerresearcher
at INSERM,
U318 CHU Grenoble
(from 2002 to 2007),
Tetiana AKSENOVA, 53,
came back to Grenoble
thanks to a full time
Chair of Excellence
granted through the
Nanosciences Foundation’s 2008 Call.
On leave from Ukrainian Academy of
Sciences, and presently at Léti, Tetiana is
also the co-founder of PNN-Soft. Her
group leader proposed CEA to hire
Tetiana full time at the end of the
Nanosciences Foundation’s support.
The procedure of adaptive
calibration is aimed to the fasten BCI
system installation and recalibration. In
2010 the principle solution for the
adaptive BCI calibration system was
proposed, based on the innovative
recursive algorithm.
There is a constant effort on the
optimization of algorithms. To move
toward multiple degrees of freedom in
humans and in order to improve the BCI
performance the algorithm of fast signal
decomposition were proposed (patent in
preparation).
Leading expert in the field of machine
learning and real time signal processing,
Tetiana AKSENOVA invented several
innovative approaches for signal
processing, classification and modelling
that can be used for Brain Computer
Interface design. She made a crucial
improvement in the theoretical study and
practical application of GMDH-type
(Group Method of Data Handling) neural
networks, effective self learning approach
for the regression analysis which is used
as a basis for self learning procedure of
Brain Computer Interface (BCI).
Her activity at CLINATEC ® overlaps with
the project Neurolink which aims at
improving the stability and the quality of
electrical interface between neural
network and nanostructured electrodes
using multiwall carbon nanotubes.
The challenge of the project is to design
fully autonomous self-paced systems for
continuous long term monitoring of
neuronal activity functioning in natural
noisy environment. Major achievements
have already been obtained:
Functional self-paced BCI with
one degree of freedom in freely moving
animals (rodents) was achieved during
the first year of the project. It includes
the development of basic methods and
algorithms (offline and online), software
implementation on MatLab and their
incorporation into the BCI platform. (A
patent has been submitted in 2010.)
The second year concerned
preclinical studies in animals. Self paced
1D BCI system demonstrated perfect
robustness and high quality of prediction:
the 8 month- long experiment with one
animal validated the robustness of
algorithms. The experiments to study of
Subject-to-Subject variability with
several animals are in progress.
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The laureates of the 2010
Chairs of Excellence
program
The laureates of the 2010 program have
been chosen on the same three-step
process used previously (3 international
reviewers assigned per application; the
Steering Committee’s evaluation based
on the reviewers’ reports; and the
Board’s ultimate decision taking into
account the financial resources
available). In 2010, 5 excellent scientists
qualified amongst 11 eligible applications.
One obtained a full time Chair of
Excellence (500 k€) and four other
obtained part time Chair (between 300
and 330 k€). Funds are mostly assigned
to the Chair’s salary and the support of
PhD and post-doctoral fellows.
OVERVIEW
A sixth proposal kept on the short list,
DIABONE (standing for ‘Diamond for
Biology and Neurology’) has not been
funded despite the very high quality of
the project.
This project was lead by Institut Néel,
and endorsed by three other laboratories
SPrAM, LEPMI, and the Grenoble Institute
of Neurosciences. The proposed part time
Chair of Excellence should have allowed
José Antonio GARRIDO, Assistant
Professor at T.U. Munich to bring his
expertise in diamond-base electronics to
develop two particular device concepts
focused on bioelectronics:
nanostructured diamond
microelectrode arrays for electrical
recordings from /and for stimulation of
cell cultures and living tissue,
array of diamond solution-gated
FETs for electrical recordings from cell
cultures.
Such a project was directed to advanced
health monitoring, as well as applications
in information science and technology.
This particular interdisciplinary project
received a warm evaluation by its three
referees but wasn’t qualified as
outstanding despite its ambitious goals -
as it may occur for projects bridging two
cultures.
With 62 papers, 17 invited conferences,
non tenure but with recent habilitation at
TU Munich, José Antonio GARRIDO, 39,
had the typical profile we are looking for,
in accordance with the Scientific
Committee’s recommendations.
This whole development is made here to
let the Scientific Committee know that
the 2011 Chairs of Excellence Program
clearly points out the Foundation’s will to
host at least one life science-inspired
project, as long as the excellence and
integration criteria are fulfilled.
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OVERVIEW
2010 Full-time Chair of Excellence
The first laureate got an excellent rating.
Max HOFHEINZ (Quantum Optics, THz) is
the fourth scientist to come on full time
basis with the Nanosciences Foundation’s
support. He is presently admitted to
compete for the final step in the 2011
junior ERC call. The commitment of CEA
is strong: in case of success he will
obtain a permanent position within his
three-years stay at the Nanosciences
Foundation.
2010 Part-time Chairs of Excellence
The four part-time Chairs are all from
USA, working at prestigious universities:
Harold BARANGER is from Duke
University, David GRAVES from Berkeley
UC, Juan Min ZUO is Professor at Urbana
Champaign University of Illinois, and
Yoshio NISHI is from Stanford University
with a long experience in high tech
companies, starting at Toshiba (for 23
years), then at Hewlett Packard (for 10
years as Director of research), then
Texas Instrument (7 years as Senior VP
and Director of R&D until 2002 when he
joined Stanford University).
Fig.1: The Nanosciences Foundation’s Chairs of Excellence and their University of origin
The 2009 Chairs of Excellence program had allowed recruiting on a part-time basis
three North-American laureates, from University of Montreal, Stanford University and
NREL.
This world map displaying the photos of laureates pinned in accordance with their
University of origin clearly evidences the dominant flow of North American applications
in response of the Foundation’s Chairs of Excellence programs.
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‘Mobilité d’Excellence’: a new program
For the current year 2010-2011 the
Board decided to implement a new kind
of financial support, designed to boost
the scientific implementation of one
outstanding scientist who would have
decided to move to Grenoble - taking
advantage of the mobility allowance open
to government officers. To be considered
by the Foundation, the candidate has to
be nominated by the head of one of the
four founding members.
What have achieved our
supported scientists?
For the second consecutive year, a oneday-long
reviewing session, chaired by
the Chairman of our Scientific
Committee, was organized on April 8 th to
review running projects supported by the
Foundation.
From this audit, the most striking
information comes from the extreme
quality and vitality of the 4 young
scientists who were laureates of “New
comers” projects in 2008 – a financial
support designed to boost the freshly
hired scientists (the year before 2008).
Just one year later, one of them applied
successfully for a junior ERC grant and
we were pleased to hear that the funding
of the Foundation had significantly helped
him to implement new experiments that
he was able to put in the core of his ERC
application.
One can urge that 2 senior
scientists from the Nanosciences
Foundation community, succeeded to the
advanced ERC grant since 2008. Three of
them succeeded at the junior call and two
of them are qualified for the second step
of the 2011 competition. Of course the
quality of the candidates is the key
element, but it is fair to say that funding
of the Nanosciences Foundation brought
additional amplification of their scientific
outputs, at least for two of them.
At the end of the PhD students’
presentations, feelings were mixed. Even
if the selected PhD students have already
been working for more than two years,
some of them do not “fit” their programs
(or vice-versa) and do not reach the
expected criteria of the Foundation.
This reality was already acknowledged in
2009 by the Board of the Foundation,
early alerted on the difficulties of
recruiting students from unknown
universities. It decided to improve the
hiring process in 2010. Consequently, the
steering committee now decides on a
short list of candidates, later appointed to
introduce themselves and to present their
project to a jury panel composed by the
steering committee and the chair of the
Ecole Doctorale. All interviewee’s travel
expenses to France are covered by the
Foundation. This new way to check the
real knowledge of applicants has proven
to be more efficient in avoiding
inadequate recruitment.
The Foundation’s PhDs
The staff policy has been slightly changed
in 2010: the Board of the Foundation
decided to “support” instead of “employ”
the new Ph.D. students taking part in
funded projects or being selected through
the “Ph.D. program” – which supplants
the “doctorants au fil de l’eau”
enrollment. This decision came from the
limited lifetime of the Foundation given
its actual status.
The new Ph.D. students, hired by
founding members, still have six
commitments to fulfill regarding the
Foundation, written in a document signed
by themselves and their PhD advisor.
They are asked:
to have a meeting with the
director of the Foundation before the end
of their first year of PhD thesis
to supply the Foundation with a
yearly scientific report
to affix on their signature “Ph.D.
student funded by the Nanosciences
Foundation”
to inform the Foundation of their
publications, their communications, their
conferences and their seminars
to mention the financial support
of the Foundation in any communication
to place the Foundation’s logo on
all their communication’s materials ( for
conference, talks, poster sessions…)
The initial students’ defense and future
The first Ph.D. students hired at the
beginning of the Foundation in 2007 have
defended their thesis with success in
December 2010 and February 2011. One
of them Mr. DATTA, Indian, particularly
brilliant, was hired by the prestigious ENS
of Paris for a post doctorate contract.
Two students have not defended their
thesis: one resigned after maternity
leave, as she made the choice to follow
her husband, led by his scientific career
to the USA. One other student came with
an unsuitable level of education and his
thesis advisors decided not to allow him
to present his defense.
At the end of 2010, the Foundation had
hired 29 Ph.D. students. (Appendix 9)
OVERVIEW
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The 2010 PhD program
The 2010 Ph.D. program selected 6
students; 5 of them being already at
work between October 2010 and
February 2011. In Appendix 9, one can
find their name, hosting laboratories, as
well as the subject and starting date of
their thesis.
The 6 PhD students selected in 2010
have all been educated in Europe - which
differs with most of the previous PhD
students and post-doctoral fellows who
joined the Nanosciences Foundation via
the other three different channels: as
part of a Chair of Excellence project, as
part of a RTRA project or in the frame of
the ‘fil de l’eau’ recruitment (ended in
2009).
Both 2010 and 2011 programs will make
Europe strongly dominant. For European
applicants, CV data are certainly more
reliable and even checkable via networks
involving one or another member
belonging to the extended management
of the Nanosciences Foundation. The oral
presentations of the candidates allow
selecting those who are deeply involved
in their PhD subjects.
The 2011 PhD program
The first session of the 2011 PhD
program is extremely competitive since
22 applications were received. One may
consider the growing number of highquality
applications as a sign that the
Nanosciences PhD support is slowly
getting known and searched by its
potential beneficiaries.
The Steering Committee decided on a
short-list of 8 outstanding applicants
coming from Germany (3), Spain (1),
Russia (2), Brazil (1), and India - with a
long presence in Europe (1).
On May 18 th , 2011 auditions will take
place in order to select 2 or 3 final
laureates.
Fig.2: The Nanosciences Foundation’s PhD students and Post-doctoral fellows and their country of
origin
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In contrast with the world map displaying the Chairs of Excellence’s University of
origin, this map identifies Asiatic and European countries as main sources of PhD
students for the Foundation.

INTEGRATION ON SITE
BETWEEN BASIC
RESEARCH AND R&D
LABS
CEA-Léti
NanoINNOV
OVERVIEW
Let us focus on the Léti whose fame in
micro and nano electronics is known all
around the world. This large laboratory
very well connected to companies,
through strong local or international
networks felt five-ten years ago the
weakening of its links between basic
research and their own programs which
are under the permanent pressure of the
industrial commitments. Obviously the
everyday life has to take into account the
short term reality of the microelectronics
world which lives into a hard competition
requiring increasingly huge investments.
The common feeling of the need to close
the gap between both communities, basic
research on one side, R&D laboratories
(with a big ‘D’) on the other side, have to
find its way to set side by side real
programs: there is no obvious business
plan for this type of joint venture to take
place in a world where most of the
companies (except in Asia) have decided
to reduce their basic research
commitments.
The Nanosciences Foundation is not the
single actor to work on this issue but
obviously its organization is suited to act
significantly at the ground level, via
common sessions of brainstorming
organized by the Steering Committee.
These actions were clearly supported by
the GIANT wave which brings together all
the scientific entities of the “presqu’île”
and the local authorities which commit
themselves to transform the “presqu’île”,
formerly isolated sad business area, into
a scientific campus closely related to the
eastern campus and linked to the city of
Grenoble.
The 2010 Chairs of Excellence program
supported 3 projects in which Léti was
involved (out of 6 preselected projects).
An overview of the Léti
involvement on the
Foundation’s Chairs of
Excellence projects can
be glanced thanks to
the graph presented in
the opening pages of
this report.
The NanoINNOV program has proceeded
with the same concept of integration
between basic research, R&D and
innovation.
During its last session the Scientific
Committee was aware of the emergence
of NanoINNOV and asked naturally to
know more about its practical impact to
the strategy of the Nanosciences
Foundation.
In May 2009 NanoINNOV was launched
as a first step preceding a large program,
announced by the French President in
January 2009. The idea was very close to
the National Nanotechnologies Initiative
(NNI) strategic plan in USA, “its 10-year
anniversary just celebrated with much
fanfare” (2 successive waves: Bill Clinton
in 2001 & Strategic plan in 2007. Next,
the US reauthorization act voted by the
congress in 2010 led to a 10% increase
of the NNI’s budget). The NNI provides a
vision of the long-term opportunities and
benefits of nanotechnology identifying 4
prominent goals.
Advance a world-class
nanotechnology research and
development program.
Foster the transfer of new
technologies into products for commercial
and public benefit.
Develop and sustain educational
resources, a skilled workforce, and the
supporting infrastructure and tools to
advance nanotechnology.
Support responsible development
of nanotechnology.
NanoINNOV has been focused on three
areas: the ‘Saclay plateau’, Toulouse and
Grenoble, this last ensemble giving an
image of the profile to be developed. Out
of 70 M€ the main part went to construct
science-oriented buildings in Saclay. A
second line of expenses was ought to
implement a procedure to reduce the gap
for the French publications in Nano
(around 15% of the global total) and the
fraction of nano-related patents
estimated around only 5% of the global
total.
The relevant program had given large
support to 9 proposals with a request of
success: it was asked to create two
patents per million of euro. The program
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was made operative in only three months
which is an exceptionally short timeframe.
In addition the Steering Committee of
NanoINNOV pays attention to support
programs directed to societal issues:
societal acceptability, science
dissemination,… taking into account the
diversity of publics, using different
approaches to introduce debates with
citizens.
NanoINNOV had a very good start,
fostered in a very short time an effective
strategy and instruments to implement it.
However national issues, (The Grenelle
for Environment, and the GDPN standing
for ‘National Grand Public Debate’) arose
and crashed into this “French NNI”
program.
The GDPN, badly driven, introduced the
debate with ‘a hypothetic grand public”
mimicking what has been termed
“participative democracy”, adopting the
format of TV-oriented talk show, to trace
“reality”. This format was very suited to
give the stage to the most vocal groups
of opponents to nanotechnology which
denied the basic principles of democracy
by killing dialog in the nest.
Beside this cultural context, nanosciences
and nanotechnologies certainly find
themselves in the frontline of another
recent important shift in science funding
policies. In many countries, one’s seeing
a shift in emphasis in the aims of publicly
funded science, away from narrowly
discipline-based objectives, and towards
goals defined through societal needs,
partly because research has become
eligible for political TV-related dramatic
speeches. This context, beneficial in
terms of global money generates drastic
transformations of the operative modes
with a time constant much smaller than
that used for scientific discoveries.
NanoINNOV surely was innovative in
terms of objectives (limited targets at the
beginning) fast start of the operation,
and original steering committee mixing
Scientists, Technologists, and companies
CTOs. Unfortunately it came to its end,
after a difficult birth which occurred too
late with an almost 10 years delay.
Investissements d’Avenir
Within the context
described above, the
“Investissements d’Avenir”
initiative was launched in
the middle of 2010.
It kept scientists and technologists in a
six month-long brainstorming and
project-making and eventually gave birth
to a double series of proposals designed
to acquire large set of shared equipments
(EQUIPEX) and to benefit from new
supports given to implement more
integrated managements of the scientific
and technological programs carried out at
a large scale (LABEX).
Both call for proposals requested to
conceive a deeper local integration of
Research and R&D groups in order to
interlink them into the virtuous chain:
Basic Science-R&D-Innovation-Transfer.
Similar instruments of the research policy
had previously – and successfully - been
implemented and supported by the
neighboring companies (years 2005-
2006: Pôles de compétitivité and Carnot
Institutes).
To make the story short let us describe
briefly only the successful Labex “LANEF”
(Laboratory of Alliances on Nanosciences-
Energies for the Future) which has been
laureate with others (MINOS,..), and is
fully relevant of the Nanosciences
Foundation’s topics.
The LANEF proposal can
actually be viewed as an
extension of the
Nanosciences Foundation
strategy - and of the
NanoINNOV strategy too.
LANEF is built as a consortium of
research groups from 5 laboratories:
three of them, INAC, Institut
Néel, and LP2MC fully relevant of the
Nanosciences Foundation
LNCMI (Grenoble High Magnetic
Field Laboratory) is partly involved in the
Nanosciences Foundation
G2ELab, (Grenoble Electrical
Engineering Laboratory) which is lightly
involved in the Nanosciences Foundation,
and mostly implicated with Institut Néel
as project bearer, because of their long
term collaborations. However G2ELab has
a huge expertise in a large number of
energy-related issues partly casted in
important patents, and has carried out
strong partnerships with energy
companies for years.
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OVERVIEW
Fig.3: LANEF framework.
Based on 7 focused alliances (a scheme
very similar to the axes of the
Nanosciences Foundation but with a
much narrower spectrum), LANEF is
conceived as an operator of the
integration to make the virtuous chain
‘Basic Science-R&D-Innovation-Transfer’
effective. LANEF has been fully supported
by all the actors of the local dynamics
(University of Grenoble, GIANT, Pôles de
compétitivité, Carnot Institutes and 14
companies) and got the strong support of
national research organisms.
This successful result demonstrates the
incubating role of the Nanosciences
Foundation in the creation of LANEF and
its cross-fertilization with the ideas
launched by the NanoINNOV initiative.
LANEF and the Nanosciences Foundation
Given its envisaged framework, it is
clearly possible for LANEF to insert itself
within the Nanosciences Foundation
structure, as a second department, with
its full financial autonomy, its own
Steering Committee, etc... the founders
being again CEA, CNRS, UJF and
Grenoble-INP.
This perspective of evolution is further
detailed within the coming section “The
future of the Foundation”.
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OVERVIEW
THE NANOSCIENCES FOUNDATION’S IMPACT
Financial and human supports viewed in two tables
At the end of 2010, the total support to technological equals 5.62 M€, with more than
its 2/3 given within the first two calls, as it was planned from start.
The support for the scientific animation, schools and scientific events has been around
60 k€ for the last two years.
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These raw figures along with the scientific information given in the next sections of
this report give an overview of the magnitude of the efforts implemented by the
Nanosciences Foundation. The main part of its activity is not made visible by a fast
look at these raw data. The Foundation acts as a specific catalyser in a field of science
where the human initiatives play a key-role and the main fuel (salaries, fluids,
buildings, diversity of supports...) comes from the four founding members: CEA,
CNRS, Grenoble-INP and University Joseph Fourier.

The Nanosciences Foundation budget
Resources
The Foundation can spend every year a maximum amount of 4 680 k€ during the 5
years over the period 2007-2011, which is the consumable part of the capital given by
the Ministry in 2007 with the addition of the annual contribution of the founding
members.
After 2012, it will be allowed to employ the remaining part of the unused part of this
capital, i.e. 4 833 k€ which was not spent at the end of 2009, as a consequence of the
low level of the initial expenses in the Foundation’s first year.
OVERVIEW
The financial incomes can be used with no time restriction. At the end of 2009 the
remaining financial incomes reach 1 423 k€. Therefore, financial resources of the
Foundation are large enough to support runs in 2012 and 2013.
The partnership with INRIA signed on the 26 th of May 2010 provides in addition 100 k€
to the Foundation, every year from 2010 to 2013.
Considering the international financial crisis and the new inputs of the French research
policy, the process of fundraising has been reconsidered in accordance to the
conclusions of the dedicated mission given by “Ianmore Associates” (February 2010).
The board session held on December 17, 2010 took the decision to split the remaining
resources between two calls for proposals to be launched in 2011 and 2012, in order
to attribute financial supports from 2011 to 2013 or 2014.
Expenditures and Commitments
The financial support given to a yearly call for proposals is generally spread, over 3
calendar years. The budget of a current year includes in addition the expenses for the
Foundation management (salaries of the administrative staff and operating expenses)
and the payments related to the commitments of the year (N), but also those related
to the previous calls (year N-1 and N-2).
The table below gives the distribution of the expenses during the years 2007 to 2010.
The financial line dedicated to salaries directly paid by the Foundation is increasing, as
a result of Board’s decisions.
Commitments taking into account all calls for proposals, including the last one in
2012, have been double checked in relation with the lowest profile of expected
resources from financial income. Hence the Foundation will be able to support all the
expenses without using the non-consumable part (10%) of the capital initially given
by the Ministry and the founding members, i.e. 2 600 k€.
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OVERVIEW
The calls for proposals for 2011 and 2012 are spread between the 5 components listed
above. The 2011 call for proposals budget has been approved by the Foundation
Board on the 17th of December 2010. The 2012 call for proposal will duly be adjusted
at the end of 2011, considering updated values for commitments and resources.
Overview for the coming years
The following table shows the income available to finance the commitments of the
Foundation for the next 4 years. (The possible interest income from bank disposals of
around 250 k€ for 2011 is not included)
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The evolution of the funding programs
Along the years, the Nanosciences Foundation has modified the selection process of its
programs; it has also abandoned some sorts of supports and has created some other
ones. The table bellows indicates when and how those changes have occurred.
OVERVIEW
Enhancing collaborations across the Foundation’s network
One of the most crucial Foundation’s goals is to encourage research projects involving
several complementary Grenoble-based expertises. For any call for proposals or
recruitment program, the partnering aspect has been a criterion considered at the
time of the projects selection. As a result, more than 2/3 of the projects supported
since the inception of the Foundation involve 3 or 4 partnering laboratories.
Fig. 4: Number of supported projects
involving 1 or several laboratories,
from 2007 to 2010.
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OVERVIEW
Relevant bibliometric data
Another way to measure the
repercussions of the Nanosciences
Foundation’s collaboration guidelines is to
study the cross fertilization between its 2
major entities: INAC and NEEL. A
bibliometric study of their co-elaborated
publications, supported by the
NanoINNOV program, was achieved in
March 2011 by Simon JUMEL, Master
student at Stendhal University, and
Laurent LÉVY, Professor of Physics at
University Joseph Fourier.
INAC and NEEL have co-published 129
papers within the 2006-2010 timeframe.
Plenary talks will be given to introduce
these topics and Don MARTIN will close
the session with a talk describing his
project funded by the Foundation. In
conclusion of this workshop a prize will
be attributed for the best poster of each
topic.
In order to animate and broaden this
community, the Organizing Committee
also aims to set up regular seminars, to
be given by top-level scientists in visit in
Grenoble. The Nanosciences Foundation
will announce and support these
seminars, such as the one given by
Michael SHEETZ, Director of the
Mechanobiology Institute of Singapore,
on April 29 th , 2011.
Fig. 5: Number of publications resulting from
collaborations between INAC and Institut Néel
The annual amount has grown by a factor
4 between 2006 (prior to the genesis of
the Nanosciences Foundation) and 2010.
The ‘nano-bio’ working
group strengthens rapidly
The working group “Nano in life sciences”
organized a very successful workshop on
‘Nano and micro environment for cell
biology’ on November 25 th , 2010. More
than one hundred attendants went to the
Institut Albert Bonniot to listen to
presentations exclusively given by young
researchers (Master students, PhD
students, Post-doctoral fellows…).
The great enthusiasm crystallized in this
meeting improved the awareness of the
local community of biologists working
closely with physicists. A committee of 5
scientists (from IAB, LMGP, LIPhy and
iRTSV) emerged and decided to keep
alive the spirit of this first meeting by
organizing on June 24 th , 2011 a new
workshop mainly based on posters
presentation, in order to encourage once
again the participation of the younger.
This day will be dedicated to three topics:
Design of nano and
microstructured materials for cell biology
Cell interactions with materials of
controlled properties
Biomimetic systems
Fig. 4: Michael SHEETZ was the prestigious
orator of the successful ‘Nano-Bio’ seminar on
April 29th 2011.
A rising visibility online
The website is the main information tool
that allows the Foundation to display its
results, its events, its recruitment ads
and its scientific funding programs to a
local, national or international audience.
Statistics of the website’s frequentation,
highlighting the visitors’ country of origin,
the time spent on the visiting pages, the
way followed to reach the website…
provide accurate information to establish
the growing attractiveness and visibility
of the Foundation across the world.
The following graphs and maps help us to
figure out the audience reached through
the Foundation’s efforts to communicate
through various channels:
Emailing to local, national and
international contacts
Quarterly newsletter
Announcements via French
embassies, online portals (EURAXESS,
naturejobs.com, sciencecareer.org) and
advertisements in specialised media
(Nature Nanotechnology, Nano Letters)
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OVERVIEW
Fig. 6: Total number of visits over two similar periods (Since no statistics are available prior to
May 2009, we chose to study annual visits from April to April)
As one can see on Figure 6, the total
number of visits on our website is
constantly increasing, and even more
than doubled for the concerned periods.
One can also correlates each peak to
particular events (i.e Newsletter N°5, at
the end of September 2010; Workshop
‘Nano-Bio’ at the end of November;
Announcement of the PhD program in
February 2011)
Over the period April 2009 – April 2011,
one registered:
24 650 visits from French
internet users (half of them are based in
Grenoble)
4 850 visits from European
internet users (excluding French users)
3240 visits from Asian internet
users
1 300 visits from US-based
internet users (with a clear majority of
Californian visitors)
Fig. 7: Maps displaying the origin of our website visitors in France, in Europe, in the USA and in
Asia.
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OVERVIEW
20
THE FUTURE OF THE
FONDATION
What beyond 2012?
Beyond 2012, the FCS created to operate RTRA
networks (like the Nanosciences Foundation) were
supposed to have raised enough donations in order
to create sufficient cash flow for their annual
budget from incomes provided by the raised funds.
Such a future drawn by the 2007 business plan
was expected, thanks to a “brave new world”
where French companies and French individuals
would adopt new routes to demonstrate their
generosity, as it is currently carried out in the US
and in Switzerland, for the funding of large
Universities.
This ideal scheme was over sizing the FCS
notoriety with national and international
recognition. However such reputation, based on
research only, cannot be seriously compared to
that of the best Universities throughout the world
whose fame comes from the quality of the
provided education.
Nevertheless two foundations, the first one in
economy (Fondation Jean Jacques Laffont) and the
second one in mathematics (Fondation Sciences
Mathématiques de Paris) have distinguished
themselves as entities able to successfully raise
funds these recent years.
Such an innovative initiative requires deep
changes in mind, as well as a clean and politicallystable
scientific and economic landscape to
succeed.
Unfortunately the 2007-2010 years have suffered
from two unexpected events:
the world-wide crisis of the banking
system
the dramatic change of the operative
pattern in the Universities which impacts and
destabilizes CEA and CNRS along new, less
secured roads.
What opportunity is given by the
“Investissements d’Avenir”?
As described earlier in a dedicated section entitled
‘Investissements d’Avenir’, this government
initiative has strongly impacted the research
entities at all scales (teams, laboratories,
Universities, foundations, clusters of Universities,
Engineering Schools) which had to merge, and
build together a common response to calls taking
into account the strong presence in Grenoble of
CEA and CNRS without leaving aside the European
large scale facilities ILL and ESRF.
The successfully selected projects (namely
Equipex, Labex, and Idex) in the field of basic
research shall be managed within a frame able to
take into account i) the multi-partnership inherent
to the proposals, ii) the split of the delivered grant
between expendable and non expendable funds,
iii) the implementation of Chairs of Excellence and
PhD programs open worldwide
Based on these requirements, it appeared to the
Board that the Nanosciences Foundation could be
mandated to fulfill this role – as long as it adopts
relevant adjustments.
Although it is too early to foresee a decision for
now, the Foundation currently investigates such an
option - supported by three significant arguments:
1. The creation of a new FCS is a long
process. Alternatively, evolving by amendment to
broaden the set of founders and the spectrum of
missions has already proven to be a more efficient
and much faster process.
This has been demonstrated by the FCS “Paris-
Saclay” previously named the FCS “DIGITEO-
Triangle de la Physique” which achieved its
transformation in 3 months. From 9 founders, the
evolved Foundation now counts 22 of them. Five
other significant changes were introduced very
smoothly: the name of the FCS, its objectives, its
operating bodies, its splitting into departments
with a respective steering committee, and the
reception of additional resources brought by each
founders, new or old.
2. The know-how built and accumulated
these last four years to address the FCS
peculiarities in term of scientists’ recruitment (on
permanent basis or temporary basis), of selection
process, and of fast implementation of projects is a
valuable asset.
3. The staff of four persons is a treasure to
be preserved and exploited as a strong core for a
larger Foundation
Moreover the Government encourages Universities
and consortia to take full advantage of the existing
Foundations, being particularly concerned by the
endless multiplication of FCS, which increases by
much the numbers of councils and bodies requiring
the presence of high level managers and by
extension adds inherent costs to certify their
financial actions and reports by accountancy firms.
Citation de la Ministre: réponse
Comptes:
à la Cour des
"Le ministère soutiendra également toutes les
initiatives permettant une simplification du
paysage institutionnel, les fondations de
coopération scientifique porteuses des RTRA et
CTRS pouvant héberger des structures abritées
dans le cadre des investissements d’avenir.
L’objectif, à terme, pourrait être d’avoir une
fondation unique au niveau du site, se substituant
aux fondations des membres, comme l’autorise
désormais la loi du 13 décembre 2010."
(Source : chapitre PRES du rapport de la Cour des
Comptes)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
One couldn’t finish this first part of the report without telling Roland HÉRINO and Jean-Paul DURAUD the
great recognition of all the Foundation’s members for the high quality of the work they provided with
professionalism and human warmth.
Roland HÉRINO put a strong energy in the directorship he has assumed for two years.
Jean-Paul DURAUD has kept a strong commitment to commute from the south of Paris and serve the
Grenoble community with the same talent and open mind he used to demonstrate when at the Head of
the former CEA-DSM-DFRMC, now better known under the name of INAC. He has been in a crucial
position these last four years to keep a common strategy among the four founders.
Both of them deserve to receive our best congratulations for boosting a lot the integration dynamics
within the scientific community of Grenoble.
OVERVIEW
Farid OUABDESSELAM, President of University Joseph Fourier and President of the Grenoble ‘Pôle de
Recherche et d'Enseignement Supérieur’ (PRES), has accepted to become the chairman of the
Foundation Board from March 2011, despite his many important responsibilities - most of them evolving
rapidly by the repeated initiatives of the French ministry. It is of course a great honor for the Foundation
to have him chairing the Board and his commitment is seen by each of us as a positive evaluation of the
past activity which should help to forecast a future beyond 2012.
The last words will be to thank the Steering Committee members who work really hard to maintain an
effective running of the Foundation and always manage to work extra time when it is truly needed.
The spirit present during each Steering Committee session shows the ability of each member to serve the
entire community, leaving individual interests behind the shared advices.
Also, the four founding members have always been positively engaged to solve problems and to
converge towards real solutions. It is a real pleasure to work in such a reliable ambiance, equally
experienced by the Board members.
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OVERVIEW
POST FACE
The Scientific Committee, duly filling its role, proposed recommendations and asked relevant questions in
its report following its last meeting on November 19 th – 20 th 2009.
1. This 2010 activity report attempts to bring answers to most of the items for the form and the
substance. Improvements in methods and in process of selection have been implemented in
response of the non homogeneity of the quality of the recruited students.
Better identifications of the results, comparison with the ERC procedure have been made more
accessible.
2. The achievement of the third goal of the Foundation (as listed below) concerning integration
starts to be more visible and appears also in an unexpected way, stimulated by initiatives,
NanoINNOV and the call for ‘Investissement d’avenir’, which didn’t exist at the beginning of the
Nanosciences Foundation.
3. Fund raising and creation of the prestigious Louis Néel chair require a better identification of the
Foundation with the help of a small brochure containing a dozen of highlights. Initiative to act
along this path has been activated.
4. An additional step forward, envisaged by the Board is to meet the need of a Company to create a
shared Chair of Excellence. The ambition is to convince a Company motivated by relevant
research topics to share the cost of one Chair. The tax discount available for companies investing
in research is presently very appealing.
5. The weakness remains the difficulty to encompass all the calls with enhanced coherency of the
strategic vision. The Foundation intervenes in a very moving landscape, not being the main fund
agency to support groups. It is difficult to pretend to play a prominent role considering the
amount of its resources.
The targets of the Nanosciences Foundation were given by the Ministry of Research, leading to
specific contracts with each founding members. Sadly, ambitions have to be limited by these
frames focused on three (nevertheless not so modest) aspects:
Human resources with a focus on creation of Chairs of Excellence and opening new
sources of recruitment of outstanding PhD students and post-doctoral fellows
Investments to upgrade experimental facilities to the current international level, and
to make them fully shared by the scientific community
To challenge all the laboratories, those dedicated to basic research as well as those
dedicated to R&D, encouraged to achieve a better integration between them.
6. The Foundation has not been known rapidly enough throughout Grenoble and worldwide. The
improvement of the website quality gives robust signals: more visits and a better quality of the
applicants to the PhD program have been noticed these two last years. The 20 successful
laureates of Chair of Excellence came all from top universities and a large part of them plays an
effective role in mixing research groups. Outstanding results, accumulated during three years,
led to the recruitment of three of them on permanent positions at Grenoble.
7. The last comment is to point out the top quality of the results obtained by the young incoming
researchers selected by the two initial calls (2007 & 2008). Boosting the best of the incoming
researchers, full of dynamism, seems mandatory to me. It is the more efficient way to make
them competitive in European and international calls. Once again the characteristic time to judge
the viability of top quality research projects, based on originality and risk, is difficult to be kept
within a couple of years. We may regret to have abandoned such a call which is truly novel out of
“the more of me” line since the laureates are new comers willing to investigate their new ideas.
Grenoble – 1, May 2011
Alain FONTAINE
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Part II: SCIENTIFIC REPORT
1 - QUANTUM NANOELECTRONICS 3
Beyond CMOS: Quantum coherent phenomena 3
Very Large Scale Integration of NEMS 4
Core/shell nanowires: conductance 5
Tunneling-based nano-FETs 6
2 – NANOMAGNETISM AND SPINTRONICS 7
Nano-Spintronics 7
Domain walls in nanowires 7
Perpendicular Anisotropy and exchange interactions 8
Electric field control of anisotropy 8
Graphene as a template for magnetic structures 9
Spintronics and germanium 9
Magnetic Microsystems 10
Spin transfer torque in nanoparticles 10
Quantum Spintronics 10
Magnetic order in graphene 10
Carbon nanotubes for single spin detection 11
Semiconductor quantum dots 12
Dissemination and Training 12
3 – NANOPHOTONICS 13
Quantum dots and wires 13
Catalyst-free growth of GaN nanowire heterostructures 13
Ultrabright quantum dots in II-VI nanowires 13
Exploring new concepts for photovoltaics with II-VI heterostructures 14
Optical microcavities 14
High Q silica microtoroids and microspheres 14
Cavity-feeding : decoherence as a ressource for quantum optoelectronics 15
Photonic wires for quantum optics 15
Spontaneous emission control of QDs in photonic wires 15
1D exciton-polaritons in ZnO wires 16
4 - MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS 17
5 - NANOMATERIALS, NANOASSEMBLY AND NANOSTRUCTURATION 19
Self Assembly 19
Nanowires 19
Graphene 20
Phase-change memory 21

6 – NANO- CHARACTERISATION AND NANO-METROLOGY 23
In situ X-ray investigation of growing semiconductor nanowires 24
New generation of nano-detectors for astrophysics 24
Scanning gate Nanoelectronics 25
Superconducting Nanostructures 25
3D coherent diffractive imaging at the nanometer scale 26
7 – NANO APPROACHES TO LIFE SCIENCES 27
Micro- and nano Fabrication for the Life Sciences 27
Contribution of 3D micro-environment to cell adhesion 27
Nanodroplet chip for controlled assembly of lipid bilayers and electrical detection of single-protein activity 27
Medical Applications of the Nanobiosciences 28
Second harmonic imaging of potentials in nanoscale neuronal structures 28
Innovative biochips to detect and screen biological cells 29
Biomimetic artificial membrane systems for generating electro-chemical energy 29
Implantable brain computer interface 31
8 – NANOMODELING, THEORY & SIMULATION 33
Electronic properties 33
Thermal properties 34
Growth, patterning, defects & structure of nano-objects. 35
9 – TECHNOLOGICAL FACILITIES 37
The Network 37
The Nanofabrication Facility 37
The Nanocharacterization Facility 38
The Nano-Chemistry and Biology Facility 40
The Numerical Simulation Facility 41
Funding of the network 41
Conclusions 42
10 - EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC ANIMATION 43
The Foundation monthly Seminars 43
The Foundation workshops 43
The Foundation’s Thesis Prize 43
Call for proposals “Education and Scientific Animation” 44
PhD students & research training 45
Physics Olympiads 46
Thesis Prize Award Ceremonies 47
List of the Foundation’s monthly Seminars
Erreur ! Signet non défini.48
List of the Foundation’s workshops
Erreur ! Signet non défini.49
List of the Quantum Nanoelectronics Seminars
Erreur ! Signet non défini.53

1 - QUANTUM
NANOELECTRONICS
Moore’s law has been the key driver for
microelectronics scaling and performance
improvement over the past decades. The
basic operation of nano field-effecttransistors
has roughly been kept the
same as its micrometric counterpart.
However when all typical dimensions of
the device (gate length, width or channel
thickness) are within the nanometer
range, quantum physics tends to rule the
electric characteristics: quantum
confinement induces quantification of the
energy levels within the channel, tunnel
current flows through the gate oxide or
through the source-to-drain barrier.
In the framework of CMOS based
microelectronics, these quantum effects
have to be taken into account to design
reliable and efficient circuits, where they
are mostly considered as parasitic. In this
context, the ability of Si-CMOS based
logic to continue improving performance
while increasing density is more and
more questioned: variability and power
consumptions are two key knobs that can
rapidly be turned into show stoppers.
A growing field of interest is proposing to
exploit the new emergent quantum
effects rather than being spoiled by
them: this is the goal of quantum
nanoelectronics. There is a widely open
field of research where quantum
mechanical effects are very useful and
promising to design new devices or
functions. Charge quantization,
interference effects and quantum
superposition of states are examples of
effects which are investigated.
Benefiting from the huge technological
developments of microelectronics, the
ability to fabricate nanostructures, such
as nanowires; quantum box; 2D electron
gas; or tunnel and Josephson nanojunctions,
on a large variety of materials,
and the development of new
experimental techniques open a wide
field of investigation in the domain of
quantum nanoelectronics.
Beyond CMOS: Quantum
coherent phenomena
Chair of Excellence 2007: Leonid
GLAZMAN
Coordinator: Manuel HOUZET
(INAC/SPSMS).
Prof. Leonid GLAZMAN is a leading
theorist from Yale University, specialised
in the field of quantum coherent
phenomena in mesoscopic and
nanoscopic systems. He comes regularly
to Grenoble for long-term stays, and
develops close collaborations with local
theorists and experimentalists.
There are some examples of the topics
discussed during his stays:
Kondo effect in a dot with
superconducting leads,
spin-orbit interactions,
kinetics of SNS junctions ,
electron transport in Si-As
nanostructures
theory of electron transport in
carbon nanotubes with Prof. A. ANDREEV,
persistent current fluctuations
and Josephson current noise,
counterpart of the Shapiro steps
for a blockaded Josephson junction,
impedance of a superconductor
with magnetic impurities,
analogs of Kondo effect in
superconducting nano devices,
non-equilibrium Kondo problem
and double-dot Kondo problem,
transport in mesoscopic spin
glasses,
and superconductivity in Boron
doped diamond.
The project is very lively and led to the
organization of several workshops:
“Electronic noise and relaxation in
nanostructures” (April 2011) and
“Superconducting hybrids: from
conventional to exotic” (September
2011).
FURTHER READING:
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
Phys. Rev. A 80, 043611 (2009)
Dynamic response of 1D bosons in a trap
Phys. Rev.Lett. 104, 116403 (2010)
The fate of 1D spin-charge separation away
from Fermi points
Phys. Rev. B 82, 161417(R) (2010)
Distribution function of persistent current
Phys. Rev. B 83, 075401 (2011)
Single-dopant resonance in a single-electron
transistor
Grenoble benefits from a unique
environment where some of the best
technological facilities live close by
worldwide known simulation and
characterization teams. This enhances
fruitful and healthy collaborations among
several laboratories belonging to the
Foundation’s network, such as LPMMC,
LETI, IMEP-LAHC, INAC, Institut Néel...
Fig.1: Leonid GLAZMAN, Chair of Excellence
2007
CONTACTS
Maud VINET
maud.vinet@cea.fr
Tel: +33 4 38 78 90 87
Olivier BUISSON
olivier.buisson@grenoble.cnrs.fr
Tel: +33 4 76 88 90 66
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SCIENTIFIC REPORT
FURTHER READING:
Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 103111 (2009)
Piezoelectric nanoelectromechanical
resonators based on aluminum nitride thin
films
Nanotechnology 21, 165504 (2010)
In-plane nanoelectromechanical resonators
based on silicon nanowire piezoresistive
detection
Fig. 2: NEMS applications domains with Pr Roukes
Very Large Scale
Integration of NEMS
Chair of Excellence 2007: Michael
ROUKES
Coordinator: Philippe ANDREUCCI (Léti).
The purpose of the project is to leverage
the scientific and technological activity
based on Nano Electro Mechanical
Systems (NEMS). Relying on the
framework of LETI-Caltech Alliance, the
project is now clearly structured around
three topics more and more related to life
science (Fig. 2):
Gas sensing in air
Mass spectroscopy in vacuum
Biodetection in liquid.
(a mixed team UJF/INSERM/CEA-DSV).
Pr Roukes has contributed to identify new
applications domains and consequently
projects with IBS and INSERM are
expected within the next months.
Finally biodetection in liquid is becoming
an important field: Pr Roukes is at the
origin of an ANR project on cellular force
sensor. Within this project, researchers
are travelling back and forth between
France and USA in order to set up the
measurements.
In addition to several publications, 11
patents have been deposited within the
frame of this Chair of Excellence.
First topic, gas sensing, has led to the
creation of a French-American start up
(founded both by LETI and Caltech).
Developments towards applications are
going to be pursued within this start up.
In the meantime more advanced studies
on gas biosensors for precocious
diagnosis are still planned within the
Chair.
Mass spectroscopy has provided very
promising results; one shall mention for
example a nanomechanical resonator for
direct mass measurement of neutral and
ionized biomolecules. This work has been
performed together with EDyp laboratory
Fig.3: Michael ROUKES, Chair of Excellence
2007
Please read the corresponding Highlight
at the end of this report for further
information
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Core/shell
nanowires:
conductance
Chair of Excellence 2007: H.-S. Philip
WONG
Coordinator: Mireille MOUIS (IMEP-
LAHC).
The dominant features that will
determine the applicability of semiconducting
nanowires as nanoelectronic
devices or for sensing applications are
related to their enhanced sensitivity to
surface charges. They are the ideal
structure for MOS scaling thanks to the
excellent electrostatic control of the gate,
while a partially ungated structure can be
used as a very sensitive sensor once
functionalized with the suitable molecule.
Figure 3 summarizes the different devices
studied within the project. There remain
several challenges to be solved however.
Jae Woo LEE (the PhD student employed
by the Foundation in the frame of this
Chair) has been able to decorrelate
surface scattering arising from the top
interface from that of the etched vertical
edges (presented at ESSDERC'2010).
On the other hand, nanowires sensitivity
to surface charges is an advantage when
these charges are the signature of some
molecules to be detected; however it is
detrimental when it arises from interface
states at the semiconductor/oxide
interface.
In a real sensor both effects are present
and the team used a simulation approach
to analyze the conditions in terms of
dimensions, doping level and interface
trap density to obtain an operational
sensor.
On September 28th, 2010 a workshop
entitled “Contact and surface effects in
nanostructures” was organised within the
framework of the Chair of Excellence of
Prof. H. S. Philip WONG.
In total, 10 oral contributions given by
local researchers from various
laboratories enhanced and illustrated a
fruitful discussion on contact issues.
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
FURTHER READING:
Journal of Applied Physics, 107, 044501
(2010)
Analysis of charge sensitivity and low
frequency noise limitation in silicon
nanowire sensors
Fig. 4: SEM images of devices with 1 to 3
CNTs
Nanotechnology 21, 485201 (2010)
Degradation pattern of SnO2 nanowire field
effect transistors
Fig. 3: Summary of the devices based on
nanowires. Top is a NW-FET with a wrapped
around gate. The channel is controlled by the
gate. Middle is NW-FET with an incomplete
wrapping of the gate (narrow FD-SOI or
FinFET). The channel is controlled by the gate.
It is possible to modulate the threshold
voltage with a substrate bias. Bottom is NW
controlled by an external charge. An additional
biasing can be applied using the substrate.
Prof. H.-S. Philip Wong is now extending
his activities towards new axes of
collaboration between Stanford University
and Grenoble laboratories: near-field
characterization of nano-relays and
electro-mechanical characterization of
graphene nanodevices are considered.
During 2010, the CORE project has
brought significant progress about two
main aspects.
One risk with nanowires is that surface
roughness scattering increases as
dimensions decrease, so that the
improvement in electrostatic control
would have to be traded against a
degradation of transport properties.
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Fig. 5: Tunneling FET operating principle and schematics of the device. The TFET is made out a
gated PN diode: when the gate is biased at 0, no carrier can flow from drain to source because of
the wide tunnel barrier they have to flow through. But when the gate voltage is decreased the
barrier width is narrowed down allowing for band to band tunneling current.
FURTHER READING:
Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 263508 (2009)
Tunneling field-effect transistor with
epitaxial junction in thin germanium-oninsulator
Microelectronic Engineering (2011)
Gate-induced drain leakage in FD-SOI
devices: What the TFET teaches us about the
MOSFET
6
Tunneling-based nano-FETs
Chair of Excellence 2008: Alex
ZASLAVSKY
Coordinator: Sorin CRISTOLOVEANU
(IMEP-LAHC).
The objective of this project is to
investigate the technological potential of
tunneling FETs (TFETs) built in
semiconductor-in-insulator technology to
complement or possibly replace standard
CMOS FETs in digital logic circuits. These
TFETs are theoretically predicted to
manifest sharper on-off characteristics
and higher I ON currents than Si
CMOSFETs.
If this theoretical promise is confirmed,
the technological insertion of such
devices is likely in the longer term, when
hybrid systems combining standard
CMOS logic with islands of alternative
technologies become standard. Also TFET
devices provide an experimental testbed
for interband tunneling (and other
quantum effects).
So far experimental demonstrations have
not fulfilled the theoretical expectations.
The originality of the approach of this
project is to combine advanced
technological fabrication with solid
modeling and characterization.
A emphasis is put on the comparison of
germanium-on-insulator (GeOI) TFETs
with their silicon-on-insulator (SOI)
counterparts in order to address high on
currents. Indeed there have been
already several reports of sub-60
mV/decade subthreshold slope in SOI
TFETs (including a world-leading result
from LETI-CEA) but at the expense of
relatively low I ON due to the large
bandgap of Si and insufficiently abrupt
junctions. Conversely, GeOI TFETs are
expected to have considerably larger I ON .
The project has already allowed to
experimentally demonstrate theoretical
calculations: interest of HfO 2 as high k
gate dielectric in order to improve the
subthreshold slope, interest of Ge to
increase the on current… The project has
lead to 3 publications in 2010 (ESSDERC,
JAP and APL) and some patents are
pending.
Fig.6: Alex ZASLAVSKY, Chair of Excellence
2008

2 – NANOMAGNETISM
AND SPINTRONICS
By tailoring the magneto-transport
properties and using nanofabrication
techniques, we optimize new functions
for spintronics devices based on the
manipulation of domain walls by a
current or the control of magnetism by
an electric field. We also develop
nanostructures with quantum properties,
such as carbon nanotubes and graphene,
magnetic molecules or semiconductor
quantum dots.
NANO-SPINTRONICS
Conventional Spintronics devices make
use of the spin of the electron to control
the current flow (magneto-resistance)
through Ferromagnetic/Nonmagnetic(NM)
/Ferromagnetic nanostructures and to
control in return the magnetization state
via the spin polarized current (spin
momentum transfer). Replacing the NM
part by a domain wall makes it possible
to encode sequences of “0” or “1 states
in magnetic nanowires and to move these
states at high speed along the wire by a
spin polarized current. Understanding
such domain wall motion in relation to
structural and magnetic properties of the
nanowires is one focus of the studies.
Furthermore, optimization of the domain
wall speed and more generally of the
stability of the magnetization state is
achieved for out-of plane magnetized
materials. A strong perpendicular
magnetic anisotropy (PMA) induced at
interfaces in Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel
junctions as well as at Co/graphene
interfaces is thus of particular interest.
Besides exploiting interfacial electronic
properties, a completely novel approach
to control the magnetic properties is
explored by using an electric field.
Finally, new systems are developed, such
as a ferromagnetic system based on
germanium and a new perspective for the
controlled growth and properties of
magnetic nanoparticles by using
graphene as a template.
Domain walls in nanowires
RTRA Project 2009: MIDWEST
Coordinator: Jan VOGEL (Institut Néel).
To address important questions on the
interaction of domain walls with
structural defects and to elucidate the
dynamics of the domain wall motion
under spin transfer torque in real time,
state of the art and complementary
microscopy techniques of high spatial and
temporal resolution are being developed
in the frame of the project MIDWEST.
These techniques include Polarized
Electron Emission Microscopy (PEEM),
Lorentz holography, Magnetic Force
Microscopy (MFM) and Kerr microscopy.
Important advances have been made, by
establishing focused ion beam (FIB)
etching techniques to prepare nanowires
on SiN membranes. Holographic imaging
was then used to determine the magnetic
state diagram of domain walls (Fig. 1).
The time resolved PEEM imaging
elucidated that
in FeNi/Cu/Co spin valve
nanowires the spins in FeNi rotate due to
the Oersted field. This needs to be taken
into account for analysing the wall
propagation [1].
in Pt/Co/AlOx (perpendicular
magnetization) the wall moves mainly
during the current pulse and not (or
little) after pulse termination in contrast
to in-plane materials.
Fig. 1: Magnetization distribution in color code
of a 500 nm wide Co/Cu/FeNi wire. A domain
wall is visible in the bend of the wire. The spin
directions are indicated by the arrows.
Furthermore, in contrast to almost all
other perpendicular systems, in
Pt/Co/AlOx long distance current-induced
motion of domain walls was observed
using Kerr microscopy with maximum
wall velocities above 400 m/s. The
Rashba effect [2] due to the structural
inversion asymmetry is thought to be at
the origin of this high wall mobility. The
different microscopy techniques will help
to elucidate the underlying mechanism of
these effects.
To better control the structural properties
and to relate the pinning of domain walls
to structural defects, epitaxial systems
are being developed and studied.
A particular system is FePt whose strong
perpendicular magnetic anisotropy results
in narrow walls. This system is well suited
to study the stochastic effects linked to
FURTHER READING:
CONTACTS
Ursula EBELS
ursula.ebels@cea.fr
Tel: +33 4 38 78 53 44
Joël CIBERT
joel.cibert@grenoble.cnrs.fr
Tel: +33 4 76 88 11 93
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[1] Phys. Rev. B 83, 020406 (2011)
Direct observation of Oersted-field-induced
magnetisation dynamics in magnetic
nanowires
[2] Nature Mater. 9, 230 (2010)
Current-Induced Spin-Orbit Torque in a
Uniformly Magnetized Ferromagnetic Layer
with Rashba Inversion Asymmetry.

SCIENTIFIC REPORT
FURTHER READING:
[3] Phys. Rev. B 81, 134408 (2010)
Effect of crystalline defects on domain wall
motion under field and current in
nanowires with perpendicular
magnetization
[4] New J. Phys. 12, 103040 (2010)
Ultrathin epitaxial cobalt films on graphene
for spintronic investigations and applications
[5] Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 262509 (2010)
Effect of structural relaxation and oxidation
conditions on interlayer exchange coupling
in Fe|MgO|Fe tunnel junctions
[6] Phys. Rev. B 81, 220407 (2010)
Oscillatory interlayer exchange coupling in
MgO tunnel junctions with perpendicular
magnetic anisotropy
[7] Science 315 349 (2007)
Electric Field-Induced Modification of
Magnetism in Thin-Film Ferromagnets
8
the depinning of the domain wall from a
single pinning centre using spin polarized
current injection [3]. Combining
structural and magnetic contrast in
Lorentz imaging it was possible to show a
clear correlation between a micromacle
and the domain wall pinning in a FePt
nanowire.
Please read the corresponding Highlight
at the end of this report for further
information
Perpendicular Anisotropy
and exchange interactions
Chair of Excellence 2007: Mairbek
CHSHIEV
PhD student: Hongxin YANG
(INAC/SPINTEC).
Perpendicular anisotropy materials play a
more and more important role for the
design of spintronics devices. Here,
theoretical electronic band structure
calculations provide an important mean
to study the effect and the role of the
structural properties on the electronic
and magnetic properties and thus a guide
for the development of spintronics
devices. Confirming recent experiments
relevant to strong perpendicular
magnetic anisotropy (PMA), it is shown
by first principles calculation that the PMA
in Fe/MgO magnetic tunnel junctions
(MTJ) can be as large as 3 erg/cm 2 . The
nature of the PMA has been clarified and
is attributed to the hybridization between
Fe and oxygen orbitals via spin orbit
interaction (SOI). Additional oxygen or
oxygen vacancies at the interface,
destroys the hybridization between Fe
and oxygen and leads to a reduction of
the PMA. Hence good crystalline quality
of the Fe/MgO interface is of importance
to obtain a large PMA.
Similarly, in order to explain recent
experiments realized at Institut Néel, it
has been confirmed by calculation that a
strong PMA is induced at Co/graphene
interfaces [4].
As a further result of the band structure
calculations it has been revealed that
structural relaxation influences the
interlayer exchange coupling (IEC)
between the Fe layers in Fe/MgO/Fe
tunnel barriers. In particular oxygen
vacancies increase the antiferromagnetic
coupling strength, while oxygen rich
interfaces decrease the coupling or
induce a ferromagnetic interaction [5].
Finally, oscillations of the IEC as a
function of the ferromagnetic layer
thickness in magnetic tunnel junctions of
PMA ferromagnetic layers has been
observed experimentally and explained in
the frame of a free electron model [6].
An experimental study (“fil de l’eau” PhD
student 2007: Marcio MEIDEROS-
SOARES) of the exchange coupling
between antiferromagnetic PtMn and
chemically ordered ferromagnetic FePt
with strong PMA has been performed to
better understand the exchange bias
mechanism. XMCD measurements
(ID08/ESRF beamline) at the Mn and Fe
L 2 , L 3 -edges show that the major part of
the Mn spins reverse along with the Fe
spins and thus only 10% contribute to
the exchange-bias shift. This outcome
shows that interfacial Mn spins are
strongly coupled to the ferromagnetic
FePt layer and less coupled to the spins
inside the antiferromagnetic layer.
Electric field control of
anisotropy
RTRA Project 2007: POMME
Coordinator: Dominique GIVORD (Institut
Néel).
As a new approach to control the intrinsic
magnetic properties in metals, a large
electric field is used to appreciably
change the electron density at surfaces
or interfaces in ultrathin ferromagnetic
metal films. This has been demonstrated
in 2007 by the Institut Néel for FePt and
FePd immersed in an electrolyte where
the magneto-crystalline anisotropy can
be reversibly modified by an applied
electric field [7]. The aim of the current
studies is to replace the electrolyte with
an insulating material to charge the
ferromagnetic surface (Fig. 2). The
challenge is to develop oxide overlayers
of high breakdown voltage.
Fig. 2: FEM simulation of the electric field and
surface charge induced on a nanocontact. The
charge distribution is maximum at the apex of
the nanocontact
Al 2 0 3 and HfO 2 barriers have been
prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition
(ALD) that permits to grow extremely
homogeneous and compact layers. The
mean voltage breakdown shows that the
goal of 10 8 V/m has been reached
allowing the application of strong electric
fields to the surface. The next step will be
to characterize the effect on a 2 nm FePt
thin film under electric fields of more

than 10 8 V/m and to compare this to the
original work in an electrolyte [7].
As a first direct observation of the E-field
effect across an oxide barrier, it was
shown that the coercivity in cobalt
nanostructures, see Figure 2, is
influenced by strong electrical fields.
In order to study in more details the
charging effect at the metal surfaces a
new original experimental tool has been
developed using X-ray reflectometry at
the ESRF. First experiments on Pt films in
an electrolyte reveal the interfacial
charging effect. The depth of the
charging effect, of the order of 1 nm, is
larger than the depth (around 0.4 nm at
most) usually considered for metallic
systems. In addition an oscillation in the
electron density around z=0 is found.
These two effects may tentatively be
attributed to interfacial roughness.
Graphene as a template for
magnetic structures
“Fil de l’eau” PhD student 2009: Chi VO
VAN
Coordinator: Olivier FRUCHART (Institut
Néel).
The high structural quality of graphene
will provide an ideal new type of template
to fabricate self-organised magnetic dots.
Furthermore, the structural properties of
graphene are expected to allow adjusting
the nanodot structural parameters
(nanodot size, symmetry and pitch of the
lattice) and addressing novel magnetic
properties (magnetic collective states by
tuning the magnetic interaction between
dots through the system's geometry).
Here the first challenging steps have
been realized, which are to prepare a
suitable substrate, chosen to be Ir (111)
for the growth of graphene. The first
Ir/Graphene films (Fig. 3) show good
structural properties and permit to
address now the self organised growth of
magnetic nanoparticles using PLD.
As an intermediate study Co films grown
on graphene reveal a strong
perpendicular anisotropy [4].
Spintronics and germanium
RTRA Project 2008: IMAGE
Coordinator: Matthieu JAMET
(INAC/SP2M).
Making nonmagnetic semiconductors
ferromagnetic above room temperature
would allow the development of an allsemiconductor
spintronics. The model
system up to now is the diluted magnetic
semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As, with a Curie
temperature which remains too low
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Magnetic Microsystems
“Fil de l’eau” PhD student 2007: Mikhail
KUSTOV
Coordinators: Nora DEMPSEY (Institut
Néel), Orphée CUGAT et Gilbert REYNE
(G2ELab)
Due to the scalability of magnetic forces
upon reducing size, they are successfully
used in microsystems. A close
collaboration covering materials sciences
and electrical engineering, and potential
users (such as biologists) allowed us to
optimize arrays of micro-patterned hard
magnets (NdFeB). The stray fields
produced are fully characterized thanks
to the development of new tools such as
3D measurements using a singlecomponent
Hall probe and quantitative
magneto-optic imaging using a uniaxial
magneto-optic indicator film in a bias
field [9]. New micro-systems have been
demonstrated, such as the "flying carpet"
shown in Fig.5, or micromagnet arrays
for the manipulation of biological objects.
QUANTUM
SPINTRONICS
Downscaling spintronics devices one
reaches the limit of single magnetic
molecules and atomic spins in magnetic
quantum dots. A major challenge here is
to read and manipulate the spin states
and to perform basic quantum
operations. On the one hand, Carbon
nanotubes (CNTs) are very good
candidates to study these effects due to
their high sensitivity to small changes in
the electrostatic environment. On the
other hand, inserting a single Mn atom
into a quantum dot provides the ultimate
tool to manipulate individual spin states.
Finally, for developing beyond “CMOS”
nanoelectronics, graphene as a new
material has emerged recently. The
conditions under which the magnetic
order can be obtained is explored
theoretically by atomic scale
‘nanopatterning’.
Magnetic order in graphene
Chair of Excellence 2007: Mairbek
CHSHIEV
PhD student: Hongxin YANG
(INAC/SPINTEC).
FURTHER READING:
[9] J. Appl. Phys. 108, 063914 (2010)
Magnetic characterization of
micropatterned Nd-Fe-B hard magnetic films
using scanning Hall probe microscopy
10
Fig. 5: The "flying carpet": the design of the
assembly of micromagnets ensures stability in
both directions and can replace complex
systems involving superconductors and
associated cryogenics.
Spin transfer torque in
nanoparticles
“Fil de l’eau” PhD student 2008: Irina
GROZA
Coordinator: Alain MARTY (INAC/SP2M).
Aggregates of magnetic Co/CoO coreshell
nanoparticles (5 nm diameter)
provide a test system to study the effect
of the spin polarized current on the
antiferromagnetic exchange bias from the
CoO to the Co. As a first step a few tens
of nm thick films of nanoparticles were
prepared and the correlation between the
particles was established using the
magneto-resistance effect. At room
temperature, the CoO is unblocked and
the correlation comes from the dipolar
interaction between particles.
Huge values of the charge mobility in
addition to a weak intrinsic spin-orbit
coupling in carbon-based sp 2 structures
could potentially allow for very large
(micron long) spin diffusion lengths.
These features, together with the other
”semi-conductor like” properties of
graphene, make graphene-based
spintronic devices highly promising and
have triggered a quest for controlling
spin injection in graphene. Many routes
have been attempted to induce
magnetism by proximity effect or inject
spins from magnetic electrodes. Here we
graphene nanomeshes investigate by
first-principles calculations to address the
important question of whether and under
what conditions graphene can exhibit
correlated (ordered) magnetic properties.
By removing an equal number of A and B
sites of the graphene bipartite lattice, a
regular network of atomic scale vacancies
is obtained. Such a nanomesh (Fig. 6)
made mostly of zigzag (armchair) type
edges exhibits antiferromagnetic (spin
unpolarized) states. In contrast, in a
situation of sublattice symmetry
breaking, stable ferrimagnetic states are
obtained. For a hydrogen-passivated
nanomesh, the ground state is found to
strongly depend on the vacancies shape
and size. The obtained net magnetic
moments increase with the difference
between the number of removed A and B

sites. The calculations indicate that using
highly asymmetric vacancies, one may
reach high exchange splitting values
(0.5~eV) and obtain a promising
candidate material for room temperature
carbon based spintronics materials.
Fig. 6: H-passivated Graphene nanomesh with
different triangular shapes. The corresponding
net magnetic moments for each structure are
also indicated.
Carbon nanotubes for single
spin detection
“Fil de l’eau” PhD student 2007:
Subhadeep DATTA
“Fil de l’eau” PhD student 2009: Marc
GANZHORN
Coordinator: Wolfgang WERNSDORFER
(Institut Néel).
properties of carbon nanotubes (Fig. 8).
The mechanical oscillation frequency of
the CNT changes as a function of the spin
state of the SMM. This change in
frequency is visible in the electron
conduction where the Coulomb peak
voltage decreases at the resonance. First
devices have been fabricated by chemical
vapour deposition. The detection scheme
has been validated for empty CNT and
the longitudinal bending modes have
been characterized. The next step will be
to apply an external magnetic field and to
define an adequate method for depositing
SMM inside the CNT.
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SCIENTIFIC REPORT
FURTHER READING:
[10] Phys. Rev. B 81, 245315 (2010).
Optical initialization, readout, and dynamics
of a Mn spin in a quantum dot
Semiconductor
quantum
dots
Chair of Excellence 2007: Joaquin
FERNANDEZ-ROSSIER
Coordinator: Henri MARIETTE (Institut
Néel).
Electron spins confined in quantum dots
(QDs) are one of the proposed physical
realizations for a qubit. The most studied
system is a QD defined by gating a 2D
electron gas in GaAs. Two original
systems based on self-assembled QDs
are studied within programs of the
Nanosciences Foundation: a single
magnetic impurity in a QD, and Si-Ge
QDs (see the Quantum Electronics
report).
Thanks to the strong spin-carrier
coupling, one can exploit the absorption
of an individual II-VI QD to optically
initialize the spin state of a single
magnetic impurity contained in the QD,
and to optically monitor its dynamics.
A new set-up involving resonant
excitation to achieve optical pumping of
the single quantum dot, with or without a
trapped carrier, allowed us to study the
dynamics of an isolated Mn spin, and the
effect of the Mn spin on the electron-hole
pair dynamics. For instance, when the Mn
spin is embedded in the strongly strained
QD, we observe a long spin lifetime in the
dark, and a short one in the presence of
an exciton, so that an efficient optical
pumping is achieved. Within the Chair of
Excellence, the full dynamics of the
coupled system has been modelled [10].
In a second step, the model is further
extended to encompass coherent
manipulation through optical Stark effect
or microwaves. This is a much more
complex experiment for which
preliminary results have been obtained
(Fig. 9).
Dissemination and Training
A user list has been established to
coordinate the conferences and seminars
held at the Institut Néel (CNRS),
Nanomagnétisme Laboratory (CEA/INAC)
and SPINTEC Laboratory (UMR
CEA/CNRS/UJF & Grenoble INP).
A two day colloquium “Nanomagnetism
and Spintronics” has been organized on
November, 24 th and 25 th 2010 with the
aim to present an overview on current
research in Rhône-Alpes and in France, in
Quebec and Canada, along with a
broader outline of cutting-edge research
on-going in other European research
centres.
Thesis Prize Laureate
Dimitri HOUSSAMEDDINE, one of the two
laureates of the 2010 Nanosciences
Foundation Thesis Prize, has deposited 3
patents and published 4 publications as
main author (in addition to 6 other
publications) during his thesis.
On December 2, 2010, in the frame of
the Prize Award Ceremony, his talk
entitled “Magnetization dynamics in spin
torque microwave nano-oscillators” has
illustrated the excellence of his results.
Fig. 9: Spin dependent optically dressed states
in a Mn-doped QD: TEM cross section of a QD
(left) and anticrossing due to the optical Stark
effect (right).
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3 – NANOPHOTONICS
The optical properties of matter can be
tailored to a very large extent by playing
with the quantum confinement of
electrons or photon confinement on the
wavelength scale. Besides new physics,
researchers belonging to the Foundation’s
network pave the way toward new
devices and applications through the
development of original nano/micro
structures.
QUANTUM DOTS
AND WIRES
Since the early days of the Nanosciences
Foundation, supporting the development
of research on semiconductor nanowires
in Grenoble has been seen as a priority.
Nanowires offer indeed an unprecedented
flexibility for building novel
semiconductor nanostructures and open
large-scale application prospects in
various fields of photonics, including
solid-state lighting and photovoltaics.
Catalyst-free growth of GaN
nanowire heterostructures
“Fil de l’eau” PhD student 2007: Xiaojun
CHEN
Coordinator: Joel EYMERY (INAC/SP2M)
As of 2008, it was already known that
GaN nanowires can be formed by vapor
phase epitaxy from organo-metallic
precursors (MOVPE), without using
catalysts that may degrade the electronic
and optical properties of the material.
This PhD work has considerably improved
the understanding of elementary growth
mechanisms entering into play and the
mastering of the synthesis of nanowire
heterostructures. Noticeably, the
formation of either pyramids or
nanowires on various substrates has
been unambiguously related to the
polarity of the GaN nucleation layer [1].
The presence of silane in the gas phase
has been shown to favour vertical growth
through the formation of a protective
silicon nitride layer on the sidewalls
(patent pending). Also, an optimisation of
the substrate preparation and growth
sequence has led to a strong
improvement of the homogeneity of
dense nanowire arrays grown on
patterned substrates, which is a key
issue in view of an application to lightemitting
diodes.
This mastering of growth processes
enables the synthesis of original and
functional heterostructures, such as
quantum dots or radial quantum wells.
Nano-LEDs and UV photodetectors based
on a single wire have been demonstrated
in collaboration with IEF (Orsay).
Fig. 1: View of a blue light-emitting diode
exploiting a single nanowire with radial
GaN/InGaN multiquantum well structure.
Ultrabright quantum dots in
II-VI nanowires
“Fil de l’eau” PhD student 2009: Miryam
ELOUNEG-JAMROZ
Coordinators: Serge TATARENKO (Institut
Néel) and Edith BELLET-AMALRIC
(INAC/SP2M)
This work focuses on the development
and study of quantum dots in nanowires
made of II-VI semiconductors
(ZnSe/CdSe).
Following the pionneering experiments
conducted by the team in 2007, the
growth relies on molecular beam epitaxy,
using gold droplets as catalysts. The
homoepitaxy on ZnSe substrates
(instead of GaAs) has been developped.
Arrays of vertical nanowires with
diameters in the 10-20nm diameter
range have been grown on both (100)
and (111)B surfaces.
A major reduction of the size dispersion
of the nanowires resulted from an
optimisation of the dewetting of the gold
layer, which is used to prepare the gold
catalysts.
Overall, a strong improvement of the
quality of such CdSe/ZnSe QDs has been
obtained, as highlighted by the first
observation of single photon emission at
300K.
Please read the corresponding Highlight
at the end of this report for further
information
FURTHER READING
CONTACTS
Jean-Michel GERARD
jean-michel.gerard@cea.fr
Tel: +33 4 38 78 31 34
Jean-Emmanuel BROQUIN
broquin@minatec.inpg.fr
Tel: +33 4 56 52 95 29
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
[1] Appl. Phys. Lett 97, 151909 (2010)
Homoepitaxial growth of catalyst-free
GaN wires on N-polar substrates
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Exploring new concepts for
photovoltaics with II-VI
heterostructures
Chair of Excellence 2009: Yong ZHANG
Coordinator: Henri MARIETTE (Institut
Néel)
Thanks to their appropriate range of
energy gaps, II-VI materials are already
intensively used in solar cells.
This novel project explores new concepts
which are likely to improve the efficiency
of II-VI solar cells and/or reduce their
cost. Among the most promising ones
figure type II band configurations, which
favour the separation of photogenerated
electron – hole pairs, and the nanowire
geometry, which can be used to
enhance light absorption and improve
current collection.
Promising first results have already been
obtained along both lines. Noticeably,
test planar CdSe/ZnTe heterostructures,
grown by molecular beam epitaxy,
display a three orders of magnitude
enhancement of the lifetime of
photogenerated carriers thanks to their
type II band configuration.
Novel type II core-shell nanowire
heterostructures have been synthesized
using either molecular beam epitaxy or
“low cost” techniques to coat ZnO
nanowires by a thin layer of CdSe or
CdTe (see Figure 2).
OPTICAL
MICROCAVITIES
High Q silica microtoroids
and microspheres
“New comers” Project 2007: Julien
CLAUDON (INAC/SP2M)
PhD student: Nitin Singh MALIK
Among dielectric microcavities, silica
microspheres and microtoroids display
remarkably high quality factors. This
project aims at exploring the physics of
hybrid systems formed by a microtoroid
coupled to one or few self-assembled
QDs.
Within this project, high Q (Q>10 7 )
microtoroids and microspheres have been
fabricated on a Si chip, through a CO 2
laser-assisted melting of the silica. The
assembly of microtoroids to tiny GaAs
mesa structures containing InAs QDs has
been realized for the first time in the
RTRA dual beam FIB system, following a
cut, pick and place procedure (see Figure
3).
µ-toroid
Mesa
Fig. 3: Scanning electron micrograph of a silica
microtoroid coupled to InAs self-assembled
QDs in a GaAs mesa structure.
Fig. 2: Scanning electron micrograph of an
array of ZnO nanowires after conformal
coating by CdTe (typical diameter: 200 nm)
The modes of the coupled system show
up on the emission spectra, with Q’s in
the few 10 3 range, in agreement with
calculated values for a mesa-toroid
system in contact. Modelling shows that
the introduction of a small air gap should
restore a higher quality factor (Q>10 5 ),
enabling a laser operation and possibly
the vacuum Rabi-flopping of a single QD.
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Cavity-feeding :
decoherence as a ressource
for
quantum
optoelectronics
Chair of Excellence 2008: Marcelo
FRANCA SANTOS
Coordinator: Alexia AUFFEVES (Institut
Néel)
The general goal of this project is to
study how the results of Cavity Quantum
Electrodynamics (CQED), which are well
known for isolated atoms, transform
when these emitters are replaced with
solid-state artificial atoms such as
quantum dots.
Among other striking results, recent
experiments have revealed that an
emitter that is detuned with respect to a
resonant cavity mode can nevertheless
emit photons at the mode frequency. This
important basic effect, known as “cavityfeeding”,
can be explained by
perturbations of the emitter by its solidstate
environment, such as Coulomb
interactions with a fluctuating charge
environment or the coupling to the
phonon bath.
The influence of pure dephasing was
studied [2] as well as the coupling to
acoustic phonons on the dynamics of a
coupled QD-cavity system. A generalized
expression has been introduced for the
Purcell factor, to describe the case of
spectrally broad emitters. While
dephasing decreases the spontaneous
emission rate of an emitter-cavity system
in resonance, it can increase it for
spectrally detuned systems. It can also
be used to induce lasing in systems
containing one or few detuned QDs.
Decoherence, which is usually considered
a drawback, can be seen as a novel
fundamental resource for solid-state
CQED, offering appealing perspectives in
the context of quantum optoelectronic
devices such as single-photon sources
and nanolasers.
PHOTONIC WIRES FOR
QUANTUM OPTICS
Until recently, most quantum optics
experiments aiming at a control of the
spontaneous emission of solid-state
emitters have been either performed in
optical microcavities or photonic crystals.
Although all major basic CQED effects
have now been observed (vacuum Rabi
flopping and related non-linear properties
at the single photon level, enhancement
and inhibition of spontaneous emission),
these structures present significant
limitations, such as the relatively poor
control over the far-field radiation pattern
of high Q cavities or 3D photonic crystals.
Several pioneering experiments
performed in Grenoble have recently
revealed the strong interest of photonic
wires (PWs) as a novel template for
quantum optics.
Spontaneous emission
control of QDs in photonic
wires
“New comers” Project 2007: Julien
CLAUDON (INAC/SP2M)
Photonic wires (PWs) are onedimensional
single mode dielectric
waveguides characterized by a large
refraction index contrast between the
core and cladding materials. As such,
they ensure a strong lateral confinement
of the guided mode, as well as an
efficient dielectric screening of nonguided
modes. Thanks to this
combination of effects, optical properties
of an embedded emitter with dipole
normal to the PW axis (such as a QD)
are predominantly governed by its
coupling to the guided mode of the PW.
Thereby, this system, known as a “onedimensional
atom”, has unique optical
properties and application prospects in
the field of quantum optoelectronics.
FURTHER READING
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[2] Phys. Rev. B 81, 245419 (2010)
Controlling the dynamics of a coupled atomcavity
system by pure dephasing.
[3] Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 103601 (2011)
Inhibitiion, enhancement and control of
spontaneous emission in photonic
nanowires
Experiments have been performed on
etched GaAs PWs with embedded InAs
QDs, prepared within the PTA facility.
Among a rich set of results, one can
emphasize:
The strong inhibition (x0.05) of the
QD spontaneous emission rate in very
thin PWs, which confirms the efficient
screening of non-guided modes [3];
The control of the polarization of the
photons emitted by QDs, through their
embedding in anisotropic PWs;
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FURTHER READING
[4] Nature Photon. 4, 174 (2010) A highly
efficient single photon source based on a
quantum dot in a photonic nanowire
The development of a single-photon
source that exploits the funnelling of QD
spontaneous emission into the guided
mode of the PW; this source exhibits for
the first time a record high photon
collection efficiency and a very pure
single photon emission [4].
Please read the corresponding Highlight
at the end of this report for further
information
These results open the way to the
development of novel devices that will
exploit the broadband spontaneous
emission control provided by PWs, such
as spectrally tuneable single-photon
sources or ultrabright sources of
entangled photon pairs. From a more
basic perspective, one-dimensional atoms
have also attractive non-linear properties
at the single photon level, which are
presently investigated theoretically and
experimentally within the Chair of
Excellence of Marcelo FRANCA SANTOS.
1D exciton-polaritons in
ZnO wires
“New comers” Project 2008: Maxime
RICHARD (Institut Néel)
This project investigates the non linear
properties (superradiance, radiative
coupling, Bose stimulation) of ensembles
of emitters that are embedded in PWs, so
as to increase their mutual coupling via
the electromagnetic field. The study is
focused on ZnO and GaN nanowires in
order to exploit the large binding energy
and oscillator strength of excitons in
these materials.
A new setup providing spatial, angular
and time-resolution (~6 ps) in the near-
UV range has been assembled.
For single ZnO PWs with diameter around
0.5 µm, high Q (~1000) resonant modes
similar to whispering gallery modes are
observed. As shown in figure 4, these
modes interact strongly interact with bulk
excitons to form one dimensional excitonpolaritons
at room temperature, with a
normal mode splitting exceeding 200
meV.
With such a splitting, which is much
larger than LO phonon energy, a strong
quenching of the polariton-phonon
interaction is achieved, even at 300K and
for a large excitonic fraction [5]. Thus, a
record figure of merit of 50 for the ratio
of the Rabi splitting to the polariton full
width at half maximum is achieved as a
consequence of negligible thermal
contribution to dephasing.
This system looks particularly attractive
for the observation of a Bose-Einstein
condensation of polaritons in a 1D
system. In preliminary experiments, a
strong non-linear increase of the
population of some polariton states has
already been observed for increasing
optical excitation. The evidence of the
Bose-Einstein condensation of polaritons
at 300K in this system would constitute a
major scientific achievement, opening
attractive application opportunities in the
field of coherent semiconductor light
sources in the UV.
[5] Phys. Rev. B 83, 041302(R) (2011) Onedimensional
ZnO exciton-polaritons with
negligible thermal broadening at room
temperature.
Fig. 4 Measured luminescence signal as a function of angle and energy for a ZnO PW. Comparison
to the dispersion of uncoupled modes (dashed lines) reveals their strong coupling with ZnO
excitons
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4 - MOLECULAR
ELECTRONICS
Molecular electronics, including organic
electronics, is an emerging topic in
nanosciences and nanotechnologies
holding great promise to extend Moore's
Law beyond the limits of conventional
silicon integrated circuits. The main
objective is to use molecular objects as
active components in devices such as
transistors, diodes or data storage media
as well as offering new ways for energy
harvesting.
Current efforts in molecular electronics
follow a bottom up approach, i.e. partly
rely on self-assembly to integrate the
molecule within the circuits. More
generally it involves a series of steps
such as:
the design and preparation of
molecules, molecular arrays or networks
with unique and specific electronic,
structural or photochemical properties,
their integration into solid state
devices,
the measurements, control and
exploitation of their electron transport
properties.
Fig. 1: Molecular Electronics concept: using
molecules and their specific properties to
develop new functionality for electronics
The most important issues that need to
be addressed in this highly competitive
area are now:
How to find reliable ways to
predict and understand the electron
transport properties of molecular objects
as well as their use in electronic device
performing a specific function (diode,
transistor, memory…)?
How to manipulate single
molecular objects and incorporate them
into devices?
How to organize functionalized
molecules in solid devices?
Both the grafting techniques and
the nature of the substrate are key
parameters determining the application
of the device.
How to go from the nano-scale
level to the macro-scale one, from an
isolated single-molecule device to an
integrated electronic circuit?
How to connect the
nanoscale/molecular level (for example a
single molecule device) to the
macroscopic world?
Molecular electronics is based on the
exploitation of responses and transport
properties of matter at the molecular
level. Selective self-organization of
molecules on solid substrates requires
the involvement of a large palette of
reversible and non-covalent interactions
between molecules.
Therefore, interdisciplinarity clearly
appears as the key factor of the actual
development of molecular electronics. Its
frontiers are largely beyond those of
nanoelectronics since it involves
mesoscopic physics (theory and
experimental works in electronic system
of low dimensionality), nanofabrication
(ultimate lithography…), as well as
numerous areas of chemistry (organic
synthesis, supramolecular chemistry,
chemical functionalization of surfaces,
electrochemistry, photochemistry...).
Grenoble has a fast growing expertise in
the main aspects of molecular
electronics, from fundamental research
up to industrial activities. The following
topics are addressed in the Foundation’s
network of laboratories:
Design, synthesis and
characterization of specific molecular
assemblies with redox and photochemical
properties
Study of molecular machines and
motors
Functionalization of surfaces and
metal-molecule coupling
Bottom-up approach for the
conception of molecular wires or
assemblies for photo-electronics
Functionalization of nanoparticles
and carbon nanotubes
Conductive polymers
Molecular memories and
molecular magnetism
Theoretical calculations on
molecular junctions using ab initio
methods
Molecular junctions (fabrication,
integration, and electrical measurements)
Self-organization and self
assembling of carbon nanotube based
transistors
Molecular switches and organic
transistors
Integration of carbon nanotubes
for logical gates or interconnections
Photosensitive molecules for solar
cell applications
CONTACTS
Vincent BOUCHIAT
Vincent.bouchiat@grenoble.cnrs.fr
Tel: +33 4 38 78 39 86
Eric SAINT AMAN
Eric.aint-aman@ujf-grenoble.fr
Tel: +33 4 76 51 48 75
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Several shared research programs based
on interdisciplinarity and combined
expertise exist in Grenoble. Since 2008,
the Foundation finances one of them: the
2008 RTRA project called “POLYSUPRA”.
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Please read the corresponding Highlight
at the end of this report for further
information
Among important results that have been
obtained recently within the Foundation’s
network of laboratories, one can mention
two examples.
The mechanism of photovoltaic
(PV) conversion inside an organic solar
cell observed at the nanoscale using
Atomic Force Microscopy.
This challenging result obtained by a
team from INAC/SPrAM/ in collaboration
with chemists from XLIM Limoges was an
important achievement that shaded light
on the complex physical process that
takes place within new generation of
organic photocell, paving the way to the
increase of the efficiency of solar energy
harvesting
Fig. 3: Up: Sketch of principle of the
superconducting quantum dot involving a
fullerene molecular transistor. Down:
Differential resistance dV / dI of a junction as
a function of gate voltage and bias current. For
currents below a threshold given by the two
crests above, the resistance drops strongly.
The extension of the superconducting state
(dark zone) can be tuned by the gate voltage.
Nicolas ROCH, one of the two laureates of
the 2010 Nanosciences Foundation Thesis
Prize, was part of this team. On
December 2, 2010, in the frame of the
Prize Award Ceremony, his talk entitled
“Single molecule transistor: toward
molecular spintronics” has illustrated the
excellence of his results.
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Fig. 2: Near field image of a showing the
heterogeneous structure of an organic solar
cell (mixture of P3HT polymer (light) / PCBM
(dark) under illumination at 532nm. On top of
the topographic image, an electrical image of
local potential which is superimposed show
that the potential difference is localized at the
interface between the two components.
The first demonstration of the
control with an electrostatic Gate of the
superconducting current within a
molecular transistor based on a single
fullerene (C 60 ) molecule.
This result obtained by the Nanospin
team (Institut Néel), proves that the high
electrical resistance that plagues most of
the devices when made at the molecular
scale can be overcame using
superconductivity.
The foundation supports dissemination of
recent results with various scientific
events including successful international
conferences such as the series of
conferences ELECMOL:
December 8 th – 12 th 2008, at
MINATEC in Grenoble
December 6 th – 10 th 2010, at
MINATEC in Grenoble
Please read the corresponding Highlight
at the end of this report for further
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5 - NANOMATERIALS,
NANOASSEMBLY AND
NANOSTRUCTURATION
The introduction of new materials and the
progress of self-assembling and nanostructuration
technologies at the edge of
nanoscience and nanoelectronics are a
promising source of innovation and
development for ground-breaking types
of applications. The new perspectives
offered by nanomaterials in the fields of
energy, as well as biology and healthcare
are also particularly interesting avenues
to explore. Grenoble is a preferred site
for conducting such projects because of
the diversity of its scientific expertise in
the fields of physics, chemistry, biology,
or medicine. The Foundation’s network of
laboratories (Institut Néel, INAC, LTM,
LETI, LMGP, SIMAP, CERMAV, DCM, LIPhy
....) is therefore really representative of
the various local cross-themes.
Self Assembly
RTRA Project 2007: “Cellulose hybrid
block copolymers”
Coordinator: Redouane BORSALI
(CERMAV)
Post-doctoral Fellow: Karim AISSOU
Under the project Cellulose Hybrid,
original systems of block copolymers
were synthesized by "click-chemistry"
that combines an oligosaccharide as a
natural block: maltoheptaose (MAL7),
with a synthetic block: polystyrene. The
composition of MAL7 was varied between
0.13 and 0.5 to obtain the phase diagram
of this compound. For a composition of
18% MAL7, a copolymer layer is
deposited on a substrate and annealed to
promote microsphase separation. An
organization of cylinders parallel to the
substrate is obtained, with diameters of
about 5 nm and 12 nm periodicity. These
copolymers were then functionalized with
a bipyridine group to give it the
properties of photoluminescence. An
increase in the photoluminescence
intensity is observed when the systems
are organized. (Fig.1)
In order to better understand the
interaction and communication of cells
with their environment, systems of
copolymers P3HT-b-PMAGP were
synthesized. Vesicles with a diameter of
83 nm have been made. Their properties
will be studied in the future.
Please read the corresponding Highlight
at the end of this report for further
information
Fig. 1: AFM phase images obtained from
Mal7(bipy) 1.0-b-PS thin film of Mal7-b-PS thin
film
Nanowires
RTRA Project 2007: “Electronic properties
of group IV nanowires”
Coordinator: Nicolas PAUC (INAC/SP2M)
This project focuses on the fundamental
issue of controlling electronic properties
of nanowires with very small dimensions.
The crystal growth of group IV
semiconductor nanowires allows
exploring a new class of electronic
properties compared to "standard"
silicon.
The control of these properties first
requests a perfect control of composition
and interface. The growth method by
catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CVD)
is a promising way to achieve these
objectives. Si n-type and p-type have
been successfully obtained using
phosphorus and boron atoms as dopants
in a range between 1016 and 1020 cm-3.
Similarly, the growth of SiGe and Ge
nanowires was studied.
To passivate the interface states, an
original method was developed by the
partners: it consists in functionalising the
surface of the nanowires by an organic
monolayer. A further study of nanowires
photoluminescence has shown that
functionalisation leads to a low rate of
recombination of free carriers in surface -
permitting the detection of their radiative
recombination. (Fig. 2)
The influence of the roughness of the
nanowires on their transport properties
was simulated. It causes a positive shift
of threshold voltage, while the
subthreshold slope remains unaltered.
Similarly, the roughness should be
responsible for a sharp reduction in the
mobility measured in devices with
channel nanowires.
CONTACTS
Thierry BARON
thierry.baron@cea.fr
Tel: +33 4 76 88 10 20
François MARTIN
francois.martin@cea.fr
Tel: +33 4 38 78 35 86
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FURTHER READING:
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 43 374008 (2010)
Interface structure of graphene on SiC : an
ab initio and STM approach
Fig. 2: Silicium nanowires used for
photoluminescence studies (the scale marker
equals 10 μm)
Please read the corresponding Highlight
at the end of this report for further
information
Graphene
RTRA Project 2008 : “Graphene : from
materials to test devices ”
Coordinator: Laurence MAGAUD (Institut
Néel)
Post-doctoral Fellow: Vincent RENARD
Since 2005, interest in graphene has
been growing among condensed matter
physicists, due to exceptional
fundamental properties, promising a high
potential for the development of future
nanoelectronics. As silicon reaches its
limits, it becomes crucial to find new
alternative materials and graphene is a
very serious candidate for that purpose.
Fig. 3: Graphene on the C-face of SiC
observed by AFM (sample grown in LMGP)
Finally the team has modelled the effect
of ripples in quantum transport
calculations for both zigzag (ZGNR) and
armchair (AGNR) graphene nanoribbons
and extracted relevant physical quantities
such as band structure, conductance and
mobility of nanoribbons with different
lateral width.
In that purpose, the active part of the
device is defined either by an armchair or
a zigzag graphene nanoribbon of length
≈ 20 nm, for the simulation of a realistic
device. An example of the simulated
ripples is shown in Figure 4 for the case
of 1D and 2D ripples.
The RTRA project “DISPOGRAPH” aims to
unify the community in Grenoble and to
design devices based on the unique
properties of this material.
An original endeavour focused on the
elaboration of graphene led to a new
synthesis method on SiC carbon face -
instead of the commonly used silicon
face. Thick layers of graphene were
obtained and characterized by Raman
spectroscopy and AFM. (Fig. 3)
Thin films obtained under ultrahigh
vacuum were characterized by STM,
showing in this case a weak coupling
between graphene and the substrate, and
thus the formation of a quasi-ideal layer
graphene. Magneto transport
measurements at low temperatures also
show a weak anti-localization in
agreement with the theory WAL.
Fig.4: Examples of nanoribbons with 1D
ripples (up) and 2D ripples (down).
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Phase-change memory
RTRA Project 2009: “Phase changE
Ramdom aCcess mEmory: Validation of
material smALl scaLe effect”
Coordinator: Sylvain MAITREJEAN (Léti)
Post-doctoral Fellow: Billel SALHI
PhD student: Giada GHEZZI
The main objective of this project is to
study the effect of reduced dimensions on
the mechanisms of phase transformation
of alloys used for the phase change
memories. The effects of intrinsic and
extrinsic (resulting from the confinement
technology) are investigated.
Initially, the one-dimensional effects are
investigated while in parallel,
technologies for the 2D and 3D
confinement will be developed.
Experiences of change in reflectivity and
X-rays diffraction at the ESRF have
shown the effect of thickness, of the
annealing temperature and of the nature
of the interface on the texture of thin
films of GeTe and GeSb 6 obtained by
magnetron sputtering.
It was also showed that the structure of
GeTe is strongly modified by the addition
of carbon and to a lesser extent by the
addition of nitrogen. This change may
affect the stability of the amorphous
phase.
Seminars
As part of the PERCEVALL project, two
seminars were organised in the frame of
the “Séminaires de la Fondation”.
The first one, on December 14 th 2010,
was given by Claudia WIEMER from the
Institute for the microeclectronics and
the Microsystems (Agrate Brianza, Italy).
The second one was given by Jean-Pierre
GASPARD, from the University of Liège
(Belgium) on April 18 th 2011. (Fig. 5)
Both seminars were well appreciated by
the local community which could benefit
from those specialists input on such a
promising field.
Fig. 5: Jean-Pierre GASPARD giving his talk on
April 18 th 2011.
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GeTe thin films were deposited by CVD
(Chemical Vapor Deposition) and PECVD
(Plasma Enhanced CVD) using a
deposition reactor by pulsed liquid
injection of organometallic precursors.
The use of plasma assistance allows
obtaining thin films of amorphous or
crystalline GeTe depending on the
deposition temperature and the nature of
the plasma. The amount of carbon in the
layers can be modulate by and a
judicious choice of plasma parameters
which alters the temperature of
crystallization of these layers.
Finally, the etching mechanisms of GeTe
were studied with etching chemistries
based halogens such as chlorine, bromine
and fluorine. Whatever the plasma
etching is, the team observed that the
analyzed surface (~ 10 nm) is Ge poor -
indicating a preferential etching of Ge
with respect to Te.
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6 – NANO-
CHARACTERISATION
AND NANO-METROLOGY
This cross-theme is animated by a
scientific committee composed of 5
renowned experts who belong to the
main Grenoble institutes. This group
helps the community to identify the
needs for new instrumental and
methodological developments that will
improve the sensitivity and scale down
the spatial resolution of our instruments
to measure physical and structural
properties at the nanometer scale. It is
worth noting that this effort, started in
2007, has lead a general movement of
structuring the cross-theme “Nanocharacterisation
and metrology” at the
full scale of the Grenoble University. The
scientific instrumentation is one of the
well identified highly unifying themes of
the GUI+ IDEX project.
Broad scientific and instrumental
activities are relevant of «Nano-
Characterisation -Nanometrology», as for
instance:
Electron (with aberration
correction) and x-ray microscopies.
These include diffraction, coherent
diffraction, spectroscopy, tomography,
holography, …
Advanced surface/subsurface
spectroscopy, surface imaging, and
surface crystallography. Atomic Force
Microscopy (AFM) (STM), Scanning
Tunnelling Microscopy, Scanning Gate
Microscopy (SGM), PhotoEmission
Electron Microscopy (PEEM), Angle
Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy
(ARPES), Medium Energy Ion Scattering
(MEIS), Grazing Incidence X-ray
(GISAXS)..., to measure electronic,
magnetic and structural properties at the
surface and/or subsurface.
In operando and in situ
studies. In situ X-ray studies, in real
time, of nucleation and growth of thin
film, nanostructures, … In situ, in
operando studies as a function of
temperature, external field (electric or
magnetic field, stress, electric current),
external stress, gas, ...
Instrumentation at very low
temperature and / or high magnetic
field. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.
Cryogenic Nano-detectors, ...
Combined techniques. Raman
scattering with Atomic Force Microscopy,
X-ray spectroscopy with X-ray diffraction
…
Micro Electro-Mechanical
System, Nano Electro Mechanical
System.
Advanced instrumentation.
Manipulation and study of micro- nanosized
object (optical tweezers, …), ...
The field “Nanocharacterisation” enjoys
an exceptional scientific environment:
the large scale facilities (ESRF for
X rays, ILL for neutrons, Laboratoire
National des Champs Magnétiques
Intenses (GHMFL) for high magnetic field,
...) and the Léti,
a unique expertise in the field of
instrumentation at very low temperatures
in particular at Institut Néel and Institut
des Nanosciences et Cryogénie (INAC),
nine technological facilities
gathering state of the art instruments (or
equipment)
excellent clean room-based
facilities for nanofabrication (Nanofab at
Institut Néel or “Plateforme
Technologique Avancée” at MINATEC).
One should also mention a strong
expertise in surface imaging, including
near field spectroscopy, Transmission
Electron Microscopy and crystallography.
The French Collaborative Research Group
at the ESRF, run by CNRS and CEA, has
set up three dedicated beam lines and
developed world leading methods and
instruments for studying the growth and
structural properties of nanostructures.
Several activities in the field of
nanocharacterisation and nanometrology
benefit of a dedicated Focus Ion Beam
dual instrument bought by the
Foundation in 2008.
In 2009 a Chair of Excellence was
granted to Pr John KIRTLEY (Stanford
University, USA).
In 2010, it was decided to focus the call
applications onto the topic “Coherent
Diffraction Imaging at the nanometer
scale”. Accordingly, a Chair of Excellence
has been granted to Pr Jian Min ZUO
(University of Illinois, USA).
Fig. 1: Juan Min ZUO, Chair of Excellence 2010
CONTACTS
Hubert RENEVIER
hubert.renevier@inpg.fr
Tel: +33 4 56 52 93 43
Joël CHEVRIER
joel.chevrier@grenoble.cnrs.fr
Tel: +33 4 76 88 74 63
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FURTHER READING
Nature 464, 1174-1177 (2010)
Substrate-enhanced supercooling in
AuSi eutectic droplets
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 521, id.
A29 (2010)
NIKA: A millimeter-wave kinetic
inductance camera
In situ X-ray investigation
of growing semiconductor
nanowires
“New comers” Project 2007: Tobias
SCHÜLLI (ESRF & French CRG)
Post-doctoral Fellow: Valentina CANTELLI
Supercooled liquids are trapped in a
metastable state even well below their
freezing point, which can only be
achieved in liquids that do not contain
seeds that may trigger crystallization. It
was during their studies, focused on the
growth of semiconducting nanowires,
that T. Schülli et al. discovered the
unusual properties of a gold-silicon alloy,
in contact with silicon (111) surface.
(Fig.2)
As they were observing the first stage of
growth of nanowires, they saw that the
metal-semiconductor alloy they used
remained liquid at a much lower
temperature than its crystallization point.
The team studied what happened to the
liquid in contact with a five-fold
coordinated surface and then performed
the control experiment with the same
liquid exposed to three-fold and four-fold
coordinated surfaces, which reduced the
supercooling effect dramatically. This
constituted the first experimental proof
that pentagonal order is at the origin of
supercooling.
the solid–liquid interaction for the
structure of the adjacent liquid layers.
Such processes are crucial for present
and future technologies, as fluidity and
crystallization play a key part in soldering
and casting, as well as in processing and
controlling chemical reactions for
microfluidic devices or during the
vapour–liquid–solid growth of
semiconductor nanowires.
New generation of nanodetectors
for astrophysics
“New comers” Project 2007: Alessandro
MONFARDINI (Institut Néel)
Post-doctoral Fellow: Loren SWENSON
The Néel IRAM KIDs Arrays (NIKA)
project was kicked off in November 2008
to develop a large mm-wave resident
instrument at the 30-m IRAM
radiotelescope on the Pico Veleta, near
Granada (Spain). The main competitor to
achieve this goal at IRAM is the GISMO
collaboration led by the NASA Goddard
Space Flight Center, focusing on
superconducting TES (Transition Edge
Sensors).
An excellent post-doc (Loren SWENSON)
was hired in July 2008 coming from Dr.
Cleland’s famous group at the University
of California Santa Barbara. A new
dilution cryostat was developed, adapted
for KIDs testing, when also started the
designing/fabricating/testing of the first
NbN resonators in collaboration with
INAC (J.C. Villegier) and Olivier Buisson
at the Institut Néel.
In 2009, beginned the investigation of a
particular KID concept known as LEKID
(Lumped Element KID), allowing a purely
planar design and a good optical
coupling. Totally unexplored at that time,
the potential of this new configuration for
future large instruments operating in the
mm-wave range was well appreciated.
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Fig. 2: Droplet of a gold-silicon liquid alloy on
a silicon (111) surface. Pentagonal clusters
formed at the interface exhibit a denser
structure compared to solid gold and prevent
the liquid from crystallization at temperatures
as low as 300 Kelvin below the solidification
temperature. Graphics: M. Collignon
It was therefore revealed that pentagonal
atomic arrangements of Au atoms at this
interface favour a lateral-ordering
stabilization process of the liquid phase.
This interface-enhanced stabilization of
the liquid state shows the importance of
Thanks to the rapid development of the
project, a request for one week technical
time at the 30-m telescope was made in
September 2009. (To better understand
the amplitude of the project, the
approximate cost of one single hour time
at Pico Veleta is estimated 1 k€.)
The first run took place in October 2009,
with very encouraging results. One could
observe, for example, a number of faint
galactic and extra-galactic sources.
This LEKID array, used at the telescope,
had been fabricated at the PTA-Grenoble
platform.
After the first light, and despite the small
number of pixels (30-40) NIKA was
already exhibiting better performances

when compared, for example, to the
prototype of the US “competitor” project
MUSIC (to be installed at the CSO 10-m
sub-mm observatory in Mauna Kea, and
being developed years before NIKA).
MUSIC involves laboratories like Caltech,
JPL, University of Santa Barbara and
others.
A second week technical time on the
IRAM telescope was approved in October
2010. The sensitivity of the LEKID array
improved by a factor of three compared
to the first run in 2009, verifying that
NIKA is rapidly approaching the final
target of sensitivity.
This second run was a total success,
allowing the observation, for example, of
a large number of extended sources.
Please read the corresponding Highlight
at the end of this report for further
information.
group at Université Catholique de
Louvain-Louvain-la-Neuve. The upgrading
of the SGM tool is the main activity of a
shared PhD student hired by the
foundation (Peng LIU).
InGaAs/InAlAs heterostructures are
grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy at
IEMN (Lille) and patterned by e-beam
lithography at UCL for obtaining Quantum
Rings. The results are interpreted thanks
to quantum conductance simulations
performed at IMEP (Grenoble) by Marco
Pala.
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Scanning
gate
Nanoelectronics
Chair of Excellence 2007: Vincent BAYOT
Coordinators: Hervé COURTOIS and
Serge HUANT (Institut Néel).
In the framework of Vincent Bayot’s Chair
of Excellence, two major results were
obtained by Scanning Gate Microscopy
(SGM) :
a theoretical understanding of SGM
images in the coherent regime of
transport both in the presence of
defects and weak magnetic field
the discovery of Coulomb islands in a
Quantum Hall (QH) interferometer.
In the latter, SGM was used for obtaining
a spatially resolved investigation of
electron transport inside an
interferometer formed by an
InGaAs/InAlAs Quantum Ring (QR),
driven in the integer QH regime. The
pseudo Aharonov–Bohm (AB) period was
associated with a specific Coulomb island
formed by edge state loops enclosing a
hill or a valley in the potential. Each
active Coulomb island was located
precisely inside the QR by tuning the
magnetic field and imaging the spatial
shift of Coulomb resonances by means of
SGM.
The (SGM) uses the electrically polarized
tip of a low-temperature AFM to scan
above a semiconductor device and record
the change in conductance at point (x,y),
induced by the tip located at that point.
The SGM tool is being developed jointly
at the Institut Néel by the group of Serge
HUANT and Hermann SELLIER in
collaboration with Vincent BAYOT and his
Fig. 3: Vincent BAYOT, Chair of Excellence in
2007
Please read the corresponding Highlight
at the end of this report for further
information.
Superconducting
Nanostructures
Chair of Excellence 2009: John R.
KIRTLEY
Coordinator: Klaus HASSELBACH (Institut
Néel).
John R. KIRTLEY is one of the world’s
leading experts on Josephson junction
devices and superconductivity. The
project is aimed at the study of the
physical properties of high quality
superconducting films and their
integration into quantum nano-devices.
First results have been obtained in 2010.
As a matter of fact the core of a
conventional tunnel barrier is formed of
oxidized nano-grains with fluctuating
electric charges at their surface. These
charges are suspected of causing
decoherence of superconducting Qbits.
Thanks to molecular beam epitaxy a
charge-free junction was achieved by
growing epitaxial layers of Rhenium /
Sapphire / Rhenium (Re/Al 2 O 3 /Re), giving
a superconducting Qubit. The layers have
been grown successfully by the group of
B. Gilles (SIMAP), on sapphire substrates,
and characterized by STM, AFM and X-ray
diffraction.
FURTHER READING
Nat. Commun. 1:39, (2010)
Imaging Coulomb islands in a quantum
Hall interferometer
Nanotechnology, 20, 264021 (2009)
Scanning gate microscopy of quantum
rings: effects of an external magnetic
field and of charged defects.
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FURTHER READING
Nature Materials 7, 308-313 (2008)
Coordination-dependent surface
atomic contraction in nanocrystals
revealed by coherent diffraction
Sapphire barriers were obtained by
several cycles alternating deposition of
aluminium followed by controlled
oxidation by XPS.
Fig. 4: Magnetic microscopy (nanoSQUID)
image of a rhenium superconducting film at T
= 0.3 K. The vortex of quantized magnetic flux
pops up out of the plane. Due to the low
trapping, a vortex moved during the scan
(upper left).
The Re epitaxial layers were studied by
electrical transport (Tc=1.75K and 24 nm
for the coherence length) and by STM
spectroscopy at low temperature by C.
Chapelier and T. Dubouchet (INAC).
Tunnelling spectroscopy has allowed
measuring an electronic density gap of
the order of 250 μeV which vanishes with
a BCS behaviour at a critical temperature
of 1.6K. A coherence length in between
20 and 25 nm has been found, in good
agreement with the value of 24 nm
deduced from measurements of critical
field near Tc.
The nanoSQUID magnetic imaging (probe
size of about 500 nm) was used to
estimate the strength of trapping of a
single vortex below 4 10 -16 N for a film
thickness of 80 nm (Fig. 4 - Z. S. Wang,
D. Hykel, K. Hasselbach and J. Kirtley).
This latter value is several orders of
magnitude smaller than that found in
conventional superconductors, indicating
the high crystalline quality of the
epitaxial layer elements. The penetration
depth is about 60 nm. Further
measurements (optical spectroscopy) are
planned to confirm the electron density.
Pr. John KIRTLEY has played an active
role in many aspects of the project, by
interpreting nanoSQUID microscopy
images and also conceiving, designing
and modelling reversible nanoSQUIDs.
These prototypes are currently tested (E.
Andre and T. Crozes, Institut Néel).
3D coherent diffractive
imaging at the nanometer
scale
Chair of Excellence 2010: Jian Min ZUO
Coordinators: Jean-Luc ROUVIERE &
Vincent FAVRE-NICOLIN (INAC/SP2M)
The project involves INAC, CERMAV and
LETI. Although ESRF is not affiliated to
the RTRA, international beamlines ID01
and ID13 at the ESRF open to any user
through a peer review selection, will play
an active role in this project.
Coherent Diffraction Imaging (CDI) is an
emerging method to get information
about the structure of nano-objects by
resolving the so-called inversion problem
(Fig. 5).
This project aims to promote CDI
research in Grenoble by applying the CDI
technique to different nanostructures
elaborated in Grenoble; by comparing
and combining electron and X-ray CDI
(e-CDI and X-CDI) experiments; by
improving the CDI technique to obtain
quantitative structural information; and
by giving lectures and training to junior
researchers on electron diffraction and
CDI.
Fig. 5: HRTEM Sub-ångström imaging of a CdS
quantum dot of 7nm in diameter along the
cubic CdS crystal [112] orientation (a) The
reconstructed image using information from
the HRTEM image (b) and the diffraction
pattern (c). The inset shows a magnification of
the outlined region.
Two types of structures will be studied:
semiconductor or oxide nanowires and
crystalline biopolymer complexes. It is
planned to determine their 3D shape,
strain and defects. In studying
biopolymers, the challenge is to image
the polysaccharide chains and locate the
guest ligands, which requires a resolution
at about 0.4 nm. Radiation damage is a
major issue for biopolymers. A
comparison between X-CDI and e-CDI
data will be carried out.
Besides X-ray experiments performed at
ESRF, electron microscopy will be carried
out at the Nanocharacterisation facility
(PFNC) with TITAN probe-corrected
microscopes.
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7 – NANO APPROACHES
TO LIFE SCIENCES
Life sciences are one of the main
application fields of nanosciences, as
evidenced by the increasing number of
proposals received along the successive
call for proposals. Biological cells and
molecules can be manipulated and
analyzed with the greatest specificity in
small volumes. Innovative devices will
help building tomorrow’s medicine.
MICRO- AND NANO
FABRICATION FOR THE
LIFE SCIENCES
Contribution of 3D microenvironment
to cell
adhesion
“New comers” Project 2008: Martial
BALLAND (LIPhy)
PhD student: Kalpana MANDAL
Biological tissues are complex composite
materials made of cells and intercellular
matrix molecules secreted by the cells.
Their formation and maintenance depend
on both chemical and mechanical cues
present in the microenvironment of each
cell. Tissue biology involves therefore
complex feedback loops. The aim of this
project is to reproduce the organized
geometry of biological tissues and to
analyse quantitatively the mechanical
forces developed at the cell/substrate
and cell/cell interfaces.
In order to measure mechanical forces,
thin hydrogels are prepared that contain
a homogeneous distribution of
fluorescent 200nm beads (Fig. 1). The
hydrogel surface is coated with
fluorescent adhesion proteins, using an
innovative deep-UV irradiation method
developed in collaboration with Manuel
Thery (IRTSV).
This setup paves the way to a functional
analysis of tumor cell invasiveness, which
will be very useful to analyze biopsies
and thus help cancer therapy.
Fig. 1: Top: pictures of the adhesive protein
micropattern (left) and the nanobeads
distribution (right) used to calculate the cellsubstrate
force distribution.
Bottom: distribution of actin microfilaments
(left) and traction forces (right) in a single
micropatterned cell. Barscale: 20 µm
Nanodroplet chip for
controlled assembly of lipid
bilayers and electrical
detection of single-protein
activity
RTRA Project 2008: “Nanobiodrop"
Benjamin CROSS (LEGI)
Post-doctoral fellow: Anne MARTEL (IBS
& LEGI)
Transmembrane channels form a large
class of molecules that play essential
roles in cell physiology by allowing polar
molecules, for instance ions, to cross
biological lipid bilayer membranes. They
are the target of numerous drugs and
toxins. Nevertheless, conventional
electrophysiological methods used to
study ion channel activity are laborious
and slow.
FURTHER READING:
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
Front Biosci (Elite Ed). Jan 1;3:476-88 (2011)
Multi-confocal fluorescence correlation
spectroscopy
The traction force distribution is
computed from the bead displacement
map by a Fast Fourier Traction Cytometry
software. The forces developed by the
micropatterned cells can thus be
calculated and averaged, taking
advantage of the similar geometry of the
patterned cells. Significant differences
between tumor cells have been
evidenced, that are modulated by
different tumorigenic signals.
This innovative project called
‘Nanobiodrop’ uses digital microfluidics to
reconstitute lipid bilayers from two
nanodroplets covered with phospholipids.
Electrowetting is used to manipulate
these droplets and put them into contact.
Some of the nanodroplets are filled with
membrane proteins, which are able to
spontaneously insert in the membrane,
once it is formed. The electrodes are then
used to monitor the ionic current that
flows from one droplet into the apposed
one through the incorporated
transmembrane channels.
CONTACTS
Franz BRUCKERT
franz.bruckert@inpg.fr
Tel: +33 4 56 52 93 21
Julian GARCIA
julian.garcia@ujf-grenoble.fr
Tel: +33 4 56 52 08 31
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MEDICAL
APPLICATIONS OF THE
NANOBIOSCIENCES
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FURTHER READING:
Optical Materials (2011)
Development of a non-linear optical
microscope for real-time measurement of
neuronal activity in sub-micrometric
structures
Fig. 2: Principle (top) and realization (down) of
the formation of lipid bilayers by bringing
together two nanodroplets covered with
phospholipids.
In 2010, the team already demonstrated
the formation of a lipid bilayer, as shown
by the large increase of capacitance.
Furthermore, incorporation of hemolysin,
a pore-forming protein, in the bilayer
membrane results in current steps
characteristic of single molecule activity.
This device will therefore offer an
alternative to electrophysiological “patchclamp”
methods using microelectrodes -
a process which is difficult to miniaturize
and automate.
Second harmonic imaging
of potentials in nanoscale
neuronal structures
“New comers” Project 2007: Julien
DOUADY (LIPhy)
Post doctoral fellow: Hartmut WEGE
The electric activities of neurons trigger
neurotransmitter release at synapses that
are small structures of about 200 nm. In
order to measure individual synapse
activation, neuroscientists use voltage
dependent fluorescent dyes. In this
project, such a series of dyes suitable for
two-photon activation has been
synthesized by the ENS-Lyon “Chemistry
for Optics” group. The Motiv group at the
LiPhy has built a custom two-photon
microscope to image neuronal activity
within brain slices, with a radial
resolution of about 340 nm (Fig. 4). To
address the actual challenges in
neurosciences, the sensitivity of the
setup will be improved to allow imaging
at about 2 kHz.
In the future, cell communication and
potential propagation within a brain slice
or cultured neurons will be studied.
Thanks to this ongoing multidisciplinary
project, the Grenoble neurophysiologist
community now possesses a new
powerful instrument to study neural
networks, either in micropatterns or in
brain slices.
Fig. 3: recording of -hemolysin activity
reconstituted in the Nanobiodrop device, the
15 pA current increase represents the
incorporation of one active protein molecule in
the bilayer.
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Fig. 4: Two-photon fluorescence imaging of
pyramidal neurons located 70 µm inside in a
300 µm thick sagittal slice of the mouse
cortex, stained with a voltage sensitive dye.
Note that the interspacing glial cells are not
stained. Barscale: 10 µm

Innovative biochips to
detect and screen biological
cells
“Fil de l’eau” PhD student 2008:
Radoslaw BOMBERA
Thesis Directors: Thierry LIVACHE and
Yann ROUPIOZ (INAC/SPrAM).
The biological matter is a complex
mixture of cells and molecules. Selective
capture and release are therefore
necessary to sort and analyze cells, in the
blood for instance. In this project, living
cells are reversibly adsorbed on a
functionalized surface.
This technique could provide a low-cost
alternative to flow cytometry methods,
currently used in biology and medicine to
quantitatively analyze cell mixtures.
The development of these new biochips
combines different innovations:
using complementary DNA
strands to immobilize antibodies onto
surfaces; these antibodies can selectively
capture cells entering in contact with the
biochip surface.
locally heating up the surface to
dissociate DNA strands and releasing
cells; cells and molecules are both
detected by surface plasmon resonance
imaging.
Figure 5 shows a proof-of-concept
experiment. Three different probes are
used. The first two ones allow antibodies
to be immobilized, that in turn capture B
and T lymphocytes, respectively. The last
one is a negative control. The relative
reflectivity of a gold surface, which is
related to the mass adsorbed to the
surface of the biochip, is measured in
real-time.
In a) the coupling DNA strands bind to
the DNA probes, in b) the antibodies are
immobilized, in c) the cells are captured.
In d) and e) they are selectively released
from the surface using restriction
enzymes to cleave the DNA molecules.
Further work already demonstrated that
the local heating of the gold surface
provided by resonant plasmons induced
by laser illumination is sufficient to
induce DNA strand dissociation and their
release in the bulk solution. Studies are
ongoing to show that the released cells
are still viable and to analyze their
content.
a)
b)
Fig. 5: Kinetic curves of the gold surface
relative reflectivity detected by Surface
Plasmon Resonance Imaging.
Biomimetic artificial
membrane systems for
generating electro-chemical
energy
Chair of Excellence 2007: Don MARTIN
Coordinator: Philippe CINQUIN (TIMC-
IMAG).
One of the bottlenecks in the
development of implantable prostheses
and devices is the lack of small size
electric sources. It is nevertheless well
known that certain fish possesses electric
organs able to generate powerful
discharges (tens of kW). The energy is
provided by large Na + currents flowing
rapidly through membrane channels into
stacked cells, similarly to the action
potentials generated in neurons and
muscle cells. It is therefore theoretically
possible to mimic these biological
processes and develop implantable
devices to harvest the energy resulting
from differences in ion concentrations
within the human body.
Thus, the objective of the project is to
develop new electrochemical energy
sources that are both biocompatible and
biologically-inspired. The core principle is
to reconstitute a supported biomimetic
bilayer membrane incorporating
transmembrane channels separating two
compartments with different ion
composition. Ion flow, driven by the
difference in ion concentration, will
accordingly provide the electro-chemical
energy of the device. A large contact area
(tens of mm 2 ) between the membrane
and the bathing fluids is necessary to
generate enough electrochemical energy,
but since the lipid bilayer is only 5 nm
thick, this active structure is extremely
fragile.
c)
d)
e)
FURTHER READING:
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
IET Nanobiotechnology,
vol. 4, n o 3, pp. 77-90 (2010)
Terminating polyelectrolyte in
multilayer films influences growth and
morphology of adhering cells
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A polyelectrolyte multilayer film was thus
developed by the team to provide
sufficient mechanical stability and ion
porosity to the bilayer membrane.
Fig. 6: Polyelectrolyte membrane (in blue)
made of 16 PAH/PSS layers constructed over
3mm diameter holes in the Delrin carrierdevice
(in grey)
Another critical aspect of the project is to
achieve a large density of ion channels in
the bilayer membrane. During the 2008-
2010 period, the team indeed studied
various membrane proteins and
developed a method to incorporate some
of them into large unilamellar vesicles
(Fig. 7).
The activity of the membrane proteins
incorporated in the large unilamellar
vesicles was checked by electrophysiological
methods. It is now
necessary to upscale the method by coincorporating
all the necessary proteins
and by fusing all these large unilamellar
vesicles into a single membrane bilayer
at the top of the polyelectrolyte
multilayer film. The resulting biomimetic
membranes will be tested in a parallel
diffusion chamber apparatus (Fig. 8).
Fig. 8: Top : Patch-clamp recording of porins
incorporated into large unilamellar vesicles by
the method explained in Fig. 7.
Bottom: diffusion chamber apparatus to
measure simultaneously ion currents across 6
different biomimetic membranes
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Fig. 7: Top: general procedure for the
formation or large unilamellar vesicles
containing membrane proteins (VDAV).
Bottom: Purified and concentrated
fluorescently labelled vesicles containing
membrane proteins (scale bar = 100 µm)

Implantable brain computer
interface
Chair of Excellence 2008: Tetiana
AKSENOVA
Coordinator: Corinne MESTAIS (Léti).
Severe motor disabilities require the
development of new communication
pathways to allow the patient controlling
efficiently and safely external aids, such
as wheelchairs and prostheses. The
current method consists in redirecting the
injured nerves into non-essential muscles
and using the electric signals associated
to muscle contraction to monitor the
patient’s intention.
The aim of the “Brain-Computer
Interface” project (BCI) is to directly
interpret the brain’s neural activity and to
translate it into useful command signals.
This project therefore relies on the
development of nanostructured
microelectrodes for peri- or intra-cranial
neuron recording and stimulation - one of
the goals of Clinatec ® . Furthermore,
“motor signals” are relatively large in the
brain, and can thus be discriminated from
the other neural activity.
Fig. 9: Scheme of the brain-computer interface
experiments.
Top: training stage, the recorded signals are
used to calibrate the Iterative N-way Partial
Least Squares projection algorithm.
Bottom: the algorithm is used to command the
reward distributor.
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In fact, this work consists in developing
and implementing innovative signal
processing algorithms to analyze
Electrocorticographic signals (ECoG:
electric signals recorded at the brain
surface). Rats were trained to press a
pedal to get food at their will and ECoG
signals were recorded. A first set of rats
was used to build a “predictor” of the
animal’s intention. The algorithm was
then implemented in real time as an
order to control the food reward
independently of the pedal position (Fig.
9).
The results obtained are quite
impressive, and clearly demonstrate that
it is possible to monitor the animal
intentions in this way. Also, the detection
is stable for several months without
recalibration, which is very important for
future patient rehabilitation (Fig. 10).
This Brain Computer Interface system is
currently applied to primates to control a
motorized arm (Fig. 11).
Please read the corresponding Highlight
at the end of this report for further
information
Fig. 10: Plot of the recorded observation points
as a function of the first and second principal
components of the predictor, at the beginning
(left) and at the end (right) of the experiment.
Fig. 11: A real-time brain computer interface
experiment. The rat presses the pedal but
decision whether to give a reward is made on
the basis of the recorded ECoG signal.
The success of this stage is essential to
strongly demonstrate that electrocortical
electrodes could be used in human to
control external mechanical devices and
thus rehabilitate paralyzed people. For
this purpose, it is necessary to further
improve the reliability of the detection.
FURTHER READING:
Neural Computation, 21, 2648–2666,
(2009)
Filtering out of Artifacts of Deep Brain
Stimulation Using Nonlinear
Oscillatory Model
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8 – NANOMODELING,
THEORY & SIMULATION
Theory and simulation concerns about 50
permanent researchers within the
Nanosciences Foundation community.
Theorists aim at developing new concepts
and new tools while nurturing a strong
coupling with experimentalists in
Grenoble. This strong synergy has been
supported and significantly improved by
the Nanosciences Foundation.
Several important scientific themes have
benefited from the Foundation actions:
electronic properties, thermal properties,
growth patterning and structure. The
Foundation had also enhanced the
collaboration of simulation specialists
through the NanoSTAR project.
Electronic properties
RTRA Project 2007: NanoSTAR
Coordinator: Valerio OLEVANO (Institut
Néel).
PhD students: Bhaarathi NATARAJAN and
Omid FAIZY NAMARVAR
One of the two pillars of the NanoSTAR
project deals with theoretical
spectroscopy developments and their
specific applications to nanomaterials and
molecules. Bhaarathi NATARAJAN’s thesis
work is focused on the development of
new approximations for the exchangecorrelation
(xc) kernel of time-dependent
density-functional theory in order to
explicitly include double excitations; and
as second task, the implementation of
such developments in a time-dependent
density-functional theory code relying on
a new basis set, that on the wavelets.
These developments will improve the
treatment of photochemical reactions
which are at the heart of excitonic
devices in particular for photovoltaic
applications. In order to describe
photoreactions by direct simulation one
particular challenge is the description of
the so-called conical intersection. These
intersections between the fundamental
state S0 and the excited state S1 are
seen as the photochemical analogue of
the transition state in thermal reactions.
(Figure 1) The contribution of the team
is an introduction of a spin-flip method.
Fig. 1: Caption of a conical intersection. The
graph represents the energy of the
fundamental state S0 and the excited state S1
in the configuration space obtained by
different numerical methods.
The other research line at the basis of the
NanoSTAR project is quantum transport
in nanodevices. This approach focuses on
applications and methodological
developments in general frameworks
such as the Landauer-Buttiker or the
Kubo-Greenwood. These techniques are
applied to interesting new systems like
graphene nanoribbons in presence also of
defects and functionalisation. The work is
carried out in collaboration by the Léti,
INAC/SPSMS and Institute NEEL.
Fig. 2: A methodology has been developed to
treat the effect of contact resistance. This has
been applied to short graphene nanoribbons
connected to half graphene planes. Fabry
Perot oscillations of the conductance, due to
contact resistance, are predicted for armchair
(up) and zig-zag (down) nanoribbons.
The project also aims at developing new
methodologies for transport of excitons in
a given material. The methodology,
which is adapted to small excitons, such
as those found in organic semiconductors
for example, is an extension of the
methodology which has been highly
successful for diffusion and conduction of
electrons.
FURTHER READING:
CONTACTS
Didier MAYOU
didier.mayou@grenoble.cnrs.fr
Tel: +33 4 76 88 74 66
Gilles LECARVAL
gilles.lecarval@cea.fr
Tel: +33 4 38 78 54 62
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Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12, 12811
(2010)
Assessment of noncollinear spin-flip
Tamm-Dancoff approximation timedependent
density-functional theory
for the photochemical ring-opening of
oxirane
Nanoresearch 3, 288 (2010)
Quantum Transport Properties of
Chemically
Functionalized Long Semiconducting
Carbon Nanotubes
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FURTHER READING:
Phys. Rev. B (2011) - accepted
Thermoelectric transport properties of
silicon: Towards an ab initio approach
Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 203109 (2009).
Improved thermoelectric properties of
Mg 2Si xGe ySn 1-x-y nanoparticle in alloy
materials.
Photovoltaic, in particular for organic
systems or for molecular photochemical
system (where the energy conversion
takes place in a single molecule),
represents also a new orientation with an
interesting synergy among theorists of
simulation. It actually appears that all
competences needed to tackle the four
aspects of a photovoltaic device (as
described in Figure 3) are present among
NanoSTAR project members.
Fig. 3: The different steps of a photovoltaic
device with a pn junction.
Chair of Excellence 2010: Harold
BARANGER
Coordinator: Mireille LAVAGNA
(INAC/SPSMS).
The so-called CORTRANO project focuses
on novel correlations that can be probed
in nanoscale systems, and their influence
on electronic transport or other nonequilibrium
observables. A strong link
between computational, analytical and
model approaches will be implemented to
tackle several problems in this field, i.e
steady-state quantum transport,
correlation and conductance in strongly
inhomogeneous low-density electron gas
or correlations induced on the fly by
localized impurities in particular in the
Josephson junction context.
Thermal properties
“New comers” Project 2007: Natalio
MINGO (Liten)
Post-doc fellow: Shidong WANG
Thermal properties and in particular heat
conduction are important in the contexts
of electronics (heat dissipation) and
energy conversion (thermoelectric
devices).
This project’s challenge precisely consists
in mastering thermal properties of such a
system.
In the context of thermoelectric
applications the aim is to get a system
which behaves simultaneously as a
crystal for electrons and as a glass for
phonons. Different systems have been
studied to reduce heat conduction
without destroying electrical conduction
in order to get a good factor of merit Z.
One of the strategies employed here is to
introduce nanoparticle or produce
nanocomposites to obtain ‘NEAT’
materials (‘Nanoparticle Embedded in
Alloy Thermoelectric’ materials).
(see Figure 4).
For example simulation showed that
Mg 2 Si x Ge y Sn 1-x-y alloys with embedded
Mg 2 Si nanoparticles are promising
thermoelectrics to be operated at
intermediate temperature. A design of a
new thermoelectric device based on semi
randomly dispersed wires has also been
proposed. This is the object of a patent
application. The invention allows to
considerably simplifying the fabrication
procedure for planar thermoelectric
devices. Shidong WANG, the postdoctoral
fellow employed by the
Foundation as part of this project,
performed calculations to assess the
robustness of the approach as well as its
feasibility.
Please read the corresponding Highlight
at the end of this report for further
information
Fig. 4: The heat conduction and thermoelectric properties of system (here SiGe) can be modified
by introducing nanodots which scatter phonons and reduce heat conductivity.
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Growth, patterning, defects
& structure of nano-objects.
The elaboration and characterisation of
nano-objects is of primary importance in
nanosciences and requires a mastering of
complex experimental methods.
Numerical simulation is of great help in
understanding the details of the physical
mechanism involved in elaboration
procedure and in interpreting the output
of methods used to analyze the structure
of these objects.
In this context the Nanosciences
Foundation supports so far three Chairs
of Excellence and one PhD student.
Chair of Excellence 2009: Normand
MOUSSEAU
Coordinator: Pascal POCHET
(INAC/SP2M)
This project started in early 2010. It aims
at coupling a kinetic method (k-ART)
developed by Pr MOUSSEAU and the abinitio
code BigDFT developed initially at
INAC. The new methodology will then be
coupled to study the growth of three
types of nanostructures: SiGe quantum
dots, Si nanowires and graphene on SiC.
The first tests of the new methodology
have already been done on the simpler
system consisting of a fullerene C20.
The goal of this project is therefore to
benefit from the expertise of Pr Graves in
the field of MDS applied to plasmasurface
interactions to assist the fast
development of etching processes of
graphene layers.
“Fil de l’eau” PhD student 2008: Arpan
Krishna DEB
Thesis Director: Thierry DEUTSCH and
Damien CALISTE (INAC/SP2M).
This thesis deals with cluster approach to
simulate defects in Si or Ge. Indeed
working with charged periodic systems is
a bit complicated as it involves the long
range Coulomb forces and it is impossible
to negate the interaction between the
images created due to the periodicity in
the simulation. A very common approach
is to add a neutralizing background
charge. But even this trick does not
completely eliminate the spurious
interaction of the image charges. The
cluster approach clearly avoids these
difficulties and open new possibilities to
treat these defects.
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Chair of Excellence 2010: David GRAVES
Coordinator: Gilles CUNGE (LTM).
The Chair of Excellence of Pr GRAVES
(University of California at Berkeley) will
deal with Nanometer Scale Control of
Graphene Processing with Innovative
Plasma Technology (NSCGP). This project
aims to advance nanometer-scale control
of graphene processing using advanced,
innovative plasma technology. In order to
exploit the extraordinary power of plasma
for large area, smooth and damage-free
graphene film growth and patterning, it
will be necessary to take a leap in plasma
technology.
LTM is currently investing such a new
technology: pulsed plasmas. However,
the interactions between reactive
plasmas and surfaces are so complex
that the efficient development of
processes for new materials requires
numerical simulations.
For 20 years, Molecular Dynamic
Simulations (MDS) have proved to be
powerful for this purpose, but this
expertise does not exist locally.
Fig. 5: Cluster of Si used for the simulation of
a defect. Left: cluster with no defect inside.
Right: cluster with one vacancy
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9 – TECHNOLOGICAL
FACILITIES
Created at the early stage of the
Nanosciences Foundation in 2006, the
“network of technological facilities”
gathers most of the facilities concerned
by nanofabrication, characterization at
nanoscale, simulation and modeling of
nanostructures, within the scientific area
covered by the Foundation. The network
is aimed to coordinate the financial
support provided by the Foundation to
the facilities. By supporting running costs
of some facilities, the Foundation also
eases the access to shared equipments.
With almost 1/3 of its budget dedicated
to the network of technological facilities,
the Foundation contributes efficiently to
the development of nanotechnologies
involving physics, chemistry and biology.
The facilities are opened to the whole
community of researchers, post doctoral
fellows and students involved in
nanosciences. They offer state-of-the-art
equipments for nanofabrication,
nanocharacterisation and numerical
simulation. More than 80% of the overall
projects supported by the Foundation
uses or have used the equipments of the
network and many other national and
European projects also benefits from
them.
THE NETWORK
The network is composed by four
facilities dedicated to:
Nanofabrication
Nanocharacterization
Nano-chemistry and biology
Numerical simulation
The Nanofabrication Facility
This Nanofabrication facility covers 1000
m 2 dispatched over two clean rooms
located in close proximity. These clean
rooms offer top level equipments for
optical and electron beam lithography,
metals and oxides deposition, reactive
ion etching, chemical cleaning and
etching, characterization and metrology.
They are specially equipped to process
samples of various sizes (from millimetre
up to 4 inches). Special procedures have
been implemented to avoid cross
contamination as different types of
materials (semiconductors, metals and
polymers) can be processed in the
facility. This flexibility is particularly
important to provide a full access to the
networks members.
PTA:
The Plateforme Technologique Amont
(PTA) operated by CEA, CNRS, Grenoble
INP and UJF and located on the MINATEC
campus, provides to the community upto-date
equipments for nanofabrication
including electron beam lithography,
etching (ion beams, reactive plasma) and
deposition. The main topics developed in
the PTA deal with nanoelectronics,
spintronics, and photonics. Since 2009
and thanks to the merger of PTA and
CIME Nanotech clean rooms, the PTA
provides also equipments dedicated to
the fabrication of Micro-Electro
Mechanical Systems (MEMS).
Fig. 1: Elliptical GaAs photonic etched
nanowires for shape-controlled single mode
photon emission. [Coll. LETI-INAC & PTA and
Nitin MALIK, a PhD student employed by the
Foundation as part of the 2007 “new comers”
project of Julien CLAUDON.]
The Foundation provides funding to the
PTA for both equipments and running
costs. In 2009, the Foundation co-funded
the purchase of a LPCVD equipment
dedicated to polysilicon and silicon nitride
deposition for an amount of 220k€. In
2010, the Foundation contributed to the
acquisition of a second electron beam
evaporator for metal thin film deposition
for an amount of 300k€. This second
equipment will solve the bottle neck
created by the overbooking of the
existing evaporator. On the other hand,
the Foundation contribution to the
running costs in 2009 (250k€) and 2010
(200k€) allowed to keep a constant cost
for the PTA users in spite of the increase
of the PTA running costs due partly to the
merger with the CIME Nanotech facilities.
Thanks to the Foundation funding, the
PTA presently provides a fully operational
nanofabrication facility, largely accessible
to the nanotechnology and nanosciences
community.
The PTA activity has been constantly
growing since its opening, especially for
the last two years.
CONTACTS
François LEFLOCH
francois.lefloch@cea.fr
Tel: +33 4 38 78 48 22
Cécile GOURGON
cecile.gourgon@cea.fr
Tel: +33 4 38 78 98 37
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An increase has been registered from
11500 hours in 2009 to 19000 hours in
2010 which represents approximately
150 running projects for the facility.
The PTA serves the upstream research
community but also provides an access to
private companies such as CROCUS and
Solar Force. An important feature of this
strategy is the increase of the number of
projects oriented toward industrial
applications and technology transfer
mostly driven by the LETI. As a
consequence, LETI became the second
biggest user of the PTA in 2010.
In conclusion, the Foundation support
allowed the PTA to reach a critical mass
in terms of equipments and to constantly
maintain a rather accessible cost for a
large community of scientists. Thanks to
its potential, the PTA is expected to
maintain the continuous increase of its
activity in both academic and industrial
areas.
is crucial for the deposition of nanotubes
on the substrate. Since carbon nanotubes
are hydrophobic, it is difficult to suspend
them in a solvent. Silanisation can treat
the surfaces directly into the frame
(plasma activation) without exposing the
sample to the water (which reacts with
the aminosilane) and reproducibly
(through mass flow controllers).
Another example lays in functionalization
of substrates for the electrical
characterization of neurons, as it was
achieved in the 2007 RTRA project
‘NEUROFET’.
NanoFab:
NanoFab facility embedded at Institut
Néel hosts nanofabrication of many
research programs within the
nanosciences community. Equipped with
tools for nanolithography (e-beam, FIB,
DUV lithography), etching (RIE, IBE) and
deposition (PVD, evaporation, ALD), its
clean room trains a large number of PhD
students and postdoctoral fellows.
Originally dedicated to the fabrication of
nano-objects for low temperatures
nanophysics, NanoFab has kept its
specialty but also evolved into new
activities and new materials. The support
of the Nanosciences Foundation was
particularly decisive in the evolution
toward "biophysics” and characterization
of individual nano-objects.
In 2009, the Foundation enabled the
acquisition of a surface functionalization
tool by oxygen plasma and "silanisation"
for 120 k€. This equipment has been
installed in a nano-chemistry dedicated
room and open to all projects requiring
surface activation.
Molecular electronics involves devices
whose active part is a molecule,
sometimes single, connected to
electrodes. Electrical measurements then
give direct access to molecular orbitals. It
then becomes possible to probe the
quantum properties of a single molecule
as Coulomb blockade or the Kondo effect.
The challenge involves connecting a
quantum dot consisting of a carbon
nanotube and to couple it to a single
molecular quantum dot magnet.
However, the realization of these circuits
requires a controlled silanisation step that
Fig. 2 : Neuron as a gate of nanofabricated
FET [C.Villard et al – NanoFab - as part of the
2007 RTRA project ‘NEUROFET’)
In 2010, the Nanosciences Foundation
helped to upgrade the FIB and e-beam
nanolithography tools (for an amount of
50 k €) and therefore encouraged a
significant increase in work on the
fabrication of devices dedicated to the
characterization of individual objects,
often randomly arranged on surfaces.
The Nanosciences Foundation plays a
crucial role in the life of NanoFab. Its
contribution enables the development of
a large number of funded projects (ANR,
ERC...) but also not yet funded…
The Nanocharacterization
Facility
This facility gathers top level equipments
for probing nanostructures and
nanodevices from atomic up to macro
scale with beams of electrons, ions and
X-rays. These facilities are available on
the three following sites.
PFNC:
The so called ‘PlateForme de Nano
Caractérisation’ (PFNC), located on the
MINATEC campus is particularly
specialized in crystallography and
chemical measurements of inorganic
nanostructures by high Resolution
Transmission Electron Microscopy and Ion
beam analysis.
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CRG:
The French Cooperative Research Group
(CRG) at ESRF operates equipments for
the structural and chemicals analysis of
nanostructures by hard X-rays diffraction
and diffusion.
CMTC:
Grenoble INP’s ‘Consortium de Moyens
Technologiques Communs’ (CMTC) offers
laboratory equipments for X-ray
characterization and electron microscopy
analysis of nanomaterials.
The nanocharacterization facility is open
to a large part of the Foundation
members while there are no uniform
access rules because some top level
equipments can only be operated by
trained experts or because the selection
by Program Committees is required
(ESRF).
In 2008, the Foundation contributed to
the acquisition of a new dual beam
Focused Ion Beam (FIB) that is located at
the PFNC. This NVision ZEISS FIB was
installed during summer 2009. Since
then, numerous “expert” users have been
trained to use this equipment. Now,
more than 10 users from the 3 partner’s
laboratories (CMTC, PTA and PFNC) are
working every day to perform advanced
experiments:
Nanomanipulation of nanoobjects
as tripod ZnO, nanowires or tores
using the 4 nanomanipulators
Fig. 3: MEB-FIB nanomanipulators
Electrical testing on nanodevices
(carbon nanotubes, memories,
transistors)
Thin lamella preparation for TEM
observations: classical lift out with
optimised end milling at low voltage to
reduced implantation /amorphisation;
back end preparation to avoid ion beam
damage on critical structures
Ion milling for nano-object
making (nanopillar for 3D X-ray
tomography, hole in thin layers for
Synchrotron experiments, others…)
3D reconstruction using the “slice
and view” method. Experiment of series
of images is done overnight to perform
3D reconstruction with nm resolution.
Tests were done on a large range of
materials: SC, porous materials,
Biological sample (rat heart tissues),
devices for microelectronic, fuel cell …
Fig. 4: TEM images of YBaCuO/LaZrO thin bilayer
on NiW substrate obtained from a single
12 µm TEM slice cut using the FIB (Coll.
CMTC/Grenoble INP)
Please read the corresponding Highlight
at the end of this report for further
information
These experiments are done for various
kinds of projects: ANR, Nanosciences
Foundation, Carnot Institutes, PhD
Thesis, Nano2012 for nanoscience and
nanodevices applications.
Additional experiments were also
conducted by Earth Science Institute
(‘Institut des Sciences de la Terre’ or
‘ISTerre’) and ‘Grenoble Institute of
Neuroscience’ or ‘GIN’ for biological
applications.
In 2010, the Foundation has decided to
partially support (~50%) the purchase of
a new X-ray optics for the D2AM French
CRG beamline at ESRF. This operation,
which was also supported by Léti, will
enable to extend the X ray photon energy
up to 40 keV, and cover an energy range
that is complementary to the available
one at synchrotron Soleil in Saint-Aubin.
This high energy range is particularly well
suited to the characterization of buried
interfaces and nanostructures.
A significant improvement of the beam
quality is also expected, which will reduce
by a factor of 10 to 100 the acquisition
time.
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The Nano-Chemistry and
Biology Facility
The objectives of these facilities are to
provide to the community the tools for
the synthesis and characterisation of
molecules as well as the equipments
required for analysis of organic/inorganic
heterostructures and interfaces.
NanoBio:
The "Plateforme NanoBio-Chimie" located
on the campus of Grenoble University
offers equipments and tools for the
synthesis of molecules, the grafting on
surfaces and their characterisation (mass
spectroscopy, AFM, IR spectroscopy...)
and the imagery.
IBS:
The electron microscopy team of the
‘Institut de Biologie Structurale’ (IBS) has
developed the tools to study fragile
materials such as living cells, proteins ,…
grafted on inorganic nanostructures.
The nano-chemistry and biology facility
initiated in 2006 is dedicated to the
conception and synthesis of bio molecules
and to surface grafting. It is now well
equipped for analytical characterization of
final products, functionalized surfaces
and molecular interactions, and is largely
open to the community - the number of
users increasing regularly.
In 2008, the Foundation funded the
purchase of an atomic force microscope
AFM that works in biological media. Set
up at the ‘Interdisciplinary Physics
Laboratory’ (LIPhy), this new equipment
belongs to the Nanobio facility (East
Campus) and scientific activities have
really started in September 2009.
Coupled to an inverted Zeiss optical
microscope, the JKP-Berlin AFM-Bio
instrument allows various measurements
such as cell-cell adhesion properties, the
elasticity of gels or the topography of
biological cells (Fig.5).
The types of molecules analyzed by this
technique are:
biopolymers (oligonucleotides,
peptides, carbohydrates)
synthetic polymers
various modified molecular
objects functionalized by bio-organic
molecules tag
bio organic and inorganic
complexes (non-covalent structure).
MALDI-TOF mass spectral analysis was
used to characterize the relative
molecular weight distribution of low
molecular weight polymers - decanoate
-CD ester (-CD-C 10 ) - presenting a
low polydispersity of substitution. The
correlation between the nanoparticle
ultrastructure and the total degree of
substitution has been demonstrated in
the case of -CD-C 10 derivatives. (DPM-
ICMG).
It will also be possible to perform surface
imaging (laser Smartbeam TM available
with this new instrument). This feature
has been used to discriminate between
different in vitro bacteria culture
(preliminary work, CERMAV-ICMG)
Finally, using modified supports by
adjunction of carbon nanotubes or others
nanoparticles (gold), it will be possible to
increase the capabilities of the
instrument. The mass spectrometry
technical staff is composed by 1 research
engineer (CNRS), 1 design engineer
(UJF) and 2 Technicians (CNRS and UJF).
In 2009, the NanoBio facility acquired a
new Maldi-ToF mass spectrometer
(standing for ‘Matrix assisted laser
desorption/ionisation – Time of Flight’).
The objectives of this facility are to
provide to the community the tools for
the characterization by mass
spectrometry of various kinds of
molecules of high mass (superior limit
500 000 Da).
Fig. 5: Example of AFM topography on
biological cell.
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The Numerical Simulation
Facility
The CIMENT (Intensive Calculus,
Modelisation, Numerical and Technical
Experimentation) facility provides access
to medium size frames for computer
simulations of the physical and chemical
properties of nanostructures. Operated
by the Grenoble University, it is
dedicated to the High Performance
Computing and is actually used by
several members of the Foundation for
simulation of the physical, mechanical
and chemical properties of
nanostructures.
The CIMENT facility has been financed by
the Foundation via thematic projects.
One of them is a 2007 RTRA project titled
‘NanoSTAR’ (standing for ‘Spectroscopy
and Transport Properties in Nanomaterials:
Applications and Research’).
This project aims at developing highlyaccurate
and efficient numerical
theoretical methods and applying them to
spectroscopy and transport properties in
nanomaterials. Such a challenge relies on
the internationally recognized and
complementary competences of several
groups belonging to the main Grenoble
institutions: Institut Neel, INAC, Grenoble
INPG, UJF and Léti/MINATEC.
Meanwhile this project aims at creating
and funding the Grenoble node of the
European Theoretical Spectroscopy
Facility (ETSF, http://www.etsf.eu). The
ETSF is a “knowledge centre” focusing on
electronic excitations, spectroscopy and
quantum transport in nanostructures and
in condensed matter systems. The impact
of former and future developments in the
Grenoble node will be greatly enhanced
by making them available through the
ETSF. The sharing of the different
expertises and the pool of computational
resources such as CIMENT facility are
crucial for the development of ETSF-
Grenoble. The contribution of the
Foundation (315 k€) was devoted to 2
PhD thesis grants and a new
supercomputer (135 k€), which is used
for the calculations in the topics of the
NanoSTAR project.
Another action within CIMENT is led by
the 2009 Chair of Excellence Normand
MOUSSEAU, who has stimulated new
interactions between physics groups and
computer scientists. Thanks to this
collaboration, CIMENT and now the
‘Modeling House project’ (‘Maison de la
modélisation’) has strong competences in
hybrid architectures using graphics cards
which boost ab initio calculations applied
to nanosciences
FUNDING OF THE
NETWORK
Except for 2011, about 20% of the
budget allocated by the Foundation to the
network of technological facilities is
attributed to cover clean rooms operating
costs and the remaining 80 % is ought to
purchase new equipment.
In 2009, the Foundation co-funded a new
LPCVD machine at the PTA whose benefit
is recognized for a wide range of activity
from the MEMS and NEMS fabrication to
nano-photonics and nano-electronics.
At NanoFab, new equipment for surface
functionalisation and “silanisation” was
funded. This instrument has been crucial
for the implementation of new biophysics
oriented activities.
In 2010, 350 k€ have been devoted for
the acquisition of a new metal evaporator
at the PTA. This equipment is crucial to
allow to continue welcoming new users
and increasing the activity. The foreseen
increase of this activity is expected to
compensate the decrease of the support
for running expenses that will stop in
2012. The same year, 50 k€ were
devoted to NanoFab in order to improve
its electronic beam lithography (EBL)
system. With this funding, NanoFab will
acquire a state-of-the-art EBL system
using a commercial scanning electronic
microscope with enhanced repositioning
performances.
In 2008, the nanofabrication and
nanocharacterisation facilities agreed
together to ask the Foundation for the
funding of a dual-beam FIB equipment.
This new instrument is located at the
PFNC-Minatec and is accordingly used by
both facilities.
The investment towards CRG-D2AM at
the ESRF beam line is co-funded by both
the Foundation and the Léti (RTB
funding). This equipment will re-enforce
the characterization capabilities of this
beam line especially in the field of
semiconducting nanostructures using
Multiwavelength Anomalous Diffraction
(MAD) and Diffraction Anomalous Fine
Structure (DAFS)
The Nano-Chemistry and Biology facility
beneficiated in 2008 of a support for an
AFM-Bio that is now fully operative. In
2009, the Foundation co-funded half of a
new Maldi-ToF mass spectrometer (150
k€). The equipment, presently installed in
LIPhy, will be located in the new Nanobio
building in November 2011. Due to the
complexity of the financial timing
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consortium (Nanosciences Foundation,
Région Rhône-Alpes, ICMG, CPER), this
new apparatus has only been opened to
scientific community lately.
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Year
2007-
2009
2010 2011
Equipment
Nanofabrication 1425 350 -
Bio & Chemistry 660 - -
Characterization 1740 200 -
Simulation 135 - -
Operating costs
Fabrication 850 230 200
Bio & Chemistry 32 - -
Characterization - - -
Simulation - - -
Tab. 1: The Nanosciences Foundation support
for the equipment and the running costs of its
network facilities
CONCLUSIONS
After 5 years, the “network of
technological facilities” offers to the
community of nanosciences and
nanotechnologies a large panel of top
level equipments operated by very highly
skilled research and technical staff. The
initial choice of the Foundation to support
financially a limited number of selected
facilities, has been essential, first in the
creation and then in the operation of the
network.
A true coherency now exists between the
facilities which are prompted to build
collaborative projects. Gaps in
technologies have been filled up
essentially in nanofabrication tools and
processes, with a substantial support of
the Foundation in a restricted number of
equipments.
Finally, the positive effect of networking
has been the spreading out of the
“culture” of technology in the community.
This is shown by the increasing number
of projects (research projects, Ph.D.
thesis, Chairs of Excellence) which rely
on micro and nanodevices built and
characterized in the facilities of the
network. Therefore it seems important,
for the short and long term future, that
the Foundation maintains a high level of
involvement in the technological facilities.
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10 - EDUCATION AND
SCIENTIFIC
ANIMATION
The scientific animation is first of all
driven by the Working Groups of the
Foundation that are organizing different
meetings along the year with two main
objectives: fostering the exchanges
allowing a better reciprocal knowledge
between the Foundation's partners, and
helping to build a strategic and
prospective analysis of possibly new
scientific orientations of the Foundation.
The Foundation monthly
Seminars
Entitled "Les Séminaires de la Fondation",
this event takes place every month since
November 2008. A specialist is invited to
present his field of activity and its own
research: it can be either a visiting
scientist or one of the "Chairs of
Excellence" funded by the Foundation.
There is a particular will to browse a wide
range of subjects, in order to offer to the
Grenoble scientific community an
opportunity to discover new aspects of
Nanosciences. The list of all the
Foundation’s monthly seminars is given
below.
Fig. 1: “Nano & Micro-Environment for Cell
Biology” workshop. The speaker’s panel was
exclusively composed of PhD students and
Post-doctoral fellows, in order to encourage
young researchers to share and discuss their
results with all Grenoble-based research teams
The Foundation’s Thesis
Prize
The Thesis Prize of the Foundation has
been created in 2009. Its aim is to
highlight the best PhD research
performed in one of the laboratories of
the network.
In 2010, two laureates have been chosen
by the Steering Committee. Each of their
theses was an advanced combination of
basic research and device-oriented
research that is central to the strength of
Grenoble scientific community.
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The Foundation workshops
In 2010, 5 workshops have also been
organized by the Foundation:
“Electronic Noise and Relaxation
in Nanostructures” - 1 st & 2 nd April 2010
“Grenoble projects with MEB-FIB
microscope” - 11th May 2010
“Contact and surface effects in
nanostructures” - 28 th September 2010
“New trends in Electrical
Scanning Probe Microscopies” - 18 th
October 2010
“Nano & Micro-Environment for
Cell Biology” – 25 th November 2010
The aim of those workshops is to bring
together local and invited scientists in
order to share their experience on a
chosen topic. After several talks, time is
left for discussions in order to identify the
roadblocks for which a collaborative effort
could be beneficial in Grenoble.
Those workshops’ programs are detailed
below, with the names of local and
invited speakers, as well as the titles of
their talks.
Each year, a thesis Prize Award
Ceremony was organised and highlighted
with talks of brilliant Grenoble scientists
supported by an ERC grant or
acknowledged by a prestigious scientific
award. The scientific content of those
ceremonies, along with the winning thesis
subjects, are listed in the next pages.
Fig. 2: There were two laureates for the
2010 Foundation Thesis Prize: Nicolas ROCH
(Institut Néel) and Dimitri HOUSSAMEDDINE
(INAC/SPINTEC).
CONTACTS
Hervé COURTOIS
herve.courtois@grenoble.cnrs.fr
Tel: +33 4 76 88 11 51
Panagiota MORFOULI
morfouli@minatec.inpg.fr
Tel: +33 4 56 52 95 55
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FURTHER READING
www.elecmol.com
qfs2010.neel.cnrs.fr
www-moriond2011.fr
www.minatec.com/infos2011
embe2011.neel.cnrs.fr
www.esonn.fr
www.migas.inpg.fr
esm.neel.cnrs.fr/2011
Call for proposals
“Education and Scientific
Animation”
In addition to its own events, the
Foundation also supports actions that
promote exchanges in the Nanoscience
scientific community and contribute to
the national and international recognition
of the Grenoble network. They are
workshops, conferences, or training
courses for PhD students and postdoctoral
scientists, like summer schools.
The funding is attributed through a call
for proposals process. The Steering
Committee is in charge of the evaluation
of all the submitted projects and
agreement from the Board of the
submitted proposals (that must include a
tentative well-balanced budget).
Since 2009, the Call for training and
scientific animation proposals is
disconnected from the other calls.
The criteria for selection are:
relevance to nanoscience
strong relationship with scientific
activities developed in Grenoble
international visibility
Grenoble campus promotion
benefit for the Foundation
laboratories
and readability of the Foundation
action.
As for the selection process, an oral and
public presentation of every proposal is
given in front of the Working Group on
Education which then reports to the
Steering Committee. The latter analyses
the report and makes its propositions for
funding.
Actions that have been supported by the
Foundation are listed in tables of
Appendix 5 and 6.
Since 2007, the Foundation supports a
series of weekly seminars entitled
"Quantum Nano-electronics Seminar".
The Foundation has maintained its
support since then. The attendance is
growing, with an average of about 30
people, and consists of various scientists
from many different laboratories. The
support of the Foundation allows inviting
speakers from foreign countries (they are
listed in the Part 7 – section 3). In 2011,
thanks to the related topical group, a
similar series of seminars on
"Nanomagnetism and Spintronics" is to
be launched.
In 2010 and 2011, 5 international
conferences have been supported:
5 th International Conference on
Molecular Electronics, which is a major
conference in the field (more than 300
attendees over 5 days).
QFS2010, an international
symposium on Quantum Fluids and Solids
organized in Grenoble with about 200
participants.
2011 Rencontres de Moriond on
"Quantum Mesoscopic Physics" organized
in the Alps by the French community,
with about 150 attendees.
INFOS2011, an international
conference on Microelectronic devices
fabrication and physics, organized in
2011 on Minatec campus.
EuroMBE 2011 an international
conference devoted to Molecular Beam
Epitaxy of semiconducting nanostructures
and epilayers, organized at l'Alpe d'Huez
by the CNRS-CEA joint team.
Since 2008, a very significant effort is
made to support the European School on
Nanosciences and Nanotechnology
(ESONN), created in 2004, offering young
researchers (graduate students and postdoctoral
scientists entering the field) a
thorough training in the field, based on 3
week-long program with an exact balance
lectures and laboratory trainings. Many
research groups of the network are
involved allowing the students to work on
very sophisticated experiments. The
support to ESONN has been maintained
in 2011, the funding being increased to
26.5 k€ helping to compensate the
decreasing support from the European
Community.
Fig. 3: ESONN 2010 students.
In 2010 and 2011, the total amount
dedicated to the support of actions of
education and scientific animation has
reached 51 and 60 k€ respectively. More
events have been supported, at different
levels. (see Appendix 6). Apart from
ESONN, three other summer schools
have received some funding from the
Foundation: Graphene International
School in 2010, MIGAS 2010 and 2011
and the European School on Magnetism
2011.
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Q-NET: a new European
Initial Training Network
Fig. 4: Group picture taken at the Graphene
International School. Konstantin NOVOSELOV,
invited lecturer, had just received his Nobel
Prize in Physics (jointly with Andre GEIM).
Three workshops of one to two days,
dealing with specific topics, have been
supported. Even if the contribution of the
Foundation is most often low compared
to the total budget of the events, this
commitment contributes to improve the
awareness of the Foundation and of its
role in the scientific community: in most
cases, the opportunity is given to the
Foundation Director to make a short
presentation of the scope of Foundation
actions.
PhD students & research
training
The other major action of the Foundation
in terms of education is research training.
By providing the financial support to
enrol top-level students for the
preparation of a thesis, the Foundation
contributes to the education of the new
scientists that our society will need. It is
crucial to prepare future generations to
develop and adopt new technologies
beyond nanotechnology. The Foundation
is also closely linked to the Doctoral
Schools of Grenoble. According to their
topic, the Foundation’s PhD students are
registered to different schools, but most
of them belong either to the Doctoral
School of Physics, or to the Doctoral
School of Chemistry and Life Sciences.
Since 2009, the relationships with the
different doctoral schools have been
particularly enhanced. The Director of the
Foundation is now an invited member of
the Council of the Doctoral School of
Physics. He also acts to facilitate the
involvement of the Chairs of Excellence in
the lessons program of all Doctoral
Schools.
Focused on Quantum Nano-Electronics,
Q-NET has been initiated within the
Nanosciences Foundation and is to be
launched in April 2011. It will provide
doctoral training in the general field of
Quantum Nano-Electronics, in particular
spintronics, molecular electronics, singleelectronics,
quantum dots and nanowires,
nano-cooling.
The recruited PhD students will be trained
to state-of-the-art technologies of
nanofabrication, near-field microscopies,
transport measurement under extreme
conditions (low temperatures, magnetic
field, radio-frequency irradiation) and
theoretical calculations. Ultimate
detectors, innovative local probes, new
metrological standards, on chip microcoolers
will be developed. The training
will be implemented through systematic
secondments of young researchers from
one partner to several academic and
private partners.
Q-NET will contribute to organize
sessions of the European School On
Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
(ESONN) devoted to Quantum Nano-
Electronics, combining both theoretical
and practical training. Annual special
training sessions will be organized,
covering seven complementary domains
such as ethics, project management,
‘IPR’ (Intellectual Property Rights),
communication skills...
The consortium involves most of the
leading groups in the domain which
contributed to the European leadership in
Quantum Nanoelectronics these last ten
years. Q-NET will therefore significantly
contribute to meet the needs of the
industry in terms of highly-skilled and
open-minded scientists for leading the
competition in “Beyond C-MOS” Nano-
Electronics.
Q-NET involves 9 partners:
1. Institut Néel & LPMMC, U. Joseph
Fourier and CNRS, Grenoble (H. Courtois,
coordinator),
2. Low Temperature Laboratory, Aalto
University, Helsinki (J. P. Pekola),
3. NEST CNR-INFM, Pisa (F. Giazotto),
4. Attocube systems, München (K.
Karrai),
5. School of Physics &
Astronomy,University of Leeds (C. H.
Marrows),
6. Laboratory for Solid State Physics,
ETH Zürich (K. Ensslin),
7. Microtechnology and Nanoscience,
Chalmers University, Göteborg (T. Bauch),
8. NanoGUNE, San Sebastian (L. E.
Hueso),
9. AIVON, Helsinki (J. Penttilä).
FURTHER READING
www.quantum-net.org
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
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SCIENTIFIC REPORT
Physics Olympiads
The Foundation has provided for two
consecutive years its financial support to
the “Olympiades de Physique”, a friendly
contest in which High School students
from all over France take part.
The idea is to give the participants the
opportunity to manage their own project,
according to a proper scientific approach
(involving bibliographic research,
experimental activities, and results
analysis).
In 2010, the Foundation awarded the
team from the French High School
Regnault, which developed a micro-robot
able to follow a line traced on the floor.
In 2011, 3 girls from the High School
Louis le Grand (Paris) demonstrated and
explained the behaviour of Non-
Newtonian fluids. They analysed
astonishing observations collected with
(dry or wet) corn starch or ketchup and
even simulated these changing behaviour
with specialised researchers.
Fig. 5: Malik BENKIRANE and Nawfal EL JAYID
were awarded by the Nanosciences Foundation
Prize in 2010
Fig. 6: Justine SAINT-HILAIRE, Alice CALLIGER
and Dalia BARKLEY were awarded by the
Nanosciences Foundation Prize in 2011
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Thesis Prize Award Ceremonies
2009 Thesis Prize Award Ceremony
19 th November 2009
Speakers From Title
Wolfgang
WERNSDORFER
Senior "ERC Advanced
Grant"
Bernard DIENY
Senior "ERC Advanced
Grant"
Thomas ERNST
"ERC Starting Grant"
François VARCHON
Laureate of the “2010
Nanosciences Foundation
Prize”
Institut Néel
INAC/SPINTEC
Léti
Institut Néel
Molecular spintronics using single-molecule magnets
Spintronics phenomena and their implementation in
functional devices
Nanowires for multiphysics devices and circuits
Electronic and structural properties of graphene on
silicon carbide
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
2010 Thesis Prize Award Ceremony
2 nd December 2010
Speakers From Title
Xavier WAINTAL
"ERC Consolidator Grant"
Maxime RICHARD
"ERC Starting Grant"
INAC/SPSMS
Institut Néel
An example of computer assisted theory: quantum
Monte-Carlo simulations of correlated quantum
transport
Quantum degeneracy in solid-state environment made
easy
Catherine PICART
"ERC Starting Grant"
Dimitri
HOUSSAMEDDINE
Laureate of the “2010
Nanosciences Foundation
Prize”
Nicolas ROCH
Laureate of the “2010
Nanosciences Foundation
Prize”
Le SI DANG
Laureate of the “2010
Gentner-Kastler Prize”
LMGP
INAC/SPINTEC
Institut Néel
Institut Néel
Biomimetic films and membranes as advanced
materials for studies on cellular processes
Magnetization dynamics in spin torque microwave
nano-oscillators
Towards molecular spintronics
Bose-Einstein condensation in solids
47

List of the Foundation’s monthly Seminars
2008
Speaker From Date Title
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
Grant WILLSON
Vincent BAYOT
Chair of Excellence
2009
University of Texas - Austin
(USA)
Catholic University of
Leuven (Belgium)
Nov 17 th
High Resolution Imaging Technology : a View of
the Future
Dec 18 th Scanning gate microscopy : A new tool for
Nanoelectronics
Speaker From Date Title
Younes EZZAHRI
University of California -
Santa Cruz (USA)
Jan 15 th Thermoélectricité: L’apport des nanostructures
pour des sources d’énergie renouvelable
Mairbek CHSHIEV
Chair of Excellence
University of Alabama
(USA)
Feb 26 th Recent Advances in Theory of Spintronics
Phenomena
Michael ROUKES
Chair of Excellence
California Institute of
Technology – Pasadena
(USA)
Mar 26 th
Complexity and Nanosystems: From "Craft" – to
Technology – to New Frontiers
Daniel BLOCH
CEA Medical advisor for
nanomaterials – Grenoble
(France)
May 26 th Nanoparticules et santé au travail: Une
problématique nouvelle?
Stefan JAKOBS
Max Planck Institute for
Biophysical Chemistry –
Goettingen (Germany)
Jun 18 th
STED Microscopy: Focusing on Mitochondria.
Paul F. BARBARA
Yong ZHANG
Chair of Excellence
Center for Nano and
Molecular Science and
Technology – Austin (USA)
NREL at the University of
North Carolina – Charlotte
(USA)
Jul 6 th Are the electronic properties of conjugated
polymers deformable?
Oct 1 st Novel Multifunctional Inorganic-Organic Hybrid
Semiconductors with Extraordinary Properties
Tetiana AKSENOVA
Chair of Excellence
National Academy of
Sciences (Ukraine)
Nov 26 th
Brain Computer Interfacing: From the laboratory
to real life applications
Alain ROCHEFORT
Département de génie
physique de l’École
Polytechnique de Montréal
Dec 17 th
Imagerie STM de nanostructures organiques
48

2010
Speaker From Date Title
Researchers
supported by the
Foundation
Jan 28 th
Nanosciences Foundation’s Projects Review
Nayla FAROUKI
Marcelo
FRANCA SANTOS
Chair of Excellence
John KIRTLEY
Chair of Excellence
Jim GREER
Baruch FELDMAN
Independent Philosopher
and Science Historian
University of Belo Horizonte
(Brazil)
Stanford University
(USA)
Tyndall National Institute -
University College Cork
(Ireland)
Tyndall National Institute -
University College Cork
(Ireland)
Mar 23 rd
La science et l'éthique: quelle éthique?
April 29 th Protecting and recovering information in
entangled open systems
May 27 th Fundamental studies of superconductors using
scanning magnetic imaging
Jun 22 nd
Jun 22 nd
Charge transport in molecular and semiconductor
nanowires
Simulations of electronic transport in ultra-thin
and ultra-short junctionless transistors
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
Samuel MAO
University of California –
Berkeley (USA)
July 6 th
Nanostructured Organic Light-Emitting Diodes for
Energy Efficient Lighting
Philip WONG
Chair of Excellence
Stanford University
(USA)
Sept 23 rd
Carbon Electronics – From Material Synthesis to
Circuit Demonstration
Stéphane REDON
Center of Research ‘INRIA
Grenoble - Rhône Alpes’
(France)
Nov 4 th
Adaptive algorithms for modelling and simulating
nanosystems
Michael J. GORDON
University of California -
Santa Barbara (USA)
Nov 26 th
Nano to macro: synthesis, characterization, and
evaluation of nanoparticle catalysts and organic
photovoltaic films
Claudia WIEMER
RTRA Project
PERCEVALL
Instituto per la Microelletronica
e Microsistemi -
Agrate Brianza (Italy)
Dec 14 th
Material Perspectives for Phase Change Memories
Sabine SZUNERITS
Institut de Recherche
Interdisciplinaire -
Villeneuve d’Ascq (France)
Dec 16 th
Biological And Chemical Sensing On Nanoparticle
Based Plasmonic Interfaces
2011
Speaker From Date Title
Xavier BLASE
Institut Néel – Grenoble
(France)
Jan 27 th
Electronic conductivity of nanotubes and graphene
from quantum simulations
Normand MOUSSEAU
Chair of Excellence
Montreal
(Canada)
University
Feb 22 nd ART cinétique, une méthode Monte-Carlo
cinétique hors réseau avec calcul des barrières à
la volée
Roland HELLMANN,
Géraldine SARRET
& Laurent CHARLET
Institute for Earth Sciences
& Observatory for Earth and
Planetary Sciences -
Grenoble (France)
Mar 31 st Geochemistry at the nanoscale: chemistry of
fluid-mineral interfaces, phytoremediation, and
nanotoxocology
Jean-Pierre GASPARD
RTRA Project
PERCEVALL
University of Liège
(Belgium)
Apr 18 th
Electronic structural instabilities and information
storage in Phase Change Materials
49

List of the Foundation’s workshops
Workshop “Auto-assemblage 2D et 3D”
19 th January 2009
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
Invited Speakers From Title
Alain DEFFIEUX
Kornelius NIELSCH
Laboratoire de Chimie des
Polymères Organiques -
Bordeaux (France)
Institute of Applied Physics -
University of Hamburg
(Germany)
Workshop “Contributions of computational simulation to Nanosciences”
23 rd March 2009
Nanoobjects based on single macromolecules : design
and properties
Lithographically Controlled Growth of Al2O3
Membranes: A Tool-Box for 1D Nanostructures
Local Speakers From Title
Valerio OLEVANO
RTRA Project
NanoSTAR
Institut Néel – Grenoble
(France)
The European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility and the
RTRA NanoSTAR: Theory and Nanoscience
Christophe
PRUD'HOMME
Pascale MALDIVI
Laboratoire Jean Kuntzmann –
Grenoble
(France)
INAC/SCIB – Grenoble
(France)
Algorithmes et méthodes sur architecture hybride: le
point de vue des mathématiques
Apport de la chimie quantique moléculaire pour l'étude
de systèmes intéressant lesnanosciences
Alain PASTUREL
SIMAP – Grenoble
(France)
Ingénierie quantique: succès et limitations
Xavier BLASE
Institut Néel – Grenoble
(France)
Transport électronique dans les nanostructures: de l'ab
initio à la physique mésoscopique
Mairbek CHSHIEV
Chair of Excellence
INAC/Spintec – Grenoble
(France)
Description of spintronics phenomena with tightbinding
and ab-initio simulation Tools
Sylvain BARRAUD
LETI-Minatec – Grenoble
(France)
Modélisation du transport électronique dans les nanodispositifs
semi-conducteurs
Workshop “Super Resolution Optical Microscopy”
19 th June 2009
Invited Speakers From Title
Stefan JAKOBS
Mark NEIL
Heinrich LEONHARDT
Max Planck Institute -
Göttingen (Germany)
Imperial College – London
(United Kingdom)
LMU Biozentrum - Munich
(Germany)
STED Microscopy: Focusing on Mitochondria
Structured Illumination for 3D microscopy
Subdiffraction multicolor imaging of the nuclear
periphery with 3D structured illumination microscopy
Ulrich NIENHAUS Karlsruhe University (Germany) Advanced Fluorescent Proteins for Optical Nanoscopy
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Workshop “Super Resolution Optical Microscopy” (continued)
Local Speakers From Title
André VERDEL
Institut Albert Bonniot –
Grenoble (France)
Heterochromatin formation and maintenance
Annie MOLA
Claire MONGE
Isabelle MARTY
Yves GOLDBERG
Sergiy AVILOV
Institut Albert Bonniot –
Grenoble (France)
Laboratoire de Bioénergétique
Fondamentale et Appliquée –
Grenoble (France)
Grenoble Institute of
Neurosciences – Grenoble
(France)
Grenoble Institute of
Neurosciences – Grenoble
(France)
European Molecular Biology
Laboratory – Grenoble
(France)
Le complexe passager : régulateur clé de la mitose
Intracellular diffusion and organization of metabolism:
system biology approach
Molecular complex involved in calcium signaling
Cell-cell communication in the brain via exosome
transfer & CHMP2B assemblies and their role in
dendritic spine morphogenesis
Potential of super-resolution techniques for imaging
influenza virus life cycle
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
Dimitrios A. SKOUFIAS
Institute of Structural Biology
– Grenoble (France)
The need of high resolution microscopy for studies on
kinetochore and centromere associated proteins
Andrei POPOV
Grenoble Institute of
Neurosciences – Grenoble
(France)
Action at the microtubule ends
Sébastien VIOLOT
Institut de Recherche en
Technologie et Sciences pour
le Vivant – Grenoble (France)
Interaction of actin-binding proteins with actin
filaments
Sylva MACHE
Institut de Recherche en
Technologie et Sciences pour
le Vivant – Grenoble (France)
Single cell transcript profiling and intracellular
localisation of transcriptional components
Gilles FAURY
Institut de Recherche en
Technologie et Sciences pour
le Vivant – Grenoble (France)
Evolution de la morphologie des fibres élastiques au
cours du développement et du vieillissement
Workshop “From Smart Materials to Devices”
12 th and 13 th October 2009
Invited Speakers From Title
Paul BARBARA
Xiaoyang ZHU
Ken SHIH
Lauren WEBB
Keith STEVENSON
Graeme HENKELMAN
Sanjay BANERJEE
University of Texas – Austin
(USA)
University of Texas – Austin
(USA)
University of Texas – Austin
(USA)
University of Texas – Austin
(USA)
University of Texas – Austin
(USA)
University of Texas – Austin
(USA)
University of Texas – Austin
(USA)
Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence of Soliton Waves
in Conjugated Polymers
For 0D to 3D: electron transfer at the quantum dot/bulk
semiconductor interface
Resonant Fluorescence of Single Quantum Dots
Towards Electrostatic Control of Protein-Surface
Interactions
Porous Electrode Architectures for Energy Conversion
and Storage
Optimal annealing schedules to achieve self-assembly
Nanoparticle floating gate memory
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Workshop “From Smart Materials to Devices” (continued)
Local Speakers From Title
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
Henri MARIETTE
Hervé COURTOIS
Mairbek CHSHIEV
Chair of Excellence
Vincent BOUCHIAT
Philippe PEYLA
Guy ROYAL
Institut Néel – Grenoble
(France)
Institut Néel – Grenoble
(France)
INAC/Spintec – Grenoble
(France)
Institut Néel – Grenoble
(France)
Laboratory for Interdisciplinary
Physics – Grenoble
(France)
Departement de Chimie
Moléculaire – Grenoble
(France)
Recent progresses on III-V and II-VI semiconductors
nanowires at the Nanophysique et Semiconducteurs
group
Josephson effect and hysteresis in superconducting
hybrid nanostructures
Quantum description of spintronic phenomena in
crystalline magnetic tunnel junctions
Superconducting Transport in Carbon Nanostructures
Rheology of a suspension of microswimmers
Switchable materials and electronic components based
on macrocyclic metal complexes
Rachel AUZELY
Centre de Recherche sur les
Macromolécules Végétales –
Grenoble (France)
Polysaccharide-based hydrogels and capsules with
tailor-made functional properties for drug delivery
Valérie
STAMBOULI-SENÉ
Laboratoire des Matériaux et
du Génie Physique – Grenoble
(France)
Label-free DNA biosensors based on
electrical/electrochemical detection : towards an
optimization through the electrode electrical properties
Patrice RANNOU
INAC/SPRAM – Grenoble
(France)
Self-organized thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole-based liquid
crystalline organic semiconductors for (supra)molecular
(opto)electronic applications
Jean-Pierre TRAVERS
INAC/SPRAM – Grenoble
(France)
Semiconductor nanocrystals and hybrid photovoltaics
Didier BOTURYN
Departement de Chimie
Moléculaire – Grenoble
(France)
New Peptidic Vectors for Tumor Imaging and Cancer
Therapy
David PEYRADE
Laboratoire des Technologies
de la Microélectronique –
Grenoble (France)
Colloidal nanodevices
Laurent LEVY
Institut Néel – Grenoble
(France)
Quantum Hall effect in epitaxial grapheme
Mark CASIDA
Departement de Chimie
Moléculaire – Grenoble
(France)
Theoretical spectroscopy at the nano interface between
solids and molecules: a beginner's guide to timedependent
density-functional theory
Said SADKI
INAC/SPRAM – Grenoble
(France)
Electrochemical and spectroscopic properties of new
low band gap conjugated polymers and double cable
polymers for photovoltaic applications
Francisco AIRES
Institut de recherches sur la
catalyse et l'environnement –
Lyon (France)
Surface science studies of catalytic surfaces in realistic
conditions
Loic BLUM
Institut de Chimie et Biochimie
Moléculaire
&
Supramoléculaire – Lyon
(France)
Structured biomolecular assemblies for the
development of biochips, biomimetic membranes and
enzymatic biofuel cells
52

Workshop “Electronic Noise and Relaxation in Nanostructures”
1 st and 2 nd April 2010
Organised with Leonid GLAZMAN, Chair of Excellence
Invited Speakers From Title
Bertrand REULET
Jesper NYGÅRD
Carles ALTIMIRAS
Simon NIGG
Takis KONTOS
Laboratoire de Physique des
Solides – Orsay (France)
Niels Bohr Institute -
Copenhagen (Denmark)
Laboratoire de Photonique et
de Nanostructures – Marcoussis
(France)
Geneva University
(Switzerland)
Ecole Normale Supérieure -
Paris (France)
Elastic and Inelastic relaxation in long SNS bridges
Transport in semiconductor nanowire quantum dots
with superconducting contacts
Non-equilibrium edge channel spectroscopy in the
integer quantum Hall regime
Interaction induced edge channel equilibration
Orbitally phase coherent spintronics with carbon
nanotubes
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
Alessandro DE MARTINO
University of Cologne
(Germany)
Phonon-phonon interactions and phonon damping in
carbon nanotubes
Hélène BOUCHIAT
Laboratoire de Physique des
Solides – Orsay (France)
Contact less investigation of electronic properties of
nanoconductors coupled to a multimode microwave
resonator
Thierry MARTIN
Centre de Physique Théorique
– Marseille (France)
Dynamic response of a mesoscopic capacitor in the
presence of strong electron interactions
Christophe MORA
Ecole Normale Supérieure -
Paris (France)
Universal Resistances of the Quantum RC circuit
Local Speakers From Title
Laurent SAMINADAYAR
Institut Néel – Grenoble
(France)
Electron Coherence in Quantum-Wires: The Quest for
the Fermi Liquid Ground State in the Kondo Regime
David CARPENTIER
Ecole Normale Supérieure -
Lyon (France)
Conductance Fluctuations in a Spin Glass Nanowire
Pascal DEGIOVANNI
Ecole Normale Supérieure -
Lyon (France)
Decoherence and relaxation in quantum Hall edge
channels
Wolfgang
WERNSDORFER
Institut Néel – Grenoble
(France)
Energy Level Lifetimes in the Single-Molecule Magnets
Raphaël
VAN ROERMUND
INAC/SPSMS – Grenoble
(France)
Anderson Model out of equilibrium: decoherence effects
53

MEB-FIB microscope: Inauguration & Workshop
11 th May 2010
Invited Speakers From Title
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
Marco CANTONI
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale
De Lausanne (Switzerland)
Reconstruction 3D dans un FIB
Local Speakers From Title
Laurent MANIGUET
Florence ROBAUT
Fréderic CHARLOT
Eric GAUTIER
Consortium des Moyens
Technologiques Communs –
Grenoble (France)
Consortium des Moyens
Technologiques Communs –
Grenoble (France)
Consortium des Moyens
Technologiques Communs –
Grenoble (France)
INAC/Spintec – Grenoble
(France)
Présentation du Projet MEB-FIB
Présentation technique des colonnes MEB et FIB, des
équipements et des applications
Préparation de plots magnétiques par FIB face arrière
pour l’observation en TEM-holographie
Etienne BUSTARET
Institut Néel – Grenoble
(France)
FIB Preparation of Single Crystal Diamond for TEM
Observations
Jean François MOTTE
Nanofab Facilities- Grenoble
(France)
FIB at Nanofab : an overview of results and projects
Workshop « Contact and surface effects in nanostructures »
28 th September 2010
Organised with Philip WONG, Chair of Excellence
Invited Speakers From Title
Philip WONG
Chair of Excellence
Stanford University
(USA)
Metal to Carbon Nanotube Low Resistance Contacts
Local Speakers From Title
Guillaume ALBERT
INAC/SPSMS – Grenoble
(France)
Study of superconductor-graphene interfaces
Murielle
LECOCQ
FAYOLLE-
LETI-Minatec – Grenoble
(France)
Advanced Interconnect: from Copper to Carbon
Nanotube via integration
Pascale PHAM
LETI/DTBS – Grenoble
(France)
Electrolyte/SC interfacial impedance
Romain WACQUEZ
INAC/SPSMS – Grenoble
(France)
Atomistic Characterisation of doped contacts in a nano
MOSFET
Massimo MONGILLO
INAC/SPSMS – Grenoble
(France)
Fabrication and control of silicide contacts to undoped
silicon nanowires
Laurent MONTES
Raul SALAZAR ROMERO
Chair of Excellence
Yong ZHANG
IMEP-LAHC –Grenoble
(France)
LETI – Grenoble
(France)
Contacts to nanostructures
"eta" solar cells with nanostructured II-VI absorber
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Workshop « New trends in Electrical Scanning Probe Microscopies»
18 th October 2010
Invited Speakers From Title
Laurent NONY
Franz GIESSIBL
Bruno GRANDIDIER
Institut des Materiaux, de la
Microelectronique et des
Nanosciences De Provence –
Marseille (France)
University of Regensburg
(Germany)
Institut d’Electronique, de
Microélectronique et de
Nanotechnologie – Lille
(France)
Advances in Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy on the
atomic-scale: charge state characterization and
chemical identification
Improving spatial resolution, force resolution and ease
of use in atomic force microscopy with quartz based
force sensors
Four-probe electrical transport measurements on
individual inorganic nanowires
Local Speakers From Title
Benjamin GRÉVIN
INAC/SPRAM – Grenoble
(France)
High resolution Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy
investigations of organic photovoltaic blends
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
Nicolas CHEVALIER
LETI - Grenoble
(France)
Applications of SCM and SSRM techniques for doping
characterization
Laurent MONTES
IMEP-LAHC –Grenoble
(France)
AFM measurement of young modulus & piezoelectricity
on individual nanostructures
Antoine NIGUES
Martin KOGELSCHATZ
Bruno GILLES
Claude CHAPELIER
Europen Synchrotron Research
Facilities – Grenoble (France)
Laboratoire des Technologies
de la Microélectronique –
Grenoble (France)
Science et Ingénierie des
Matériaux et Procédés –
Grenoble (France)
INAC/SPSMS – Grenoble
(France)
Dual probes AFM head: Toward a versatile mechanical
haptic nanotweezer
TUNA and surface potentiel measurements
Local electron tunneling measurement using an AFM
Tunneling spectroscopy and Andreev spectroscopy of
highly disordered superconducting films
Workshop “Nano & Micro-Environment for Cell Biology”
25 th November 2010
Organised with Martial BALLAND, «New comers» project Balland
Local Speakers From Title
Tatiana PINEDO-RIVERA
Galina DUBACHEVA
Laure FOUREL
Myriam REGENT
Laboratoire des Technologies
de la Microélectronique –
Grenoble (France)
Département de Chimie
Moléculaire – Grenoble
(France)
Laboratoire des Matériaux et
Génie Physique – Grenoble
(France)
Institut Albert Bonniot –
Grenoble (France)
Capillary force assembly of hard and soft-matter
Detachable polymer films based on redox-driven
multivalent host-guest interactions as a sacrificial
platform for cell sheet engineering
Unraveling BMP-2 activity on cell adhesion and
migration by a combination of physical and
biochemical clues
Changing the rigidity of environment reveals new
insights into cell adhesion and migration
Bertrand FOURCADE
Institut Albert Bonniot –
Grenoble (France)
A mechano-transduction model for integrin activation
and clustering
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Valentina PESCHETOLA
Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de
Physique – Grenoble (France)
Cancer cell migration on 2D deformable substrates
Ghislain BUGNICOURT
Grenoble Institute of
Neurosciences – Grenoble
(France)
Neurons on micro- or nano-structured surfaces: from
enhanced growth to a control of polarity
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
Muriel AUZAN
Ofélia MANITI
Agnes KAWSKA
Anne MARTEL
RTRA Project
NANOBIODROP
Lydia CARO
CYTOO – Grenoble (France)
Laboratoire des Matériaux et
Génie Physique – Grenoble
(France)
Institut de Recherche en
Technologie et Sciences pour le
Vivant – Grenoble (France)
Institut de Biologie Structurale
– Grenoble (France)
Institut de Biologie Structurale
– Grenoble (France)
Using adhesive micropatterns in cell-based assays
improves visualization and quantitative analysis of drug
effects
Systèmes biomimétiques d’étude de l’interaction
cytosquelette/membrane plasmique médiée par une
protéine de la famille des ERM
Force generation in dense actin networks
Artificial membranes on chip for high throughput studies
of ion channels
Bio-inspired receptor-ion channels to control the
electrical activity of cells
Jing JING
Centre de Recherche sur les
Macromolécules Végétales –
Grenoble (France)
Nano-engineered capsules based on chemically modified
polysaccharides as multicompartment drug carriers
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List of the Quantum Nanoelectronics Seminars
Quantum Nanoelectronics Seminars in 2008
Speaker From Date Title
Christian
SCHÖNENBERGER
Michael ROUKES
Chair of Excellence
Xavier WAINTAL
University of Basel
(Switzerland)
Californian Institute of
Technology(USA)
Service de Physique de
l'Etat Condense –
CEA Saclay (France)
Jan 15 th
Jan 16 th
Spin and Charge Transport in Carbon Nanotube
Hybrid Quantum Dots
Advances in Nanoelectromechanical systems
Jan 22 nd Existe-t-il des métaux à deux dimensions?
Localisation et corrélations électroniques dans les
MOSFETS au Silicium de haute mobilité.
Vittorio PELLEGRINI INFM - Pisa (Italy) Feb 5 th Shining light on correlated electrons in lowdimensional
semiconductors
Xiaoqin LI
Felicien SCHOPFER
University of Texas - Austin
(USA)
Laboratoire National de
Métrologie et d’Essais –
Trappes (France)
Feb 12 th
Mar 12 th
Multidimensional snapshots of electron dynamics
and couplings in semiconductors
Métrologie quantique
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
Pascal DEGIOVANNI
Ecole Normale Supérieure -
Lyon (France)
Mar 18 th
Quantum detection of electronic flying qubits
Yaroslav M. BLANTER
Delft University of
Technology
(The Netherlands)
Mar 25 th
Boundaries in graphene
Frederic PIERRE
Laboratoire de Photonique
et de Nanostructures –
Marcoussis
(France)
Lois de composition des impédances dans les
Apr 1 st circuits mésoscopique: Test expérimental de la
théorie du blocage de Coulomb dynamique
généralisée aux conducteurs cohérents
Patrice BERTET
Service de Physique de
l'Etat Condense –
CEA Saclay (France)
May 13 th
Continuously monitoring the quantum oscillations
of an electrical circuit
Olivier BOURGEOIS
Institut Néel - Grenoble
(France)
May 20 th
Effet de la topologie sur la capacité calorifique et
la conductance thermique de nano-objets
Klaus ENSSLIN ETH – Zürich (Switzerland) May 27 th Electron counting in quantum dots
Laurent VILA INAC – Grenoble (France) Jun 3 rd Evolution of the Spin Hall Effect in Pt Nanowires:
Size and Temperature Effects
Pertti HAKONEN
Helsinki University of
Technology (Finland)
Jun 10 th
Shot noise in single walled carbon nanotubes and
in graphene
David CARPENTIER
Ecole Normale Supérieure -
Lyon (France)
Jun 17 th Coherent Electronic Transport Through a Spin
Glass
David VITALI Camerino University (Italy) Jun 24 th micromechanical oscillators in optomechanical
Ground state cooling and entanglement of
systems
Aashish CLERK
McGill University – Montreal
(Canada)
Jul 1 st
Entanglement dynamics in a dispersively coupled
qubit-resonator system
Michelle SIMMONS
University of New South
Wales – Sydney (Australia)
Sep 2 nd
Atomic scale silicon device fabrication
Michele GOVERNALE
Ruhr Universität - Bochum
(Germany)
Sep 10 th
Non-equilibrium superconducting proximity effect
and non-local Andreev transport in hybrid
systems with interacting quantum dots
Joaquin
FERNANDEZ-ROSSIER
Chair of Excellence
University of Alicante
(Spain)
Sep 16 th Magnetism and spintronics in graphene
nanostructures
Max HOFHEINZ
Chair of Excellence
University of California -
Santa Barbara (USA)
Oct 14 th
Manipulating photons in a microwave resonator
with a phase qubit
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Mikhail FEIGEL'MAN
Landau Institute for
Theoretical Physics –
Moscow (Russia)
Oct 21 st Fractal superconductivity near localization
threshold
Jukka PEKOLA Helsinki University (Finland) Nov 12 th Experiments on the quantum of thermal
conductance
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
Alberto MORPURGO
Hartmut BUHMANN
Felix VON OPPEN
Geneva University
(Switzerland)
Würzburg University
(Germany)
Free University of Berlin
(Germany)
Quantum Nanoelectronics Seminars in 2009
Takis KONTOS
Nov 18 th
Nov 26 th
Dec 2 nd
Mesoscopic physics with organic transistors
Phase Coherent Transport Phenomena in HgTe
Quantum Well Structures
Physics of single-molecule transistors
Speaker From Date Title
Fabien PORTIER
Ecole Normale Supérieure -
Paris (France)
Service de Physique de
l'Etat Condense –
CEA Saclay (France)
Jan 6 th
Jan 13 th
Le bruit d'une impureté Kondo
Une expérience d'Hanburry-Brown et Twiss avec
des électrons et des photons
Jonathan FINLEY
Walter Schottky Institute –
Munich (Germany)
Jan 27 th Electrical control of spontaneous emission and
strong coupling for a single quantum dot
Marco APRILI
Laboratoire de Physique des
Solides – Orsay (France)
Feb 3 rd
Dynamique de la Phase et de l’Aimantation dans
des Jonctions Josephson Ferromagnétiques
Martino POGGIO
University of Basel
(Switzerland)
Mar 3 rd
Ultra-sensitive force detection applied to magnetic
resonance imaging
Miguel MONTEVERDE
Maxime RICHARD
«New comers»
Project Richard
Laboratoire de Physique des
Solides – Orsay (France)
Institut Néel – Grenoble
(France)
Mar 10 th Quantum magneto-transport in monolayer and
bilayer graphene
Mar 17 th Toward room temperature Bose-Einstein
Condensation of exciton-polaritons
M. YAMAMOTO University of Tokyo (Japon) Mar 24 th Aharonov-Bohm ring with a fully controlled flying
Observation of quantum phase shift in an
charge qubit
Vladimir I. FALKO
University of Lancaster
(United Kingdom)
Mar 31 st
Quantum transport in disordered graphene: weak
localisation and mesoscopics
Denis VASYUKOV
University of Exeter
(United Kingdom)
Apr 28 th Photo-induced anomalous Hall and circular
photogalvanic effects in 2D hole gases in
perpendicular magnetic field
Adrian BACHTOLD
Institut Català de
Nanotecnologia - Bellaterra
(Spain)
May 5 th
Nanotube and Graphene ElectroMechanics
Marine GUIGOU
Université de Marseille
(France)
May 12 th
Ecrantage d'un fil quantique par une pointe de
STM : propriétés spectrales et de transport
Lieven VANDERSYPEN
Delft University of
Technology
(The Netherlands)
May 19 th
Coherence and control of individual electron spins
in quantum dots
Laurent
SAMINADAYAR
Institut Néel – Grenoble
(France)
Jun 9 th
Cohérence quantique, effet Kondo et désordre
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Hélène LE SUEUR
Laboratoire de Photonique
et de Nanostructures –
Marcoussis (France)
Jun 16 th Interactions entre électrons en régime Hall
quantique
Joël CHEVRIER
Institut Néel – Grenoble
(France)
Jun 23 th Measures of Casimir force and of near-field
radiative heat transfer
Christoph STRUNK
Joaquin
FERNANDEZ-ROSSIER
Chair of Excellence
G. A. STEELE
Arne BRATAAS
Thierry CHAMPEL
University of Regensburg
(Germany)
University of Alicante
(Spain)
Delft University of
Technology
(The Netherlands)
Norwegian University of
Science and Technology –
Trondheim (Norway)
Laboratoire de Physique et
Modélisation des Milieux
Condensés – Grenoble
(France)
Jun 30 th
Jul 7 th
Carbon nanotubes as a playground for quantum
physics: From band structure to splitting Cooper
pairs
Probing and manipulating the spin of magnetic
adatoms and molecules with tunneling electrons
Jul 21 st Clean carbon nanotubes: From single electron
quantum dots to ultra-high quality mechanical
resonators
Sep 8 th Magnetoelectronic Spin Transfer Torque,
Dissipation, and Noise
Sep 29 th Local density of states in disordered twodimensional
electron gases at high magnetic field
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
Aurélien FAY
Low
Temperature
Laboratory, Helsinki
University of Technology,
Finland
Oct 13 th Conductivity, shot noise, and hot phonons in
bilayer graphene
Gonzalo USAJ
Centro Atomico Bariloche e
Instituto Balseiro –
Bariloche (Argentina)
Oct 20 th
Spintronics in Graphene
Peter SAMUELSSON Lund University (Sweden) Dec 1 st Finite temperature entanglement in the electronic
two-particle interferometer
Hongqi XU Lund University (Sweden) Dec 15 th Spin States and Spin correlation in Semiconductor
Quantum Structures
Quantum Nanoelectronics Seminars in 2010
Speaker From Date Title
Nicolas REGNAULT
Frank HEKKING
Xavier JEHL
Ecole Normale Supérieure -
Paris (France)
Laboratoire de Physique et
Modélisation des Milieux
Condensés – Grenoble
(France)
INAC/SPSMS – Grenoble
(France)
Jan 12th Anatomie des états de l'effet Hall quantique
fractionnaire
Jan 19 th Phase-charge duality in Josephson junction
circuits: Role of inertia and effect of microwave
irradiation
Jan 26 th Probing a single dopant in ultra-scaled CMOS
transistors
Antoine HEIDMANN
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel
– Paris (France)
Feb 2 nd
Micro-résonateurs et pression de radiation : vers
l'optomécanique quantique.
Oleg YEVTUSHENKO
University of Munich
(Germany)
Mar 2 nd
Dimensional Crossover of the Dephasing Time in
Disordered Mesoscopic Rings
Sergio O.
VALENZUELA
Institut Català de
Nanotecnologia - Bellaterra
(Spain)
Mar 9 th Landau-Zener-Stuckelberg interferometry in
superconducting qubits
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Yuli V. NAZAROV
Delft University of
Technology
(The Netherlands)
Mar 16 th
Fully Overheated Single-Electron Transistor
Anton ANDREEV
University of Washington –
Seattle (USA)
Mar 23 rd
Resistance of pn- junctions in strongly correlated
armchair nanotubes
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
Alexei ORLOV
Thierry GIAMARCHI
Yakov FOMINOV
Xavier MARIE
University of Notre-Dame –
Indiana (USA)
Geneva University
(Switzerland)
Landau Institute for
Theoretical Physics –
Moscow (Russia)
Laboratoire de Physique et
Chimie des Nano-Objets –
Toulouse (France)
Apr 6 th Recent Experimental Developments In
Nanomagnetic Logic
April 13 th
April 20 th
Luttinger liquid in presence of a bath
Superconducting triplet spin valve
May 4 th Dynamique de Spin dans des Nano-Objets
Semiconducteurs
Moshe GOLDSTEIN Bar-Ilan University (Israel) May 5 th quantum dots: A case for quantum phase
Population switching and charge sensing in
transitions
Hakan TURECI ETH – Zürich (Switzerland) May 11 th The Kondo exciton: a quantum quench towards
strong spin-reservoir correlations
Alexey BEZRYADIN
University of Illinois -
Urbana-Champaign (USA)
May 18 th
Superconductor-insulator transition in sub-10 nm
nanowires
Robert S WHITNEY
Institut Laue-Langevin -
Grenoble (France)
May 25 th
From the Aharonov-Bohm effect to Peltier-cooling
in mesoscopic devices
Gwendal FÈVE
Ecole Normale Supérieure -
Paris (France)
Jun 1 st Fluctuations de courant d’une source d’électrons :
une preuve de l’émission contrôlée d'électrons
uniques
Thomas EBBESEN
Institut de Science &
d'Ingénierie
Supramoléculaires –
Strasbourg (France)
Jun 8 th
Light and Metal - Fundamentals and Applications
of Surface Plasmons
LianFu WEI
Southwest
University (China)
Jiaotong
Jun 15 th
Adiabatic manipluations of Josephson qubits for
quantum computing
Vincent BOUCHIAT
Institut Néel – Grenoble
(France)
Jun 22 nd Graphene as an Open Platform for Tuning 2D
Electronic Transitions
Michel DEVORET
Yale University (USA) &
Collège de France – Paris
(France)
Jun 29 th
L'amplification des signaux quantiques
Markus BUTTIKER
Geneva University
(Switzerland)
Aug 31 st
Chirality and fluctuation relations in mesoscopic
tranpsort
Alexander ALTLAND
Cologne University
(Germany)
Sep 7 th
Fluctuation relations in mesoscopic transport
Jürgen LISENFELD
Karlsruhe University
(Germany)
Sep 14 th Coherence properties of two-level-systems in
superconducting phase qubits
Jason ROBINSON
Cambridge University
(United Kingdom)
Sep 28 th
Enhancing the Proximity Effect in Superconductor
/ Ferromagnet Devices
Sebastian BERGERET
San Sebastian University
(Spain)
Oct 5 th Theory of supercurrent in microwave-irradiated
quantum point contacts
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Quantum Nanoelectronics Seminars in 2010 (continued)
Philippe JOYEZ
Service de Physique de
l'Etat Condense –
CEA Saclay (France)
Oct 12 th Tunneling spectroscopy of individual Andreev
Bound States in a carbon nanotube
Stevan NADJ-PERGE
Corinna KOLLATH
Delft University of
Technology
(The Netherlands)
Ecole Polytechnique -
Palaiseau (France)
Nov 2 nd
Nov 9 th
Spin-orbit qubits in InAs nanowires
Dynamics in strongly correlated ultracold gases
Thomas ERNST Léti – Grenoble (France) Nov 16 th A multilevel nanowire technology
Marco APRILI
Thierry DEUTSCH
Christophe DELERUE
Laboratoire de Physique des
Solides – Orsay (France)
INAC/SP2M/L_SIM –
Grenoble (France)
Institut d'Electronique, de
Microélectronique et de
Nanotechnologie – Lille
(France)
Nov 23 rd
Phase cooling
Nov 30 th Calcul intensif pour les nanosciences : les
méthodes ab initio
Dec 7 th
A single silicon dangling bond: deep insight into a
quantum system
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
Tomáš NOVOTNÝ
Charles University – Prague
(Czech Republic)
Dec 14 th
Interaction effects on noise in nanojunctions
Quantum Nanoelectronics Seminars in 2011
Speaker From Date Title
Andrea FERRARI
Markus MÜLLER
University of Cambridge
(USA)
International Centre for
Theoretical Physics – Trieste
(Italy)
Jan 11 th Nanotechnology with graphene, nanotubes and
diamond-like carbon
Jan 18 th Quantum glasses – frustration and collective
behavior at zero temperature
Claude CHAPELIER
INAC/SPSMS/
LATEQS, France
Jan 25 th
Localization of preformed Cooper pairs in highly
disordered superconducting films
Inès SAFI
Laboratoire de Physique des
Solides – Orsay (France)
Feb 1 st How to measure tunnelling charges without
recourse to current noise?
Erik BAKKERS
Delft University of
Technology
(The Netherlands)
Feb 8 th
Periodic Nanowire Structures
Alexey USTINOV
Leonardo DICARLO
Karlsruhe University
(Germany)
Delft University of
Technology
(The Netherlands)
Feb 15 th Using a Josephson junction for manipulating
microscopic atomic dipoles
Feb 22 nd Preparation and measurement of multi-qubit
entanglement
Ali EICHENBERGER
Federal Office of Metrology
– Bern (Switzerland)
Mar 1 st
The watt balance route towards a new definition
of the kilogram
Piet BROUWER
Free University of Berlin
(Germany)
Mar 8 th Majorana fermions and the superconductor
proximity effect in half-metallic ferromagnets
Vincent BAYOT
Chair of Excellence
Catholic University of
Leuven (Belgium)
Mar 29 th
Imaging Coulomb islands inside a quatum Hall
interferometer
Tobias MICKLITZ
Free University of Berlin
(Germany)
Apr 12 th
Equilibration and Transport in 1D quantum wires
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Part III: SCIENTIFIC
PRODUCTION
2007 Call for Proposals
Modelisation of magnetic nanostructures
Chair of Excellence: Mairbeck CHSHIEV
Post-doctoral fellow: Alan KALITSOV
PhD student: Hongxin YANG
Book chapter
"Introduction to spin transfer torque", C. Baraduc, M. Chshiev, U. Ebels, in Nanomagnetism and Spintronics -
Fabrication, Materials, Characterization and Applications , Eds: F. Nasirpouri, A. Nogaret, World Scientific Publishing,
Singapore, 2009, pp. 173-192
Publications
"A two-band model of spin polarized transport in Fe|Cr|MgO|Fe magnetic tunnel junctions”, A. Vedyayev, N.
Ryzhanova, N. Strelkov, M. Chshiev and B. Dieny, J. Appl. Phys. 107, 09C720 (2010)
"Bias-voltage dependence of perpendicular spin-transfer torque in asymmetric MgO-based magnetic tunnel
junctions", S.-C. Oh, S.-Y. Park, A. Manchon, M. Chshiev, J.-H. Han, H.-W. Lee, J.-E. Lee, K.-T. Nam, Y. Jo, Y.-C. Kong, B.
Dieny & K.-J. Lee, Nature Physics 5, 898 (2009); advance online publication, 25 October 2009 | doi:10.1038/nphys1427
"Stable hydroxyl network on diamond (001) via first-principles and MD investigation", H. X. Yang, L. F. Xu, C. Z.
Gu, Z. Fang, S. B. Zhang, M. Chshiev, Surf. Sci. 603, 3035 (2009)
"Origin of low Gilbert damping in half metals", C. Liu, C. K. A. Mewes, M. Chshiev, T. Mewes, and W. H. Butler,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 022509 (2009)
"Spin-transfer torque in magnetic tunnel junctions", A. Kalitsov, M. Chshiev, I. Theodonis, N. Kioussis, and W. H.
Butler, Phys. Rev. B 79, 174416 (2009)
"Voltage Dependence of Spin Transfer Torque in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions", M. Chshiev, I. Theodonis, A.
Kalitsov, N. Kioussis and W. H. Butler, IEEE Trans. Magn., IEEE Trans. Magn. 44, 2543 (2008)
"Description of current-driven torques in magnetic tunnel junctions", A. Manchon, N. Ryzhanova, A. Vedyayev,
M. Chshiev and B. Dieny, J. Phys.: Cond. Matter, 20, 145208 (2008)
"Oscillatory interlayer exchange coupling in MgO tunnel junctions with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy", L. E.
Nistor, B. Rodmacq, S. Auffret, A. Schuhl, M. Chshiev and B. Dieny, Phys. Rev. B. Received 16 April 2010; published 15
June 2010. 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.220407
"Effect of Structural Relaxation and Oxidation Conditions on Interlayer Exchange Coupling in Fe|MgO|Fe Tunnel
Junctions," H. X. Yang, M. Chshiev, A. Kalitsov, A. Schuhl, W. H. Butler, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2010, vol. 96, n o 26, [Note(s):
262509.1-262509.3]
"Finite Element Modeling of Charge and Spin-currents in Magnetoresistive Pillars with Current Crowding Effects,"
N. Strelkov, A. Vedyayev, D. Gusakova, L. D. Buda-Prejbeanu, M. Chshiev, S. Amara, A. Vaysset, B.Dieny, Magnetic
Letters, 10.1109/LMAG.2010.2069556
PART 3
Invitations to talk at conferences:
"Spin transfer torques in magnetic tunnel junctions ", Gordon Research Conferences "Magnetic nanostructures",
Bates College, Lewiston, ME, USA, August 8-13, 2010
"Non-collinear spin transport in layered structures and bulk materials for spintronics", MINATEC Upstream
Research, MINATEC Crossroads'10, Grenoble, France, June 23-24, 2010
"Quantum theory of spin transfer torques in a view of memory applications", International Symposium on
Integrated Functionalities (ISIF 2010), San Juan, PR, USA, June 13-16 2010
"Finite element modeling of charge and spincurrents in CPP GMR structures", N. Strelkov, A. Vedyaev, L. Buda-
Prejbeanu, M. Chshiev and B. Dieny, 2009 Intermag Conference, Sacramento, CA, USA, May 4-8, 2009, EA-06
"Voltage dependence properties of ballistic spin currents and spin transfer torques in magnetic tunnel junctions",
2009 APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, X29.0006
"Description of spintronic phenomena with tight-binding and ab-initio simulation tools", Workshop de la
Fondation Nanosciences "Les apports de la simulation numérique en nanosciences", Grenoble, France, March 23, 2009
"Nature of voltage dependence of spin transfer torque in magnetic tunnel junctions", 2008 Intermag Conference,
Madrid, Spain, May 4-8, 2008, CC-02
"Design of new spintronic materials"(with W. H. Butler), International School M-SNOW 2008, Nancy, France,
November 23-25, 2008
"Voltage dependence of spin transfer torques in magnetic tunnel junctions", MINT Workshop "Materials for Spin
Transfer Torque MRAM", Tuscaloosa, AL, October 15, 2008
"Modelling Spintronic Phenomena", MINATEC Crossroads'08, Grenoble, France, June 24, 2008
"Finite element modeling of charge and spincurrents in CPP GMR structures" N. Strelkov, A. Vedyaev, L. Buda-
Prejbeanu, M. Chshiev and B. Dieny, 2009 Intermag Conference, Sacramento, CA, USA, May 4-8, 2009, EA-06
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Invitations to talk at seminars:
"Recent advances in theory of spintronic phenomena", a Nanosciences Foundation seminar, Grenoble,
France, February 26, 2009
"Spin dependent transport properties and electronic structure of materials for spintronics", University of
Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD, USA, October 30, 2007
"Spin torque in magnetic tunnel junctions and electronic structure of materials for spintronics", CNRS/Thales,
June 13, 2007
"Spin torque in magnetic tunnel junctions and electronic structure of materials for spintronics",
IPCMS/GEMME, Strasbourg (France), July 27, 2007
"Spin-dependent transport in structures with giant and tunnel magnetoresistance", California State University,
Northridge, CA, USA, January 2005
"Transport polarisé en spin dans une jonction tunnel à double barrière", an Institut Louis Neel seminar, Avril,
2002
"Spin-Polarized Transport in Double Barrier Junctions assisted by quantum well states", Colloquium, Thales CSF –
Université Paris-Sud, January, 2001
PART 3
Oral presentations and posters
"Bias-voltage dependence of perpendicular spin-transfer torque in asymmetric MgO-based magnetic tunnel
junctions", S.-C. Oh, S.-Y. Park, A. Manchon, M. Chshiev, J.-H. Han, H.-W. Lee, J.-E. Lee, K.-T. Nam, Y. Jo, Y.-C. Kong, B.
Dieny & K.-J. Lee, 2010 APS March Meeting, March 15–19, 2010; Portland, OR, USA, L37.00010;
"Effect of oxidation on interlayer exchange coupling in Fe|MgO|Fe tunnel junctions", H. Yang, M. Chshiev, A.
Kalitsov, A. Schuhl and W.H. Butler, 2010 APS March Meeting, March 15–19, 2010; Portland, OR, USA, S1.00121;
"Voltage induced control and magnetoresistance of magnetically frustrated systems", A. Kalitsov, M. Chshiev, B.
Canals and C. Lacroix, 2010 APS March Meeting, March 15–19, 2010; Portland, OR, USA, Y34.00011;
"Voltage induced control and magnetoresistance of magnetically frustrated systems",A. Kalitsov, M. Chshiev, B.
Canals and C. Lacroix, 11 th Joint MMM/Intermag Conference, Washington, DC, Jan. 18-22, FV-16
"Spin polarized transport in Fe|Cr|(Fe)|MgO|Fe magnetic tunnel junctions using a two-band model", A.
Vedyayev, N. Ryzhanova, N. Strelkov, M. Chshiev and B. Dieny, 11 th Joint MMM/Intermag Conference, Washington, DC,
Jan. 18-22, FB-07
"Effect of oxidation conditions on interlayer exchange coupling in Fe|MgO|Fe tunnel junctions from first-principles
and tightbinding approaches",
H. Yang, M. Chshiev, A. Kalitsov, A. Schuhl and W.H. Butler, 11 th Joint MMM/Intermag Conference, Washington, DC, Jan.
18-22, FB-08
"Modélisation des courants de charge et de spin dans des dispositifs de géométrie complexe", Strelkov N., D.
Gusakova, Vedyayev A., Ryzhanova N., Buda-Prejbeanu L. D., Chshiev M., Amara S., Vaysset A., Baraduc C., Dieny B,
XIIIeme Colloque Louis Neel, Albe, 31 mars – 2 avril, 2010; O-TMM-1
"Mechanism of magnetotransport properties modulation via interfacial electronic structure in single crystal Fe-
MgO-Fe tunnel junctions",
C. Tiusan, H.Yang, M. Chshiev, F. Greullet, C. Bellouard, Y. Lu, F. Montaigne and M. Hehn, 11 th Joint MMM/Intermag
Conference, Washington, DC, Jan. 18-22, 2010; EV-07
"Modeling and measurement of transport properties in Current Confined Path GMR structures",
S. Amara, C. Baraduc, N. Strelkov, A. Vedyayev, L. Buda-Prejbeanu, M. Chshiev, Y. Liu, M. Li, K. Zhang and B. Diény,
11 th Joint MMM/Intermag Conference, Washington, DC, Jan. 18-22, AC-11
"Calculation of intrinsic damping in half metals",
C. Liu, C. Mewes, M. Chshiev, T. Mewes, W.H. Butler, 2009 APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, T32.0005
"Nonequilibrium properties of spin transfer torque and tunnel magnetoresistance in magnetic tunnel junctions",
M. Chshiev; A. Kalitsov, I. Theodonis; N. Kioussis, W. H. Butler, 53 rd MMM Conference, Austin, TX, Nov. 10-14, EB-01
"Calculation of intrinsic damping in half metals",
C. Liu, C. Mewes, M. Chshiev, T. Mewes, W. H. Butler, 53 rd MMM Conference, Austin, TX, Nov. 10-14, GF-04
"Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy at Fe|MgO interfaces"
J. Lee, K. Shin, M. Chshiev, A. Manchon, B. Rodmacq and B. Dieny, 11 th Joint MMM/Intermag Conference, Washington,
DC, Jan. 18-22, 2010; EV-09
Biomimetic Artificial Membrane Systems for Generating Electrochemical Energy
Chair of Excellence: Donald MARTIN
Post-doctoral fellow: Lavinia LIGUORI
Publications
"Terminating polyelectrolyte in multilayer films influences growth and morphology of adhering cells"
Ting JHY, Haas M, Valenzuela S, Martin DK, IET Nanobiotechnology (2010) IET nanobiotechnology ISSN 1751-875X
(accepted 30/3/10)
"Crystallization of the membrane protein hVDAC1 produced in cell-free system"
Aurélien Deniaud, Lavinia Liguori, Iulia Blesneac, Jean-Luc Lenormand, Eva Pebay-Peyroula (2010). Biochim Biophys
Acta. 2010 Aug;1798(8):1540-6. Epub 2010 May 9
"Characterization of the cell-penetrating properties of the Epstein-Barr virus ZEBRA trans-activator "
Romy Rothe, Lavinia Liguori, Bruno Marques, Didier Grunwald, Emmanuel Drouet and Jean-LucLenormand (April 2010).
First Published on April 9, 2010, doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.101550 June 25, 2010 The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285,
20224-20233.
"A simple method for the reconstitution of membrane proteins into giant unilamellar vesicles."
Armelle Varnier, Frédérique Kermarrec, Iulia Blesneac, Christophe Moreau, Lavinia Liguori, Jean Luc Lenormand, and
Nathalie Picollet-D’hahan (2010). J Membr Biol. 233: 85-92.
"Single-step Production of Functional OEP24 proteoliposomes."
L. Liguori, I.Blesneac, D.Madern, M.Vivaudou and J-L Lenormand (2010). Protein Expr Purif. 69: 106-111
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Invitations to talk at conferences and seminars
"Characterisation of diffusion in a free thin polyelectrolyte membrane"
Alcaraz JP, Liguori L, Stidder B, Cinquin P, Martin DK (2010), NanoBio Europe2010, June 15-17, Munster, Germany
"Towards a biological battery to power implantable devices"
Stidder, B, Alacarz JP, Liguori L, Cinquin P, Martin DK (2010). NanoBio Europe2010, June 15-17, Munster, Germany
"Production of proteoliposomes with a cell-free expression system to develop new nanotechnology devices"
Liguori L, Alcarz JP, Stidder B, Cinquin P, Martin DK (2010), NanoBioEurope2010, June 15-17, Munster, Germany
“MekaNo – Biomimetic Artificial Membrane Systems for Generating Electrochemical Energy”,
D. Martin, P. Cinquin, S. Cosnier, C. Gondran, J-L. Lenormand, L. Liguori, J-P. Alcaraz. Inauguration of RTRA, Grenoble,
19 September 2008
“Providing Permeability to Microcapsules with Incorporated Ion Channels”,
D. Martin, P. Cinquin, S. Cosnier, C. Gondran, J-L. Lenormand, L. Liguori, J-P. Alcaraz, Laboratoire de Spectrometrie
Physique, UJF, Grenoble, 9 March 2009
“Providing Permeability to Microcapsules with Incorporated Ion Channels”,
D. Martin, P. Cinquin, S. Cosnier, C. Gondran, J-L. Lenormand, L. Liguori, J-P. Alcaraz, CEA, Grenoble, 10 March 2009 et
Spectro UJF Grenoble 9 March 2009
“Possibilities of Power using Biological Transport Proteins Built into Artificial Biomimetic Membranes – MekaNo”.
D. Martin, P. Cinquin, J-P. Alcaraz, L. Liguori, B. Stidder, J-L. Lenormand, S. Cosnier, C. Gondran.
TIMC-GMCAO, Grenoble, 2 June 2009
“Possibilities of Power using Biological Transport Proteins Built into Artificial Biomimetic Membranes”.
D.K.Martin, L.Liguori, B.Stidder, J-P.Alcaraz, P.Cinquin, J-L. Lenormand, Journées Nationales en Nanosciences et
Nanotechnologies (ANR - J3N), Toulouse, 21-23 Octobrer, 2009 and TIMC GMCAO Grenoble June 2nd 2009
"Biomimetic membrane systems with incorporated biological transport proteins provide stable platforms for novel
biosensors."
Martin DK, Alcaraz JP, Liguori L, Stidder B, Cinquin P, Cornell BA, Valenzuela SM (2010), NanoAgri 2010, June 20-25,
Brésil
“Le point sur les membranes biologiques”.
J-P. Alcaraz, TIMC-GMCAO, 19 May 2009
“Engineering Human Bak Proteoliposomes: a New Approach for the Treatment of Glioblastoma”.
L. Liguori, Lenormand JL.EHRLICH II, 2nd World Conference on Magic Bullets“, October 3-5, 2008, Nürnberg, Germany.
“Optimized bacterial cell-free expression system for membrane proteins and proteoliposomes production”
L. Liguori, Lenormand JL.CHI (Cambridge healthtech institute) protein expression Europe. 20-21 October 2008 Lisbona,
Portugal.
PART 3
Patent
Cinquin P, Martin DK (2007). “Biomimetic artificial membrane device”, PCT/EP2008/058253, WO/2009/003936
Coherent quantum phenomena
Chair of Excellence: Leonid GLAZMAN
Post-doctoral fellow: Vitaly GOLOVACH
Publications
“Dynamic response of 1D bosons in a trap”
V. Golovach, A. Minguzzi, L. Glazman, Phys. Rev. A 80,043611 (2009), [also selected for Nov. 2009 issue of Virtual
Journal of Atomic Quantum Fluids].
“Electron liquids and solids in one dimension”,
Vikram V. Deshpande, Marc Bockrath, Leonid I.Glazman & Amir Yacoby, Nature (Insight article) 464, 209-216 (2010).
“The fate of 1D spin-charge separation away from Fermi points”,
Thomas L. Schmidt, Adilet Imambekov, Leonid I. Glazman, Phys. Rev.Lett. 104, 116403 (2010).
“Decay of a plasmon into neutral modes in a carbon nanotube”,
Wei Chen, A.V. Andreev, E.G. Mishchenko, L.I. Glazman, arXiv:1006.2150.
“Distribution function of persistent current” ,
M. Houzet, Received 29 July 2010; published 22 October 2010, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.82.161417
“Single dopant resonance in a single electron transistor”,
V. Golovach, X. Jehl, M. Houzet, M. Pierre, B.Roche, M. Sanquer, L. Glazman, Received 5 November 2010; published 2
February 2011, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.83.075401
“Phonon assisted transport through suspended carbon nanotube quantum dots”,
G. Rastelli, M. Houzet, F. Pistolesi, L. Glazman (in preparation).
Invitations to talk at seminars
Leonid Glazman has given a talk on “Dynamics of one-dimensional quantum fluids in Tomonaga-Luttinger model
and beyond it” on Nov 24, 2009, during the “Theoretical Physics Days” organized by A. Minguzzi with the CTPG in
Grenoble on Nov 24-25, 2009.
He has given a 2x2h blackboard lecture at Graduate level on “Dynamic correlation function in 1D quantum
liquids” at Maison des Magistères on May 6-7, 2010. His guest Yuli V. NAZAROV (TU Delft, Netherlands) has given a 1h
blackboard lecture on “Phase-slip oscillator” Mar 11, 2009 at Maison des Magistères
With his guests, he has organized 5 seminars that contributed substantially to the “Quantum Nanoelectronics
seminar” program:
- Hakan TURECI (ETH Zurich, Suisse), on May 11, 2010. Title: The Kondo exciton: a quantum quench
towards strong spin-reservoir correlations [funded with the “Quantum nanoelectonics seminar” RTRA
project];
- Moshe GOLDSTEIN (Département de Physique, Université Bar-Ilan, Israel) on May 5, 2010. Title :
Population switching and charge sensing in quantum dots: A case for quantum phase transitions;
- Yakov FOMINOV (Institut Landau, Moscou) on April 20, 2010. “Superconducting triplet spin valve”
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- Anton ANDREEV (University of Washington, Seattle) on Mar 23, 2010. Title: Resistance of pnjunctions
in strongly correlated armchair nanotubes;
- Yuli V. NAZAROV (TU Delft, Netherlands) on Mar 16, 2010. Title : Fully Overheated Single-Electron Transistor.
Scanning gate nanoelectronics
Chair of Excellence: Vincent BAYOT
PhD student: Peng LIU
Publications
"Scanning gate microscopy of quantum rings: effects of an external magnetic field and of charged defects"
M.G. Pala, S. Baltazar, F. Martins, B. Hackens, H. Sellier, T. Ouisse, V. Bayot, S. Huant. Nanotechnology 20, 264021
(2009)
“Imaging Coulomb islands in a quantum Hall interferometer”
B. Hackens, F. Martins, S. Faniel, C.A. Dutu, H. Sellier, S. Huant, M. Pala, L. Desplanque, X. Wallart & V. Bayot. Received
22 Mar 2010 | Accepted 24 Jun 2010 | Published 27 Jul 2010. Nature Communications
PART 3
Invitations to talk at conferences
"Imaging the electron LDOS inside buried quantum rings"
ICPS-29 (2008), International conference on the physics of semiconductors
"Imaging electron transport close to filling factor nu=2 in a quantum ring"
EP2DS (2009), Electronic properties of two dimensional systems
"Scanning gate microscopy on quantum rings : influence of themagnetic field and of charged defects" EP2DS
(2009)
Invited contributions
Imaging confined semiconductor systems, "9th International Balkan Workshop on Applied Physics », July 7-9,
2008, CONSTANTA, ROMANIA, B. Hackens (orateur)
XXXIX « Jaszowiec » International School & Conference on the Physics of semiconductors, Poland, June 2010, S.
Huant (orateur)
"Imaging Electron Transport By Scanning Gate Microscopy"
P. Liu 1, H. Sellier 1, S. Huant 1, X. Wallart 2, L. Desplanque 2, B. Hackens 3, F. Martins 2 and V. Bayot
Le Forum 2010 des Microscopies à Sondes Locales, Mittelwihr, France, 15—19, March, 2010
Transport in core/shell nanowires
Chair of Excellence: Philip WONG
PhD student: Jae Woo LEE
Posters
"Charge Transport Characteristics in Time Domain"
JW LEE, X.MESCOT,M.MOUIS, G. KIM and G.GHIBAUDO, MIGAS summer school, 20th-26th June 2009, Autrans-Grenoble,
France
"Analysis of charge sensitivity and low frequency noise limitation in silicon nanowire sensors"
J.W. Lee, D. Jang, G.T. Kim, M. Mouis, G. Ghibaudo, , Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 107, n°4, pp. 044501:1-4 (Feb.
2010)
"Experimental Analysis of Surface Roughness Scattering in FinFET devices"
Jae Woo Lee, Doyoung Jang, Mireille Mouis, Gyu Tae Kim, Thomas Chiarella, Thomas Hoffmann and Gérard Ghibaudo, ,
40 th European Solid-State Device Research Conference, ESSDERC'2010, 13-17 September 2010, Sevilles, Spain, IEEE
Conference Proceedings (Sept. 2010)
Publications
"Maskless optical microscope lithography system"
Eung Seok Park, Doyoung Jang, Jaewoo Lee, Yun Jeong Kim, Junhong Na, Hyunjin Ji, Jae Wan Choi, and Gyu-Tae Kim,
Review of Scientific Instruments, 80, 126101 (2009)
"Analysis of charge sensitivity and low frequency noise limitation in silicon nanowire sensors"
Jae Woo Lee, Doyoung Jang, Gyu Tae Kim, Mireille Mouis, and Gérard Ghibaudo, Journal of Applied Physics, 107, 044501
(2010)
"Degradation pattern of SnO2 nanowire field effect transistors"
Junhong Na, Junghwan Huh, Sung Chan Park, DaeIlKim,DongWook Kim, JaeWoo Lee, In-Sung Hwang,Jong-Heun Lee,
Jeong Sook Ha and Gyu Tae Kim IOP publishing Nanotechnology 21 (2010) 485201 (6pp) doi:10.1088/0957-
4484/21/48/485201
Downsizing nanospintronics: single atom control
Chair of Excellence: Joaquim FERNANDEZ-ROSSIER
PhD student: Chonglong CAO
Publications
"Optical probing of spin fluctuations of a single paramagnetic Mn atom in a semiconductor quantum dot".
L. Besombes, Y. Léger, J. Bernos, H. Boukari, H. Mariette, J.P. Poizat, T. Clement, J. Fernandez-Rossier, R. Aguado, Phys.
Rev. B 78, 125324 (2008)
"Optical Spin Orientation of a Single Manganese Atom in a Semiconductor Quantum Dot Using Quasiresonant
Photoexcitation"
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C. Le Gall, L. Besombes, H. Boukari, R. Kolodka, J. Cibert, and H. Mariette, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 127402 (2009)
"Modelling optical spin pumping of a single Mn atom in a CdTe quantum dot"
C. Chonglong, L. Besombes, J. Fernandez-Rossier, Proceeding of the conference OECS 11 (Journal of Physics), Madrid,
septembre 2009.
"Optical spin orientation of a single manganese atom in a quantum dot"
L. Besombes, C. Le Gall, H. Boukari, R. Kolodka, J. Cibert, D. Ferrand, H. Mariette Solid State Comm., special issue on
Fundamental Phenomena and Application of Quantum Dots, 149, 1472 (2009)
"Optical initialization, readout and dynamics of a single Mn spin in a quantum dot"
R. Kolodka, C. Le Gall, C. Chonglong, H. Boukari, H. Mariette, J. Fernandez-Rossier, L. Besombes,
in preparation for Phys. Rev. B
“Spins in semiconducting nanostructures”
Besombes L, Ferrand D, Mariette H, Cibert, J., Jamet, M., Barski A.International journal of nanotechnology, Volume 7
Pages: 641-667 2010
“Dynamical equilibrium between magnetic ions and photocarriers in low Mn-doped single quantum dots”
Clement T, Ferrand D, Besombes L., Boukari H., Mariette H. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, Volume: 81 Pages: 155328 (2010)
“Optical spin orientation of a single manganese atom”
C. Le Gall, R. Kolodka, L. Besombes, H. Boukari, J. Cibert, D.Ferrand, H. Mariette, 14th International Conference on II-VI
Compounds, St Petersburg, RUSSIA, AUG, 2009 PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI C , Volume 6 Pages: 1651-1654 (2010)
“Modelling optical spin pumping of a single Mn atom in a CdTe quantum dot”
C L Cao, L Besombes and J Fernández-Rossier, 30th International Conference on Physics of semiconductors, Seoul July
2010, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. Volume:210, Pages: 012046 (2010)
“Optical control of a Mn spin embedded in a quantum dot”
R S Kolodka , L Besombes , C Le Gall, et al. 30th International Conference on Physics of Semiconductors, Seoul July
2010, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. Volume: 210 Pages: 012038 (2010)
Invitation to talk at seminar
J. Fernandez-Rossier in Grenoble for 10 days in Septembre 2010: Lectures at Ecole Doctorale de physique of UJF
(4 x 1H30)
X ray investigations on nanoparticles
Chair of Excellence: Vaclav HOLY
PART 3
Publication
"In situ x-ray scattering study on the evolution of Ge island morphology and relaxation for low growth rate :
advanced transition to superdomes."
MI. Richard, T. Schulli, G. Renaud, E. Wintersberger, G. Chen, G. Bauer, V. Holy, Physical Review B 80(4) 04 53 13
(2009)
Very Large Scale Integration of NEMS
Chair of Excellence: Michael ROUKES
Invitations to talk at conferences
OMNT – NEMS (June 2008), "Nanomechanics for NEMS – Scientific and technological issues "
CHU – GIN (March 2009) "NEMS for biological applications"
RTRA (March 2009) : Complexity and Nanosystems: from « Craft » to Technology
Workshop Alliance for NEMS VLSI (June 2009)
Publications
"Piezoelectric nanoelectromechanical resonators based on aluminum nitride thin films "
R. B. Karabalin,M. H. Matheny,X. L. Feng, E. Defaÿ,G. Le Rhun,C. Marcoux,S. Hentz, P. Andreucci,and M. L. Roukes, Appl.
Phys. Lett. 95, 103111 (2009)
“In-plane nanoelectromechanical resonators based on silicon nanowire piezoresistive detection”,
E. Mile, G. Jourdan, I. Bargatin, S. Labarthe, C. Marcoux, P. Andreucci, S. Hentz, C. Kharrat, E. Colinet, and L.
Duraffourg, Nanotechnology 21 (2010) 165504
Patents
« moyens de transduction pour les NEMS à base de matériaux métalliques »
(on going) P.Andreucci/P.Brianceau/S.Hentz/L.Duraffourg/C.Marcoux/S.Minoret + E.Myers/M.Roukes
« couches de fonctionnalisation chimique localisée sur des NEMS pour des applications de détection de gaz »
(on going) G.Delapierre/Y.Hou + E.Myers/H.McCaig/M.Roukes
2 patents on « des architectures de spectrométrie de masse à base de NEMS «
(on going) L.Duraffourg/P.Andreucci + A.Naik/M.Roukes
« une architecture de détection/analyse multigaz »
(on going) P.Puget + E.Myers/M.Roukes
« technique d’intégration hybride de NEMS »
(on going) T.Ernst/P.Andreucci/E.Colinet/L.Duraffourg + M.Roukes
2 patents (on going) on « des dispositifs NEMS de détection ultra-sensibles de masse »
S. Hentz/P. Andreucci/E.Colinet/L. Duraffourg + M. Roukes
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Cellulose Hybrid block copolymers / RTRA project
Post-doctoral fellow: Karim AISSOU
Communication
"Chemistry and Self-Assembly Properties"
I. Otsuka, K. Fuchise, A. Narumi, S. Halila, S. Fort, T. Kakuchi, R. Borsali, Methods in Polymer and Materials Science
EUPOC 2009 "Hybrid Oligosaccharide-Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Block Copolymer Systems: 31 May - 4 June, 2009,
Gargnano, Lake Garda, Italy
Patent
"Auto-organisation de films minces d’amylose(4’,4-bipyridine)-bloc-polystyrène pour des applications dans la
microélectronique et les nanotechnologies” Réf CRO-AM BFF 09P0656
K. Aissou, S. Halila, S. Fort, R. Borsali, T. Baron: deposited by the CNRS July 31st 2010.
PART 3
Publications
“Thermo-responsive vesicular morphologies obtained by self-assemblies of hybrid oligosaccharide-block-poly(Nisopropylacrylamide)
copolymer systems”
Otsuka, K. Fuchise, S. Halila, S. Fort, K. Aissou, I. Pignot-Paintrand, Y. Chen, A. Narumi, T. Kakuchi and R. Borsalii,
LANGMUIR, 2010, 26 (4), pp 2325–2332.
“Nano-organizations of Amylose-b-Polystyrene Block Copolymer Films doped with Bipyridine”
Karim Aissou, Issei Otsuka, Cyrille Rochas, Sébastien Fort, Sami Halila, and Redouane Borsali, LANGMUIR, 2011, 27 (7),
pp 4098–4103.
"Nanostructured films made from zwitterionic phosphorylcholine diblock copolymer systems"
Porto, Ledilege; Aissou, Karim; Giacomelli, Cristiano; Baron, Thierry; Rochas, Cyrille; Pignot-Paintrand, Isabelle; Armes,
Steven; Lewis, Andrew; Soldi, Valdir; Borsali, Redouane, Macromolecules, 2011, 44 (7), pp 2240–2244
Publications in preparation :
“Nanostructured Light-Emitting Small molecules via Hybrid Natural-block-Synthetic Supramolecular Assembly”
K. Aissou, S. Fort, S. Halila, I. Otsuka, B. Salem, T. Baron and R. Borsali: To submit in ACS Nano.
“Fluorescent Vesicles Formed using Water by Glycose-based Amphiphilic Copolymer With a -Conjugated
Sequence Self-assembled in Water"”
K. Aissou, A. Pfaff, C. Giacomelli, C. Travelet, A. Müeller and R. Borsali (submitted to Macromol. Rapid Commnication)
January 2011
NEP-IV (New Electronic Properties with Group Four Nanowires) / RTRA project
Publications
“The morphology of silicon nanowires grown in the presence of trimethylaluminium”,
F Oehler, P Gentile, T Baron, M Den Hertog, J Rouvière and P Ferret, Nanotechnology 20 (2009) 245602,
“Recombination Dynamics of Spatially Confined Electron-Hole System in Luminescent Gold Catalyzed Silicon
Nanowires”,
O. Demichel, V. Calvo, N. Pauc, A. Besson, P. Noe´, F. Oehler, P. Gentile,and N. Magnea,
Nanoletters 2009 Vol. 9, No. 7 2575-2578,
"Photoluminescence of confined electron-hole plasma in core-shell silicon/silicon oxide nanowires"
O. Demichel, F. Oehler, P. Noé, V. Calvo, N. Pauc, P. Gentile, T. Baron, D. Peyrade, and N. Magnea, Appl. Phys.Lett. 93,
213104 (2008),
"Three-Dimensional Real-Space Simulation of Surface Roughness in Silicon Nanowire FETs"
C. Buran, M.G. Pala, M. Bescond, et al. ,IEEE-Transactions on Electron Devices 56, 2186 (2009),
"Phonon- and surface-roughness-limited mobility of gate-all-around 3C-SiC and Si nanowire FETs"
K. Rogdakis, S. Poli, E. Bano, K. Zekentes, and M.G. Pala, Nanotechnology 20, 295202 (2009),
"Self-connected horizontal silicon nanowire field effect transistor"
B. Salem ,F. Dhalluin, H. Abed, T. Baron, P. Gentile, N. Pauc and P. Ferret, Solid StateCommunications, 149, p 799
(2009)
"Recombination Dynamics of Spatially Confined Electron−Hole System in Luminescent Gold Catalyzed Silicon
Nanowires"
O. Demichel, V. Calvo, N. Pauc, A. Besson, P. Noé, F. Oehler, P. Gentile and N. Magnea, Nano Lett., 2009, 9 (7), pp
2575–2578
"Photoluminescence of silicon nanowires obtained by epitaxial chemical vapor deposition"
O. Demichel, F. Oehler, V. Calvo, P. Noé, N. Pauc, P. Gentile, P. Ferret, T. Baron and N. Magnea, Physica E 41 (2009)
963–965
"Surface Recombination Velocity Measurements of Efficiently Passivated Gold-Catalyzed Silicon Nanowires by a
New Optical Method"
O. Demichel, V. Calvo, A. Besson, P. Noé, B. Salem, N. Pauc, F. Oehler, P. Gentile and N. Magnea, Nano Lett., 2010, 10
(7), pp 2323–2329
Invitations to talk at conferences
“Electrical characterization of silicon nanowires FET”,
B. Salem, H. Abed, F. Dhalluin, M. Panabière, T. Baron, P. Noé, F. Oehler, N. Pauc, P. Gentile, ECS Vienne (Austria) 2009,
"Backscattering coefficient in gate-all-around 3C-SiC nanowire FETs",
K. Rogdakis, S. Poli, E. Bano, K. Zekentes, and M.G. Pala, IEEE-NANO 2009, Jul 26-30, Genoa (Italy).
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NANOSTAR / RTRA project
PhD students: Bharathi NATARAJAN, Omid FAIZY NAMARAVAR
Oral presentations and Posters
"Behaviour of Conical Intersections within Noncollinear" "Spin-Flip Time-Dependent Density-Functional Theory:
Oxirane as Test Case Conical Intersections and Photochemistry"
Bhaarathi Natarajan, Miquel Huix-Rotllant, Andrei Ipatov, C. Muhavini Wawire, Thierry Deutsch, and Mark E. Casida,
DFT09 International Conference(2009), Lyon, August 31 – September 4
Bhaarathi Natarajan has been invited to present a talk on the state of achievements of her PhD work at the Psi-k
conference in Berlin
Publications
"Assessment of noncollinear spin-ip Tamm{Danco_ ap-proximation time-dependent density-functional theory for
the photochemical ring-opening of oxirane",
Mark Casida, Thierry DeutschPhys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12, 12811 (2010).
"Ab initio high-energy excitonic e_ects in graphite and grapheme"
P. E. Trevisanutto, M. Holzmann, M. Cote and V.Olevano, Phys.Rev. B Rapid Comm., 81, 121405 (2010).
"Improving the theoretical ability to predict experimental spectra by interpolation tech-niques"
H.C. Weissker, R. Hambach, V. Olevano and L. Reining, Phys. Rev. B 79, 094102 (2009).
"Substrate-enhanced supercooling in AuSi eutectic droplets"
T.U. Schulli, R. Daudin, G. Renaud, A. Vaysset, O. Geaymond and A. Pasturel, Nature, 464, 1174 (2010)
"Quantum Transport Properties of ChemicallyFunctionalized Long Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes"
A. Lopez-Bezanilla, X. Blase X, S. Roche, 3, 288(2010);
"Chemically Induced Mobility Gaps in Graphene Nanoribbons: A Route for Upscaling Device Performances"
B. Biel, F. Triozon, X. Blase and S. Roche, Nanoletters 9, 2725 (2009)
"Electronic transport through graphene constrictions: subwavelength regime and optical analogy"
P. Darancet, V. Olevano, and D. Mayou, Coherent , Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 102, 136803, 2009
Neuro FETs /RTRA project
Post-doctoral fellow: Libertad ABAD MUNOZ
PART 3
Communications
"Achieving in vitro axonal polarization by using micropatterns",
S. Roth, J. Brocard, S. Gory- Faur´e, C.Villard, APS March meeting, mars 2009, Pittsburg, USA
"Neurones sur motifs d’adhésion : vers un contrôle de la polarisation axonale",
S. Roth, J.Brocard, G.Bugnicourt, S.Gory-Fauré, et C.Villard. SFP Conference, July 2009, Palaiseau.
Publication in preparation
" Shaping neurons : how morphology controls polarity"
Roth, S., Brocard, J., M. Bisbal, Bugnicourt, G., Saoudi, Y.,Andrieux, A., Gory-Faur´e, S. and Villard, C.
POMME / RTRA project
Post-doctoral Fellows: Alexey DOBRYNIN and Anne BERNAND-MANTEL
Invitation to talk at conference
“ Toward electric field control of magnetization in a metallic nanostructure”
ISAMMA 2010, July 2010, Sendai, Japan
Poster
“Effets de charge dans les métaux ferromagnétiques : vers un contrôle électrique de l’aimantation” Colloque
Louis Néel 2010, march 2010, Albé, France
A DC-to-THz cryogenic platform for new generation of nano-detectors / New Incoming project
Alexandro MONFARDINI
Post-doctoral fellow: Loren SWENSON
Publications
"In situ measurement of the permittivity of helium using microwave NbN resonators"
G. J. Grabovskij, L. J. Swenson, O. Buisson, C. Hoffmann, A. Monfardini, and J.-C. Villégier, Applied Physics Letters 93,
134102 (2008)
"Kinetic inductance detectors development for MM-wave astronomy"
A. Monfardini, L. J. Swenson, A. Benoit, A. Bideau, G. Bres, P.Camus, G. Garde, C. Hoffmann, J. Minet, H. Rodenas and
the NIKA collaboration, EAS Publications Series, 2009
"A Fast, Ultra-Sensitive and Scalable Detection Platform Based on Superconducting Resonators for Fundamental
Condensed-Matter and Astronomical Measurements"
L. J. Swenson, J. Minet, G. J. Grabovskij, O. Buisson, F. Lecocq, C.Hoffmann, P. Camus, J.C. Villégier, S. Doyle, P.
Mauskopf, M. Roesch, M.Calvo, C. Giordano, S.J.C. Yates, A.M. Baryshev,Y, J.J.A. Baselmans, A.Benoit , A. Monfardini, in
Proc. 13th Int.Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors (LTD-13), AIP Conf. Proc. 1185, 84 (2009).
"Readout for large arrays of Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors using a Fast Fourier Transform
Spectrometer"
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PART 3
S. J. C. Yates, J. J. A. Baselmans, A. M. Baryshev, Y. J. Y. Lankwarden, L.Swenson, A. Monfardini, B. Klein and R. Güsten,
LTD 13, Proceedings of the 13 th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, Edited by B.Cabrera, A.Miller, and
B.Young in Proc. 13th Int. Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors (LTD-13), AIP Conf. Proc. 1185, 249 (2009).
“Optimisation of lumped-element kinetic-inductance detectors for use in ground based large arrays,”
S. Doyle, P. Mauskopf, J. Zhang, S. Withington, D. Goldie, L. J. Swenson, A.Monfardini and D. Glowacka, in Proc. 13th
Int. Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors (LTD-13), AIP Conf. Proc. 1185, 156 (2009).
“Kinetic inductancedetectors development for mm-wave astronomy,”
A. Monfardini, L. J. Swenson, A. Benoit, A. Bideau, G. Bres, P. Camus, G. Garde, C.Hoffmann, J. Minet, H. Rodenas and
the NIKA collaboration, “Astrophysics Detector Workshop 2008, P. Kern (ed), EAS Publications Series, 37 (2009) 95-9.
“In situ measurement of the permittivity of helium using microwave NbNresonators,”
Grabovskij, G. J.; Swenson, L. J.; Buisson, O.; Hoffmann, C.; Monfardini, A.; Villégier, J.-C., Applied Physics Letters,
Volume 93, Issue 13, 134102 (2008).
"High-speed phonon imaging using frequency-multiplexed kinetic inductance detectors"
L. J. Swenson, A. Cruciani, A. Benoit, M. Roesch, C. S. Yung, A. Bideaud, and A. Monfardini
Submitted on 28 Apr 2010, last revised 18 Jun 2010, Accepted for publication in Applied Physics Letters
"NIKA: A millimeter-wave kinetic inductance camera"
A. Monfardini, L. J. Swenson, A. Bideaud, F. X. D´esert, S. J. C. Yates, A. Benoit, A. M. Baryshev, J. J. A.
Baselmans, S. Doyle, B. Klein, M. Roesch, C. Tucker, P. Ade, M. Calvo, P. Camus, C. Giordano, R. Guesten,
C. Hoffmann, S. Leclercq, P. Mauskopf, K. F. Schuster, Astronomy & Astrophysics manuscript no. NIKA˙v6 c ESO 2010,
June 22, 2010
“Optimisation of Lumped Element Kinetic Inductance Detectors for use in ground based mm and sub-mm
arrays”,
Simon Doyle, Philip Mauskopf, Jin Zhang, Stafford Withington, David Goldie, Dorota Glowacka, Alessandro Monfardini,
Loren Swenson, Markus Roesch. The Thirteenth International Workshop On Low Temperature Detectors-LTD13. AIP
Conference Proceedings, Volume 1185, pp. 156-159 (2009).
“Development of KIDs detectors for large submillimetric telescopes”,
M. Calvo, C. Giordano, P. de Bernardis, R. Battiston, A. Cruciani, B. Margesin, S. Masi , A. Monfardini . EAS Publications
Series, Volume 40, 2010, pp.443-448.
"The new NIKA: A dual-band millimeter-wave kinetic inductance camera for the IRAM 30-meter telescope"
A. Monfardini1, A. Benoit, A. Bideaud, L. J. Swenson, M. Roesch, F. X. D´esert, S. Doyle, A. Endo, A.
Cruciani, P. Ade, A. M. Baryshev, J. J. A. Baselmans, O. Bourrion, M. Calvo, P. Camus, L. Ferrari, C.
Giordano, C. Hoffmann, S. Leclercq, J. Macias-Perez, P. Mauskopf, K. F. Schuster, C. Tucker, C. Vescovi, S.J. C. Yates.
arXiv:1102.0870v2 [astro-ph.IM] 8 Feb 2011
Communications
"A Fast, Ultra-Sensitive and Scalable Detection Platform Based on Superconducting Resonators for Fundamental
Condensed-Matter and Astronomical Measurements"
L. J. Swenson and J. Minet and G. J. Grabovskij and O.Buisson and F. Lecocq and C. Hoffmann and P. Camus and J.-
C.Villegier and S. Doyle and P. Mauskopf and M. Roesch and M. Calvo and C.Giordano and S. J. C. Yates and A. M.
Baryshev and J. J. A.Baselmans and A. Benoit and A. Monfardini
editor = Betty Young and Blas Cabrera and Aaron Miller, 13 th International Workshop on low temperarure detectors
(2009), Stanford (USA)
"Readout for large arrays of Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors using a Fast Fourier Transform
Spectrometer "
S. J. C. Yates and J. J. A. Baselmans and A. M. Baryshev and Y. J.Y. Lankwarden and L. Swenson and A. Monfardini and
B. Klein and R.Gusten, 13 th International Workshop on low temperarure detectors (2009), Stanford (USA)
Dentritic potentials imaging by second harmonic generation / New Incoming project
Julien DOUADY
Post-doctoral Fellow: Hartmut WEGE
Publications
"Neutral push-pull chromophores for nonlinear optical imaging of cell membranes"
Cyril Barsu, Rouba Cheaib, Stéphane Chambert, Yves Queneau, Olivier Maury, Davy Cottet, Hartmut Wege, Julien
Douady, Yann Bretonnière and Chantal Andraud. Org. Biomol. Chem., 2010, 8, 142-150
“Development of a non-linear optical microscope for real-time measurement of neuronal activity in submicrometric
structures”
Davy Cottet, Julien Douady, Jean-Claude Vial, Hartmut A. Wege, Optical Materials, 2011
Poster
"Second harmonic generation microscopy : a way to study neuronal potentials"
"TOPIM – European Society for Molecular Imaging"
Davy Cottet, Hartmut Wege, Julien Douady, Jean-Claude Vial, Jonathan Coles, Mireille Albrieux, Patrick Mouche), Yann
Bretonnière, Chantal Andraud, Catherine Villard.
Ecole Thématique "Dual and Innovative Imaging Modalities",Les Houches – 26-30 January 2009
Invitation to talk at conference
« Nonlinear optical imaging of cell membranes: new probes and applications in the field of neuronal activity »
Julien DOUADY, French/Polish Workshop « WOREN : Workshop on Organic Electronics and Nanophotonics », February
2010.
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Computational modelling of novel nanostructured thermoelectric materials / New Incoming project Natalio
MINGO
Post-doctoral Fellow: Shidong WANG
Invitations to talk at conferences
Invited talk, First-principles thermal transport calculations, at Minatec Crossroads, Grenoble, 2008.
Invited talk, Quantum Mechanical Description of Phonon Transport Through Atomically Defined Systems, MRS
meeting, San Francisco, 2007.
Invited talk, Lattice thermal transport through atomically defined systems in a quantum mechanical description.
APS March meeting, Denver, 2007.
The ``Nanoparticle in Alloy” Approach to Efficient Thermoelectrics: Silicides in SiGe, N. Mingo et al, MRS, San
Francisco, 2009.
Tailoring Interface Roughness and Superlattice Period Length in Novel Electron Filtering Thermoelectric Materials.
Shidong Wang and Natalio Mingo, MRS, San Francisco, 2009.
Predicting the Very Low Thermal Conductivity of Carbon Nanotubes Junctions Using Atomistic Green's Functions.
Chalopin Yann, Volz Sebastian and Natalio Mingo. MRS, San Francisco, 2009.
The impact of isotopes on the thermal conductivity of boron nitride nanotubes, (poster) D. A. Stewart, I. Savic,
N. Mingo, 6th Japan-US Joint Seminar on Nanoscale Transport Phenomena, Boston, MA, July 15th, 2008.
Thermal conduction mechanisms in isotope-disordered boron nitride and carbon nanotubes, I. Savic, N. Mingo,
D. Stewart, APS meeting, 2009.
“A first principles perspective on thermal transport in nanostructures with defects”, D. A. Stewart, I. Savic, N.
Mingo, APS March Meeting, New Orleans, March 12th, 2008.
Disorder and geometry effects in thermal transport across an interface in semiconductor nanowires I. Savic, N.
Mingo, MRS Meeting, San Francisco, 2008
Workshop
Invited talk, CECAM workshop on structural, electronic and transport properties of quantum wires, Lyon, 2008.
Patents
“Silicide nanoparticle in silicon germanium matrix nanocomposites for silicon compatible thermoelectric energy
conversion”,
N. Kobayashi, N. Mingo, M. Plissonnier, and A. Shakouri, international patent filed, PCT/2008/001020, 11 July 2008.
“Magnesium based nanocomposite materials for thermoelectric energy conversion”,
Natalio MINGO, Marc PLISSONNIER, Shidong WANG, PCT/FR2009000392 provisional number, March 2009
“Micro-structure pour générateur thermoélectrique à effet Seebeck et procédé de fabrication d'une telle microstructure”
N. Mingo, T. Caroff, M. Plissonnier, V. Remondiere, S. Wang , N° E.N. :09 53930, Date: June 12, 2009.
PART 3
Publications
"Cooling electrons one by one."
S. De Franceschi, N. Mingo, Nature Nanotechnology 2, 538 (2007).
"Intrinsic lattice thermal conductivity of semiconductors from first principles."
D. A. Broido, M. Malorny, G. Birner, Natalio Mingo, D. A. Stewart, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 231922 (2007).
"Thermal conduction mechanisms in boron nitride nanotubes: few-shell or all-shell?"
I. Savic, D. A. Stewart, and N. Mingo, Physical Review B, 78 235434 (2008).
"Phonon transport in isotope-disordered carbon and boron-nitride nanotubes: is localization observable?"
I. Savic, N. Mingo, and D. A. Stewart, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 165502 (2008).
"Phonon transmission through defects in carbon nanotubes from first principles."
N. Mingo, D. A. Stewart, D. A. Broido, and D. Srivastava, Phys. Rev. B 77, 033418 (2008).
"Phonon thermal transport in bulk and nanostructured materials from first principles.."
D. A. Broido, N. Mingo, and D. A. Stewart, IMECE 2008-67049 (2008).
"Carbon Nanotube MicroArchitecture for Enhanced Thermal Conduction at Ultra-Low Mass Fraction in Composite
Materials".
M. Bozlar, D. He, J. Bai, Y. Chalopin, N. Mingo, and S. Volz. , Adv. Mat., 22, 1654 (2009).
"Improved thermoelectric properties of Mg 2Si xGe ySn 1-x-y nanoparticle in alloy materials."
S. Wang and N. Mingo, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 203109 (2009).
"Lattice thermal conductivity of single-walled carbon nanotubes: Beyond the relaxation time approximation and
phonon-phonon scattering selection rules"
L. Lindsay, D.A. Broido, and Natalio Mingo, Phys. Rev. B 80, 125407 (2009).
"Reducing the thermal conductivity of carbon nanotubes below the random isotope limit."
Gabriel Stoltz, Natalio Mingo, Francesco Mauri, Phys. Rev. B 80, 113408 (2009).
"Mesoscopic Size Effects on the Thermal Conductance of Silicon Nanowire."
J. S. Heron, T. Fournier, N. Mingo, and O. Bourgeois, Nano Letters 9, 1861 (2009).
"Interface heat transfer between crossing carbon nanotubes, and the thermal conductivity of nanotube pellets."
Y. Chalopin, S. Volz, and N. Mingo, Journal of Applied Physics, 105, 084301 (2009).
"Turning carbon nanotubes from exceptional heat conductors into insulators."
R. S. Prasher, X.J. Hu, Y. Chalopin, N. Mingo, K. Lofgreen, S. Volz, L. F. Cleri, and P. Keblinski, Phys. Rev. Lett., 102,
105901 (2009).
"The nanoparticle in alloy approach to efficient thermoelectrics: silicides in SiGe."
N. Mingo, D. Hauser, N. P. Kobayashi, M. Plissonnier, and A. Shakouri, Nano Letters 9, 711 (2009).
"Effects of interface roughness and superlattice period length on thermoelectric electron filtering."
S. Wang and N. Mingo, Phys. Rev. B, 79, 115316 (2009).
"First-Principles Calculation of the Magnitude of the Isotope Effect on Boron Nitride
Nanotube Thermal Conductivity."
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D. A. Stewart, I. Savic, and N. Mingo, Nano Letters, 9, 81 (2009).
"Marked effects of alloying on the thermal conductivity of nanoporous materials".
C. Bera, N. Mingo, and S. Volz, Phys. Rev. Lett., 104, 115502 (2010).
Precise control of thermal conductivity at the nanoscale via individual phonon barriers.
G. Pernot, M. Stoffel, I. Savic, A. Jacquot, J. Schumann, G. Savelli, A. Rastelli, O.G. Schmidt, J. M. Rampnoux, S. Dilhaire,
M. Plissonnier, S. Wang, and N. Mingo, Nature Materials, accepted (2010).
“Cluster” isotope effects on phonon conduction: the case of graphene."
N. Mingo, K. Esfarjani, D. A. Broido, and D. A. Stewart, Phys. Rev. B, 81, 045408 (2010)
Two-Dimensional Phonon Transport in Supported Graphene.
J. H. Seol, I. Jo, A. L. Moore, L. Lindsay, Z. H. Aitken, M. T. Pettes, X. Li, Z. Yao, R. Huang, D. Broido, N. Mingo, R. S.
Ruoff, and L. Shi, Science, 328, 213 (2010).
Book Chapter
N. Mingo, to appear within the series “Topics in Applied Physics”, Springer (2009).
“Phonon transport through nano-contacts by Green’s function methods”.
UHV – CVD growth and measuring equipment / New Incoming project
Tobias SHULLI
Post-doctoral Fellow : Valentina CANTELLI
PART 3
Publication
"Substrate-enhanced supercooling in AuSi eutectic droplets"
T.U. Schülli, R. Daudin, G. Renaud, A. Vaysset, O. Geaymond & A. Pasturel, Nature, April 2010
STRONGCHIP / New Incoming project
Julien CLAUDON
PhD student: Nitin Singh MALIK
Publications
"A highly efficient single-photon source based on a quantum dot in a photonic nanowire"
Julien Claudon, Joël Bleuse, Nitin Singh Malik, Maela Bazin, Perine Jaffrennou, Niels Gregersen, Christophe Sauvan,
Philippe Lalanne and Jean-Michel Gerard, Nature Photonics 4, p174 (2010)
"Whispering gallery mode lasing in high quality GaAs/AlAs pillar Microcavities"
P. Jaffrennou, J. Claudon, M. Bazin, N. S. Malik, S. Reitzenstein, L. Worschech, M. Kamp, A. Forchel, and J.-M. Gérard
Applied Physics Letters 96, 071103 _2010
2008 Call for Proposals
Implantable computer-brain interface
Chair of Excellence: Tetiana AKSENOVA
PhD student: Andrey YELISYEYEV
Invitations to talk at conferences
"Filtrage spatial robuste à partir d’un sous-ensemble optimal d’électrodes en BCI EEG"
Barachant А., Aksenova T., Bonnet S, Proceedings of 22e Colloque GRETSI, Dijon, France, September 2009
"RPNN: Structural modeling robust to outliers in input and output variables, Proceedings of International
Conference on Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems"
Shaposhnyk V., Villa A.E.P., Aksenova T., INFOS 2009, Krynica, Poland, September 2009
"Iterative N-way PLS for real-time control of external effectors with ECoG recordings",
Eliseyev, A., Moro, C., Costecalde, T., Torres, N., Gharbi, S., Mestais, C., Benabid, A.L., Aksenova, T. Bernstein
Conference on Computational Neuroscience 2010.
"Brain –computer interface: Approaches and methods"
5rd Open Summer School AACIMP 2010, National Technical University, Kiev, Ukraine, August 3-18, 2010
Invitation to talk at seminar
Brain computer interface : from laboratory to real life applications"
Tetiana AKSENOVA, Séminaire de la Fondation nanosciences, November 2009, Grenoble
Publications
"Filtering out of Artifacts of Deep Brain Stimulation Using Nonlinear Oscillatory Model"
Aksenova, T.I., Novicki D.V., Benabid A.-L., Neural Computation, 21, 2648–2666, (2009)
"Filtering of Multichannel Recordings of Neuronal Activity during Deep Brain Stimulation"
Aksenova TI, Nowicki DV, Benabid AL,Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. September 2009
"Iterative N-way PLS for self-paced BCI in freely moving animals".
Eliseyev, A., Moro, C., Costecalde, T., Torres, N., Gharbi, S., Mestais, C., Benabid, A.L., Aksenova, T. (submitted to J.
Neural Eng.)
"First successful self-paced non-supervised ECoG based on-line BCI in freely moving rats performing a binary
behavioral task during long term experiments"
Moro, C., Aksenova, T., Torres, N., Yelisyeyev, A., Costecalde, T., Charvet, G., Sauter, F., Gharbi, S., Porcherot, J.,
Mestais, C., Benabid, A.L.,. (submitted to Brain)
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"Deep brain stimulation: BMI at large, where are we going to?"
Benabid A.-L., Torres N., Moro C., Aksenova T., Costecalde T., Yelisyeyev A., Charvet G., Ratel D., Pham P., Mestais C.,
Pollack P., Chabardes S., (submitted to Prog in Brain Reseach)
Publications in books of proceedings
"Advances in structural modeling robust to outliers in explanatory and response variables", Shaposhnyk, V., Villa
A.E.P., Aksenova T., IJCNN 2010, Barcelona, Spain, July 18-23, 2010
"Tensor based self-paced BCI in freely moving animals"
Aksenova, T., Eliseyev, A., Moro, C., Torres, N., Costecalde, T., Charvet, G., Gharbi, S., Mestais, C. Benabid, A.L.; 2010..
SfN2010, San-Diego, 13-17 November, 2010.
Patents
Direct neural interface System and method of calibrating it. Aksenova, T., Yelisyeyev, A., 2010. Patent
PCT/IB2010/001528. (submitted)
Aksenova, T. Fast Continuous Wavelet Transform with piecewise polynomials for real time BCIs
Tunneling-based nano-FETs
Chair of Excellence: Alexander ZASLAVSKY
PhD Student: Jing WAN
Publications
"Tunneling field-effect transistor with epitaxial junction in thin germanium-on-insulator,"
D. Kazazis, P. Jannaty, A. Zaslavsky, C. Le Royer, C. Tabone, L. Clavelier, and S. Cristoloveanu, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94,
263508 (2009).
"GeOI as a platform for ultimate devices,"
W. Van Den Daele, S. Cristoloveanu, E. Augendre, C. Le Royer, J.-F. Damlencourt, D. Kazazis, and A. Zaslavsky, chapter
in: S. Luryi, J. M. Xu, and A. Zaslavsky, eds, Future Trends in Microelectronics: From Nanophotonics to Sensors to
Energy, New York: Wiley, 2010.
"SOI TFETs: Suppression of ambipolar leakage and low-frequency noise behavior"
Jing Wan, C. Le Royer, A. Zaslavsky, and S. Cristoloveanu, accepted by ESSDERC (2010).
PART 3
EPOCA Emission Properties Of a semiconducting Cavity coupled to an Artifical atom
Chair of Excellence: Marcelo FRANCA SANTOS
PhD Student: Daniel VALENTE
Publications
"Pure emitter dephasing: A resource for advanced solid-state single-photon sources"
A.Auffèves, JM.Gérard and JP.Poizat, Phys. Rev. A 79, 053838 (2009)
"Controlling the dynamics of a coupled atom-cavity system by pure dephasing"
A. Auffèves, D. Gerace, J.-M. Gérard, M. França Santos, L. C. Andreani, and J.-P.
Poizat, PRB 81,245419 (2010).
POLYSUPRA / RTRA project
Post-doctoral Fellow: Minhao YAN
Publication
"Soluble Heterometallic Coordination Polymers Based on a Bis-terpyridine-Functionalized Dioxocyclam Ligand"
AurLelien Gasnier, Jean-Michel Barbe, Christophe Bucher, Carole Duboc, Jean-Claude Moutet,
Eric Saint-Aman, Pierre Terech, and Guy Royal, Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 2592–2599
NANOBIODROP / RTRA project
Post-doctoral Fellow: Anne MARTEL
Invitations to talk at conferences
Second Conference on Advances in Microfluidics and Nanofluids –
5-7 January 2011 Singapore
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DISPOGRAPH / RTRA project
Post-doctoral Fellow: Vincent RENARD
PART 3
Publications
"Graphene on the C-terminated SiC (000-1) surface : An ab initio study"
L.Magaud, F.Hiebel, F.Varchon, P.Mallet, J.-Y.Veuillen, Phys. Rev. B79, 161405(R)(2009)
"Scanning tunneling Microscopy investigation of the graphene/6H-SiC(000-1)(3x3)
Interface"
F.Hiebel, P.Mallet, F.Varchon, L.Magaud, J.-Y.Veuillen, Solid Stat. Comm 149,1157 (2009)
"How the SiC substrate impacts graphene's atomic and electronic structure"
L.Magaud, F.Hiebel, F.Varchon, P.Mallet, J.-Y.Veuillen, Phys. Status Solidi RRL, 3,172-174 (2009)
"Electronic properties of epitaxial grahene"
C.Berger et al, Int.J.Nanotechnol 7, 383 (2010)
"Interface structure of graphene on SiC : an ab initio and STM approach"
J.-Y.Veuillen, F.Hiebel, L.Magaud, P.Mallet, F.Varchon, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 43 374008 doi: 10.1088/0022-
3727/43/37/374008
M. Dubois, M.G. Pala and M. Mouis, submitted to Nanotechnology
"Tuning the electron phonon coupling in multilayer graphene with magnetic fields"
C.Faugeras, M. Amado, P. Kossacki, M. Orlita, M. Sprinkle, C. Berger, W.A. de Heer, and
M. Potemski, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 186803 (2009).
"Using Landau quantization to suppress Auger scattering in grapheme"
P.Plochocka, P.Kossacki, A. Golnik, T. Kazimierczuk, C. Berger, W.A. de Heer, M. Potemski, Phys. Rev.
B 80, 245415 (2009).
"How perfect can graphene be ?"
P. Neugebauer, M. Orlita, C. Faugeras, A.-L. Barra, M.Potemski, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 136403 (2009)
"Thermal conductivity of graphene membrane in Corbino geometry"
C. Faugeras, B. Faugeras, M. Orlita, M. Potemski, R.R. Nair, and A.K. Geim, ACS
Nano, 4, 1889 (2010).
"Graphite from the viewpoint of Landau level spectroscopy: An effective graphene
bilayer and monolayer"
M. Orlita, C. Faugeras, J. M. Schneider, G. Martinez, D. K.Maude, M. Potemski, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 166401 (2009).
"A consistent interpretation of the low temperature magneto-transport in graphite using
the Slonczewski--Weiss--McClure 3D band structure calculations"
J. M. Schneider, M.Orlita, M. Potemski, D. K. Maude, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 166403 (2009).
"Using magnetotransport to determine the spin splitting in graphite"
J. M. Schneider, N. A. Goncharuk, P. Vašek, P. Svoboda, Z. Vyborny, L. Smrčka, M.Orlita, M. Potemski, and D. K. Maude,
Phys. Rev. B 81, 195204 (2010).
"Few graphene layers/carbon nanotube composites grown at complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor
compatible temperature"
V. Jousseaume, J. Cuzzocrea, N. Bernier, and V. T. Renard, Received 15 October 2010; accepted 2 March 2011; published
online 21 March 2011_APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 98, 123103 _2011
Invitations to talk at conferences
"Anomalous half-integer Quantum Hall effect in graphene : three-probe measurements"
G. Albert, L. Jansen, F. Lefloch, and Z. Osvath, GDR Mesoscopic Quantum Physics Meeting,5 - October 2009, Aussois,
France – poster
"Superconductor-Graphene Junctions"
G. Albert, L. Jansen, F. Lefloch, Z. Osvath, and C. Chapelier, , Transalp’Nano 2010, the 2nd Transalpine Conference on
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 3 – 5 June 2010, Como, Italy – accepted poster
"Magnetotransport measurements in grapheme on SiC"
C.Naud, TransAlp'Nano, May/June.
"Electronic properties of graphitic layers: magnetic field studies"
M. Potemski, European Science Fundation Conference in Partnership with LFUI
“Graphene Week 2009”, (Obergurgl, Austria, 2-7 March, 2009).
"Landau level spectroscopy of Dirac fermions in multilayer epitaxial graphene, graphite
and grapheme"
M. Potemski, 2009 American Physical Society March Meeting(Pittsburgh, USA, 16-20 March, 2009)
Two-dimensional gas of Dirac-fermions (M. Potemski), M. Potemski, International
workshop on “Emergent phenomena in quantum Hall systems”, (Villa Guinigi,
Capannori (Lucca), Italy, 25 - 28 June 2009)
Magneto spectroscopy of Dirac fermions (M. Potemski), M. Potemski, International
workshop on “Recent progress in graphene research”, (Seoul, Korea, June 29 – July 2,
2009)
How ideal can graphene be, M. Orlita, 14th International Conference on Narrow Gap
Semiconductors and Systems, (Sendai, Japan, 13 – 17 July, 2009)
Tuning the electron phonon coupling in multilayer graphene with magnetic fields
C. Faugeras, Graphene Tokyo Workshop, (Tokyo, Japan, 25-26 July, 2009)
Magneto-spectroscopy of multilayer epitaxial graphene, of graphite and of graphene.
M. Potemski, International workshop on “Graphene”, (Benasque, Spain, July 25 –
August 8, 2009)
Electronic structure of graphene based systems: magneto-spectroscopy studies
M. Potemski, Canada-Poland-Japan International Symposium on Nanoscience,
(Wroclaw, Poland, 5-8 October, 2009)
Magneto-spectroscopy of Dirac fermionsM. Orlita, 16th InternationalWinterschool on
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New Developments in Solid State. Physics: Low Dimensional Systems, (Mauterndorf,
Austria, 22 – 26 February, 2010).
Magneto-optics of grahene systems, M. Potemski, Nobel Symposium on “Physics of
graphene”, (Stockholm, Sweden, 28-31 May, 2010)
RICOPHIN / New Incoming project
Maxime RICHARD
Publication
" One-dimensional ZnO exciton polaritons with negligible thermal broadening at room temperature"
A. Trichet, L. Sun, G. Pavlovic, N.A. Gippius, G. Malpuech, W. Xie, Z. Chen, M. Richard, and Le Si Dang, Phys. Rev. B 83,
041302(R) (2011)
Invitations to talk at conferences
August 2010: Talk « 12eme Journées de la Matière Condensée » (Troyes, France)
February 2011: Talk « 5th International Conference on Spontaneous Coherence in Excitonic
Systems » (Lausanne, Suisse)
August 2011: Invitation received for a 30mn talk at the « The 15th International Conference on II-VI
Compounds» (Cancun, Mexico)
MECCA / New Incoming project
Martial BALLAND
PhD Student: Kalpana MANDAL
Publication
" Multi-confocal fluorescence correlation spectroscopy"
Galland R, Gao J, Kloster M, Herbomel G, Destaing O, Balland M, Souchier C, Usson Y, Derouard J, Wang I, Delon A, Front
Biosci (Elite Ed). 2011 Jan 1;3:476-88
PART 3
IMAGE / RTRA project
Invitations to talk at conferences
Results obtained on RPE sur l’anisotropie magnétiques des nanostructures de (Ge,Mn) :
“Investigation of magnetic anisotropy of (Ge,Mn) nanocolumns”,
A. Jain, M. Jamet, A. Barski, T. Devillers, C. Porret, P. Bayle-Guillemaud, S. Gambarelli, V. Maurel, G. Desfonds, Appl.
Phys. Lett. 97, 202502 (2010).
“Structure and magnetism of Ge3Mn5 clusters”,
A. Jain, M. Jamet, A. Barski, T. Devillers, II.-S. Yu, C. Porret, P. Bayle-Guillemaud, V. Favre-Nicolin, S. Gambarelli, V.
Maurel, G. Desfonds, J.-F. Jacquot, S. Tardif, J. Appl. Phys. 109, 013911 (2011).
“Magnetic anisotropy in (Ge ,Mn) nanostructures “,
A. Jain, M. Jamet, A. Barski, T. Devillers, I.-S. Yu, C. Porret, S. Tardif, P. Bayle-Guillemaud, V. Favre-Nicolin, V. Maurel,
S. Gambarelli, J.-F. Jacquot, G. Desfonds, S. Cherifi, J. Cibert, Journal of Physics: Conference Series (in press).
“Magnetic anisotropy of (Ge,Mn) nanostructures“,
A. Jain, M. Jamet, A. Barski, T. Devillers, I.-S. Yu, C. Porret, S. Tardif, P. Bayle-Guillemaud, V. Favre-Nicolin, V. Maurel,
S. Gambarelli, J.-F. Jacquot, G. Desfonds, S. Cherifi, J. Cibert, 12 e Journées de la Matière Condensée, August 2010,
Troyes (oral).
“Magnetic anisotropy of (Ge,Mn) nanostructures“,
A. Jain, M. Jamet, T. Devillers, I.-S. Yu, C. Porret, A. Barski, P. Bayle-Guillemaud, V. Favre-Nicolin, V. Maurel, S.
Gambarelli, S. Tardif, S. Cherifi, J. Cibert, 13 e Colloque Louis Néel, March/April 2010, Albé (poster).
“Magnetic anisotropy in (Ge,Mn) nanostructures”,
A. Jain, M. Jamet, A. Barski, T. Devillers, I.-S; Yu, C. Porret, S. Tardif, P. Bayle-Guillemaud, V. Favre-Nicolin, V. Maurel,
S. Gambarelli, J.-F. Jacquot, G. Desfonds, S. Cherifi, J. Cibert, Trends in Spintronics and Nanomagnetism, 23-27 May
2010, Lecce (Italie) (oral).
“Magnetic anisotropy in (Ge,Mn) nanostructures”,
A. Jain, M. Jamet, A. Barski, T. Devillers, I.-S; Yu, C. Porret, S. Tardif, P. Bayle-Guillemaud, V. Favre-Nicolin, V. Maurel,
S. Gambarelli, J.-F. Jacquot, G. Desfonds, S. Cherifi, J. Cibert, 23 e Rencontres Jacques Cartier, Colloque Nanomagnétisme
et Spintronique, 24-25 November 2010, Minatec-Grenoble (poster).
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2009 Call for Proposals
MUSCADE
Chair of Excellence: Normand MOUSSEAU
Post-doctoral Fellow: Eduardo MACHADO-CHARRY
Publication subdued
“Optimized energy landscape exploration using the ab initio based ART-nouveau”
Eduardo Machado-Charry;; Damien Caliste;; Luigi Genovese;;Thierry Deutsch;; Normand Mousseau et Pascal Pochet. Journal
of Chemical Physics (March 2011, ongoing)
Publications in preparation
“Charge dependent energy landscape exploration of small fullerene”
Eduardo Machado-Charry;; Seth Burleigh;; Luigi Genovese;; Normand Mousseau et Pascal Pochet. Journal of Chemical
Physics (ongoing)
“Bourguoin-Corbett diffusion mechanism in silicon probed by ab initio based ART-nouveau”
Eduardo Machado-Charry; Emmanuel Arras; Damien Caliste; Normand Mousseau et Pascal Pochet. Phys. Rev B (ongoing)
PART 3
Invitations to talk at conference and poster
“Growth and self-organization of nanostructures using BART”
Eduardo Machado-Charry;; Luigi Genovese;; Damien Caliste;; Pascal Pochet;; Normand Mousseau. Présentation à la Psi_k
conference (September 2010)
“Growth and self-organization of nanostructures using BART”
Eduardo Machado-Charry;; Luigi Genovese;; Damien Caliste;; Pascal Pochet;;
Normand Mousseau. Presentation at the 27th Max Born Symposium: Multi-scale Modeling of Real Materials (September
2010)
II VI Photovoltaic
Chair of Excellence: Yong ZHANG
PhD Student: Raul SALAZAR
Communications
Journées de la Matière Condensée (JMC12)- Troyes, France, August 2010
61 st annual meeting of ISE, Nice, France, 26 September – 1 October 2010
218 th The Electrochemical Society Meeting, Las Vegas, USA, October 10-15 (2010).
E-MRS Fall Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, September 13-17 (2010).
Second International Workshop on Advanced, nano- and Biomaterials and Their Applications (nabm), Sibiu,
Romania, September 15-19 (2010).
Solar Fuels / Photochemistry conference, Puerto Morelos Mexico, December 1-4 (2010).
Publications
"Optical initialization, readout, and dynamics of a Mn spin in a quantum dot"
Le Gall C, Kolodka RS, Cao CL, Boukari H., Mariette H., Fernandez-Rossier J., Besombes L.
PHYSICAL REVIEW B Volume: 81 Pages: 245315 (2010)
"Spins in semiconducting nanostructures"
Besombes L, Ferrand D, Mariette H, Cibert, J., Jamet, M., Barski A.
International journal of nanotechnology, Volume 7 Pages: 641-667 2010
"Dynamical equilibrium between magnetic ions and photocarriers in low Mn-doped single quantum dots"
Clement T, Ferrand D, Besombes L., Boukari H., Mariette H. Physical review b, Volume: 81 Pages: 155328 (2010)
"Optical spin orientation of a single manganese atom"
C. Le Gall, R. Kolodka, L. Besombes, H. Boukari, J. Cibert, D.Ferrand, H. Mariette
14th International Conference on II-VI Compounds, St Petersburg, RUSSIA, AUG, 2009 PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI C,
Volume 6 , Pages: 1651-1654 (2010)
"Modelling optical spin pumping of a single Mn atom in a CdTe quantum dot"
C L Cao, L Besombes and J Fernández-Rossier
30th International Conference on Physics of Semiconductors, Seoul July 2010. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. Volume:210, Pages:
012046 (2010)
"Optical control of a Mn spin embedded in a quantum dot"
R S Kolodka , L Besombes , C Le Gall, et al. 30th International Conference on Physics of Semiconductors, Seoul July
2010. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. Volume: 210 Pages: 012038 (2010)
MIDWEST / RTRA project
Post-doctoral Fellow: Aurélien MASSEBOEUF
Publications
“Current-Induced Spin-Orbit Torque in a Uniformly Magnetized Ferromagnetic Layer with
Rashba Inversion Asymmetry”,
I.M. Miron, G. Gaudin, S. Auffret, B. Rodmacq, A. Schuhl, S. Pizzini, J. Vogel, P. Gambardella, Nature Mater. 9, 230
(2010).
“Effect of crystalline defects on domain wall motion under field and current in nanowires with perpendicular
magnetization”,
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F. Garcia-Sanchez, H. Szambolics, A.P. Mihai, L. Vila, A. Marty, J.-C. Toussaint, L.D. Buda-Prejbeanu, Phys. Rev. B 81,
134408 (2010)
“Invasion percolation universality class and fractal geometry of magnetic domains”,
J. P. Attané,M. Tissier, A. Marty, and L. Vila, Phys. Rev. B 82, 024408 (2010).
“Non-adiabatic spin-torques in narrow magnetic domain walls”,
C.Burrowes, A.P. Mihai, D.Ravelosona, J.-V. Kim, C. Chappert, L. Vila, A. Marty, Y. Samson, F. Garcia-Sanchez, L.D.
Buda-Prejbeanu, I. Tudosa, E.E. Fullerton, J.-P. Attané, Nature Physics 6, 17 (2010).
“Current-induced motion and pinning of domain walls in spin-valve nanowires studied by
XMCD-PEEM”,
V. Uhlir, S. Pizzini, N. Rougemaille, J. Novotny, V. Cros, E. Jimenez, G. Faini, L. Heyne, F. Sirotti, C. Tieg, A. Bendounan,
F. Maccherozzi, R. Belkhou, J. Grollier, A. Anane, J. Vogel, Phys. Rev. B 81, 224418 (2010)
“Direct observation of Oersted-field-induced magnetisation dynamics in magnetic nanowires”,
V. Uhlir, S. Pizzini, N. Rougemaille, V. Cros, E. Jiménez, L. Ranno, O. Fruchart, M. Urbánek, G.
Gaudin, J. Camarero, C. Tieg, F. Sirotti, E. Wagner and J. Vogel, Phys. Rev. B 83, 020406 (2011).
“Fast current-induced domain wall motion controlled by the Rashba effect”,
I.M. Miron, T.A.Moore, H. Szambolics, G. Gaudin, L.D. Buda-Prejbeanu, S. Auffret, B. Rodmacq, S. Pizzini, J.Vogel, A.
Schuhl, (on going).
PERCEVALL / RTRA project
Post-doctoral Fellow: Billel SALHI
PhD student: Giada GHEZZI
Communications
"Effect of C and N on the structure of amorphous GeTe"
G. Ghezzi, A. Roule, E. Elkaim, F. Hippert, S. Maitrejean, oral, , accepted to the MRS spring meeting 2011, Session:
Phase-Change Materials for Memory and Reconfigurable Electronics Applications
"PECVD of GeTe material for phase change memories"
C. Vallée, E. Gourvest, P. Michallon, R. Blanc, D. Jourde, S. Lhostis, S. Maitrejan, poster, accepted to the MRS spring
meeting 2011, Session: Phase-Change. Materials for Memory and Reconfigurable Electronics Applications
"Crystallization study of GeSb4 phase change material thin films"
A. Bastard, G. Ghezzi, J.P. Simon, F. Hippert, C. Bonafos, J.P. Gaspard, F. Fillot, A. Roule, B. Hyot, S. Maitrejean, S.
Lhostis, poster, , presented to the European Symposium on Phase Change and Ovonic Science (E\PCOS 2010),
September 6th to 7th, 2010, Milan, Italy
"Growth of GeTe Films by MOCVD and PE-MOCVD for Phase Change"
E. Gourvest, C. Vallee, Ph. Michallon, J. Vitiello, R. Blanc, D. Jourde, S. Lhostis, S. Maitrejean, Oral, , presented to the
AVS 57th International Symposium & Exhibition, October 17, 2010
"Crystallisation mechanisms of amorphous GeTe and GeSb6 thin films used in phase change random access
memories (PCRAM)",
JP Simon, F. Hippert, G. Ghezzi, F. Fillot, A. Roule, A. Bastard, J-P Gaspard, S. Maitrejean, Oral, presented to the
conference on solid-solid phase transformation in inorganic materials 2010 (PTM 2010), June 6-11 2010, Avignon, France
PART 3
THE SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION FROM THE PHD STUDENTS “AU
FIL DE L’EAU”
Mikhail KUSTOV
Posters
"Diamagnetic levitation applied to the μ-manipulation of μ- and nanoobjects and biological cells"
Christian Pigot, Paul Kauffmann, Hichem Chetouani, Mikhail Kustov, Minatec Crossroads 2008, Grenoble, FRANCE, June
23-27, 2008
"Quantitative imaging and straightforward calculation of magnetic fields of micropatterned permanent magnet
films for magnetic MEMS"
Mikhail Kustov, Rostislav Grechishkin, Frederic Dumas-Bouchiat, and Nora M. Dempsey,
JCGE (Conférence des Jeunes Chercheurs en Génie Electrique), Lyon, France, December 16-17, 2008
"Modeling a "flying carpet" stable in both the positive and negative z-directions" *
Mikhail Kustov, Paul Kauffmann, Orphee Cugat, Gilbert Reyne, Compumag 2009, Florianopolis, Brésil, November 22-26,
2009
"Measurement of the 3 components of a magnetic field using a single component Scanning Hall Probe
Microscope"
Mikhail Kustov, Nora M. Dempsey, Piotr Laczkowski, Danny Hykel, Dominique Givord, Orphée Cugat, Rostislav
Grechishkin and Klaus Hasselbach, EMSA 2010 (8th European Conference on Magnetic Sensors and Actuators), Bodrum,
Turquie, July 4-7, 2010, (accepted)
Communications
"Comparative magneto-optic and scanning Hall probe microscopy of magnetic field istributions in patterned Nd-
Fe-B films"
Mikhail Kustov, Rostislav Grechishkin, Frederic Dumas-Bouchiat, Daniel O’Brien, Klaus Hasselbach,
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Piotr Laczkowski, Danny Hykel, Sergey Soshin, Dominique Givord, and Nora M. Dempsey
EUROMAT 2009 (European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes), Glasgow, UK
September 7-10, 2009
M. Kustov, R. Grechishkin, F. Dumas-Bouchiat, D. O’Brien, K. Hasselbach, P. Laczkowski, D. Hykel, S. Soshin, D. Givord,
and N.M. Dempsey, “Comparative magneto-optic and scanning Hall probe microscopy of magnetic field distributions in
patterned Nd-Fe-B films”, EUROMAT 2009 (European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes),
Glasgow, UK, September 7-10, 2009 (oral).
PART 3
Publications
"Thermomagnetically patterned micromagnets"
F. Dumas-Bouchiat, L. F. Zanini, M. Kustov, N. M. Dempsey, R.Grechishkin, K. Hasselbach, J. C. Orlianges, C.
Champeaux, A.Catherinot, D. Givord, Appl. Phys. Letters, 96, 102511 (2010)
"Contactless dielectrophoretic handling of diamagnetic levitating water droplets in air"
P. Kauffmann, P. Pham, A. Masse, M. Kustov, T. Honegger, D. Peyrade, V.Haguet, G. Reyne,
IEEE Trans. on Magn., 2010 (accepted)
"Magnetic characterization of micropatterned Nd–Fe–B hard magnetic films
using scanning Hall probe microscopy"
M. Kustov,P. Laczkowski,D. Hykel, K. Hasselbach, F. Dumas-Bouchiat,D. O’Brien, P. Kauffmann, R. Grechishkin, D.
Givord, G. Reyne, O. Cugat, andN. M. Dempsey
Journal of applied physics 108, 063914 _2010_Received 26 May 2010; accepted 5 August 2010; published online 23
September 2010
“Calculations and measurements of the magnetic field of patterned permanent magnetic films for lab-on-chip
applications”
S. Chigirinsky, M. Kustov, N. Dempsey, C. Ndao, and R. Grechishkin, , Rev. Adv. Mater. Sci., 20, pp. 85 – 91, 2009.
Irina GROZA
Posters
“Transport measurements with nanometric magnetic clusters”
Irina Groza, Robert Morel, Ariel Brenac, Damien Le Roy and Lucien Notin, Réunion Thématique du GDR Nanoalliages-
Nanoaliiages&Magnétisme, January 2009, Lyon
‘’Correlations in core-shell clusters’’
Irina Groza, Robert Morel, Ariel Brenac, Damien Le Roy and Lucien Notin, European School on Magnetism, September 1-
10th 2009, Timisoara, Romania
"Corrélations magnétiques dans les agrégats Co-CoO"
Irina Groza, Robert Morel, Ariel Brenac, Cyrille Beigné et Lucien Notin, Colloque Louis Néel 2010, March/April, Albé (2010)
Akash CHAKRABORTY
Publication
"Dynamical properties of a three-dimensional diluted Heisenberg model"
Akash Chakraborty, Georges Bouzerar, Physical Review B, 81, 172406 (2010)
Poster
"Magnetic Spin Excitations in Diluted Ferromagnetic Systems"
Akash Chakraborty, Georges Bouzerar, workshop "New trends in the theory of strongly correlated electron systems", 8-9
April,2010
Xiaojun CHEN
Communications
The 4 th Nanowire Growth Workshop, Oct. 26-27, 2009, Paris :Poster contribution
The 3 rd international symposium on the Growth of Nitride Materials July-4th-7th, 2010, Montpellier: Oral
presentation contribution
Publications
“Wafer-scale selective area growth of GaN hexagonal prismatic nanostructures on c-sapphire substrate”
X.J. Chen, J.S.Hwang, G.Perillat-Merceroz, S.Landis, B.Martin, D. LeSiDang, J.Eymery, C.Durand. ,Journal of Crystal
Growth, 322 (2011) 15–22
"Homoepitaxial growth of catalyst-free GaN wires on N-polar substrates"
X.J. Chen, G. Perillat-Merceroz, D. Sam-Giao, C. Durand , J. Eymery , Applied Physics Letters 97, 151907 (2010)
"Selective area growth of GaN hexagonal nanoprisms on patterned c-sapphire substrates"
X.J. Chen, J.S. Hwang, G. Perillat-Merceroz, D. S. Landis, D. Le Si Dang, J. Eymery, C. Durand (Submitted to J. of Appl.
Phys.)
Patent
“Procédé de croissance sélective sur une structure semiconductrice"
Xiaojun CHEN, Joel EYMERY, Damien SALOMON, Christophe DURAND 5 avril 2011, 1152926 (on going)
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Miryam ELOUNEG JAMROZ
Posters
"CdSe Quantum Dots Insertion in ZnSe Nanowires: MBE Growth and Microstrucural Analysis"
Miryam Elouneg-Jamroz, Y. Genuist, E. Bellet-Amalric, C. Bougerol, Samir Bounouar, J.P. Poizat, R. André, Martien den
Hertog, K. Kheng and S. Tatarenko, GDR Nanofils 2009, Autrans (France)
“CdSe QD heterostructure layer in ZnSe NWs for single-photon emission”
M. Elouneg-Jamroz, M. den Hertog, S. Bounouar, E. Bellet-Amalric, Y. Genuist, R. André, K. Kheng, J.P. Poizat and S.
Tatarenko, 5th Nanowire Growth Workshop, Roma (November 2010)
“Correlation of structural, chemical and optical characterization of CdSe quantum dots inserted in ZnSe
nanowires”
M. Elouneg-Jamroz, M. den Hertog, S. Bounouar, E. Bellet-Amalric, R. Andre, Y. Genuist, K.Kheng, J-P Poizat, S.
Tatarenko, 16 th European Molecular Beam Epitaxy Workshop, Alpes d’Huez (Mars 2011)
Publication
"Epitaxial growth of ZnSe and ZnSe/CdSe Nanowires on ZnSe"
E. Bellet-Amalric, M. Elouneg-Jamroz, C. Bougerol, M. Den Hertog, Y. Genuist, S. Bounouar, J.P.
Poizat, K. Kheng, R. André, S. Tatarenko, Physica Status Solidi 2010 (on going)
Chi VO VAN
Poster
"Ultrathin epitaxial cobalt films on graphene: perpendicular magnetic anisotropy"
C.Vo-Van,Z.Kassir-Bodon,H.Yang,J.Coraux,J.Vogel,S.Pizzini,P.Bayle-Guillemaud, M.Chshiev, L.Ranno, V.Santonacci,
P.David, V.Salvador, O.Fruchart., 13th Colloque Louis Néel, Albé (2010)
Radoslaw BOMBERA
PART 3
Posters
"Reversible cell capture on a dna biochip coupled to spr imaging": Ecole thématique CRNS « Fonctionnalisation
de surfaces et méthodes de détection pour les biocapteurs » (8-12 February 2010)
2010)
"Reversible cell capture on a DNA biochip monitored by SPR imaging": congrès Biosensors 2010 (26-28 May
Aleš HRABEC
Invitations to talk at conferences
"Light-induced ultrafast spin dynamics in a Gd 1-xCo x ferrimagnetic film"
Cormier M., Mekonnen A., Kimel A.V., Kirilyuk A., Hrabec A., Ranno L., Rasing Th., 13th Colloque Louis Neel, Albé 2010
"Compensation domain walls in Gd 1-xCo x films, Joint European Magnetism Symposium (JEMS)"
Hrabec A., Nam N.T., Pizzini S., Ranno L., Krakow, August, 2010
"Laser-induced ultrafast magnetization dynamics in Gd 1-xCo x ferrimagnetic thin film"
Mekonnen A., Cormier M., Kimel A.V., Kirilyuk A., Hrabec A., Ranno L., Rasing Th., JEMS, Krakow,
August, 2010
Posters
" Deplacement de parois de domaines par courant polarise dans des alliages ferromagnetiques compenses "
Hrabec A., Ranno L., Pizzini S., 13th Colloque Louis Neel, Albé 2010
" Domain wall displacement in compensated ferrimagnetic Gd 1-xCox alloy "
Sao Paulo School of advanced Science: Spintronics and quantum computation (Nov,2010)
Marc GANZHORN
Poster
"Carbon nanotube based NEMS as magnetic force detector"
M. Ganzhorn, M. Urdampilleta, A. Reserbat-Plantey, V. Nguyen, JP. Cleuziou, and W. Wernsdorfer, ElecMol’10, December
2010
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Part IV: SUPPLEMENTS
Appendix 1: the RTRA laboratories 3
Appendix 2: the Foundation’s board 4
Appendix 3: the Scientific Committee 5
Appendix 4: the Steering Committee 6
Appendix 5: 2009 Call for Proposals funded projects 7
Appendix 6: 2010 Call for Proposals funded projects 10
Appendix 7: List of the Chairs of Excellence 13
Appendix 8: List of the Post Doc Fellows 16
Appendix 9: List of the PhD students 18
Appendix 10: "Les Parrains de la Fondation" 21
Appendix 11: List of the Reviewers involved in the Calls for Proposals in 2009 and 2010 22
Appendix 12: "Les Indicateurs Académiques" 25
Appendix 13: Report of the 2 nd Scientific Committee held in 2009, November 19 th – 20 th 47

Appendix 1: the RTRA laboratories
Laboratory’s Name Short name * Website
Centre de Recherche sur les Macromolécules Végétales CERMAV 2 www.cermav.cnrs.fr
Département de Chimie Moléculaire DCM 2,3 dcm.ujf-grenoble.fr
Grenoble Electrical Engineering Laboratory G2Elab 2,3, 4 www.g2elab.grenoble-inp.fr
Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences GIN 1,3 neurosciences.ujf-grenoble.fr
Institut Albert Bonniot IAB 2,3 www-iab.ujf-grenoble.fr
Institut de Biologie Structurale IBS 1,2,3 www.ibs.fr
Institut de Microélectronique, Electromagnétisme et
Photonique
IMEP 2,3,4 www.imep-lahc.grenoble-inp.fr
Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble IPAG 2,3 ipag.osug.fr
Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour
le Vivant
IRTSV 1,2,3 www-dsv.cea.frirtsv
Institut Fourier IF 2,3 www-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr
Institut Nanosciences et Cryogénie INAC 1,2,3,4 inac.cea.fr
INAC – Service de Chimie Inorganique et Biologique INAC/SCIB 1,2,3,4 inac.cea.frscib
INAC – Service de Physique des Matériaux et
Microstructures
INAC/SP2M 1,2,3,4 inac.cea.frsp2m
INAC – Service de Physique Statistique, Magnétisme et
Supraconductivité
INAC/SPSMS 1,2,3,4 inac.cea.frspsms
INAC - Spintronique et Technologie des Composants INAC/SPINTEC 1,2,3,4 www.spintec.fr
INAC - Structure et Propriétés d’Architectures
Moléculaires
INAC/SPAM 1,2,3 inac.cea.frspram
Institut Néel NEEL 2 www.neel.cnrs.fr
Laboratoire d’Electro et Physico-chimie des Matériaux et
Interfaces
Laboratoire d’Electronique et de Technologie de
l’Information
LEPMI 2,3,4 lepmi.grenoble-inp.fr
LETI 1 www-leti.cea.fr
SUPPLEMENTS
Laboratoire d’Informatique de Grenoble LIG 2,3,4 www.liglab.fr
Laboratoire d’Innovations pour les Technologies des
Energies nouvelles et les Nanomatériaux
Laboratoire de biologie structurale des interactions virus
cellule hôte
Laboratoire de Physique et Modélisation des Milieux
Condensés
Laboratoire des Ecoulements Géophysiques et
Industriels
LITEN 1 www-liten.cea.fr
LBSIVCH 2,3
LP2MC 2,3 lpmmc.grenoble.cnrs.fr
LEGI 2,3,4 www.legi.inpg.fr
Laboratoire des Matériaux et du Génie Physique LMGP 2,4 www.lmgp.inpg.fr
Laboratoire des Technologies de la Microélectronique LTM 1,2,3 www.ltm-cnrs.fr
Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique LIPhy 2,3 www-liphy.ujf-grenoble.fr
Laboratoire Jean Kuntzmann LJK 2,3,4,5 www-ljk-imag.fr
Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses LNCMI 2,3 ghmfl.grenoble.cnrs.fr
Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux et Procédés SIMAP 2,3,4 simap.grenoble-inp.fr
Technique de l’Informatique, de la Microélectronique
pour l’Architecture des ordinateurs
Techniques de l’Imagerie, de la Modélisation et de la
Cognition
TIMA 2,3,4 www.tima.imag.fr
TIMC 2,3,4 www-timc .imag.fr
* 1 = CEA, 2= CNRS, 3= UJF, 4= Grenoble INP, 5 = INRIA
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Appendix 2: the Foundation’s board
(As of May 2011)
Representatives of the Founding Institutions:
Since June 2010, there are three representatives (instead of two) in the Foundation’s board.
CEA
Jean-Paul DURAUD, Deputy Director of the ‘Direction des Sciences de la Matière’, CEA Saclay
Simon DELEONIBUS, Director of the ‘Laboratoire Nanodispositifs Electroniques’, CEA-LETI
Engin MOLVA, Director of the ‘Institut Nanosciences et Cryogénie’, CEA Grenoble
CNRS
Claude AMRA, Deputy Scientific Director of the ‘Institut des Sciences de l'Ingénierie et des
Systèmes’, CNRS
Jérôme VITRE 1 , Regional Representative of the Alpes Sector, CNRS
Giancarlo FAINI 2 , Deputy Scientific Director of the ‘Institut de Physique’, CNRS
Grenoble INP
Paul JACQUET, President of Grenoble INP
Roland MADAR, Research Director of the ‘Laboratoire des Materiaux et du Genie Physique’, Grenoble
INP
Pierre BENECH, Professor, Director of PHELMA, Grenoble INP
SUPPLEMENTS
Université Joseph Fourier:
Farid OUABDESSELAM 3 , President of Joseph Fourier University
Thierry DOMBRE, Director of the ‘Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique’, UJF
Alain SCHUHL, Director of the ‘Institut Néel’, CNRS-UJF
Representative of the Partnering Institution:
François SILLION 4 , Director of the Centre of Research ‘INRIA Grenoble - Rhône Alpes’
Qualified personalities:
Andre-Jacques AUBERTON-HERVE, CEO of SOITEC (Bernin, Isere, France)
Elisabeth CHARLAIX, Professor of the ‘ Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée et
Nanostructures’, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University
Gabriel M. CREAN, Professor & Scientific Director of the ‘Direction de la Recherche Technologique’,
CEA Grenoble
Michel DUCASSY, Sector Manager, CIC Lyonnaise de Banque, Grenoble
Jean-Yves MARZIN, Director of Laboratory ‘Photonique et de Nanostructures’ (Marcoussis, France)
Representatives of the network researchers:
INAC
Marc SANQUER, Head of the ‘Laboratoire de Transport Electronique Quantique et Supraconductivité’,
Jean-Claude MOUTET 5 , Deputy Director of the ‘Département de Chimie Moléculaire’
The Commissioner of the Government:
Olivier AUDEOUD, Grenoble local Education Officer
Invited representative of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research:
Robert PLANA, Scientific Director of the Ministry of Research
The Executive Office of the Board
Chairman: Farid OUABDESSELAM 6
First vice-chairman: Jean-Paul DURAUD 7
Second vice-chairman: Giancarlo FAINI 8
Treasurer: Roland MADAR 9
1 : succeeds to Pascale BUKHARI, former Regional Representative [from 18/10/2010]
2 : succeeds to Alain FONTAINE, former Director of the ‘Institut Néel’ [from 01/01/2011]
3 : succeeds to Ahmad BSIESY, Director of the CIME Nanotech [from 15/12/2010]
4 : from 26/05/2010
5 : succeeds to Jacques DEROUARD [from 14/12/2009]
6 : succeeds to Jean-Paul DURAUD [from 23/03/2011]
7 : succeeds to Alain FONTAINE [from 23/03/2011]
8 : succeeds to Roland MADAR [from 23/03/2011]
9 : succeeds to Alain SCHUHL [from 23/03/2011]
4

Appendix 3: the Scientific Committee
(As of May 2011)
President:
Benoît DEVEAUD-PLEDRAN, Head of the Laboratoire d'Optoélectronique Quantique, Ecole
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)
Members:
François AMALRIC, Director of the ‘Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale’, University
Paul Sabatier in Toulouse (France)
Jean-Philippe BOURGOIN, Director of the Nanoscience Program at the CEA in Saclay (France)
Alain CAPPY, Director of the ‘Institut d'Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie’
in Lille (France)
Marc DRILLON, Director of the ‘Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux’ in Strasbourg
(France)
Philippe FAUCHET, Director of the Center for Future Health, University of Rochester (USA)
Klaus KERN, Director of the Nanoscale Science Department, Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State
Research in Stuttgart (Germany)
Jagadeesh MOODERA, Senior Research Scientist and Group Leader of the Francis Bitter Magnet
Laboratory, Massachussetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge (USA)
Michel ORRIT 1 , Senior Research Scientist and Group Leader of the Molecular Nano-Optics and
Spins team at Leiden University (Netherlands)
Benoît PERTHAME, Professor, University Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris (France)
Clivia SOTOMAYOR TORRES, Professor, Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology in Barcelone (Spain)
Dominique THOMAS 2 , Director of R&D Partnerships at STMicroelectronics in Crolles (France)
SUPPLEMENTS
1 : succeeds to Paul F. BARBARA, former Director of the Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology, University of Texas in
Austin (USA) [from 09/03/2011]
2 : succeeds to Giorgio BACCARANI, Professor, University of Bologna (Italy) [from 05/11/2010]
5

Appendix 4: the Steering Committee
(As of May 2011)
Quantum Nanoelectronics:
Appointed member: Maud VINET, Research engineer, CEA
Deputy member: Olivier BUISSON, Senior Researcher, CNRS
Nanomagnetism:
Appointed member: Ursula EBELS 1 , Research engineer, CEA
Deputy member: Joël CIBERT, Senior Researcher, CNRS
Nanophotonics:
Appointed member: Jean Michel GERARD, Research engineer, CEA
Deputy member: Jean-Emmanuel BROQUIN, Professor, Grenoble INP
Molecular Electronics:
Appointed member: Vincent BOUCHIAT, Researcher, CNRS
Deputy member: Eric SAINT AMAN, Professor, UJF
Nanomaterials:
Appointed member: Thierry BARON, Senior Researcher, CNRS
Deputy member: François MARTIN, Research engineer, CEA
SUPPLEMENTS
Nanocharacterisation:
Appointed member: Hubert RENEVIER, Professor, Grenoble INP
Deputy member: Joël CHEVRIER, Professor, UJF
Nano approaches to Life Sciences:
Appointed member: Franz BRUCKERT 2 , Professor, Grenoble INP
Deputy member: Julian GARCIA 3 , Professor, UJF
Nanosimulation:
Appointed member: Didier MAYOU, Senior Researcher, CNRS
Deputy member: Gilles LECARVAL, Research engineer, CEA
Education:
Appointed member: Hervé COURTOIS, Professor, UJF
Deputy member: Morfouli PANAGIOTA, Professor, Grenoble INP
Technical Platforms:
Appointed member: François LEFLOCH 4 , Research engineer, CEA
Deputy member: Cécile GOURGON, Researcher, CNRS
INRIA experts:
Appointed member: Stéphane REDON, Team leader, INRIA [from 17/12/2010]
Deputy member: Alain GIRAULT, Researcher, INRIA [from 09/03/2011]
6
1 : succeeds to Alain SCHUHL, Senior Researcher, UJF [from 01/02/2010]
2 : succeeds to Pierre LABBE, Professor, UJF [from 14/05/2011]
3 : succeeds to Franz BRUCKERT, Professor, Grenoble INP [from 14/05/2011]
4 : succeeds to Noël MAGNEA, Research engineer, CEA [from 14/05/2011]

Appendix 5: 2009 Call for Proposals funded projects
Chairs of Excellence support
Major topic Action Title & Description
Super Nano Charac
Partners
1 2 3
Financial
support
(k€)
Nano -
characterisation
Part
Time
Chair
John R. KIRTLEY, one of the world’s
leading experts on Josephson junction
devices and superconductivity, will join this
project aimed at the study of the physical
properties of high quality superconducting
films and their integration into quantum
nano-devices.
Epitaxial superconducting films will be grown
by MBE and characterized at the nanoscale
at room temperature as well as at very low
temperature. The epitaxial trilayers will be
patterned into phase qubits. Novel
nanoSQUID microscopy techniques will be
employed to image the high quality circuits.
Institut
Néel
SIMAP
INAC/
SPSMS
350
II-VI Photovoltaics
Nanophotonics
Part
Time
Chair
Yong ZHANG is an expert in both optical
spectroscopy and electronic structure
computation, and is involved in
optoelectronic applications of materials
(e.g.,solar cell, solid state lighting,
thermoelectrics).
The goal of the project is to validate and
combine new ideas for solar cells along
three axis: 1/Type II band alignment at the
interfaces, 2/1D architecture, using arrays
of II-VI wires, 3/Direct band gap II-VI
semiconductors. It will be done by exploring
a new class of photovoltaic cells, based on
core/shell nanowires architecture with type
II band alignment such as ZnO/CdTe and
ZnTe/CdSe.
Institut
Néel
Léti LTM 300
SUPPLEMENTS
MUSCADE
Nanosimulation
Part
Time
Chair
The core of this project is the true
integration of Professor Normand
MOUSSEAU from the University of Montréal
into a local organization regrouping both
physicists and computer scientists and
working on condensed matter and
nanostructures.
Through the study of three prototype
systems motivated by the experimental
community, multiscale simulations are
expected to advance our fundamental
understanding of the key issues governing
the formation and stability of
semiconducting quantum dots, silicon
nanowires and graphene sheets.
INAC/
SP2M
SIMAP
&
Institut
Néel
LIG
&
Léti
280
TOTAL (k€) 930
7

RTRA projects support
Major topic Action Title & Description
PERCEVAL
Partners
1 2 3
Financial
support
(k€)
Nanomaterials
RTRA
project
The main target of the project is the study
of the effect of reducing dimensions on
phase transitions in new materials candidate
for phase change random access memories
(PCRAM). Special focus will be made on the
effect of scaling on the variability of material
composition in an array, the variation of
melting temperature and the shift in
crystallization.
The studied materials will be Ge2Sb2Te5,
GeTe and GeSb6. With Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST)
being considered as a reference materials.
LETI
INAC/
SP2M
LMGP
&
LTM
280
MIDWEST
SUPPLEMENTS
Nanomagnetism
Quantum
Nanoelectronics
RTRA
project
RTRA
project
The objective is to establish a local platform
for magnetic imaging particularly suited for
current-induced domain wall motion, which
will be unique in France and even worldwide.
The project outcomes will allow addressing
the open questions in the field and
producing ground-breaking results in the
coming years in this competitive and fastmoving
field.
TRANSPIN
The goal of this project is to realize coherent
transport of a single electron spin in a
scalable condensed matter system (lateral
quantum dots defined in a GaAs
heterostructure).
The realization of teleportation of a single
electron spin will open new possibilities to
the field of Quantum Information and is an
essential step towards coherent control of a
large number of Q-Bits.
Institut
Néel
Institut
Néel
INAC/
LEMMA
Spintec 250
IMEP TIMA 230
TOTAL (k€) 760
Technological Platforms support
Platform
Attributed support
Financial
support
(k€)
PTA
& CIME
Operating expenses 250
High temperature LP CVD system 220
NanoBio Mass spectroscopy for bio-molecules 150
NanoFab Silanisation system 120
TOTAL (k€) 740
8

Education and Scientific Animation support
Topic Name of the event Location Dates (2009)
Financial
support
(k€)
EDUCATION
Life sciences, Nanomaterials,
Quantum Nanoelectronics, etc
ESONN'09
Grenoble
August 23 rd -
September 12 th 25
Nanocharaterisation
10th HERCULES
specialized courses
Grenoble
May 18 th –
May 22 nd 5
Life sciences, Nanomaterials
Sciences de la
Miniaturisation et
Biologie
Grenoble
June 8 th –
June 12 th 5
Quantum Nanoelectronics MIGAS 09 "SOI" Autrans
SCIENTIFIC ANIMATION
June 20 th –
June 26 th 2
Nanomaterials, Quantum
Nanoelectronics
4ème Colloque GDR
«Nanowires,
nanotubes,
semiconductors»
Autrans
June 30 th –
July 3 rd 2
Quantum Nanoelectronics
Seminars on Quantum
Nanoelectronics
Grenoble Weekly 6,5
Nanomaterials, Quantum
Nanoelectronics
Nanomaterials, Quantum
Nanoelectronics
Nanomagnetism
2nd France-Chine
Workshop «Quantum
Information and
Spintronics with
Semiconductors»
2nd Grenoble & UT
Austin workshop on
nanosciences
Daniel Dautreppe
Seminars
Grenoble
Autrans
Biviers
October 11 th –
October 16 th 2
October 14 th –
October 16 th 2
November 16 th –
November 20 th 2
TOTAL (k€) 51.5
SUPPLEMENTS
9

Appendix 6: 2010 Call for Proposals funded projects
Chairs of Excellence support
Major topic Action Title & Description
JoQOLaT
Partners
1 2 3
Financial
support
(k€)
Quantum
Nanoelectronics
Full
Time
Chair
The new expertise in microwave quantum
optics and dynamical Coulomb blockade
brought by Max HOFHEINZ is at the core of
this project that will include the development
of various specific devices and circuits -
based on his experience with
superconducting quantum circuits (phase
qubits and microwave resonators).
INAC/
SPSMS
Institut
Néel
LPMMC 500
NISHI
SUPPLEMENTS
Nanomaterials
Nanosimulation
Part
Time
Chair
Part
Time
Chair
Yoshio NISHI and his team at Stanford
have a strong expertise in the field of MOS
devices and technology and have made
recent breakthroughs in the technology of Ge
channel NMOS devices. The know-how of
Prof. Nishi regarding Ge material, Metallic
source and drains MOSFET will strongly
benefit to the local community and will allow
making significant progress in terms of
technological and scientific aspects.
CORTRANO
Harold BARANGER has a track record of
making connections between theorists
working with computational techniques and
those making analytic progress. He will
bring specific expertise in several
computational and theoretical areas: pathintegral
quantum Monte Carlo simulation,
molecular electronics using DFT combined
with one-body Green function and in
particular one of the first applications to
spintronics.
Léti IMEP 330
INAC/
SPSMS
LPMMC
Institut
Néel
300
NSCGP
Nanosimulation
Part
Time
Chair
This project is to benefit from the expertise
of Prof. David GRAVES in the field of
Molecular Dynamic Simulations applied to
plasma-surface interactions. The goal is to
determine under which plasma conditions
graphene layers can be etched without
damage. If it succeeds it will provide a
technology to get the high quality samples
that are required for fundamental studies of
graphene properties as well as the possibility
to pattern large area wafers for industrial
applications.
LTM
Institut
Néel
Léti 300
3D-CDI
Nanosimulation
Part
Time
Chair
At University of Illinois, Prof. Jian Min ZUO
has dedicated the past 8 years on the
development of electron Coherent Diffractive
Imaging (CDI) for structure characterization
of nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes. This
project on semiconductor, oxide nanowires,
and organic nanostructures provides a
further opportunity to broaden the
application of electron CDI and to improve
this technique with comparison with
synchrotron.
INAC/
SP2M
Cermav Léti 300
10

TOTAL (K€) 1 730
Ph. D. program
Session Topic Host lab.
Quantum
Nanoelectronics
INAC/
SPSMS
/LaTEQS
Successful applicant
Name Nationality Thesis title
Andreas
PFEFFER
German
Hybrid superconducting
nanostructures: towards the
realization of an EPR
electronic source
Financial
support
(k€)
115
April 2010
Nanophotonics,
Nano approaches
to Life Sciences
LIPhy
Teodora
SCHEUL
Romanian
Super-resolved microscopy:
instrumental development
and application to life science
115
Nanomaterials,
Nanocharac.
Nanomagnetism
& Nano
approaches to
Life Sciences
G2ELAB &
Léti
Nanostructured multilayers of
Dmitry
ZAKHAROV Russian exotic magnetic materials for
energy-harvesting MEMS &
NEMS
115
Quantum
Nanoelectronics
Institut
Néel
Hadi
ARJMANDI
TASH
Iranian
Quantum Transport in
Suspended and Metal Doped
Graphene
115
October
2010
Nano approaches
to Life Sciences
Institut de
Biologie
Structurale
Francesca
COSCIA
Italian
Protein symmetrisation as a
novel tool in structural
biology
115
Quantum
Nanoelectronics
Institut
Néel
Thomas
WEISSL
German
Quantum Dynamics in a
Josephson Junction Chain
TOTAL (K€) 690
Technological Platforms support
Platform
Attributed support
115
Financial
support
(k€)
SUPPLEMENTS
PTA
&
CIME
Operating expenses for the PTA platform
New metal evaporator
500
CRG Monochromator equipment dedicated for spectroscopy 200
NanoFab
Operating expenses for the NanoFab platform 30
Upgrade of the lithography e-beam equipment 50
TOTAL (k€) 780
11

Education and Scientific Animation support
Topic Name of the event Location Dates (2010)
Financial
support
(k€)
EDUCATION
All topics covered ESONN'10 Grenoble
Quantum Nanoelectronics,
Molecular electronics,
Nanosimulation
Graphene International
School
Cargese
Quantum Nanoelectronics MIGAS'10 "MEMS & NEMS" Autrans
August, 22 nd –
September, 11 th 25,0
October, 11 th –
October 23 rd 2,0
June, 26 th –
July, 2 nd 2,0
SCIENTIFIC ANIMATION
Molecular electronics,
Nanocharacterisation, Nano
approaches to Life Sciences,
Nanosimulation
ElecMol’10
Grenoble
December, 6 th –
December 10 th 10,0
Quantum Nanoelectronics
Nanocharacterisation, Nano
approaches to Life Sciences,
Nanosimulation
Séminaires de
Nanoélectronique Quantique
Séminaire OMNT - Interactions
biologie
synthétique et
micronanotechnologies
Grenoble Weekly 6,5
Grenoble March, 30 th 2,0
SUPPLEMENTS
Nanomagnetism and Spin
Electronics
Quantum Nanoelectronics,
Nanocharacterisation,
Nanosimulation
Nanomagnétisme et
Spintronique
(Entretiens Jacques Cartiers)
QFS2010 : International
Symposium on Quantum
Fluids and Solids
Grenoble
Grenoble
November, 24 th –
November, 25 th 2,0
August, 1 st –
August, 7 th 1,5
TOTAL (k€) 51,0
12

Appendix 7: List of the Chairs of Excellence
2007 Call for Proposals
Name
Nationality
Duration
FULL TIME
Major topic Description From
Starting
on
Modelisation of magnetic nanostructures
Mairbek
CHSHIEV
Russian
3 years
Nanomagnetism
The research of M. Chshiev is focused on the theory of
spin-dependent electronic transport phenomena in
nanostructures with giant and tunnel magnetoresistance
as well as on electronic band structure of materials for
spin electronics.
University
of Alabama
(USA)
May 2008
Donald
MARTIN
Australian
3 years
Nano
approaches to
Life Sciences
Biomimetic artificial membrane.
D. Martin is one of the leaders of the Nanobiotechnology
program at the University of Technology Sydney. He has
launched the OzNano2Life program, in partnership with
the European project Nano2life. His research focuses on
ion channels in cell membranes.
University
of
Technology
of Sydney
(Australia)
January
2009
PART TIME
Quantum coherent phenomena
Leonid
GLAZMAN
American
3m/year x3
Vincent
BAYOT
Belgium
2,5 m/year x3
Quantum
Nanoelectronics
Nanocharacterisation
L. Glazman is a renowned expert in the physics of
mesoscopic systems with major contributions to the
theory of electron transport and correlations in systems of
reduced dimensionality, such as quantum dots and
quantum wires.
Scanning-gate Nanoelectronics
V. Bayot has been involved in low-dimensional electronic
systems and mesoscopic physics. More recently, he has
concentrated on the study of mesoscopic and quantum
transport by scanned gate microscopy.
Transport in core/shell devices
Yale
University
(USA)
Catholic
University
of Leuven
(Belgium)
July 2008
April
2008
SUPPLEMENTS
Philip
WONG
American
1m/year x3
Quantum
Nanoelectronics
P. Wong is interested in exploring new materials, novel
fabrication techniques, and novel device concepts for
future nanoelectronics systems. His research covers a
broad range of topics including carbon nanotubes,
semiconductor nanowires, self-assembly, exploratory
logic devices, and novel memory devices.
Stanford
University
(USA)
June
2008
Downsizing nanospintronics
Joaquin
FERNANDEZ-
ROSSIER
Spanish
1,5 m/year x3
Nanomagnetism
J. Fernandez-Rossier works in the broad research field of
condensed matter theory. He is particularly interested in
the magnetic properties of systems of reduced
dimensionality and in the manipulation of these properties
by means of electrical fields and currents as well as laser
excitation.
University
of Alicante
(Spain)
Sept.
2008
Vaclav
HOLY
Czech Republic
1 m/year x4
Nanocharacterisation
X ray investigations on nanoparticles
V. Holy is a well known specialist of X-ray diffusion by
nanostructures. His expertise is particularly focused on
the quantum objects prepared in situ on the beam lines
and on the nano-defects induced in silicon by the
technological processes.
University
of Masarik
(Czech
Republic)
July 2008
Michael
ROUKES
American
3 m/year x 4
Quantum
Nanoelectronics
Very Large Scale Integration of NEMS
M. Roukes is the founding director of the Kavli
Nanosciences Institute. His research interests are focused
on developing and using of nanodevices in the exploration
of single-quantum and single-molecule phenomena.
Californian
Institute of
Technology
(USA)
May 2008
13

2008 Call for Proposals
Name
Nationality
Duration
FULL TIME
Major topic Description From
Starting
on
Implantable computer –brain interface
Tetiana
AKSENOVA
Russian
3 years
Nano
approaches to
Life Sciences
T. Aksenova is a leading expert in the field of machine
learning and real time signal processing. She invented
several innovative approaches for signal processing,
classification and modeling that will be used for Brain
Computer Interface design.
National
Academy of
Sciences
(Ukraine)
Novemb.
2008
PART TIME
Alexander
ZASLAVSKY
American
3m/year x3
Quantum
Nanoelectronics
Tunneling-based nano-FETs
A. Zaslavsky conducts research on devices that could
supplement the current silicon transistor-based
microelectronics technology.
Brown
University
(USA)
June
2009
SUPPLEMENTS
Marcelo
FRANCA
SANTOS
Brazilian
3m/year x3
Leonardo
FONSECA
Brazilian
6m/ 3 years
Nanophotonics
Nanosimulation
2009 Call for Proposals
Emission Properties Of a semiconducting Cavity
coupled to an Artifical atom
M. Franca Santos is a theoretician specialized in quantum
optics and cavity QED.
Nanometric Devices calculated ab initio
L. Fonseca is an expert in theory and modeling of
nanostructures.
University
of Belo
Horizonte
(Brazil)
W. Von
Braun
Center
(Brazil)
July 2009
Novemb.
2010
Name
Nationality
Duration
PART TIME
Major topic Description From
SuperNanoCharach
Starting
on
John
KIRTLEY
American
3m/year x 3
Nanocharacterisation
J. Kirtley, one of the world’s leading experts on
Josephson junction devices and superconductivity. For
the past dozen years, he has developed the technique of
scanning SQUID microscopy and used the resulting novel
instruments for fundamental studies. This project aims to
achieving the nanocharacterisation of superconducting
nanostructures.
Stanford
University
(USA)
April
2010
II-VI Photovoltaic
Yong
ZHANG
American
2m/year x 2
Nanophotonics
Y. Zhang is an expert in both optical spectroscopy and
electronic structure computation, and is involved in
optoelectronic applications of materials (e.g.solar cell,
solid state lighting, thermoelectrics). This project aims to
developing new concepts solar cells with II-VI
semiconductor nanostructures.
National
Renewable
Energy
Laboratory
(USA)
Novemb.
2009
Normand
MOUSSEAU
Canadian
2m/year x 3
Nanosimulation
MUSCADE
N. Mousseau is an expert in theoretical and numerical
studies of the structural and dynamical properties of
complex materials. Through the study of three prototype
systems, multiscale simulations are expected to advance
the fundamental understanding of the key issues
University
of
Montreal
(Canada)
Sept.
2010
14

governing the formation and stability of semiconducting
quantum dots, silicon nanowires and graphene sheets.
2010 Call for Proposals
Name
Nationality
Duration
FULL TIME
Major topic Description From
JoQOLaT
Starting
on
Max
HOFHEINZ
3 years
Quantum
Nanoelectronics
The new expertise in microwave quantum optics and
dynamical Coulomb blockade brought by Max HOFHEINZ
is at the core of this project that will include the
development of various specific devices and circuits -
based on his experience with superconducting quantum
circuits (phase qubits and microwave resonators).
IRAMIS/
SPEC,
CEA Saclay
(France)
July 2011
PART TIME
CORTRANO
Harold
BARANGER
9m/3 years
David
GRAVES
9m/3 years
Nanosimulation
Nanosimulation
Harold BARANGER has a track record of making
connections between theorists working with computational
techniques and those making analytic progress. He will
bring specific expertise in several computational and
theoretical areas: path-integral quantum Monte Carlo
simulation, molecular electronics using DFT combined with
one-body Green function and in particular one of the first
applications to spintronics.
NSCGP
This project is to benefit from the expertise of Prof. David
GRAVES in the field of Molecular Dynamic Simulations
applied to plasma-surface interactions. The goal is to
determine under which plasma conditions graphene layers
can be etched without damage. If it succeeds it will
provide a technology to get the high quality samples that
are required for fundamental studies of graphene
properties as well as the possibility to pattern large area
wafers for industrial applications.
Duke
University
(USA)
Berkeley
University
(USA)
June
2011
June
2011
SUPPLEMENTS
NISHI CHAIR
Yoshio
NISHI
9m/3 years
Nanomaterials
Yoshio NISHI and his team at Stanford have a strong
expertise in the field of MOS devices and technology and
have made recent breakthroughs in the technology of Ge
channel NMOS devices. The know-how of Prof. Nishi
regarding Ge material, Metallic source and drains MOSFET
will strongly benefit to the local community and will allow
making significant progress in terms of technological and
scientific aspects.
Stanford
University
(USA)
April
2011
3D-CDI
Jian-Min
ZUO
9m/3 years
Nanocharacterisation
At University of Illinois, Prof. Jian Min ZUO has dedicated
the past 8 years on the development of electron Coherent
Diffractive Imaging (CDI) for structure characterization of
nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes. This project on
semiconductor, oxide nanowires, and organic
nanostructures provides a further opportunity to broaden
the application of electron CDI and to improve 3D
coherent diffractive imaging with comparison with
synchrotron.
University
of Illinois
(USA)
May
2011
15

Appendix 8: List of the Post Doc Fellows
Post Doc Fellows recruited in 2008
Name
Project
Nationality Stay Topics Laboratory
Hartmut WEGE
«New comers»
Project Douady
German
March 2008
-
September 2009
Dentritic potentials imaging by second
harmonic generation
Spectro
Lavinia LIGUORI
Chair of Excellence
Donald MARTIN
Italian
July 2008
-
June 2010
Biomimetic artificial membrane systems
for generating electrochemical energy
TIMC
Loren SWENSON
«New comers»
Project Monfardini
American
July 2008
-
June 2010
A DC-to-THz cryogenic platform for new
generations of nano-detectors
Institut Néel
Alexey DOBRYNIN
RTRA Project
POMME
Russian
July 2008
-
June 2010
Properties of magnetic metals under
electric field
Institut Néel
Libertad
ABAD MUNOZ
RTRA Project
NeuroFET
Spanish
November 2008
-
May 2010
Coupling of neurons with silicon nano Field
Effect Transistors
Institut Néel &
CRETA
SUPPLEMENTS
Post Doc Fellows recruited in 2009
Name
Project
Karim AISSOU
RTRA Project
Cellulose hybrid
Alan KALITSOV
Chair of Excellence
Mairbek CHSHIEV
Nationality Stay Topics Laboratory
French
Russian
February 2009
–
August 2010
April 2009
–
July 2010
Cellulose Hybrid Block Copolymers
Modeling of spin-dependent electronic
transport in nanostructures
CERMAV
SPINTEC
Shidong WANG
«New comers»
Project Mingo
Chinese
May 2009
–
February 2010
Computational modeling of novel
nanostructured thermoelectric materials
LITEN
Vitaly HOLOVACH
Chair of Excellence
Leonid GLAZMAN
Ukrainian
November 2009
–
November 2011
Quantum coherent nanoscale devices
INAC/SPSMS
Eduardo MACHADO
CHARRY
Chair of Excellence
Normand MOUSSEAU
Colombian
December 2009
–
September 2011
Multi-scale Design of Nano-materials with
simulations on hybrid architectures
INAC/SP2M
16

Post Doc Fellows recruited in 2010
Name
Project
Nationality Stay Topics Laboratory
Anne
BERNAND MANTEL
RTRA Project
POMME
French
January 2010
-
September 2010
Preparation and study of models revealing
magnetism activation effects under a
given electric field
Institut Néel
Vincent
CONSONNI
Chair of Excellence
John KIRTLEY
French
February 2010
–
January 2011
Réalisation de nanostructures de type
coeur-coquille à base de nanofils de ZnO
LTM
Vincent RENARD
RTRA Project
DISPOGRAPH
French
March 2010
–
September 2011
DISPOGRAPH project: Study of graphene
and its application to new devices
Institut Néel
Aurelien
MASSEBOEUF
RTRA Project
MIDWEST
French
March 2010
–
October 2011
Projet MIDWEST : Etude des mouvements
de parois induits par des courants
polarisés en spin
INAC/SP2M
Valentina
CANTELLI
«New comers»
Project Schülli
Italian
April 2010
–
September 2011
UHV-CVD measuring station for in-situ x-
ray investigation of growing
semiconductor nanowires
INAC/SP2M
Anne MARTEL
RTRA Project
NANOBIODROP
Anupam KUNDU
«New comers»
Project Mingo
Sergiy BOKOCH
«New comers»
Project Labbé
Jean Faber
FERREIRA DE
ABREU
Chair of Excellence
Tetiana AKSENOVA
French
Indian
Ukrainian
Brazilian
May 2010
–
November 2011
August 2010
–
April 2011
September 2010
–
August 2011
September 2010
–
September 2011
Artificial membranes on chip for the study
of membrane proteins
Computational modeling of novel
nanostructured thermoelectric materials
Modeling of hysteresis in ferromagnetic
materials
Interface Brain computer interface, selflearning
adaptative embedded solution
IBS
LITEN
Laboratoire
KUNTZMAN
LETI
/CLINATEC
SUPPLEMENTS
Benjamin SACEPE
Chair of Excellence
Vincent BAYOT
French
September 2010
–
February 2012
Use of scanning gate microscopy to study
coherent quantum transport in the
quantum hall effect.
Institut Néel
Billel SALHI
RTRA Project
PERCEVALL
French
October 2010
–
September 2011
Study of the location of metal catalyst for
the growth of silicon nanowires
LTM
Minhao YAN
RTRA Project
POLYSUPRA
Chinese
October 2010
–
March 2012
Preparation and characterization of
functional and multi-responsive self
assembled metallo-suprapolymers
INAC/SPRAM &
DCM
Cécile DELACOUR
RTRA Project
NeuroFET
French
December 2010
–
March 2011
Silicon nano transistors for the detection
of neural network activity
Institut Néel
Thomas NOGARET
Chair of Excellence
Normand MOUSSEAU
French
December 2010
–
November 2011
Approche multi-échelle de la croissance de
nanofils de silicium
SIMAP
17

Appendix 9: List of the PhD students
PhD students recruited in 2007
Name
Project
Nationality Thesis started on Thesis title Laboratory
Thomas QUAGLIO
"fil de l'eau"
French October 2007
Local spectroscopy of nanostructured
superconductors out of equilibrium
Institut Néel
Xu WANG
"fil de l'eau"
Chinese October 2007
New nanometric bio-sensors
nanotubes
from carbon
DCM
Subhadeep DATTA
"fil de l'eau"
Indian October 2007
Molecular spintronics using singlemolecule
magnets
Institut Néel
Jun-Seok
HWANG
"fil de l'eau"
South
Korean
November 2007 Transport and optics of single nanowires Institut Néel
Mikhail KUSTOV
"fil de l'eau"
Russian December 2007
Micromanipulation of nanoparticles using
the diamagnetic levitation approach
G2ELAB
PhD students recruited in 2008
Name
Project
Nationality Thesis started on Thesis title Laboratory
SUPPLEMENTS
Sandeep
AGNIHOTRI
"fil de l'eau"
Marcio MEDEIROS
SOARES
"fil de l'eau"
Aleš HRABEC
"fil de l'eau"
Peng LIU
Chair of Excellence
Vincent BAYOT
Indian March 2008
Brazilian May 2008
Czech September 2008
Chinese September 2008
Spin-based electronics in II-VI
semiconductors : Spin-dependent tunnel
current in heterostructures
Growth, structure and magnetism in
perpendicular coupled systems
Magnetization reversal in compensated
ferrimagnets and current-induced domain
wall displacement in magnetic
nanostructures
Nanoelectronics by scanning probe
microscopy
Institut Néel &
INAC/SP2M
Institut Néel
Institut Néel
Institut Néel
Bharathi
NATARAJAN
RTRA Project
NANOSTAR
Indian September 2008
Development of New Functionals and
Algorithms for Time Dependent Density
Functional Theory
INAC/SP2M
Nitin Singh MALIK
«New comers»
project Claudon
Indian September 2008
Study of strong atom-light interaction on
chip
INAC/SP2M
Chonglong CAO
Chair of Excellence
FERNANDEZ-
ROSSIER
Chinese September 2008
Optical and electronic properties of
quantum dots with a single Mn impurity
Institut Néel
Arpan Krishna
DEB
"fil de l'eau"
Indian October 2008
Multiscale study of the charge effect on
diffusion in silicon
INAC/SP2M
Radoslaw
BOMBERA
"fil de l'eau"
Polish October 2008
Development of novel biochips destined
for cell characterization and sorting
INAC/SCIB
Irina GROZA
"fil de l'eau"
Romanian October 2008
Spin-torque effects in magnetic
nanoparticules
INAC/SP2M
Akash
CHAKRABORTY
"fil de l'eau"
Indian October 2008
Magnetism and transport in diluted
magnetic systems and effects of
nanoscale inhomogeneities
Institut Néel
Xiaojun CHEN
"fil de l'eau"
Chinese October 2008
Selective growth of nitride nanowires for
photonics applications
INAC/SP2M
18

PhD students recruited in 2009
Name
Project
Nationality Thesis started on Thesis title Laboratory
Andriy
YELISYEYEV
Chair of Excellence
Tetiana AKSENOVA
Ukrainian January 2009
Brain-Computer Interface using electrocorticogram
(ECoG) from the cortical
surface
Léti
Jae Woo LEE
Chair of Excellence
Philip WONG
South
Korean
February 2009 Transport in core-shell nanowires IMEP LAHC
Hongxin YANG
"fil de l'eau"
Chinese March 2009
Electronic structure and spin-polarized
currents in magnetic epitaxial tunnel
junctions.
INAC/SPINTEC
Miryam ELOUNEG
JAMROZ
"fil de l'eau"
Canadian March 2009
Development of quantum dots in II-VI
semiconductors nanowires for photonic
applications
Institut Néel
Vinicius
FERRAZ
GUIMARAES
"fil de l'eau"
Brazilian June 2009
Preparation and characterization of yttrium
aluminoborate nanopowders for the
development of a new generation of
phosphors for lighting
Institut Néel
Jing WAN
Chair of Excellence
Alexander
ZASLAVSKY
Chinese June 2009
Quantum and tunneling nanodevices
integrated in the "semiconductor-oninsulator"
platform
IMEP/LETI
Omid FAIZY
RTRA Project
NANOSTAR
Purvi JAIN
"fil de l'eau"
Van Dai NGUYEN
"fil de l'eau"
Kalpana MANDAL
«New comers»
project Balland
Natalia ARES
"fil de l'eau"
Iranian July 2009 Quantum transport in nanostructures Institut Néel
Indian September 2009
Vietnamese October 2009
Indian October 2009
Argentinean October 2009
Antibody phage display in materials
sciences : new nano-probes and linkers for
nano-objects
Injection of electrical current and the
dynamics of magnetic walls propagation
Contribution of the physical properties of
the environment to cell/cell interactions
Electronic transport and spin dynamics in
coupled SiGe self-assembled quantum
dots
SPECTRO
INAC/SP2M
SPECTRO
INAC/SPSMS
SUPPLEMENTS
Chi VO VAN
"fil de l'eau"
Vietnamese October 2009
Graphene epitaxy on metals for a new
generation of self-organized, highly
ordered, tunable magnetic nanosystems
Institut Néel
Raul SALAZAR
ROMERO
Chair of Excellence
Yong ZHANG
Mexican November 2009
New concepts solar cells with II-IV
semiconductor nanostructures
Léti
Siddarth NAMBIAR
"fil de l'eau"
Indian November 2009
Plasmons assisted Si electro-optical
devices
Léti
Daniel VALENTE
Chair of Excellence
Marcelo FRANCA
SANTOS
Brazilian November 2009
Emission properties of a semi-conducting
Cavity coupled to an Artificial Atom
Institut Néel
Marc GANZHORN
"fil de l'eau"
German December 2009
Molecular spintronics using single molecule
magnets: magnetic force measurements
using carbon nanotube based mechanical
resonators.
Institut Néel
19

PhD students supported in 2010
Name
Project
Nationality Thesis started on Thesis title Laboratory
Giada GHEZZI Italian February 2010
Dimensional effect on phase transition in
materials for phase change memories
Léti & LMGP
PhD students supported by the PhD program 2010
Name
Project
Nationality Thesis started on Thesis title Laboratory
Teodora SCHEUL Romanian October 2010
Superresolved microscopy: instrumental
development and application to live
sciences
SPECTRO
Andreas PFEFFER German November 2010
Hybrid superconducting nanostructures:
towards the realization of an EPR
electronic source
INAC/SPSMS
Dmitri ZAKHAROV Russian January 2011
Nanostructured multilayers of exotic
magnetic materials for energy-harvesting
MEMS & NEMS
Léti & GE2lab
Francesca COSCIA Italian February 2011
Protein symmetrization as a novel tool in
structural biology
IBS
SUPPLEMENTS
Thomas WEISSL German February 2011
Hadi
ARJMANDI TASH
Iranian April 2011
Quantum Dynamics in a Josephson
Junction Chain
Quantum Transport in Suspended and
Metal Doped Graphene
Institut Néel
Institut Néel
20

Appendix 10: "Les Parrains de la Fondation"
Alim-Louis BENABID, Member of the Academy of Sciences, Professor Emeritus of Biophysics at the
University Joseph Fourier, Scientific Counselor at the 'Direction de la Recherche Technologique’ of the CEA.
Michel BRUEL: Scientific Counsellor at the Léti and Founder of the Consulting Company APLINOV.
Jean-Lou CHAMEAU: President of the Californian Institute of Technology.
Albert FERT: 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics, Professor at the University Paris-Sud (Paris XI).
Axel KAHN: Geneticist, President of the University Paris Descartes (Paris V).
Etienne KLEIN: Physicist and Doctor in Philosophy of Sciences, Research Director at the CEA
Saclay, Director of the ‘Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Sciences de la Matiere’.
Joël MONNIER: Founder of the start-up Kalray and former Vice-President and Director of R&D in
STMicroelectronics.
Eva PEBAY-PEROULA: Member of the Academy of Sciences, Director of the ‘Institut de Biologie
Structurale’, Professor at the University Joseph Fourier.
Francesco SETTE: General Director of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility.
Jean THERME: Director of the CEA Grenoble.
SUPPLEMENTS
21

Appendix 11: List of the Reviewers involved in the Calls for
Proposals in 2009 and 2010
2009 Call for Proposals
Reviewer Laboratory / University / Institution Country
Jacqueline BLOCH Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures LPN/CNRS France
Daniel BOUCHIER Institut d'Electronique Fondamentale, Orsay France
Guillaume CASSABOIS Laboratoire Pierre Aigrain, Ecole Normale Supérieure France
Maria CHAMARRO Institut des Nanosciences de Paris, Université Pierre et Marie Curie France
Laurent COGNET
Centre de Physique Moléculaire Optique et Hertzienne, Université de
Bordeaux and CNRS
France
Jean-Pierre COLINGE Tyndall National Institute, Cork Ireland
Ana CROS STÖTTER Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales, Universidad de Valencia Spain
Maxime DAHAN
Christophe DELERUE
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Département de Physique et de Biologie,
Ecole Normale Supérieure
Institut d'Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie,
CNRS Lille
France
France
SUPPLEMENTS
Hervé DEVAUX
Stefan DILHAIRE
Laboratoire Structure et Dynamique par Résonance Magnétique, URA
CEA/CNRS 331, DSM/IRAMIS/Service Interdisciplinaire sur les
Systèmes Moléculaires et les Matériaux
Groupe de PhotoThermique des Microsystèmes et Nanomatériaux,
CPMOH, Université Bordeaux1-CNRS
France
France
Klaus ENSSLIN Laboratorium f. Festkörperphysik Switzerland
Giancarlo FAINI
Groupe de Physique et Technologie des Nanostructures, Laboratoire
de Photonique et Nanostructures, CNRS, Marcoussis
France
Vladimir FALKO Physics Department, Lancaster University United Kingdom
Jayne GARNO
Howard Hughes Medical Institute , Chemistry Department, Chevy
Chase
Christian GLATTLI Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris France
USA
Stefan GODECKER University of Basel Switzerland
Marcello GOFFMAN
Laboratoire d'Electronique Moléculaire, DSM / IRAMIS /SPEC/ CEA
Saclay
France
Jean-Jacques GREFFET Ecole Centrale Paris France
Mihai Adrian IONESCU Nanolab, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland
Alain JONAS
Unité de Chimie et de Physique des Hauts Polymères (POLY),
Université catholique de Louvain
Belgium
Ali KHADEMHOSSEINI Harvard-MIT, Cambridge USA
Jean-Philippe LACHAUX
Philippe LAFARGE
INSERM U821 Brain Dynamics and Cognition, Centre Hospitalier Le
Vinatier
Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques
CNRS – Université de Paris 7
France
France
Astrid LAMBRECHT Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, CNRS Université de Paris 6 France
Didier LETOURNEUR CHU, Bichat France
Salvatore LOMBARDO STMicroelectronics Italy
22

2009 Call for Proposals (continued)
Reviewer Laboratory / University / Institution Country
Stéphane MANGIN Institut Jean Lamour, CNRS – Nancy University France
Chris MARROWS School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds United Kingdom
Thierry MARTIN Centre de Physique Théorique et Université de la Méditerranée France
Dominique MASSIOT
Mikael MERTIG
CEMHTI (Conditions Extrêmes et Matériaux : Haute Température et
Irradiation) –CNRS Université d'Orléans, Directeur Fédération RMN
Solide Hauts Champs FR2950
BioNanotechnologie und Strukturbildung, Max Bergmann Zentrum für
Biomaterialien und Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaft, Technische
Universität Dresden
France
Germany
David MOONEY Harvard , Engineering & Applied Science Dpt USA
Vincent PAILLARD CEMES-CNRS & Univ. Toulouse France
Jukka PEKOLA Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology Finland
Alain PEREZ
Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée et Nanostructures
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 et CNRS
France
Frédéric PETROFF Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales France
Jean-Claude PLENET
Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée et Nanostructure,
CNRS Université de Lyon
France
Hughes POTHER Quantronics group, SPEC, CEA-Saclay France
Stephan REITZENSTEIN Lehrstuhl für Technische Physik, Nuremberg Germany
Patrice ROCHE CEA Saclay France
Sven ROGGE Delft University of Tehnology Netherlands
Sylvie ROUSSET Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques, Université Paris Diderot France
Stéphane ROUX LMT-Cachan, CNRS Université Pierre et Marie Curie France
Markus SAUER
Applied Laser Physics & Laser Spectroscopy
Bielefeld University
Germany
Christian SHÖNENBERGER Department of Physics, University of Basel Switzerland
SUPPLEMENTS
Mark SMITH Warwick University, Coventry United Kingdom
Etienne SNOECK CEMES-CNRS - Groupe NanoMatériaux France
Patrice TURCHI
Advanced Metallurgical Science and Engineering, Condensed Matter
and Materials Division (CMMD), Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory
USA
Alexey USTINOV University of Karlsruhe Germany
Herre van DER ZANT Delft University of Technology Netherlands
Olivier VANBESIEN
Institut d'Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie,
CNRS Lille
France
Paul VOISIN Laboratoire de Photonique et Nanostructures, CNRS, Marcoussis France
Marcy ZENOBI WONG
Laboratory for Biosensors & Bioelectronics, Institute for Biomedical
Engineering , Zurich
Switzerland
23

2010 Call for Proposals
Reviewer Laboratory / University / Institution Country
Philippe BERGONZO Laboratoire Capteurs Diamant - CEA Saclay / DRT/DCSI//LCD France
Daniel BOUCHIER Institut d'Electronique Fondamentale, Orsay France
Mads BRANDBYGE DTU Danemark - Chimie quantique Danemark
Alain BRISSON
Equipe Imagerie Moléculaire et NanoBioTechnologie - IECB - CNRS-
Université Bordeaux 1
France
Virginie CHAMARD Institut Fresnel, CNRS, Marseille France
Alain CLAVERIE CEMES France
Laurent COGNET
Maxime DAHAN
Christophe DELERUE
Centre de Physique Moléculaire Optique et Hertzienne - Université de
Bordeaux and CNRS
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Département de Physique et de Biologie,
Ecole Normale Supérieure
Institut d'Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie,
CNRS Lille
France
France
France
Klaus ENSSLIN Laboratorium f. Festkörperphysik Switzerland
Daniel ESTEVE Quantronics group - SPEC-CEA Saclay France
SUPPLEMENTS
Giancarlo FAINI
Groupe de Physique et Technologie des Nanostructures, Laboratoire de
Photonique et Nanostructures, CNRS, Marcoussis
France
Fabrice GOURBILLEAU ENSICAEN France
Alain JONAS
Unité de Chimie et de Physique des Hauts Polymères (POLY),
Université catholique de Louvain
Belgium
Takis KONTOS Département de Physique de l’Ecole Normale supérieure France
Gilles LERONDEL LNIO-UTT - expert for OMNT France
Didier LETOURNEUR CHU, Bichat France
Frederic PETROFF THALES France
Sven ROGGE Delft University of Technology Netherlands
Stéphane ROUX LMT-Cachan, CNRS Université Pierre et Marie Curie France
Christian SHONENBERGER University of Basel, Institute of Physics Suisse
Pierre STADELMANN EPFL, Lausanne Suisse
Patrice TURCHI
Advanced Metallurgical Science and Engineering, Condensed Matter
and Materials Division (CMMD), Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory
USA
Marcy ZENOBI WONG
Laboratory for Biosensors & Bioelectronics, Institute for Biomedical
Engineering , Zurich
Suisse
24

Appendix 12: "Les Indicateurs Académiques"
Nom du laboratoire
Centre de Recherche sur les Macromolécules Végétales (CERMAV)
Identification UPR 5301
Directeur
Redouane BORSALI
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 2010
EFFECTIFS
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 23/9 24/9 24/9 24/9
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 10% 20% 30% 30%
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 1/35 2/30 2/20 3/24
Nombre total de doctorants 33 33 34 33
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 23 23 22 21
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 0 1 2 0
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 7 6 11 2
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 1 0 4 0
Nombre de publications dans l'année 72 100 80 56
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 7 5 12 8
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 7 2 2 4
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 0 0 1 1
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 3 4,5,6 1 3 2 1,2 1
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux 2 3
SUPPLEMENTS
RESSOURCES (K€)
Budget total hors salaires 931,889 1138,445 1746,300 1622,816
Total des ressources contractuelles 953,508 824,799 1173,000 1043,671
dont ANR 278,914 251,791 523,500 289,460
dont Europe 410,445 198,519 221,900 35,500
dont Région 88,302 134,794 122,600 40,250
dont Industrie 147,272 240,105 164,200 33,257
dont Fondation Nanosciences : RTRA retenu en 2008 et financé
en 2009 ; Copolymères Hybrides, R. Borsali
0 0 88000 0
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 566419 163854 493338 639204
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 0
Salaire
Post-doc
K. Aissou
5572 +
CDD payé
par la
fondation
Yoko
OTSUKA ~
45 000€
0
1 : Coll. franco-brésilien Polymères Environnement, Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, Brésil, 18-20 oct. 09
2 :6th Int. Conf. on Proteoglycans, Aix-les-Bains, 13-17 sept. 09
3 :FBPol.2008, 2e congrès franco-brésilien sur les polymères, Florianopolis, Brésil, 20-25 avril 08
4 :Coll. Raw Materials for the Future, Lyon, 5-6 déc. 07
5 :3e Sém. sur les Polymères, Béjaia, Alg., 22-24 mai 07
6 :Congrès du GGMM, Autrans, 2-5 mai 07
25

Nom du laboratoire
Département de Chimie Moléculaire (DCM)
Identification UMR 5250
Directeur
Pascal DUMY
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 2010
EFFECTIFS
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 22/41 20/39 22/40 21/41
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 21% 22% 23% 42%
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 5 5 5
Nombre total de doctorants 39 35 44 35
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 14 15 14 10
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 1 2 2 1
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT
SUPPLEMENTS
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 0 0 0 1
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 9 8 6 14
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 3 0 1 5
Nombre de publications dans l'année 83 86 88 99
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 5 9 19 27
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 1 2 2 4
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 1 1
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 1 1 2 3 5 4
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux 1 2 1 5
RESSOURCES (K€)
Budget total hors salaires 2 773,773 2498,529 1943,451 1780,263
Total des ressources contractuelles 2422,473 2169,529 1514,518 1429,263
dont ANR 223,545 241,082 176,140 240,519
dont Europe 9,302 51,492 9,500
dont Région 37,048 18,579 34,000 20,000
dont Industrie 40,000 65,425
dont Fondation Nanosciences 223,000 20,000 25,000
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 370,227 560,433 561,000 762,961
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 9,500 50,667 67,083 67,083
1:
5 th France-China Workshop on Surface Electrochemistry of Molecules of Biological Interest & Biosensor
applications, Changsha, 17-20 mai 2008
2: XI Colloque National du Groupe Français de Bioélectrochimie, Lacanau, 29 sept-2 oct 2008
3: The 6th Sino-French Workshop on « Surface Electrochemistry of Molecules of Biological Interest & Biosensor
Applications », Lyon, 29 novembre-2 décembre 2009
Workshop on Nanosciences & Nanotechnology : From Smart Materials to Devices, Octobre 2009, Autrans, 41
participants
4: 4 th International IMBG Meeting, Villard-de-Lans, septembre 2010, 90 participants
5 th International Meeting on Molecular Electronic, Grenoble, déc. 2010, 400 participants
CEFISO / IFCOS (Centre Franco Indien pour la Synthèse Organique), Isère, 14-17 sept. 2010
Journée Alpine de Chimie Organique (JACO) AE Greene, Isère, juin 2010
11 e Journées Francophones des Jeunes Physico-Chimistes (JFJPC), Isère, 17-21 oct. 2010
5: Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry 2010
26

Nom du laboratoire
Grenoble Electrical Engineering Laboratory (G2Elab)
Identification UMR 5269
Directeur
James ROUDET
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 2010
EFFECTIFS
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 70 68 69
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 2 % 3 % 5 %
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 20 27 25
Nombre total de doctorants 144 145 141
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 76 74 79
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 1 1 1
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 1 1 2
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 26 33 28
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 1
Nombre de publications dans l'année 288 302 291
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 10
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 3 6 3
Nombre de licences dans l'année ?
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms)
SUPPLEMENTS
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux
RESSOURCES (K€)
Budget total hors salaires 3060,794 2277,269 2374,945
Total des ressources contractuelles 3343,223 2523,026 3756,197
dont ANR 1795,969 869,249 1044,533
dont Europe 416,007 145,902 94,910
dont Région 267,244 210,472 246,623
dont Industrie 864,003 1297,403 2370,131
dont Fondation Nanosciences
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 976,081 1360,644 1499,834
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences
27

Nom du laboratoire
GRENOBLE INSTITUT DES NEUROSCIENCES (GIN)
Identification Unité Inserm U 836
Directeur
Claude FEUERSTEIN
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 2010
EFFECTIFS
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 72 81 104 84
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? NC NC NC NC
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 1 1 6 7
Nombre total de doctorants 41 45 67 44
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 5 13 6
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 0
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 1 2 1 2
SUPPLEMENTS
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 11 8 11 15
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? NC NC NC NC
Nombre de publications dans l'année 156 111 126 127
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? NC NC NC NC
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 1 1
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? -
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 1 -
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux 2 2
RESSOURCES (K€)
Budget total hors salaires 1233,000 1102,000 1261,660 1200,000
Total des ressources contractuelles 2553,593 3371,728 2651,844 2050,000
dont ANR 792,078 605,763 750,000
dont Europe 371,731 362,008 400,000
dont Région 927,414 505,000 600,000
dont Industrie 10,000 232,750 300,000
dont Fondation Nanosciences
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences
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Nom du laboratoire
Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS)
Identification UMR 5075
Directeur
Eva PEBAY-PEYROULA
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 2010
EFFECTIFS
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 90 101 93 93
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 7% 7% 7% 7%
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 32 25 20 29
Nombre total de doctorants 29 32 39 40
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 7 11 18 19
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 2 3 0 2
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 11 12 7 9
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 2 2 1 1
Nombre de publications dans l'année 127 141 163 150
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 12 14 10 11
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 2 1 0 3
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 1 0 0
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 1 0
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux
RESSOURCES (K€)
SUPPLEMENTS
Budget total hors salaires 4509,799 4321,767 6369,882 6832,800
Total des ressources contractuelles 2831,799 2743,167 4363,737 4342,000
dont ANR 665,154 1048,930 1196,875 1900,000
dont Europe 931,978 606,417 698,013 550,000
dont Région 155,670 67,500 189,500 209,000
dont Industrie 302,032 336,588 351,790 273,000
dont Fondation Nanosciences
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 1577,550 1666,000 1597,872 1973,000
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences
29

Nom du laboratoire
Institut de Microélectronique, Electromagnétisme et Photonique et
Laboratoire d'Hyperfréquences et de Caractérisation (IMEP-LAHC)
Identification UMR 5130
Directeur
Gérard GHIBAUDO
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 2010
EFFECTIFS
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 59 57 58 60
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 60% 60% 60% 60%
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 10 10 12 12
Nombre total de doctorants 85 80 88 96
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 45 40 50 55
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 1 2 2
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT
SUPPLEMENTS
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 0 0 0 0
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 22 21 25 24
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 16 12 18 17
Nombre de publications dans l'année 80 75 85 82
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 60 55 65 61
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 3 3 4 2
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 0 0 0 0
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 3 1,2,3,4 3 1,2,5 4 1,6,7,8 3 2,8,9
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux 0 0 0 0
RESSOURCES (K€)
Budget total hors salaires 2500,000 2500,000 2700,000 2500,000
Total des ressources contractuelles 2200,000 2200,000 2400,000 2250,000
dont ANR 440,000 450,000 430,000 400,000
dont Europe 1450,000 1490,000 800,000 1000,000
dont Région 50,000 40,000 60,000 70,000
dont Industrie 240,000 200,000 540,000 600,000
dont Fondation Nanosciences 20,000 20,000 30,000 20,000
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 400,000 400,000 500,000 600,000
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 0 0 0 60,000
1: ECS SOI
2: MIGAS
3: UWB
4: Optique
5 : Supra
6 : SOI Workshop
7 : JNM
8 : Nanosil Workshop
9 : WOFE
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Nom du laboratoire
Institut de Recherche en Technologies et Sciences pour le vivant (IRTSV)
Identification FR 3425
Directeur
Jérôme GARIN
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 2010
EFFECTIFS
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 29/8 28/8 110/18
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 13% 20% 10-20%
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 0 0 5
Nombre total de doctorants 11 16 54
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 1 1 10
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 0 0 0
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 1 1 2
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 3 5 9
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 0 1 2
Nombre de publications dans l'année 42 56 161
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 1 3
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 1 5
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 3
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 1 2
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux
SUPPLEMENTS
RESSOURCES (K€)
Budget total hors salaires 735 707 5 833
Total des ressources contractuelles 636 767 3 200
dont ANR 460 559 1 064
dont Europe na na 348
dont Région 60 80 50
dont Industrie na na 150
dont Fondation Nanosciences na na 16
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 234 348 890
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences na na 0
31

Nom du laboratoire
Institut Fourier
Identification UMR 5582
Directeur
Gérard BESSON
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 2010
EFFECTIFS
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 14/69 15/69 15/68 15/71
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 1,2% 1,2% 1,2% 1,2%
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 7 11 7 11 7 13 7/26
Nombre total de doctorants 29 35 45 49
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 10 10 15 21
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 0 0 0 0
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT
SUPPLEMENTS
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 3 5 1 3
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 7 5 5 10
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 0 0 0 0
Nombre de publications dans l'année 86 89 78 72
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 0 0 0 0
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 0 0 0 0
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 0 0 0 1
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 2 1
2 5
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux 1 1
1 4
RESSOURCES (K€)
Budget total hors salaires 296,000 518,000 461,000 415,000
Total des ressources contractuelles 51,000 245,000 239,000 180,000
dont ANR 39,000 105,000 83,000 116,000
dont Europe 0 125,000 7,000 0
dont Région 12,000 0 0 64,000
dont Industrie 0 0 0 0
dont Fondation Nanosciences 0 4,000 1,500 0
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 0 0
0 0
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 0 0 0 0
32

Nom du laboratoire
Identification
Directeur
Institut Nanosciences et Cryogénie (INAC)
CEA/DSM-Direction des Sciences de la Matière
Engin MOLVA
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 2010
EFFECTIFS
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 230 230 230 230
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ?
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 30 97 105 78
Nombre total de doctorants 86 100 107 107
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 20 34 45 20
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 1 6 9 11
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 1 8 3 3
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 27 20 24 27
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 19 14 17 17
Nombre de publications dans l'année 342 356 350 350
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 205 214 210 210
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 17 22 13 25
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 0 0 0 0
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 0 1 1 0 1 2
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux 2 3,4 2 3,4 2 3,4 2 3,4
RESSOURCES (M€)
SUPPLEMENTS
Budget total hors salaires 15 15.3 15.3 16,4
Total des ressources contractuelles 11 11.9 11.9 14,5
dont ANR 3.2 2.9 2.9 1,8
dont Europe 2 2.6 2.6 1,6
dont Région 0.2 0.2 0.2 0,3
dont Industrie 1 0.3 0.3 1,2
dont Fondation Nanosciences 0,8 0,2 0,2 1
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 0 0 0 0
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 0,15 0,15 0,15 0,15
1: Elecmol’08
2: Elecmol’10
3: Fête de la science
4: Débat NS&NT
33

Nom du laboratoire
Institut Néel
Identification UPR 2940
Directeur
Alain SCHUHL
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 2010
EFFECTIFS
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 170 169 165 173
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 2/3 2/3 2/3 2/3
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 62 68 75 72
Nombre total de doctorants 105 106 119 108
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 30 22 35 49
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 3 5 10 13
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 0 3 7 5
SUPPLEMENTS
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 33 28 32 16
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 70% 70% 70% 70%
Nombre de publications dans l'année 340 360 365 352
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 210 225 222
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 12 8 1 19 1 20 1
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 4 ou 5 3 ou 4 2 7 2 5 1
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms)
SFO-SFP-
JISI-
Elecmol
Nano RA
SFO-SFP-
Elecmol
QFS2010
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux 1 4 2 4,5 5 6,7,8,9 6 4,10,11
RESSOURCES (K€)
Budget total hors salaires 9,3M€ 9,57 M€ 11,85 M€ 11,95M€
Total des ressources contractuelles 4,05M€ 6,27 M€ 8,79 M€ 9.61M€
dont ANR 2,5 M€ 3,45 M€ 3,43 M€ 3,7M€
dont Europe 1,00M€ 1,12 M€ 2,28 M€ 1,6M€
dont Région 0,35 M€ 0,3 M€ 0,44 M€ 0,55 M€
dont Industrie 0,2 M€ 0,7 M€ 1,14 M€ 1,01 M€
dont Fondation Nanosciences 0 0,42 M€ 1,14 M€ 0,866
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 0,84 M€ 1,1 M€ 1.15 M€ 1,724 M€
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 0,02M€ 0,129M€ 0,25 M€
1: actifs : 30 cumulés
2: actives : 20 cumulées
4: Esonn - Hercules
5: Journée des 7 lauréats des prix scientifiques
6: DVD Lacaze
7: débats nanosciences
8: Voyage dans le cristal Cryo
9: Fête de la science
10: Journées 40 ans prix Nobel Néel
11: Workshop on XANES and RXD simulation
34

Nom du laboratoire
Identification
Directeur
Laboratoire d'Electronique et de Technologies de l'Information (LETI)
CEA
Laurent MALIER
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 2010
EFFECTIFS
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 723 757 837 901
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 10% 11% 17% 17%
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 54 50 90 110
Nombre total de doctorants 175 173 176 202
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 32 36 47 61
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 1 2
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 6 4 4 8
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 33 57 59 50
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 6 14 15 13
Nombre de publications dans l'année 236 249 337 367
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 61 52 70 69
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 205 258 283 265
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 31 1 21 1 26 1 22 1
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et
noms)
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats
sociétaux
8 3
1
SUPPLEMENTS
RESSOURCES (M€)
Budget total hors salaires 130,3 120,1 125,5 135,9
Total des ressources contractuelles 152,2 152,8 160,1 168,1
dont ANR 4,1 7,4 6,9 9,7
dont Europe 21,8 2 24,8 3 21,5 26,5
dont Région 0,9 1,0 2,4 0,9
dont Industrie 69,2 64,0 65,2 69,9
dont Fondation Nanosciences 0,042 0,07 0,11
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences
1: Licences ayant généré un retour financier dans l'année
2: PCRD (9,2 M€) ; Eureka (12,6 M€)
3: PCRD (10,3 M€) ; Eureka (14,5 M€)
35

Nom du laboratoire
Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble (LIG)
Identification UMR 5217
Directeur
Hervé MARTIN
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 2010
EFFECTIFS
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 51/124 49/131 48/132 48/136
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 6% 6% 6% 6%
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 11 14 16/11 14/11
Nombre total de doctorants 228 204 182 170
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 105 94 89 101
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 0 0 0 0
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 7 3 7 9
SUPPLEMENTS
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 32 46 55 50
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 0 0 0 0
Nombre de publications dans l'année 463 478 603 -
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 0 0 0 0
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? N/A N/A N/A N/A
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? N/A N/A N/A N/A
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 2 1 2 2 3 3 4 4
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux
RESSOURCES (K€)
Budget total hors salaires 490,959 644,492 514,992 545,100
Total des ressources contractuelles 6621,170 5056,982 6857,061 7012,169
dont ANR 1634,550 2396,526 2046,974 2217,907
dont Europe 591,509 553,472 1560,756 1234,000
dont Région 409,101 331,098 659,670 990,156
dont Industrie 149,700 294,371 253,940 2144,960 5
dont Fondation Nanosciences 0 0 82,000 0
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 2376,146 2995,739 1779,762 4256,687
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 0 0 0 0
1: Plate-forme AFIA 2007 (association française pour l'intelligence artificielle),
ICFI 2007 (Feature Interactions in Software and Communication Systems)
2: Ecole d'été Web Intelligence, 2/ CFIP 2008 (Colloque francophone sur l'ingénierie des protocoles)Nom de
l’évènement
3: Iihm'09 (21ème Conférence Francophone sur l'Interaction Homme-Machine), 2/ Jvrc09 (Joint Virtual Reality
Conference), 3/ LSHTC (Large Scale Hierarchical Text classification Pascal Challenge)Nom de l’évènement
4: SLTU 2010, 2/ CBMI 2010, 3/ PASCO'10, 4/ GCM 1 st International Workshop on Green Computing Middleware
5 : non compris gestion propre FLORALIS
36

Nom du laboratoire
Laboratoire d’Innovations pour les Technologies des Energies nouvelles et
des Nanomatériaux (LITEN)
Identification -
Directeur
Didier MARSACQ
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 2010
EFFECTIFS
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 430
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 28%
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 50
Nombre total de doctorants 83
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 20
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 0
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 1
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 21
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 11
Nombre de publications dans l'année 112
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 45
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 152
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 3
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 1 1
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux
SUPPLEMENTS
RESSOURCES (K€)
Budget total hors salaires 90,574
Total des ressources contractuelles 82,798
dont ANR 6,940
dont Europe 6,493
dont Région 4,642
dont Industrie 47,401
dont Fondation Nanosciences 60
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 7,344
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences
1: Nanosafe
37

Nom du laboratoire
Laboratoire de Physique et de Modélisation des Milieux Condensés
(LPMMC)
Identification UMR 5493
Directeur
Bart VAN TIGGELEN
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 2010
EFFECTIFS
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 11 13 12 13
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 75% 75% 75% 75%
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 8 10 10 13
Nombre total de doctorants 9 8 6 5
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 3 3 3 2
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 0 0 0 0
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 1 0 0 0
SUPPLEMENTS
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 1 2 2 2
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 1 1 2 2
Nombre de publications dans l'année 34 27 42 45
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 85% 85% 85% 85 %
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 0 0 1 0
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 0 0 0 0
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 2 2 2 3 1
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux 0 0 0 3 2
RESSOURCES (K€)
Budget total hors salaires 220,330 231,721 282,221
Total des ressources contractuelles 144,800 131,229 182,773
dont ANR 77,600 101,247 152,058
dont Europe 37,500 29,982 24,215
dont Région 0 0 0
dont Industrie 5,060 0 0
dont Fondation Nanosciences 0 0 0 6500
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 184,000 81,000 117,199
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 0 0 0 0
1: Ecole thématique “Wave and chaos in Complex media, juillet 2010 IESC Cargèse (GDR MESOIMAGE/ DFG
Forschungsgruppe Van Tiggelen/Stockmann ) : ; Fluctuations,Correlations,and Disorder (PEPS/ GDR
MESOIMAGE : Skipetrov/Minguzzi): CNRS Grenoble nov 2010 ; Frontières en Physique de la Matière
Condensée (Ecole prédoctorale, Hekking.Hippert), Les Houches aout 2010.
2: ECOINFO (Berthoud) : Comment l'informatique peut devenir plus écologique (Toulouse) ; quels critères de
développement durable l'acheteur peut-il utiliser (Lyon, Paris)
38

Nom du laboratoire
Laboratoire des MATERIAUX et du GENIE PHYSIQUE (LMGP)
Identification UMR 5628
Directeur
Bernard CHENEVIER
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 2010
EFFECTIFS
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 12 / 12 12 / 14 12 / 14 13/13
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 20% 30% 30% 30%
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 3 4 3/4 3/4
Nombre total de doctorants 22 20 25 21
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 8 7 7 12
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation - - - -
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 1 - - 2
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 8 4 6 3
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 4 3 4 2
Nombre de publications dans l'année 48 52 50 60
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 20 26 25 22
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 2 2 3 1
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? - - - -
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 2 1 3 2 1 3 1 4
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux Voir 5 Voir 5 Voir 5 Voir 5
RESSOURCES (K€)
SUPPLEMENTS
Budget total hors salaires 1751,915 1495,834 1334,408 1460,382
Total des ressources contractuelles 1315,633 983,322 801,178 1358,971
dont ANR 160,582 59,942 364,028 572,829
dont Europe 231,956 167,226 240,067 153,666
dont Région 123,283 38,270 17,120 304,834
dont Industrie 154,250 185,375 113,575 94,913
dont Fondation Nanosciences - - 13,000 14,000
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 255,526 360,377 406,624 463,836
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences - - - -
1: June 28-29, 2007: ORG HETERO-SiC’O7 - Workshop on 3C-SiC hetero-epitaxy;
July 2-6, 2007: ORG European School on Multiferroics (ESMF)
2: March 6-19, 2008: Workshop ORG "Oxydes fonctionnels pour intégration en micro et nano-électronique"
May 26-30, 2008: E-MRS SYMPOSIUM F ORG "Multiferroics and magnetoelectric materials", Strasbourg;
September 1-5, 2008: ORG ESMF 2008, 2nd European School on Multiferroics
3: March 8-11, 2009: MAM 2009 – Grenoble- MINATEC
4: June 7-11 2010: E-MRS SYMPOSIUM "Frontiers of multifunctional oxides"
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SUPPLEMENTS
5 :
Très nombreuses visites de laboratoires (Lycées, Collèges, organismes socio-économiques), écoles
thématiques, participations aux MIDI-MINATEC, Coordination Fête de la Science sur MINATEC, débat ETHIQUE
40

Nom du laboratoire
Laboratoire des Technologies de la Microélectronique (LTM)
Identification UMR 5129
Directeur
Olivier JOUBERT
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 2010
EFFECTIFS
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 21 22 23 26
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 10% 14% 20% 22%
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 0 0 1 1
Nombre total de doctorants 27 31 34 34
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 7 8 11 8
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 0 0 0 0
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 2 2 2 1
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 6 6 12 9
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 2 2 4 3
Nombre de publications dans l'année 78 48 56 77
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 10 12 20 18
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 0 0 0 4
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 0 0 0 0
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 0 0 0 3
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux 0 0 0 0
RESSOURCES (K€)
SUPPLEMENTS
Budget total hors salaires 408,600 497,553
Total des ressources contractuelles 2384,092 3 398,473 2147,509 4649,097
dont ANR 906,849 1351,111 1075,359 727,230
dont Europe 146,404 173,410 214,588 83,510
dont Région 373,621 128,870 80,547 514,057
dont Industrie 205,160 499,822 185,048 283,223
dont Fondation Nanosciences 225,000 107,000 220,000 300,000
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 548,330 720,020 724,536 713,456
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 0 0 0 0
41

Nom du laboratoire
Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique (LIPhy)
Identification UMR 5588
Directeur
Thierry DOMBRE
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 2010
EFFECTIFS
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 53 57 27/23 28/25
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 51% 49% 54% 53%
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 8 10 10 11
Nombre total de doctorants 21 20 29 31
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 16 15 19 21
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 0 0 2 2
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 3 0 2
SUPPLEMENTS
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 10 8 2 6
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 4 4 1 3
Nombre de publications dans l'année 83 102 90 88
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 34 40 38 48
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 0 0
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 1 2 1
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 1 1 1 1 0
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux 1 2 1 2 1 2 4 2,3
RESSOURCES (K€)
Budget total hors salaires 1088,817 1400,387 1405,471 1434807
Total des ressources contractuelles 311,007 415,718 779,810 699296
dont ANR 123,032 19,954 446,930 526106
dont Europe 128,103 79,307 20,000 61692
dont Région 20,328 30,622 28,880 56848
dont Industrie 39,544 100,835 5000 4 0
dont Fondation Nanosciences 0 12,000 299,000 54,650
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 14,571 78,954 160,984 275,855
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 0 43,500 6413,483 45,603
1: Ecole Internationale de Cargèse « Complex and Biofluid Flows » (juillet 2009)
2: Fête de la Science
3: 50 ans du Laser, participation au spectacle « Boucle d’Or et les 33 variations » à l’Hexagone Meylan suite à
l’obtention du prix A.R.T.S. 2009, participation à l’exposition Michel Paysant : OnLab au Musée du Louvre
4: Actions de valorisation passant maintenant quasi-exclusivement par la filiale de l’UJF Floralis, et la Business
Unit SARA pour ce qui concerne les applications des techniques de spectroscopie ultra-sensible (ressources non
intégrées dans le budget du laboratoire)
42

Nom du laboratoire
Laboratoire Jean Kuntzmann (LJK)
Identification UMR 5224
Directeur
Eric Bonnetier
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 2010
EFFECTIFS
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 111 111 113 105
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 7 7 13 7
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 22 20
Nombre total de doctorants 85 84 1 83 82
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 23 36 26
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 1 1 0
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 3 4 3 5
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 20 26 17 20
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 1 2 0 0
Nombre de publications dans l'année 442 405 397 348
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 25 25 12 10
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 3 6
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 6
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 2 2 2 3 2 4
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux
RESSOURCES (K€)
SUPPLEMENTS
Budget total hors salaires 2196 2348 3131 2619
Total des ressources contractuelles 1923 2041 2696 2291
dont ANR 376 527 1551 1396
dont Europe 407 395 _ _
dont Région 410 69
dont Industrie 78 338 203 732
dont Fondation Nanosciences 40 43 _
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles NC NC
NC
NC
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 40 43 _
1: dont 4 sur la thématique Nanosciences
2: SMAI 2007, EGCR2007
3: ECCV2008, VIRPHYS 2008
4: PASCO’10 Convex Analysis, Optimization and Applications
43

Nom du laboratoire
Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses (LNCMI)
Identification UPR 3228
Directeur
Geert RIKKEN
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 2010
EFFECTIFS
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 11/3 10/2 15/11 17/11
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 2 2 4/4 4/4
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 4 /12 4/8 4/100 4/100
Nombre total de doctorants 5 5 11 13
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 5 5 7 7
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 0 0 0 0
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 0 1
SUPPLEMENTS
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 3 1 3 4
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 1 0 1 3
Nombre de publications dans l'année 103 70 126 139
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 13 15 60 70
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 1 0 0 4
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 0 0 0 0
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms) 1 1 1 2 - -
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux - 2
RESSOURCES (K€)
Budget total hors salaires 3321,712 3544,111 5197,000 5000,000
Total des ressources contractuelles 507,212 646,611 1967,000 1800,000
dont ANR 164,245 222,112 716,000 700,000
dont Europe 275,000 154,725 1050,000 1050,000
dont Région 8,402 8,024 0 0
dont Industrie 59,565 26,750 0 0
dont Fondation Nanosciences 0 0 0 0
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 300,941 181,699 300,000 300,000
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 0 0 0 0
1: Ecole Magnétic Fields for Sciences Cargèse 2007
2: ESF MFFM - ILL Grenoble 2008
44

Nom du laboratoire
Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux et Procédés (SIMAP)
Identification UMR 5266
Directeur
Michel PONS
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 2010
EFFECTIFS
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 64 62 63 63
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? 18 18 17 17
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 12 10 15 5
Nombre total de doctorants 81 83 75 80
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 24 28 22 29
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 0 0 0 0
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 3 0 0 0
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 21 23 21 19
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 3 2 3 3
Nombre de publications dans l'année 153 132 192 171
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 25 32 25 28
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 1 4 4 5
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 0 1 0 0
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms)
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux
SUPPLEMENTS
RESSOURCES (K€)
Budget total hors salaires 4305,000 3920,312 4403,432 4460,235
Total des ressources contractuelles 3557,662 3172,812 3524,279 3378,504
dont ANR 634,312 802,693 1121,808 1120,689
dont Europe 978,580 272,724 264,272 144,603
dont Région 151,651 72,546 73,029 164,591
dont Industrie 1508,662 1775,854 1320,059 1019,000
dont Fondation Nanosciences 0 8,866 1 0 2 29,200
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 611,530 590,600 896,508 1236,793
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 0 0
0 Thomas
Nogaret
(post-doc)
1: Investissement RX géré par le CMTC non comptabilisé
2: Investissement FIB géré par le CMTC non comptabilisé
45

Nom du laboratoire
Techniques de l’Imagerie, de la Modélisation et de la Cognition
(TIMC-IMAG)
Identification UMR 5525
Directeur
Philippe CINQUIN
ANNEES 2007 2008 2009 2010
EFFECTIFS
Nombre de Chercheurs / Enseignants chercheurs 78 83
dont quel % dans la thématique "Nano" ? NC NC
Nombre de chercheurs étrangers (permanents/visiteurs) 7 9
Nombre total de doctorants 79 83
dont combien de doctorants étrangers ? 32 32
Nombre de doctorants employés par la Fondation 0 0
SUPPLEMENTS
PRODUCTION SCIENTIFIQUE / RAYONNEMENT
Nombre de HDR soutenues dans l'année 1 2
Nombre de thèses soutenues dans l'année 28 15
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 0 0
Nombre de publications dans l'année
275 (216
ACL + 59
ACTI)
dont combien dans la thématique "Nano" ? 0 1
Nombre de brevets dans l'année ? 13 7
Nombre de licences dans l'année ? 0
282 (233
ACL + 49
ACTI)
Organisation de grandes conférences internationales (Nombre et noms)
Evénements de dissémination culture scientifique/débats sociétaux
RESSOURCES (K€)
Budget total hors salaires 3199,312 1912,845
Total des ressources contractuelles 3860,737 3692,553
dont ANR 365,257 1150,133
dont Europe 309,024 273,012
dont Région 941,520 132,200
dont Industrie 222,341 563,966
dont Fondation Nanosciences 442,000 0
Part salariale (CDD "de fait") des ressources contractuelles 1034,627 2110,188
Part salariale du soutien Fondation Nanosciences 438,000 0
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SUPPLEMENTS
Appendix 13: Report of the 2 nd Scientific Committee held in
2009, November 19 th – 20 th
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HIGHLIGHTS
QUANTUM NANOELECTRONICS: Nano-Electromechanical Resonators 1
TECHNOLOGICAL FACILITIES: FIB Nano-Tomography of Defects in ZnMgO Heterostructures 2
NANOMAGNETISM AND SPINTRONICS: Domain Wall Dynamics in Nanostripes 3
NANOMAGNETISM AND SPINTRONICS: Detecting Single Nanoparticle Magnetization Reversal With a Nanotube 4
NANOPHOTONICS: A Bright Single-Photon Source Based on a Photonic Nanowire 5
NANOPHOTONICS: Quantum Heterostructures in II-VI Nanowires 6
MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS: Terpyridine-based Macrocycles for Switches 7
MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS: ELECMOL’10 conference 8
NANOMATERIALS: Hybrid Natural-block-Synthetic Supramolecular Assembly 9
NANOMATERIALS: Cristal Phase Transitions in Pressurized Silicon Nanowires 10
NANOCHARACTERISATION: The Néel IRAM KIDs ARRAYs (NIKA) 11
NANOCHARACTERISATION: Scanning Gate Nanoelectronics 12
THEORY AND NANOSIMULATION: Nano-Ordering & Deep Undercooling Drive the Silicon Nanowire Growth 13
THEORY AND NANOSIMULATION: Control of Thermal Conductivity at the Nanoscale 14
LIFE SCIENCES: Implantable Computer Brain Interface 15

HIGHLIGHT : QUANTUM NANOELECTRONICS
CONTACTS
laurent.duraffourg@cea.fr
philippe.andreucci@cea.fr
roukes@caltech.edu
FURTHER READING
R. B. Karablin et al, Applied Physics Letters,
95, 103111, (2009)
E. Mile et al, Nanotechnology, 21, 165504
(2010)
1
NANO-
ELECTROMECHANICAL
RESONATORS
The Chair of Excellence of Michael
ROUKES aims to merge advances in
nanotechnology with very-large-scale
integration (VLSI) processes in order to
create complex nanomechanical systemsbased
tools for science and industry—
thus accelerating nanoscience out of the
laboratory and into the marketplace.
The emerging field of
nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS)
is attracting considerable interest. These
miniaturized nanoscale devices,
particularly cantilever and beam flexuralmode
resonators, have enabled the
demonstrations of single molecule mass
sensors and single cell level-force
sensors. The small displacements of
these miniaturized devices induce very
low signals which are overwhelmed by
parasitic background. A lot of efforts
have been devoted to developing new
transduction and background reduction.
Piezoelectric and piezoresistive
transductions appear to be particularly
advantageous compared to the more
conventionally employed magnetomotive
and capacitive techniques.
Amongst the attributes of chosen
transduction, principles are intrinsic
integrability, high efficiency and electrical
tunability, low power consumption, and
low thermal budgets for materials
processing, permitting post-CMOS
integration.
Silicon nanowire
piezoresistive detection
A piezoresistive detection scheme offers
great potential compared to a capacitive
one especially for high resonant
frequency measurements. Recently, mass
resolution down to 7 zeptograms Hz 1/2 has
been demonstrated using a metallic
gauge layer deposited on the top of a
cantilever. Another approach consists in
using a doped silicon nanowire. However
to date bottom-up nanowires cannot be
fabricated using a VLSI process
compatible with a standard CMOS
technology.
We demonstrate a new kind of detection
scheme based on doped silicon nanowire
strain gauges that are fully compatible
with CMOS processes. This allows very
large scale integration of devices in a
straightforward manner. Measurements
obtained with this approach are showing
promising performances in terms of
frequency stability, dynamic range, and
achievable mass resolution (Fig.1).
Fig. 1: Nano cantilever beam resonator based
on silicon nanowire piezoresistive detection –
Very large signal to noise ratio
The devices tested in this work were
developed as prototypes and were not
optimized for mass detection at this
stage. Such NEMS have a great potential
for future performance improvements
and new applications opportunities.
Further device optimization for lower
mass and higher frequency, based on
advanced top-down nanowire fabrication
techniques (for instance 40nm-silicon
thickness), will lead to a resolution in the
range of a few zeptograms or less.
Piezoelectric
nanoelectromechanical
resonators
We also demonstrated piezoelectrically
actuated, electrically tunable NEMS based
on multilayers containing a 100-nm-thin
aluminum nitride (AlN) layer. Efficient
piezoelectric actuation of very high
frequency fundamental flexural modes up
to 80 MHz has been demonstrated at
room temperature (Fig.2).
Fig. 2: Very High Frequency AlN beam
resonators demonstrating nonlinearity (a) and
frequency tuning behaviour (b).
To conclude, 11 patents were deposited.
Moreover an Alliance for Nanosystems
VLSI between Caltech/KNI and Léti-
Minatec was created thanks to the
support of the Nanosciences Foundation.

FIB NANO-
TOMOGRAPHY OF
DEFECTS IN Z N M G O
HETEROSTRUCTURES
In 2008 the Nanosciences Foundation
funded, through the network of
technological facilities, the acquisition of
a dual beam Focused Ion Beam – FIB –
system that is located at the Minatec
nanocharacterisation facility (PFNC). 3D
reconstruction of two dimensional zinc
and magnesium oxide heterostructures
has been obtained using this new
instrument in the nano-tomography
mode. This work has been carried out in
collaboration with the LETI in the
framework of the “Eclairage” Carnot
Institute project.
The principle of FIB nano-tomography is
depicted in Figure 1: in a dual-beam
instrument, a gallium ion beam allows a
sample to be etched layer by layer, and
the electron beam is used for imaging the
surface in scanning electron microscopy
(SEM). In this serial sectioning technique,
the sample is "sliced and viewed",
without any mechanical movement. The
spacing between each slice can be nearly
the same as the pixel size of the SEM
images. Thus the acquired stack of
images is transformed directly into a 3D
data volume, without any reconstruction.
Fig. 1: Principle of the FIB nano-tomography
technique in a dual-beam focused ion beam
microscope.
A big advantage is the robustness and
the versatility of this technique. It is
possible to observe almost any sample,
even non-conductive ones. The ultimate
spatial resolution is about two
nanometers in the three dimensions. In x
and y, it is limited by the size of the
electron probe, and the thinnest possible
slices in z is nearly of the same size. The
acquisition of each slice takes typically
one minute - 10 seconds for cutting, and
50 seconds for image recording, so a full
volume acquisition takes typically 10
hours.
Figure 2 shows an example of application
for the study of growth defects in two
dimensional zinc and magnesium oxide
heterostructures. These structures are
grown at the Léti by metal organic vapor
phase epitaxy on sapphire substrates, for
the realisation of new solid state lightning
devices.
Fig. 2: Virtual plan-view images of a ZnMgO
heterostructure at various steps of the growth.
It reveals (a) the spinel network at the
sapphire/ZnO interface, (b) the porosity at the
beginning of the growth, (c) the sub-grains in
the ZnO layer, and (d) the defaults in the
ZnMgO heterostructure
Under certain growth conditions, the
surface presents several large defects,
with a shape of hexagonal based
pyramids. A stack of nine hundred
images has been acquired, with a pixel
size of 4 nm and a slice thickness of 10
nm. From this stack, it is possible to
reconstruct virtual images of the layer in
perpendicular directions, as well as
virtual plan view images. A lot of new
details appear compared to a single
cross-sectional view.
For example a characteristic network due
to a new phase appears at the beginning
of the growth. It consists of a zinc
aluminate spinel formed by a solid state
reaction between sapphire and zinc oxide
during the high temperature growth step
at 1000 °C. The 3D shape of this spinel
network can be visualized, and it is
noticeable that its two faces are not
equivalent: the top face is very smooth,
but the bottom face presents a
characteristic and almost continuous
crater, hardly seen on a single 2D
projection.
The porosity at the beginning of the
growth is also clearly revealed. It can be
quantified, and correlated with sub-grains
slightly mis-oriented in the ZnO layer.
This corresponds to a growth mechanism
with small islands at the beginning. The
porosity appears during the coalescence
of these islands, but the small misorientations
are kept in the whole ZnO
layer. Finally it is shown that the
pyramidal defects start exactly at the
interface between ZnO and zinc and
magnesium oxide.
CONTACTS
pierre-henri.jouneau@cea.fr
pascale.bayle-guillemaud@cea.fr
2
HIGHLIGHT : TECHNOLOGICAL FACILITIES

HIGHLIGHT : NANOMAGNETISM AND SPINTRONICS
CONTACTS
jan.vogel@grenoble.cnrs.fr
gilles.gaudin@cea.fr
laurent.vila@cea.fr
FURTHER READING
V.Uhlir et al., Physical Review B, Rapid
Communications, 83, 020406 (2011)
C. Burrowes et al., Nature Physics, 6, 17
(2010).
T.A. Moore et al., Applied Physics Letters,
93, 252604 (2008).
I.M. Miron et al., Nature Materials, 9, 230
(2010).
3
DOMAIN WALL
DYNAMICS
IN NANOSTRIPES
Magnetic domain walls in nanostripes
have been proposed to be the basic
element of a new type of fast and cheap
magnetic storage medium. The
displacement of the domain walls in these
nanostripes is induced by current pulses,
through the spin-transfer-torque (STT)
effect. Several Grenoble laboratories
(Institut Néel, INAC/SPINTEC & NM &
LEMMA) work together to obtain groundbreaking
results in this very competitive
field of research, through the fabrication
of innovating materials and the
development and the use of advanced
tools for characterization and modelling.
In 2009, the RTRA project MIDWEST,
yields funds to the 4 laboratories to
develop and share complementary
magnetic imaging techniques allowing a
detailed metrology of domain wall
dynamics in magnetic nanostructures.
Current induced domain wall motion
(CIDM) has mainly been studied in
nanostripes of soft magnetic permalloy
(Ni 80 Fe 20 ) with in-plane magnetization. In
these stripes, relatively high domain wall
velocities were obtained (> 100 m/s), but
the current densities needed were
relatively high (> 10 12 A/m 2 ). These high
current densities are a drawback both for
the power consumption and for the
associated Joule heating of the stripes.
In collaboration with a team from Unité
Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales, the
group of the Institut Néel has used timeresolved
Photo Emission Electron
Microscope (PEEM) magnetic imaging to
investigate CIDM in Co/Cu/NiFe trilayers.
Domain wall velocity up to 600 m/s was
observed in this system, for current
densities that were a factor 2-3 smaller
than required for single permalloy layers.
Images taken during the application of
the current pulses revealed that the NiFe
magnetization, which is parallel to the
axis of the stripes when no current is
applied, tilts in the direction transverse to
the stripes during the current pulses. It
was shown that this is due to the Oersted
magnetic field generated by the current
itself, which is relatively large for these
trilayer systems where most of the
current flows in the Cu and Co layers.
The effect of the Oersted field on the
magnetization of the stripes and the
domain wall may be at the origin of the
high efficiency of CIDM in this system
[Uhlir2011].
Perpendicular magnetized materials are
very attractive for applications since, due
to the simpler and narrower domain
walls, CIDM is predicted to be much more
efficient and the induced displacements
reproducible.
The group of INAC/NM, together with
colleagues from Spintec and IEF Orsay,
has studied domain wall motion in FePt
alloys and Co/Ni multilayers with
perpendicular anisotropy. By studying the
probability of depinning a domain wall
from a natural or artificial defect, as a
function of applied field and current
density, important information was
provided on the STT efficiency, the socalled
non-adiabatic torque. Contrary to
what was expected, the results showed
that this non-adiabatic torque is relatively
insensitive to the domain wall width
[Burrowes2008].
Another system with perpendicular
magnetic anisotropy, consisting of
Pt/Co/AlO x trilayers, was developed by
Spintec, and CIDM was studied in
collaboration with Institut Néel. It shows
a very high CIDM efficiency and, in
contrast to almost all other perpendicular
systems, long distance current-induced
motion of domain walls, essential for
most of the applications, can be observed
in this system, as shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 1: Differential Kerr images of currentinduced
domain wall motion in 500nm wide
Pt/Co(0.6nm)/AlOx stripes, for two different
current densities (1x10 12 and 1.5x10 12 A/m 2 )
These images were obtained with Kerr
microscopy, using the difference between
images taken before and after the
application of current pulses. For the
lower current densities, the domain wall
velocity increases with current density
following a so-called creep law
[Moore2008], while at higher current
densities a linear increase is observed,
with maximum velocities above 400 m/s.
The Rashba effect due to the structural
inversion asymmetry is thought to be at
the origin of both the high CIDM
efficiency and the high velocities
[Miron2010].

DETECTING SINGLE
NANOPARTICLE
MAGNETIZATION
REVERSAL WITH A
NANOTUBE
Nanospintronics benefits from advances
in quantum transport and molecular
electronics. Combining these concepts
provides new devices highly sensitive to
the local electromagnetic environment
such as carbon nanotube quantum dots.
Moreover molecular objects offer great
versatility in their functionnalization with
magnetic systems such as nanoparticles
or molecular magnets, offering new
routes towards nanoscale spin detection.
Magneto-Coulomb effect in
nanotube quantum dots
filled with magnetic
nanoparticles
“Fil de l’eau” PhD student 2007:
Subhadeep DATTA
Carbon nanotubes at low temperature
behave as quantum dots (QD) for which
charging processes become quantized,
giving rise to Coulomb blockade. Any
small change in the electrostatic
environment (tuned by the gate
electrode, see Fig. 1, top) can induce a
shift of the energy of the QD, leading to
conductivity variation. A carbon nanotube
can therefore be a very accurate
electrometer. If a magnetic system is
electronically coupled to a nanotube, its
spin state can influence sequential
tunneling through the nanotube (socalled
magneto-Coulomb effect).
The context in which the magneto-
Coulomb effect (MCE) was first observed
was that of single-electron transistors
connected with two ferromagnetic leads.
This effect was characterized by an
enhanced magnetoresistance (MR) of the
island in the Coulomb blockade regime.
This feature originated from the Zeeman
energy of the ferromagnetic contacts,
inducing a shift between the majority and
minority spin energy bands. It resulted in
a modification of the island chemical
potential, which is equivalent to effective
electrostatic gating. The MCE thus
enabled the single electron transistor to
be driven by the magnetic field.
In our case, the hollow center of a double
wall carbon nanotube is filled with
magnetic nanoparticles such as iron
(collaboration with Institut Carnot
CIRIMAT, University of Toulouse). We
observe unprecedented high MR reaching
up to 53% at 40 mK with a hysteretic
behaviour and sharp jumps at specific
magnetic fields corresponding to the
magnetization reversal of the
encapsulated particle (see Fig. 1,
bottom). Moreover these features are
strongly gate dependent and reflect
directly the features from Coulomb
blockade in the QD. Indeed, the spin flip
of the iron island at non-zero magnetic
field causes a sharp change in the
nanoparticle chemical potential due to
the Zeeman energy, which is acting on
the nanotube like an effective offset
charge. Such coupling allows the
detection of a single reversal event, with
high accuracy considering its strong
influence on the magnetoresistance.
This effect is thus a new gate dependent
MR, which differs from that described in
previous reports in which the MCE
originated from the contact between
nanostructures and ferromagnetic leads.
Here the MCE is induced by the local
coupling of a nanotube quantum dot with
low-dimensional magnets. This coupling
allows differentiating the sensor from the
probed magnetic object. It opens up new
possibilities for exploiting the versatility
of nanotube QD functionnalization with
different nanomagnets, using double wall
nanotube (DWNTs) filled with various
materials, functionalized on their surface
with molecular magnets.
Fig. 1: Top: transistor based on a double wall
carbon nanotube, the inner tube of which is
filled with magnetic iron nanomagnet; Bottom:
strong resistance variations R and strong MR
hysteresis observed for different applied gate
voltages Vg. Quantum transport and
magnetization reversal are directly correlated
and appear as color changes.
CONTACTS
4
HIGHLIGHT : NANOMAGNETISM AND SPINTRONICS
laetitia.marty@grenoble.cnrs.fr
wolfgang.wernsdorfer@grenoble.cnrs.fr
FURTHER READING
L. Bogani et al., Nature Mater. 7, p179,
(2008)

HIGHLIGHT : NANOPHOTONICS
CONTACTS
julien.claudon@cea.fr
FURTHER READING
J. Claudon et al. Nature Photonics, 4,
p174, (2010)
J. Bleuse et al, Phys. Rev. Lett, 106,
103601 (2011)
5
A BRIGHT SINGLE-
PHOTON SOURCE
BASED ON A PHOTONIC
NANOWIRE
The realization of an efficient, on-demand
single-photon source (SPS) is an
important goal for the development of
quantum cryptography and photonic
quantum information processing. In this
context, semiconductor quantum dots
(QD) are very attractive: at low
temperature, they offer a stable singlephoton
emission with a nearly perfect
radiative yield. However, they are
generally embedded in a high index
semiconductor matrix that prevents the
efficient collection of light in the far field.
Within the “Strongchip” young scientist
project supported by the Nanoscience
Foundation, we have overcome this
limitation and demonstrated a very bright
SPS by inserting the QD inside a novel,
well controlled electromagnetic
environment: a photonic nanowire.
A photonic wire is a monomode optical
waveguide that is made of a high index
dielectric material. Specifically, we
consider here a structure defined in III-
As semiconductors and shown in Fig. 1:
the wire is made of GaAs (n=3.5) and is
surrounded by air (n=1). It contains an
InAs QD whose fundamental optical
transition emits single photons at a free
space wavelength around 920 nm. The
high refractive index contrast between
the wire and the air cladding has two
important consequences. First, the
guided mode is confined very tightly
inside a wire having a 200 nm diameter,
which guarantees a good coupling to the
emitter. In addition, the coupling to the
continuum of non-guided modes is
strongly inhibited, thanks to a
pronounced dielectric screening effect. As
a consequence, the spontaneous
emission of the QD is nearly completely
funneled into the guided mode. Next, one
has to collect efficiently the guided
photons with a microscope objective
located above the wire. For this goal, the
two ends of the wire are carefully
engineered. The photons emitted
downward are reflected back into the
guided mode with an integrated mirror,
made of gold and silica. The upper wire
end features a conical tip, designed to
deconfine progressively the guided mode
into the air cladding, in order to obtain a
more directive far-field emission pattern.
The fabrication process of such devices
starts from a planar structure grown by
molecular beam epitaxy. After deposition
of the SiO 2 -Au mirror and a flip-chip step,
the photonic nanowires are obtained with
a dry plasma etching. Because it defines
the nanowire geometry, this last step is
critical and was carefully optimized.
The sample was then mounted in a
micro-photoluminescence setup and
cooled down to liquid helium
temperature. The injection of electronhole
pairs to excite the QD luminescence
was provided by a pulsed laser. The
source efficiency, defined as the
probability to emit a photon into the
collecting cone of the microscope
objective after an excitation pulse,
reaches a maximum when the emitter is
saturated. In these conditions, a record
value of 0.72 photon per pulse was
obtained. Simultaneously, intensity
correlation measurements have provided
the unambiguous signature of a very
pure single-photon emission (g (2)

QUANTUM
HETEROSTRUCTURES
IN II-VI NANOWIRES
Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) have
attracted much attention in recent years
because of their unique properties and
potential use in a variety of technological
applications. The flexibility of the NW
growth allows designing quantum
structures with unprecedented freedom.
With narrow NW, quantum dot structures
can be formed by inserting a low gap
semiconductor along the NW axis
(without the necessity of self-assembly),
at defined position and size. On the other
hand, core-shell heterostructures can be
grown where the nanowires are
surrounded by a radial shell which
enables passivation of interfaces, and
allows efficient charge separation in type
II heterostructures for photovoltaic
application.
We have developed the growth of
ZnSe/CdSe nanowire heterostructures by
molecular beam epitaxy, using gold
droplets as catalysts. Narrow wires with
typical diameter of 10 nm have been
obtained so that carriers in the CdSe QD
are in the strong confinement regime
(bulk exciton Bohr diameter is 11 nm for
CdSe). These NW-QD show intense
photoluminescence (PL) thank to the
efficient light extraction from such
structures as well as high linear
polarization (linear polarization rate is
about 90%) induced by the wire
geometry. The strong Coulomb
interaction in CdSe/ZnSe QDs (excitonbiexciton
separation is 20meV in fig 1)
makes this system particularly suitable
for an application as high temperature
(non cryogenic) single photon source.
for non-classical light emission from a
non-blinking semiconductor QD system.
The intense PL emission of such QDs
enables to carry out fine optical studies
on the dynamics of elementary QD
excitations (exciton, biexciton and trion).
Moreover, we have introduced a novel
technique to probe the dynamics of the
microscopic events responsible for the
spectral diffusion and broadening of QD
lines. It relies on the measurement of the
temporal correlations between photons
emitted in the low-energy or high-energy
parts of the QD exciton line; its resolution
(90ps) represents an improvement by
four orders of magnitude with respect to
previous work.
However pretty little control could be
obtained with the growth on oxidized
silicon: no epitaxial relation between the
substrate, random orientation, quality
hard to be reproduced. In order to gain
control over the NW crystal structure and
growth direction, we have investigated
the epitaxial growth on a ZnSe buffer
layer. The epitaxial growth has allowed
us to obtain vertical and uniform NW (fig.
2b) and a better reproducibility.
With CdSe QD inserted in these ZnSe
NW, we have managed very recently to
demonstrate single photon emission up
to room temperature, within the project
of Miryam ELOUNEG, a PhD student
funded by the Foundation.
Fig. 2 (a) HRTEM image of two ZnSe NW
embbeding a CdSe QD (gold catalyst is on
top). (b) Low density of ZnSe NWs of uniform
10nm diameter.
HIGHLIGHT : NANOPHOTONICS
Fig. 1: Very pure emission spectrum showing
exciton (X) and biexciton (XX) from a single
ZnSe/CdSe NW-QD
With a first generation of NWs grown on
an oxidized Si (001) wafer, we have
demonstrated in 2008 single photon
emission up to 220 K, which was at that
time the highest reported temperature
This expertise of CdSe axial
heterostructures into II-VI nanowires is
extended nowadays to lateral growth: a
conformal layer of CdSe over a template
of ZnO nanowires is an optimized
geometry configuration for photovoltaic
cells. In such core-shell semiconductor
wires, the electron and the hole
wavefunctions are naturally confined in
the core and the shell region
respectively.
Such “quantum coaxial cables” open a
promising route towards high efficiency
solar cells which is explored within Yong
ZHANG’s Chair of Excellence project
entitled “II-VI photovoltaics”.
CONTACTS
kuntheak.kheng@cea.fr
jean-philippe.poizat@grenoble.cnrs.fr
henri.mariette@grenoble.cnrs.fr
FURTHER READING
A. Tribu et al. Nano Lett 8, 4326 (2008)
G. Sallen et al, Phys. Rev. B 80, 085310
(2009)
G. Sallen et al, Nature Photonics 4, 696
(2010)
6

TERPYRIDINE-BASED
MACROCYCLES FOR
SWITCHES
HIGHLIGHT : MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS
The POLYSUPRA project , coordinated by
Guy ROYAL (DCM, UJF) with Pierre
TÉRECH (INAC/SPrAM) and Eric
JALAGUIER, Julien BUCKLEY (Léti) as copartners
concerns the preparation and
study of self-assembled coordination
polymers whose originality is to be able
to respond to an external input (stimulus)
that can be optical, electrical or chemical.
The proposed systems are
macromolecules based on polytopic
ligands containing two coordinating units
(terpyridines) bridged by a spacer having
particular redox, optical or chemical
properties. (Fig. 1) These molecules are
particularly attractive for the preparation
of smart materials or for electronic
devices (transistors, memories).
Fig. 1: Schematics detailing the formation of
self-assembled metallo-polymers. The spacer
induces additional chemical properties.
The objectives of POLYSUPRA project
supported by the Foundation are: i) the
preparation and study of new
metallopolymers; ii) the structural
characterization of the polymers; iii) the
attachments of the polymers onto solid
substrates and study of the modified
surfaces and iv) the incorporation of the
systems into electronic devices. At of
spring 2011, the first three tasks have
been successfully realized.
Fig. 2: Electrochromic behavior of a cobalt
polymer.
Structural and Rheological switching
characterization of the polymers and their
attachment onto solid substrates
These metallopolymers can also form
solution or gels, depending on the
experimental conditions and it has been
shown that a reversible gel to liquid
conversion can be electrochemically
controlled by changing the oxidation
state of the metal ions in the polymers
chains (Fig. 3). These polymers have
been characterized using rheology,
viscosimetry and SANS experiments.
Their grafting onto solid substrates is also
under way.
Ox
Red
Fig. 3: Redox controlled Gel/Liquid conversion
CONTACT
guy.royal@ujf-grenoble.fr
FURTHER READING
A. Gasnier et al, Langmuir, 25(15), 8751–
8762 (2009)
A. Gasnier, et al., Inorganic Chemistry, 49,
2592 (2010)
Synthesis and study of the
metallopolymers in solution.
Some polynuclear metallopolymers
incorporating a binding unit as spacer
have been prepared and investigated.
These electroactive materials originally
incorporate different types of metal
complexes in the same polymer chain
which induces novel functionalities.
For example, remarkable electrochromic
properties have been demonstrated (see
Fig. 2).
Fig. 4: Cover of the march 2010 issue of
Inorganic Chemistry featuring the first phase
of work supported by this RTRA project.
7

ELECMOL’10
CONFERENCE
An important effort was provided by the
Foundation to support dissemination of
results through scientific conferences.
The Foundation has therefore provided a
continuous financial support of a series of
international conferences on molecular
electronics. This support from the
academic community was constant since
the first edition of the conference held in
2004.
The last edition of this conference was
held last December 2010 at MINATEC.
385 participants gathered for a 5 days
conference featuring the last advances in
the field of Molecular Electronics. The
organizing committee was composed of
12 scientists among which 8 are
permanent researchers within the
laboratories members of the RTRA
network.
Among other distinguished speakers, one
should note the presence of Jean-Marie
LEHN, from ISIS Strasbourg, Nobel Prize
winner of Chemistry for his contributions
on supramolecular chemistry; Georges
WHITESIDES from Harvard University
known for his pioneering works on Selfassembled
systems, Paul ALIVISATOS,
Director of the Lawrence Berkeley
Laboratories, who presented his latest
works on nanorods and Nadrian SEEMAN,
discoverer of DNA based nanotechnology.
The scope of the conference was chosen
to encompass the broadest spectrum of
molecular electronics and was structured
in 8 topics organized as below:
T1: Single Molecules & Quantum Dots:
Junctions, Memories & Switches
T2: Organic Electronics & Spintronics:
Materials & Devices
T3: Organic Optoelectronics & Photonics:
Materials & Devices
Fig. 1: Poster for the announcement of the
fifth edition of the conferences ELECMOL
Roland HERINO, former Director
of the Nanoscience Foundation gave the
opening ceremony talk during which he
presented the scope of the Foundation.
The conference included 15
invited keynote lectures (45 minutes), 45
Oral communications of 15 Minutes and
256 Poster communications shared
between 3 Poster Sessions.
In order to facilitate the
interaction between participants and
promote interdisciplinarity, the choice of
a single session conference held in a
single amphitheatre was preferred over
multiple parallel sessions.
The total budget of the
conference was about 149,000 Euros on
which the Nanosciences Foundation
contributed for the amount of 10,000
Euros. The rest of the budget is shared
between other public funding (20%),
corporate and private support (sponsors)
for 25%, the rest being provided by the
registration fees of the participants.
HIGHLIGHT : MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS
T4: Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes &
Nanowires: Synthesis & Devices
T5: Self-Assembly & Supramolecular
Architectures
T6: Scanning Probe Microscopies & Near
Field Approaches
T7: Molecular Theoretical Modelling
T8: Bioinspired Approaches & Biomimetic
Devices
Fig 2: The conference was hosted by the
House of Micro and Nanotechnologies at
MINATEC-Grenoble
CONTACT
patrice.rannou@cea.fr
FURTHER READING
www.elecmol.com
8

HIGHLIGHT : NANOMATERIALS, NANOASSEMBLY AND NANOSTRUCTURATION
CONTACTS
borsali@cermav.cnrs.fr
FURTHER READING
K. Aissou et al., Langmuir, 27 (7), pp 4098–
4103 (2011)
C. Porto et al., Macromolecules, 44 (7), pp
2240–2244 (2011)
NANOSTRUCTURED
LIGHT-EMITTING SMALL
MOLECULES VIA
HYBRID NATURAL-
BLOCK-SYNTHETIC
SUPRAMOLECULAR
ASSEMBLY
Self-assembly is emerging as an elegant,
'bottom-up' method for fabricating
nanostructured materials. As current
polymers derive from petroleum - a
resource that is being rapidly depleted -
oligo and polysaccharides constitute an
abundant, renewable, and yet
undervalued resource for the fabrication of
bio-inspired nanoelectronic devices. Within
the framework of the 2007 RTRA project
called “CELLULOSE HYBRID”, 3
laboratories (CERMAV, LTM and Léti) have
conceived a new method to build a
versatile hierarchical assembly of hybrid
diblock copolymer (cellulose based
material) which led to tunable-lightemitting
films. (1 patent)
Synthesis and self-assembly
of glycopolymer-based
copolymers in thin films
First, the team designs a hybrid naturalblock-synthetic
copolymer system where
the synthetic block is polystyrene and the
natural one is an amylose fragment:
maltoheptaose (noted maltoheptaoseblock-polystyrene
(Mal7-b-PS))
TEM pictures of Mal7-b-PS copolymer thin
film confirm its phase organization (Fig.
1). They show a stripe pattern, with dark
regions smaller than bright ones, caused
by the orientation of MAL7 cylinders
parallel to the film free surface.
Fig. 1: TEM picture of Mal7-b-PS thin film
showing a stripe pattern, with a lattice period of
about 12 nm measured from FFT inset.
Photoluminescence of lightemitting
thin film
For light-emitting applications, one
important challenge is to fabricate thin
films with an optimal structure i.e. having
large interface area and domain size
similar to the exciton diffusion length
about 10 nm. It has been possible to
fabricate supramolecular architecture with
active 4’,4-bipyridine on maltoheptaose
blocks which fits this requirement to get
expected photonic properties.
Photoluminescence (PL) data of
Mal7(bipy) 1.0 -b-PS thin films deposited on
SiO 2 substrate were recorded (Fig. 2) after
different annealing times. It yields wellorganized
films (48h annealing),
exhibiting a three times higher PL signal
compared to a poorly organized film (15
min annealing).
Fig. 2: Photoluminescence spectra (excitation at
365 nm) of Mal7(bipy)1.0-b-PS thin film after
15 min (red) and 48h (black) annealing time.
F
ig.3: AFM phase image obtained from
Mal7(bipy)1.0-b-PS thin film. The phase crosssection
profile of the continuous red line on the
AFM phase image inset revealed a distance of
11nm between two white spots.
This innovative conception of organic
light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) has been
patented (French patent deposited in
2010).
9

CRISTAL PHASE
TRANSITIONS IN
PRESSURIZED SILICON
NANOWIRES
The possibility to synthesize new
crystalline phases in single silicon
nanowires recently attracted attention
owing to the potential tuning of the opto
electronic properties that can be expected
when the crystal structure undergoes
phase transitions. In particular, it is
predicted that the wurtzite phase which is
metastable at room pressure and
temperature is an indirect semiconductor
with a 0.85 eV band gap. Unlike most of
its III-V compounds counterparts where
axial phase switching between cubic and
hexagonal structure is routinely observed,
direct crystal growth and characterization
of wurtzite silicon nanowires is still a
challenging task.
In the frame of the NEP-IV project, we
initiated a structural study of phase
transitions in Si NWs, based on a
“pressure engineering” approach that uses
diamond (phase I) Si NWs as a starting
material instead of the direct synthesis of
modified wires, still under controversy.
Indeed, in the case of bulk material, it was
shown in the 60’s and 70’s that a highpressure
loading and unloading cycle leads
to high-pressure intermediate metallic or
semimetallic phases that relax upon
pressure release into the metastable Si III
phase (body centred cubic, semimetallic)
and Si IV phase (wurtzite, semiconductor)
under a slight annealing of Si III at room
pressure. In our experiment, we used a
diamond-anvil cell to monitor the
pressure-induced phase changes, which
we followed by confocal micro-Raman
spectroscopy. Size calibrated Si NWs were
synthesized using 50 nm gold colloids as
seeds for the vapour liquid solid growth.
The sample was sonicated in a 4:1
methanol-ethanol mixture and the
resulting enriched solution was drop
casted in the pressure cell for Raman
investigation. This resulted in the
formation of visible Si NW bundles at
some preferential places in the cell that
permitted precise excitation of the same
group of wires all along the pressure rise
and release cycle. The results are reported
in Fig. 1 and show the characteristic
Stokes Raman spectrum observed in bulk
silicon I under increasing hydrostatic
pressures up to 16-18 GPa where a first
phase transition occurs, presumably
towards the Si II phase (body centred
tetragonal, metallic), which has no sharp
Raman response. After completion of the
phase transition and transformation of all
Si I into Si II, pressure is progressively
released. This does not lead to Si I phase
retrieval but instead, and like in the bulk
material, Si II remains stable down to the
5-10 GPa range where a phase transition
towards Si III phase takes place. The
characteristic Raman peaks of Si III are
detected together with two broader bands
corresponding to amorphous Si but no
contribution from Si I is found. Upon
aperture of the cell, as the pressure is
fully released to room pressure, the
alcohol evaporates and Si I phase is
immediately recovered, without any
transit via Si IV. This is most likeky due to
the lack of heat sink in the wire
surroundings and subsequent intense laser
annealing of Si III. Further experiments
are necessary to fully understand the
diameter dependence of the phase
transitions and special care will be given
to the low-pressure domain upon pressure
release where observation of the Si IV
phase is expected.
Fig. 1: Raman spectra obtained on a bundle of
50 nm diameter Si NWs for increasing
pressures (top) and decreasing pressures
(bottom). The different phases are labeled I, II
and III
CONTACTS
nicolas.pauc@cea.fr
pierre.bouvier@grenoble-inp.fr
mael.guennou@grenoble-inp.fr
10
HIGHLIGHT : NANOMATERIALS, NANOASSEMBLY AND NANOSTRUCTURATION

THE NÉEL IRAM KIDS
ARRAYS (NIKA)
The Institut Néel is coordinating the NIKA
collaboration, which is developing a new
instrument for the 30-m IRAM (Institut
de Radio Astronomie Millimetrique)
telescope at Pico Veleta, near Granada
(Spain). The peculiarity of this project is
the use, in the focal plane, of large arrays
of the new Kinetic Inductance Detectors
(KIDs).
the first technical run in Pico Veleta took
place already in October 2009, with very
encouraging results. We could observe,
for example, a number of faint galactic
and extra-galactic sources. The LEKID
array used at the telescope in 2009 has
been fabricated at the PTA-Grenoble
platform.
HIGHLIGHT : NANO-CHARACTERIZATION AND METROLOGY
CONTACTS
monfardini@grenoble.cnrs.fr
alain.benoit@grenoble.cnrs.fr
FURTHER READING
A. Monfardini et al., Astronomy and
Astrophysics, 521, id.A29 (2010)
L. Swenson et al., Applied Physics Letters,
96, Issue 26, id. 263511 (2010).
A. Monfardini et al., The Astrophysioal
Journal, in press (2011), arXiv:1102.0870v2
KIDS development
The importance of millimeter and submillimeter
astronomy is rapidly
increasing. In particular, three main
areas of millimeter continuum research
have motivated the rapid development of
new technologies:
1. The study of the cold star-forming
regions in the Galaxy
2. The investigation of high-redshift
galaxies, dimmed in higher energy
bands
3. Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)
and its anomalies (e.g. SZ effect)
The Néel IRAM KIDs Arrays (NIKA)
project was kicked off in November 2008.
The international collaboration, led by the
Institut Néel, includes Institutions in the
UK (University of Cardiff), Holland
(SRON), Italy (Università di Roma) and of
course France (Institut Néel, IRAM-
Grenoble, LPSC, LAOG). NIKA, in its final
configuration, uses, in the focal plane,
thousands pixels arrays of KIDs (Kinetic
Inductance Detectors). A KID consist
basically in a planar superconducting
resonator sensitive, through changes in
the film kinetic inductance, to incoming
mm-wave radiation.
The development of KIDs detectors in
France started in 2008 in Grenoble
thanks to a “Jeunes Entrants” project
titled “A DC-to-THz cryogenic platform for
new generations of nano-detectors”. The
project was funded by the “Fondation
Nanosciences” Grenoble for the period
2008-2011. In particular, Dr. Loren
Swenson, post-doc hired by the
Foundation, boosted incredibly the
project with his pre-existing competences
in RF electronics.
In 2009, we started investigating a
particular KID concept known as LEKID
(Lumped Element KID), allowing a purely
planar design and a good optical
coupling. Totally unexplored at that time,
we realized immediately the potential of
this new configuration for future large
instruments operating in the mm-wave
range. Thanks to the rapid development,
Fig. 1: The giant IRAM telescope, located at
2900m on the Sierra Nevada, south of Spain
[Credits L.Swenson]. Insets: Alessandro
MONFARDINI (top), Loren SWENSON (bottom
left) and Christian HOFFMANN (bottom right).
In 2010 we have further developed the
first NIKA prototype to build a new, dualband
instrument able to observe
simultaneously at the wavelengths of
2mm (150GHz) and 1.25mm (240GHz).
Fig. 2: The Crab observed by NIKA in October
2010 from the 30-m telescope.
A new observational run with the
improved system, and including two KIDs
arrays of respectively 144 and 256 pixels
has been carried out in October 2010.
Thanks to the larger number of pixels,
the two colors and the three-fold
improvement in the detectors sensitivity,
a large number of galactic and
extragalactic extended sources have been
detected during the six days on the sky.
NIKA is today the state-of-the art
concerning KIDs-based experiments, and
this encourages us in proposing a multithousands
pixels resident instrument,
based on kinetic inductance detectors, at
Pico Veleta.
11

SCANNING GATE
NANOELECTRONICS
In the framework of Vincent Bayot’s Chair
of Excellence, two major results were
obtained by scanning gate microscopy
(SGM): a theoretical understanding of
SGM images in the coherent regime of
transport both in the presence of defects
and weak magnetic field; and the
discovery of Coulomb islands in a
quantum Hall interferometer.
In the quantum Hall (QH) regime, near
integer Landau level filling factors,
electrons should be perfectly transmitted
through spatially separated edge states
(Fig. 2).
SGM uses the electrically polarized tip of
a low-temperature AFM to scan above a
semiconductor device while the conductance
changes, due to the tip perturbation,
are simultaneously mapped in real
space. Previously, we have applied the
SGM technique to InGaAs-based quantum
rings (QRs) at low temperature and
under the effect of an external magnetic
field (Hackens et al., Nature Phys 2006,
Martins et al., PRL 2007). When the AFM
tip scans over the QR surface, fringes are
observed in the tip-induced conductance
changes which are essentially radial with
the QR. To understand the physics behind
SGM experiments, we have focused on
the correspondence between the local
density of states (LDOS) and SGM
conductance images by including an
external magnetic field in the
simulations. We also generate a realistic
potential profile to account for disorder,
and include many conduction channels
contributing to the transport. We find
that, in contrast with the current density
distribution, the LDOS can often be
determined by recursive semi-classical
trajectories with energies close to the
Fermi energy. As a result, the
correspondence between LDOS and SGM
images is clearly established (Fig. 1).
Fig. 2: An artist’s view of edge states in the
quantum ring confining potential. The tip (in
green) induces a local perturbation of the
potential that can be scanned over the
quantum Hall interferometer.
However, in mesoscopic systems,
electronic transmission turns out to be
more complex, giving rise to a large
spectrum of magnetoresistance
oscillations. To explain these
observations, recent models (Rosenow et
al., PRL 2007) put forward the theory
that, as edge states come close to each
other, electrons can hop between
counterpropagating edge channels, or
tunnel through Coulomb islands, giving
rise to a new kind of Coulomb blockade
effect. We have used SGM to
demonstrate the presence of QH Coulomb
islands, and reveal the spatial structure
of transport inside a QH interferometer.
The locations of electron islands are
found by modulating the tunneling
between edge states and confined
electron orbits, i.e. the SGM polarized tip
is used to modulate Coulomb blockade,
resulting in concentric fringes
surrounding the active island (Fig. 3).
HIGHLIGHT : NANO-CHARACTERIZATION AND METROLOGY
Fig. 1: Comparison between the LDOS (A) and
conductance variation images (B) when
negatively charged defects are included in the
system.
Moreover, by varying the Fermi
level and magnetic field strength, we find
that the LDOS and conductance images
are periodical with the external field and
that they bear the same periodicity as
the Aharonov-Bohm effect. This finding
strengthens our view that SGM in the
weak tip-potential limit is the analogue of
STM for imaging the electronic LDOS in
buried open mesoscopic systems.
Fig. 3: SGM image in the QH regime. The
center of the resulting concentric fringes mark
the position of the active quantum Coulomb
island.
Tuning the magnetic field, we
were able to unveil a continuous
evolution of active quantum Coulomb
islands. This allows to decrypt the
complexity of high-magnetic field
magnetoresistance oscillations, and
opens the way to further local-scale
manipulations of QH localized states.
CONTACTS
vincent.bayot@uclouvain.be
serge.huant@grenoble.cnrs.fr
herve.courtois@grenoble.cnrs.fr
FURTHER READING
M. G. Pala et al., Nanotechnology, 20,
264021 (2009)
B. Hackens et al., Nature Communications
1:39 (2010).
12

NANO-ORDERING &
DEEP UNDERCOOLING
DRIVE THE SILICON
NANOWIRE GROWTH
Deep undercooling gives rise to a peculiar
state of matter in which a liquid does not
solidify even far below the normal
freezing point. A good example of this
phenomenon is found every day in
meteorology: clouds in high altitude are
an accumulation of undercooled droplets
of water below their freezing points due
to the high purity of the atmosphere at
these altitudes.
temperatures. Such a property is
employed to manufacture high-purity Si
nanowires through a vapour-liquid-solid
growth mechanism. Very recently, the
origin of the deep eutectic point was
shown to be related to the presence of a
well-defined chemical short-range order
that enhances AuSi interactions in the
liquid phase, in contrast with the solid
mixture and with the occurrence of an
important icosahedral ordering in the
undercooled region [3].
HIGHLIGHT : THEORY AND NANOSIMULATION
CONTACTS
alain.pasturel@grenoble.cnrs.fr
noel.jakse@grenoble-inp.fr
FURTHER READING
[1] N. Jakse et al., Physical Review Letters,
91, p205702, (2003); 93, p207801, (2004)
[2] T.U. Schulli et al., Nature 464, p1174,
(2010)
[3] A. Pasturel et al., Phys. Rev. B 81,
p140202R (2010)
Undercooling was discovered in 1724 by
Fahrenheit while observing that water
droplets stay liquid below 0°C. However
numerous questions about the underlying
mechanisms remain nowadays still open.
In the 1950’s, theoricians postulated the
structure at the atomic level to be
incompatible with crystallization. This led
to the speculation that the atoms in the
liquid could locally arrange in icosahedra
characterized by a five-fold symmetry
which is incompatible with the long-range
periodicity of the crystalline solid.
Fig. 1: Icosahedron
and pentagonal
rings
Fifty years later, ab initio molecular
dynamics simulations revealed for the
first time five-fold coordinated clusters
(pentagons) in pure liquid metals as well
as liquid metallic alloys, some of them
being known to form quasicrystalline
phases or bulk metallic glasses upon
rapid solidification [1].
Using ab initio molecular dynamics
simulations, a new remarkable
undercooling phenomenon has been
explained [2], namely an undercooling as
deep as 350°C for Gold-Silicon (Au 81 Si 19 )
eutectic alloy in contact with a specially
decorated silicon (111) surface where the
outermost layer of the solid featured
pentagonal atomic arrangements. This
alloy is characterized by an unusually
deep eutectic temperature, 359°C, that is
hundreds of degrees below the melting
points of Au (1063°C) and Si (1412°C)
and guarantees a very high mobility of
the Si atoms at relatively low
Fig. 2: Pentagonal arrangements in the goldsilicon
eutectic liquid are stabilized at the
interface. The close-packing of 7 atoms leads
to build the five-fold ring.
In order to understand the effect of the
silicon surface on the local structure of
the eutectic alloy and its undercooling
properties, we carried out calculations of
solid / eutectic liquid interfaces as a
function of different silicon surfaces. The
Silicon (111) surface forces the presence
of local pentagonal arrangements in the
liquid phase at the interface (see Figure
2) The main consequence is that the
alloy’s atoms near this interface display a
local order that increases the stability of
the supercooled phase of the liquid
instead of triggering heterogeneous
nucleation. It is also observed that the
pentagonal decorated silicon (111) [2]
surface influences the short-range order
and the metastability of the liquid
eutectic alloy, favouring the increase of
pentagons in the liquid phase.
This result has wide implications, not only
for fundamental studies of freezing, but
also for practical control of the phase
transition. For instance, it should lead to
important technological applications in
the field of nanowire growth for which the
eutectic alloy act as a catalyst. It is also
speculated that the containerless
techniques required today to obtain
undercooling could be in the future be
replaced by icosahedrally coated solid
containers.
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CONTROL OF THERMAL
CONDUCTIVITY AT THE
NANOSCALE
The ability to precisely control the
thermal conductivity of a material is
fundamental in the development of onchip
heat management or energy
conversion. By engineering a set of
individual phonon-scattering nanodot
barriers, researchers from the University
of Bordeaux, IFW Dresden, and Liten,
have accurately tailored the thermal
conductivity of a single-crystalline SiGe
material in spatially defined regions as
short as 15 nm, attaining ultra low
thermal conductivities below 1 W/m-K.
The motivation of this study was to know
whether it is possible to achieve fully
diffusive phonon barriers in a single
crystalline material.
Previous studies on planar Si/SiGe
superlattices had reported reductions in
thermal conductivity compatible with
partially diffusive interfaces. In our case,
having dots rather than flat layers leads
to a much stronger phonon scattering,
and allows us to achieve fully diffusive
barriers.
The single crystalline nanodot samples
were grown at IFW Dresden.
Measurements of their thermal
conductivity were performed by two
different methods:
3- method (by A. Rastelli at IFW
Dresden)
time domain thermoreflectance
(TDTR), by S.Dilhaire at the University of
Bordeaux.
Theoretical modelling of flat and nanodot
based superlattices was performed at
Liten, employing atomistic Green’s
function methods.
The thermal conductivity was measured
in the cross plane direction. Singlebarrier
thermal resistances between 2
and 4x10 -9 m 2 K W -1 were attained. This
results in a room-temperature
conductivity down to about 0.9Wm -1 K -1 ,
in multilayered structures with only five
barriers.
Such low thermal conductivity is
compatible with a totally diffuse
mismatch model for the barriers, and it is
well below the amorphous limit. The
results are in agreement with atomistic
Green’s function simulations.
HIGHLIGHT : THEORY AND NANOSIMULATION
Fig. 1: Schematic of the self-assembled
nanodot multilayers fabricated by molecular
beam epitaxy.
Fig. 2: Experimental thermal conductivities of
the samples, as a function of period length
This demonstrated ability to tailor
thermal conductivity with 1 Wm -1 K -1
precision and confirmed a spatial
resolution below the 20nm range which is
very relevant to the development of
integrated miniaturized energy
harvesting or thermal management
devices, fully compatible with silicon
nanoelectronics.
CONTACTS
natalio.mingo@cea.fr
FURTHER READING
G.Pernot et al., Nature Materials, 9, 491
(2010).
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HIGHLIGHT : NANO APPROACHES TO LIFE SCIENCES
CONTACTS
tetiana.aksenova@cea.fr
corinne.mestais@cea.fr
FURTHER READING
Eliseyev et al., LNCS, 6792, 2011 (in press)
IMPLANTABLE
COMPUTER BRAIN
INTERFACE
Up to now, drugs were the main way for
a physician to repair the brain and its
connections to the rest of the body. Deep
brain stimulation has nevertheless
already demonstrated the interest of local
stimulation to correct neural circuit
defects using implantable electrodes.
Nanotechnologies, allowing to record,
stimulate or deliver drugs to neurons
with an unprecedented (unmatched,
unrivaled) resolution will surely help
developing some of the tomorrow’s
neurological treatments. Development of
robust brain-computer interfaces is a key
issue for these progresses.
Development of selflearning
adaptive solutions
for the control of
mechanical effectors
Chair of Excellence 2008: Tetiana
AKSENOVA
Severe motor disabilities require the
development of new communication
pathways to allow the patient controlling
efficiently and safely external aids, such
as wheelchairs and prostheses. The
current method consists in redirecting the
injured nerves into non-essential muscles
and using the electric signals associated
to muscle contraction to monitor the
patient’s intention. The aim of the “Brain-
Computer Interface” project (BCI) is to
directly interpret the brain neural activity
and to translate it into useful command
signals. “Motor signals” are relatively
large in the brain, and can thus be
discriminated from the other neural
activity.
In fact, this work consists in developing
and implementing innovative signal
processing algorithms to analyze
Electrocorticographic signals (ECoG:
electric signals recorded at the surface of
the brain). Animals were instrumented
with ECoG electrodes and trained to
press a pedal to get food at their will,
while ECoG signals were recorded. After
training, a “predictor” was built that could
successfully predict the animal’s intention
(Fig. 1 & 2).
One of the prominent features of this
algorithm is that the success of the
detection is stable for several months
without recalibration, which is very
important for future patient
rehabilitation. Brain computer interface
experiments are now in progress in nonhuman
primates (the step toward human
implantation) and show promising
results.
A
B
Fig. 1: scheme of the brain-computer interface
experiments.
A: training stage, the recorded signals are
used to calibrate the algorithm.
B: the algorithm is used to command the
reward distributor.
Fig. 2: A real-time brain computer interface
experiment. The rat presses the pedal but
decision whether to give a reward is made on
the basis of the recorded ECoG signal.
Although it is still necessary to further
improve the reliability of the detection,
these results successfully demonstrate
that electrocortical electrodes could be
used to control external mechanical
devices and thus rehabilitate paralyzed
people.
Of course, a less invasive system is under
development, consisting in electrodes to
record ECoG signals and circuits to
ensure wireless transmission to the
computer. The first implantation is
scheduled for 2012.
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