Nanotechnology for Sensing in EU Context : Honeywell involvement. C. Cobianu, B. Serban, M. Brezeanu, M. Mihaila, V. Dumitru, O. Buiu and S.

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1 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

2 From People to Governmental Plans for Nanotechnologies 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) : USA s National Nanotechnology Initiative : 6 EU FET Research flagship Initiatives (ex. Guardian Angels, Graphene ) : Japan :The 4th S&T Basic Plan( ): basic research Bottom-Up-Top-Down - a synergetic interaction in S&T policy

3 Megatrends driving Nanotechnology in the EU Context Ageing Population Globalization Health and environment awareness Urbanization (smart-eco city) Network organizing Technology progress- Megatrends- Society Needs -Technology progress!

4 How fast will go nanotechnology to market? Mihail. C. Roco US National Nanotechnology Initiative, 2000 and some examples 1. Passive Nanostructures: GMR sensors Ag nano-ink for bulk applications, CNT in textile Ultradeformable nanomaterial-medicine TiO2, ZnO in sunscreen 2. Active Nanodevices and Circuits: Nanoelectronics era started in Complex Nanomachines : FET-EU : Guardian Angel & Graphene 4. Productive Nanosystems: Basic research! Future Systems of nanosystems. Academic Research-Industry Partnership within EU programs: A Key EU Strategy for Short Time to Market of Nanotechnology Products

5 An example of NEMSIC roadmap for resonant NEMS sensors

6 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

7 NEMSIC EU -FP-7 Technology objectives Vibrating SOI-FET in resonant SOI-NEMS for gas and bio-sensing Surface functionalization for CO 2, NO 2, SO 2 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 Partners : EPFL, IMEC-Be, IMEC-NL, LETI, TU Delft, Univ of Southampton, HiQSCREEN, Honeywell Duration : 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

8 SOI-HITS EU-FP-7 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 (225 0 C, 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 (CO 2, CO, O 2 ) flow, temperature, UV/IR array of sensors, based on SOI micro hotplates, with power consumption < 0.2mW/ 0 C, thermal response time < 20ms for a rise/drop of C 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

9 NOVOCELL RO Structural Funds Details of the project Project 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 cell Technical 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 band H HOMO state; L LUMO state; Red dot - electron; Blue dot hole;

10 VIPRESS -RO Structural Funds Details of the project Project 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.

11 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 Investment 3.Government support is smaller in EU than in US for high risks Nano projects 4.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

12 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 partnership between academic and industrial research for high risks projects.