Agenda - ARCHIVE 2011
3rd Workshop on "Nano and Micro-Environments for Cell Biology "
Thursday 15 December 2011 - from 9am to 3pm Lecture room "Doyen Gosse", ground floor of building C Grenoble INP - 46, avenue Félix Viallet, 38000 Grenoble The Nanosciences Foundation organises for the third time a workshop aiming at gathering the Grenoble-based researchers with various backgrounds (Physics, engineering, mechanics, chemistry, biology...) working in the field of: “Nano and Micro-Environments for Cell Biology”...
[Read More]Fanny Hiebel's thesis defense: "Investigation of the graphene - SiC(000-1) (carbon face) interface using scanning tunneling microscopy and ab initio numerical simulations"
Tuesday 13 December 2011 at 2pm Room "Nevill Mott" D420 - Building D - Institut Néel/CNRS 25 rue des martyrs - 38042 Grenoble Fanny HIEBEL (Institut Néel) Thesis supervisors: Laurence MAGAUD & Jean Yves VEUILLEN Graphene refers to a two-dimensional crystal made of carbon atoms arranged on a honeycomb lattice. This material presents interesting electronic properties regarding fundamental physics as well as industrial...
[Read More]Andriy Yelisyeyev's Thesis Defense : " Brain-Computer Interface with cortical electrical activity recording"
Thursday 8 Decembre 2011 at 1pm Room 446 in building 1005 - site of CEA Grenoble (PLEASE NOTE: a specific pass is required to enter on the CEA site) Andriy YELISYEYEV (CEA Grenoble - Clinatec) Thesis supervisor: Tetiana AKSENOVA Brain Computer Interface (BCI) is a system for translation of brain neural activity into commands for external devices. This study was...
[Read More]Challenges of ESD RF protections in advanced CMOS technologies
Thursday 8 décember 2011 from 1pm to 2pm Amphithéâtre PHELMA, Bât. INP, MINATEC by Philippe GALY as part of the IMEP-LAHCseminars Abstract: The main purpose of this presentation is to discuss the challenge of RF ESD protections for the Advanced CMOS technologies. Today, it is well known that the ElectroStatic Discharge (ESD) protection is already a major challenge. This is due to the complexity of the technologies (High K metal Gate,...
[Read More]Aleš Hrabec's Thesis Defense: "Study of the magnetization dynamics in nanostructures with perpendicular anisotropy: effect of magnetic field and electric current"
Tuesday 6 Decembre 2011 at 2pm Lecture Room - 1st floor -Building A CNRS Polygone scientifique 25 rue des martyrs, 38000 Grenoble Aleš HRABEC (Institut Néel) Thesis supervisors: Stéfania PIZZINI & Laurent RANNO Within the last two decades, the domain wall manipulation became one of the undetachable parts of spintronics. The...
[Read More]Radoslaw Bombera's Thesis Defense : " Development of biochips for blood cell sorting"
Monday 5 Decembre 2011 at 2pm Room B221 - 1st floor - Maison MINATEC 3, parvis Louis Néel 38054 Grenoble Radoslaw BOMBERA (INAC/SPrAM/CREAB) Thesis supervisors: Thierry LIVACHE et Yoann ROUPIOZ This PhD thesis is devoted to conception of a miniaturized system of biochip type able to perform a controlled capture and release of different populations of the blood...
[Read More]Local Structure, X-ray Absorption and Localization Properties of GST and GeTe-based Phase Change Materials : an Ab Initio Simulation Approach
Thursday 17 Novembre 2011 at 4pm Amphitheatre M001 - Phelma MINATEC 3 parvis Louis Neel - 38000 GRENOBLE By Jean-Yves RATY , University of Liege (Belgium) In the recent years, Ab Initio Density Functional Theory calculations have proven to be extremely useful in the production of structural models helping to interpret the output of many experiments, such as diffraction, x-ray absorption as well as other kind of spectroscopies. In this...
[Read More]2011 Thesis Prize Award Ceremony
Tuesday 15 November 2011 from 4pm Lecture Room A - CNRS 25 rue des martyrs - 38000 Grenoble This year, the Foundation's thesis prize will be given to two laureates: Jessica BAUR , from DCM [ more info ] & Mathieu PIERRE , from laboratoires INAC & LETI [ more info ] This ceremony will also give us the opportunity to meet and congratulate several scientists of the Foundation's network who...
[Read More]Light-Matter Interaction in Single Quantum Dot and 2D/3D Photonic Crystal Nanocavity Coupled Systems
Tuesday 18 october 2011 - at 2.00pm Lecture room P015 - School Phelma - Polygone 23 rue des martyrs, 38000 Grenoble by Yasuhiko Arakawa , Institute for Nano Quantum Information Electronics The University of Tokyo One of the most ultimate goals in the field of...
[Read More]Two Types of Photoluminescence Blinking Revealed by Single Quantum Dot Spectroelectrochemistry
Monday 10 october 2011 - at 2.30pm Room "Nevill Mott" (D420) - 3rd floor Building D - Institut Néel 25 rue des martyrs, 38000 Grenoble by Christophe GALLAND , Chemistry Division Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics Los Alamos National Laboratory Abstract: Photoluminescence (PL)...
[Read More]Hyaluronic Acid Based Hydrogels for Stem Cell Culture and Tissue Engineering
Monday 3 october 2011 - at 10am Lecture room M01 - School Grenoble-INP Phelma - MINATEC site 3 parvis Louis Néel, 38000 Grenoble A “Nano and Micro-Environments for Cell Biology” Seminar by Jason A. Burdick , Associate Professor - Department of Bioengineering University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA ...
[Read More]Peng 's Thesis Defense : " Study of electronic transport properties of semiconductor nanodevices by scanning probe microscopy"
Friday 30 September 2011 at 2pm Room Nevill Mott (3rd floor) build. D at Institut Néel/CNRS Peng LIU (Institut Néel) Supervisors: Vincent BAYOT & Hermann SELLIER Scanning gate microscopy (SGM), developed in the late 1990's, has become a powerful tool to investigate the local electronic properties in semiconductor nano devices. SGM is based on the AFM technique but the metallic tip is used as a movable gate capacitively coupled to the device, and the...
[Read More]Superconducting hybrids: from conventional to exotic
27 Septembre 2011 Salle du Rez-de Chaussée - Bâtiment E de l’UFR de Chimie 470 rue de la chimie, Campus Saint Martin d’Hères (arrêt Tram B et C– Bibliothèques Universitaires) http://recamia.rhone-alpes.cnrs.fr/ Comité d'Organisation Frédéric CHARLOT (CMTC), Amandine DURAND TERRASSON (CERMAV), Laurent MANIGUET (CMTC), Isabelle PAINTRAND (CERMAV), Laetitia RAPENNE (LMGP), Francine ROUSSEL (CMTC) Inscriptions...
[Read More]Nanoelectronic Devices and Integrations on Silicon Platform - Today and Tomorrow
Friday 23 September 2011 at 12.30pm Amphi Maison MINATEC 3 parvis Louis Néel - 38000 Grenoble By Yoshio NISHI , Department of Electrical Engineering, Center for Integrated Systems, Stanford University Nanosciences Foundation Chair of Excellence There is widely shared concern today that as we approach future technology nodes of CMOS beyond sub-20nm, diminishing return in device performance and density combined with...
[Read More]Low-Resistance Electrical Contact to Carbon Nanotubes with Graphitic Interfacial Layer
Wednesday 21 Septembre 2011 at 4pm Amphitheatre P015 of the 'Ecole PHELMA Polygone ' 23 rue des martyrs - 38000 Grenoble Philip Wong is Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University and holds a Chair of Excellence at the Nanosciences Foundation since 2007. His seminar will be an excellent opportunity to know more about his research interests and his scientific projects and interactions in Grenoble. Download the slides - part...
[Read More]Superconducting hybrids: from conventional to exotic
September 7-10, 2011 Villard de Lans, France Recent months witnessed spectacular advances in experiments with novel conductors (such as surfaces of topological insulators, graphene, carbon nanotubes, etc). Along with the experimental achievements, exciting theoretical predictions were made regarding superconducting proximityinvolving both conventional and novel materials. Although the underlying principles of the superconducting proximity effect are common for hybrids containing...
[Read More]Rational design of magnetic materials based on « single-molecule magnet » building-blocks
Wednesday 7 September 2011 - at 2.30pm Seminar room, Building André Rassat (Build. E) - Ground floor 470 rue de la chimie - Domaine universitaire - 38400 Saint Martin d'Hères ICMG Seminar by Dr. Rodolphe Clérac , Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal CNRS, Université de Bordeaux Contact: Carole DUBOC ( carole.duboc@ujf-grenoble.fr )
[Read More]Modern Trends in Magnetism
September, 9 2011 ESRF Auditorium in Grenoble, France. The purpose of this workshop is to highlight recent advances in magnetism with a special highlight on those areas where contributions of Igor Dzyaloshinskii are recognized as very important: multiferroics, spintronics, frustrated magnetism etc. This workshop will include both theoretical and experimental presentations of internationally recognized scientists on all these topics. It will target a broad audience...
[Read More]European Advanced Cryogenics Course: CRYOCOURSE 2011
September, 18-27, 2011 Chichilianne, near Grenoble (South East of France) CRYOCOURSE is an intensive course on advanced Cryophysics and Cryogenics, the science and technology of Low Temperatures. Since 2002, 8 events (Courses and Conferences) have been held, gathering about 400 young researchers, mainly PhD and Post-docs from European universities, research centres and industry. The theoretical and practical (“hands-on”) courses will cover the main topics of Cryogenics,...
[Read More]Workshop on "Nano and Micro-Environments for Cell Biology "
Friday 24 June 2011 - from 8.30am to 4.30pm School Grenoble INP Phelma - Site MINATEC The Nanosciences Foundation organises for the second time a workshop aiming at gathering the Grenoble-based researchers with various backgrounds (Physics, engineering, mechanics, chemistry, biology...) working in the field of: “Nano and Micro-Environments for Cell Biology” The goal of this event is to increase the awareness of the specialites...
[Read More]Quantum Phase Transition and Emergent Symmetry in Quadruple Quantum Dot System
Tuesday 21 June 2011 at 3pm Room "Rémy Lemaire" K 223 (1st floor) Building K, Institut Néel / CNRS Harold BARANGER (Duke University, USA & Nanosciences Foundation Chair of Excellence) I shall discuss a system of four quantum dots designed to study the competition between three types of interactions: Heisenberg, Kondo and Ising. The competition produces a rich phase diagram containing two sharp...
[Read More]Global School for Advanced Studies on GRAPHENE FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS
From 20 to 25 June 2011 Grenoble, FRANCE Are you a senior graduate student or postdoc involved in some aspect of graphene research? Apply as a GSAS Scholar GSAS Sessions foster innovative research in critical global challenge areas and prepare young researchers from around the world to lead global research initiatives. This Session will include:systems-based lectures,team research planning and mentoring by leading international experts such as Harry...
[Read More]Chemical Functionalizationas an Approach to the Modification of the Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Graphene
Wednesday 15 June 2011 at 11am Leture room - building A - CNRS, 25 rue des martyrs - Grenoble By Robert C. HADDON , Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering - University of California at Riverside We have demonstrated the functionalization of epitaxial graphene with nitrophenyl groups. The chemical formation of covalent carbon-carbon bonds involving the basal plane carbon atoms offers an alternative approach to the control of the...
[Read More]Márcio Soares's Thesis Defense : "Growth, structure and magnetism in Exchange Coupled AF/F Systems: fundamental approach by surface physics"
Thursday 9 June 2011 at 2pm Lecture room Building A (1st floor) Institut Néel/CNRS Márcio SOARES (Institut Néel) Directeur de thèse: Helio TOLENTINO Our aim is to study the interaction of antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic materials with well-defined interface by combining structural, electronic and magnetic techniques using synchrotron light. Our interest is guided by the exchange bias...
[Read More]FRENCH-NORWaEGIAN SEMINAR ON NANOTECHNOLOGY and MATERIALS
From 9 to 10 June 2011 Paris, FRANCE This event aims to identify common interests in European calls for projects focused on the NMP thematic in 2012, and to jointly prepare proposition for 2013. There are indeed strong possibilities that a common call focused on "nano" will be implemented in 2012 between ANR and its Norwegian equivalent. Organizing Committee : Isabelle Morelon, FFN France, +33 (0)6 27 01 00 57, Isabelle.morelon@ifpen.fr...
[Read More]Nanosciences Foundation Scientific Council 2011
Thursday 26 May 2011 - from 2.30pm Espace GIANT - Miniparc POLYTEC, 32 rue des berges Grenoble The Nanosciences Foundation's Scientific Committee members are invited over two days to review and evaluate the actions undertaken by the Foundation. For this occasion, several scientific presentations will be given by the scientists whose project has been funded entirely or partially by the Foundation. The Scientific...
[Read More]Nanomeeting 2011
From 24 to 27 May 2011 Minsk, Belarus The International Conference on Physics, Chemistry and Application of Nanostructures "Nanomeeting-2011" will cover: physics of nanostructures chemistry of nanostructures nanotechnology nanosize optical and electronic devices. Special Sessions of “3rd Frontiers Seminar on Nanotechnologies and Nanomaterials in Energy Conversion” and “Nanoelectromagnetics” are being organized within the Conference. More...
[Read More]Biomolecular hydrogels - from supramolecular organization and dynamics to biological function
Monday 3 may 2011 - at 2pm Seminar room, Building André Rassat (Build. E) 470 rue de la chimie - Domaine universitaire - 38400 Saint Martin d'Hères ICMG Seminar by Dr. Ralf Richter , CIC biomaGUNE, Biosurfaces Unit, San Sebastian, Spain Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart, Germany Contact: Pierre LABBE ( Pierre.labbe@ujf-grenoble.fr ) Abstract:...
[Read More]Cellular Mechanosensing in Adhesions by stretching again and again
Friday 29 april 2011 - at 2pm Lecture room Doyen Gosse - Ground floor - Building C - Grenoble INP 46, avenue Félix Viallet, 38000 Grenoble A “Nano and Micro-Environments for Cell Biology” Seminar by Dr. Michael SHEETZ , Director of the Mechanobiology Institute of Singapore Professor of the Department of Biological Sciences at Columbia University ...
[Read More]Multiport Interferometer Techniques for Transceiver System Applications
Wednesday 20th April 2011 from 1pm to 2pm Room Belledonne - Imep - MINATEC (open to all researchers) by Ke WU Abstract: This presentation discusses the basic concepts and development of multiport interferometer techniques (six-port in particular) and demonstrates their applications in the design of both ultra-wideband and carrier-based transceivers at microwave and millimeter-wave frequencies. Such emerging techniques can be extended to the design of...
[Read More]Electronic structural instabilities and information storage in Phase Change Materials.
Monday 18 April 2011 at 4pm Amphitheatre P005 of the 'Ecole Grenoble INP-PHELMA , Site Polygone' 23 rue des martyrs 38000 Grenoble By Jean pierre GASPARD , University of Liege (Belgium) Information storage requires that the relevant material exists in two states with a contrast in his physical properties (e. g. optical or electrical contrast). We analyse the fundamental mechanisms that drive the structural transitions in Phase Change Materials...
[Read More]Graphene Processing for Electronics and Sensing
Jeudi 31 march 2011 - at 2pm Room 209 - Building C de Chimie 301 rue de la chimie - Domaine universitaire - 38400 Saint Martin d'Hères Seminar of the Département de Chimie Moléculaire (DCM) by Dr. Georg DUESBERG , Centre for Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN) School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland Contact: Michaël HOLZINGER (...
[Read More]16th European Molecular Beam Epitaxy Workshop
From 20 to 23 March 2011 Hôtel le Pic Blanc at l’Alpe d’Huez. The Euro-MBE Workshop is held biannually and began 30 years ago in Germany (1st European Workshop on MBE, Stuttgart, April 1981). It stands as one of the most renowned and prestigious scientific meetings on MBE. The last three Workshops were held in Grindewald, Switzerland (2005), Sierra Nevada, Spain (2007), Zakopane, Poland (2009) and were highly successful, both from the participation viewpoint and from the...
[Read More]Robust System Design
Monday 14 march 2011 - 10am Maison MINATEC - Salle MMNT B221(Free acces) CEA LETI Seminar by Prof. Subhasish Mitra , Department of Electrical Engineering and Department of Computer Science Stanford University Contact: Haykel BEN JAMAA ( haykel.ben-jamaa@cea.fr ) ...
[Read More]7th « Rencontres de Moriond » on Quantum Mesoscopic Physics
From 13 to 20 Mars 2011 La Thuile, Italy, on the italian side of the Mont-Blanc The purpose of the Rencontres de Moriond is to discuss recent findings and new ideas in physics in a pleasant, relaxed and convivial atmosphere. The meeting is intended to promote fruitful collaboration between various communities and institutes by bringing together a small number of scientists in inspiring surroundings. At the Rencontres: - theoreticians meet experimentalists. -...
[Read More]Subhadeep Datta's Thesis Defense : " Electrical transport properties of carbon nanotubes filled with magnetic nanoparticles"
Monday 14 February 2011 at 2pm Amphithéâtre du Bât Administratif (1er ét) bât. A de l'institut Néel/CNRS Subhadeep Datta (Institut Néel) Supervisor: Dr. Wolfgang Wernsdorfer Carbon nanotubes at low temperature behave as quantum dots for which charging processes become quantized, giving rise to Coulomb blockade depending upon the coupling to the leads. Any small change in the electrostatic...
[Read More]Electronic conductivity of nanotubes and graphene from quantum simulations
Thursday 27 January 2011 at 4pm Amphitheatre P015 of the 'Ecole PHELMA Polygone' 23 rue des martyrs 38000 Grenoble ByXavier Blase , Institut Néel Despite the astonishing progresses in our ability to probe experimentally condensed matter systems at the nanometer and femtosecond space and time scales, it remains that probing the atomic and electronic processes in nanosized systems remains a challenge for experiment. In this context, computer simulations allowing...
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