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A 11-a editie a Seminarului National de nanostiinta si nanotehnologie,

Biblioteca Academiei Romane, Bucuresti, Masa rotunda: Nanotehnologia in context european27 MARTIE 2012

“Nanotechnology for Sensing in EU Context : Honeywell involvement”

C. Cobianu, B. Serban, M. Brezeanu, M. Mihaila, V. Dumitru, O. Buiu and S. Costea

Sensors and Wireless Laboratory Bucharest

Honeywell Romania



Visionary scientists : (bottom up)

1959 : Richard Feynman : “There is plenty of room at the bottom”

1965 : Gordon Moore : “IC complexity will double every 12 months”

1974 : Norio Taniguchi: Coining “Nanotechnology” term

1986: Eric Drexler : “The Coming Era of Nanotechnology”

Governmental plans: (top-down)

2000+ : USA’s National Nanotechnology Initiative

2011-2020 : 6 EU FET Research flagship Initiatives (ex. “Guardian Angels” , “Graphene”)

2011-2015 : Japan :The 4th S&T Basic Plan（ 2011-2015）: basic research

Bottom-Up-Top-Down”- a synergetic interaction in S&T policy

From “People” to “Governmental Plans” for Nanotechnologies



Ageing Population

Globalization

Health and environment awareness

Urbanization (smart-eco city)

Network organizing

Technology progress- Megatrends- Society Needs -Technology progress !

Megatrends driving Nanotechnology in the EU Context



Mihail. C. Roco “ US National Nanotechnology Initiative, 2000” and some examples

1. Passive Nanostructures: GMR sensors Ag nano-ink for bulk applications, CNT in textileUltradeformable nanomaterial-medicine TiO2, ZnO in sunscreen

2. Active Nanodevices and Circuits: Nanoelectronics era started in 2004

3. Complex Nanomachines : “FET-EU : Guardian Angel” & “Graphene”

4. Productive Nanosystems: Basic research ! Future Systems of nanosystems.

How fast will go nanotechnology to market ?

Academic Research-Industry Partnership within EU programs: A Key EU Strategy for Short Time to Market of Nanotechnology Products



An example of NEMSIC roadmap for resonant NEMS sensors



Examples of Nanotechnology projects in EU context

Honeywell Contributions

“NEMSIC” FP-7“SOI-HITS” FP-7“NOVOCELL” – Romanian Structural Funds“VIPRESS” –Romanian Structural Funds

Future Projects of interest for Honeywell

“Guardian Angels” –an EU-FET research flagship initiative proposal



“NEMSIC” EU -FP-7

Partners : EPFL, IMEC-Be, IMEC-NL, LETI, TU Delft, Univ of Southampton, HiQSCREEN, Honeywell

Duration : 2008-2012

Technology objectives•Vibrating SOI-FET in resonant SOI-NEMS for gas and bio-sensing

•Surface functionalization for CO2, NO2, SO2 detection at room temperature

•Hybrid technology for NEMS based gas /bio sensor and electronic readout

•Suspended FET for ultra low power switches in digital nanoelectronics

Honeywell Contribution • Defining CTQ’s for environmental gas sensor (CO2, NO2, SO2)

• Development of Si surface functionalization techniques for gas sensing

• Exploring the extension of the application field and sensing methods to mechanical measurands;

• Apply Honeywell patented fluctuation spectroscopy on SOI-MOSFET structures to observe the vibration spectrum of the molecule located on or in the nanowire



Details of the project• Project: EU FP7 SOI-HITS Project (Smart Silicon-On-Insulator Sensing Systems Operating At High Temperature)

• Duration: 3 years: Sept 2011 – August 2014

• Consortium: 8 partners – 2 Large Companies (Zarlink Semiconductor UK Coordinator, Honeywell Romania)– 3 Universities (Univ. of Cambridge - UK, Université Catholique de Louvain – Belgium; University of Warwick - UK)– 1 R&D Institute (IREC - Spain)– 2 SME (Cambridge CMOS Sensors – UK; CISSOID – Belgium)

• HON RO Role– Sensors and Sensing Systems Specifications – End-user partner and Exploitation Manager – Gas sensing materials selection– Sensors and sensing system design, modeling and simulation

• Objective: Develop innovative CMOS-compatible, SOI integrated, smart microsensor systems, capable of multi-measurand (water vapour, temperature, gas, flow, UV/IR) detection under harsh environment conditions (2250C, high water vapor level - 100% relative humidity)

Technical objectives• At material level: Selection, deposition/growth, characterization of thin films and nanomaterials for gas and water vapor sensors

• At device level: Water vapor, gas (CO2, CO, O2) flow, temperature, UV/IR array of sensors, based on SOI micro hotplates, with power consumption < 0.2mW/0C, thermal response time < 20ms for a rise/drop of 5000C

• At system level: Read-out circuitry with 100dB dynamic range and 10 bits resolution in harsh environ.; Realization and demonstration of fully-packaged fully packaged prototype of SOI-CMOSFET-MEMS sensor system-on-chip for multi-measurand detection

“SOI-HITS” EU-FP-7



Details of the projectProject type: Romanian Structural Project: NANO-PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELL (NOVOCELL)

Duration: 3 years: Nov 2010 – Nov 2013

Objective: Use of hyper-polarizable molecules for developing a low-cost DSSC type solar cellTechnical objectives:• Development of a new solar cell structures.• New approach in solar energy conversion.• New approach for nano-material characterization.

Energy band structure; CB - conduction band VB – valence bandH – HOMO state; L – LUMO state; Red dot - electron;Blue dot – hole;

“NOVOCELL “ RO Structural Funds



“VIPRESS”-RO Structural Funds

Details of the projectProject type:

Romanian Structural Project: Vibration/Pressure Sensor for Industrial Asset Monitoring (VIPRES)

Duration:3 years: Nov 2010 – Nov 2013

General Objective: Develop new sensor structures for structural health monitoring, using individual sensors and large area sensor arrays.

Technical objectives:• Selection, and deposition/growth, of piezoelectric thin films and nano-materials.• Nano-material semiconductor devices with sensing properties.



Challenges for Industry in EU Nanotechnology projects

“Industry’s Dilemmas” :1. Short term market needs versus long term market needs (megatrends)2.Winning an EU nanotechnology projects versus Return of Investment3.Government support is smaller in EU than in US for high risks “Nano” projects4.Industry is interested in “IP” and “products” as research output.

-Only very high risks EU projects proposals are successful !

-Very high risks projects have a long time to market (Time horizon :10+) !!

-US “DARPA” Nanotechnology projects in US : 100% funded for industry !

-“EU-FP-7” Nanotechnology projects in EU: 50% funded for industry !

-Industry must learn to collaborate stronger with academic organizations where a strong nanotechnology instrumentation and expertise is present at nanolevel



Conclusions

•Nanotechnology based sensing is still in the early stage for industry applications

•Industry-Driven Nanotechnology Research: a shorter path from idea to product

•Return of Investment for industry is very challenging for EU- Nanotechnology projects

• Partnership of industry and research organizations an essential link for the value chain of the nanotechnology-based products.

•Novel research environment may be needed in EU for enhancing the partnershipbetween academic and industrial research for high risks projects.

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