| Nanotechnology Activities Survey in Spain |
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| Name of the Laboratory |
Electronic Circuits and Systems Group (ECAS)
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| Department |
Ingeniería Electrónica. Escuela de Ingeniería |
| Institution |
Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona |
| Institution (Acronym) |
ECAS |
| Contact Person (e-mail) |
Arantxa Uranga del Monte / BARNIOL BEUMALA, Nuria / Francesc Torres Canals / Gabriel Abadal Berini
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| Address |
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Postal code |
E-08193 Bellaterra |
| Province |
Barcelona |
| Autonomous Region |
Cataluña |
| Country |
Spain |
| Phone |
+34 93 581 13 61 |
| Fax |
+34 93 581 26 00 |
| Website |
http://www.uab.es |
| Main Research Areas |
* NEMS
* RF-NEMS
* NEMS-CMOS
* NEMS sensors
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| Participating Projects |
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* NEMESYS: NEMS/MEMS in submicrometric CMOS technologies for RF systems and novel applications. TEC2009-9008, 2010-
Coordinator: Núria Barniol: MINECO (219.000 €)
* NEMS-in-CMOS: Dispositivos Nanoelectromecánicos (NEMS) integrados en CMOS: Explotación de las propiedades no lineales de los resonadores NEMS en aplicaciones logicas y sensoras
Coordinator: Núria Barniol: MINECO (218.000 €)
* Nonlinear Dynamics, Bifurcations, and Non-Stationary Response in Nano-and Micro- Cantilever Arrays for Multiple Sensor Detection
Coordinator: Oded Gottlieb-Núria Barniol: Technion Haifa (Israel)
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| Three more relevant publications within 2010-2013 |
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* J. Verd, M. Sansa, A. Uranga, F. Perez-Murano, J. Segura and N. Barniol - Lab on Chip, DOI: 10.1039/c1lc20103d, (2011)
* A. Uranga, J. Verd, E. Marigó, J. Giner, J.L. Munoz-Gamarra, N. Barniol - Sensors and Actuators A 197 (2013) 88– 95
* J.Arcamone, M.Sansa, J.Verd, A.Uranga, G.Abadal, N.Barniol, M. van den Boogaart, J.Brugger, and F.Pérez-Murano - SMALL, 5, No. 2, 176–180, 2009
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| Instruments and equipment available |
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* Probe Station PM8 Suss for RF measurements
* Agilent Network Analyzers: E5100 (up to 180MHz), E5070 (up to 3GHz), Agilent Signal source analyzer (E5052)
* Vacuum chamber for electrical measurements
* Agilent Parametric Device Analyzer, E1500
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| Number of researchers (15) |
| Permanent positions (Prof, Dr) |
3 |
| PhD(contracted) |
1 |
| PhD Students |
5 |
| Technicians |
1 |
| Others |
0 |
| PhD 2010-2013 |
4 |
| PhD Ramon y Cajal (currently) |
1 |
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Nanotechnology for structural applications
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Nano powered ceramics
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Composite materials containing nanocrystals or powders
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Materials based on carbon nanotubes or fullerenes
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Nanoparticulate coatings
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Other - specify:
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NanoTechnology for information processing storage and transmission
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Nanoelectronics, materials and devices
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Optoelectronics/optical materials and devices
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Magnetic materials and devices
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Organic (opto) electronics
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Other - specify:
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Nano(bio)technology for medical applications
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Drug encapsulation
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Targeted drug delivery, molecular recognition
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Other - specify:
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Nanotechnology for sensor applications
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Nanostructured sensors
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Sensors based on biological molecules
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Other - specify: resonant NEMS based sensors
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Nanotechnology for (electro)chemical processing technologies
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Filtration
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Catalysts or electrodes with nano-structured surface
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Other - specify:
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Long-term research with generic applications
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Self- assembly
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Quantum physics, mesoscopic systems, chemical
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Interfacing to organic / biological molecules
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Other - specify: RF NEMS and CMOS-NEMS
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Instruments and equipment, supporting sciences and technologies
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Analytical equipment and techniques
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Powder production and processing
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Deposition equipment and techniques
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Patterning equipment and techniques
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Other - specify:
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