Grenoble INP - Ensimag news

After completing an engineering degree in Paris and a Master’s degree in Renewable Energy in the Netherlands, Jane Marchand began her thesis at the G2Elab* on Electricity Grid Management as part of the Smartgrids Chair, led by Fondation Grenoble INP in partnership with Enedis.

Launched a year ago, the Grenoble INP — Pagora international study programme for first-year apprentice students will be continued for a second consecutive year from 25 March to 25 June 2023.

Grenoble INP - UGA is making good progress in the “Engineering and Technology” subject area, ranking at the 93rd position worldwide by gaining 74 places and at the 5th position in France, i.e. the 1st institution outside the Paris region. The institute appears 8 times in these rankings.

Financial boost for innovative ideas from the teachers, researchers and students across the Unite! alliance.

The paper "Selective spatial atomic layer deposition of Cu, Cu2O, and CuO thin films in the open air: reality or fiction?" has been published in Materials Today Chemistry

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In the face of ever-stricter operational security certification requirements, manufacturers are seeking new tools to evaluate the robustness of complex on-board digital systems. The Safe-Air project, forming part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alps region’s PAC Ambition 2017-2022 programme has helped develop methods making it possible to intervene at an earlier stage in circuit architecture design in order to guarantee its robustness at minimum cost.

Léo HETIER

At 61, Yves Bréchet, scientific director of Saint-Gobain, has been awarded the Robert Cahn prize in recognition of his whole career dedicated to materials.

Julien Bras was appointed a senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF, Academic Institute of France) at an official ceremony in October 2022 in the presence of Sylvie Retailleau, Minister for Higher Education and Research. This honour, given to only 2% of academic staff, was awarded in recognition of his work in the field of cellulose.

“Copper-Carbon Nanotube Composites For Lightning Strike Protection”

The recent changes in the legislation on collective self-consumption has made it possible to carry out a full-scale experiment, previously reserved for community groups and local authorities, on the university campus in Grenoble. Although this is a first for a university, there are about a hundred similar projects underway in France.

The article entitled "Effects of Zinc Nitrate and HMTA on the Formation Mechanisms of ZnO Nanowires on Au Seed Layers" has been published in Crystal Growth & Design.

A graduate of Grenoble INP – Ense3 and following a 6-month work placement with LEGI*, Matthias Renaud began his thesis in early October 2022 as part of the Oxalia Industrial Excellence Chair, led by the Grenoble INP Foundation thanks to the patronage of Artelia. He is developing a model aimed at simulating hydro-sedimentary flows around hydraulic facilities down to the smallest scales.

From 28th February to 2nd March, more than 300 academic and administrative staff and students gathered in Grenoble university domain to initiate the first Dialogue of the second phase of Unite!

M Gauthier Meyer will present his thesis "Physico-chemical characterisation of aqueous biphasic systems for the recycling of metallic ions"

The Grenoble INP – Pagora Unite! Biomass Winter School was held from 6 to 10 February 2023 with the support of Unite!, Grenoble INP – UGA, the LGP2 laboratory (Laboratory of Process Engineering for Biorefinery, Bio-based Materials and Functional Printing supervised by Grenoble INP - UGA, CNRS and AGEFPI), the Cellulose Valley Chair, Tec21 and GlycoAlp.

Several times a year, PhD students take stock of the progress of their research work as part of the Young Researchers Seminars.

A new Fondation Grenoble INP industrial chair is being established with SPRETEC, a subsidiary of ARTELIA. Led jointly by Julien Baroth, a researcher at 3SR*, and Rafael Estevez, a researcher at SIMaP**, it aims to help refine ageing models for civil engineering structures.

A prototyping and production cell for small batches of surface-functionalised objects using a direct printed circuit.

The Grenoble start-up is developing an innovative process to make paper- or cardboard-based packaging impervious to oxygen and water vapour.

As part of the 2021-2027 CPER*, Grenoble INP - UGA is leading a project to acquire some exceptional equipment: a tomographic atom probe. This recent model will be the first new-generation instrument in France and the second in Europe, and features new functionalities. It will be installed in the SIMAP laboratory and managed by the CMTC**.

Fabio PAVANELLO, researcher CNRS at INL

“Synthesis of lamellar chalcogenide ultra-thin films on thermal silicon oxide by a hybrid Atomic Layer Deposition/Molecular Layer Deposition route, developed by in situ X-ray synchrotron and advanced characterization studies”.

M Thimothée Drugeot will present his thesis "Understanding of degradation mechanisms and quantification of performance losses in a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell during shut-down/start-up phases"

The history of the Grenoble campus and INP - UGA has long been intertwined with that of the energy sector. The availability of hydraulic energy fuelled local industry and the development of the materials and pulp and paper sectors. It was therefore only natural for the institution to pursue courses in this area, which has become one of its key strengths.

The paper "Dielectric Study of Cost-Effective, Eco-Friendly PVA-Glycerol Matrices with AgNW Electrodes for Transparent Flexible Humidity Sensors" has been published in Advanced Materials Interfaces

Characterization and Modeling of FD-SOI Qubit MOS devices down to deep cryogenic temperatures for quantum computing applications

At LEPMI*, a reference laboratory in the battery field, researchers are working on the next generation of accumulators.

Realization and optimization of SiC based nanowires Electrical Field Effect (NWFETs) biosensors for direct electrical detection of molecules

3D Intelligent Antenna Design for 5G FWA Applications

Last October at a ceremony in Germany, Stefanie Hahmann, professor at Grenoble INP – Ensimag, UGA and researcher at LJK*, was awarded the Gay-Lussac–Humboldt Prize by the Humboldt Foundation.

From February 28 to March 2, Grenoble INP – UGA and Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) will host Unite! 7th Dialogue. 300 staff and students coming from the 9 university partners are invited to participate in this event on the theme of international collaboration. This event occurs twice a year and is the opportunity for all members to meet and work together, as well as sharing convivial moments.

The article entitled "Interplay Effects in the Co-Doping of ZnO Nanowires with Al and Ga Using Chemical Bath Deposition" has been published in Inorganic Chemistry.

After earning a Master's in Innovation Management at Grenoble IAE – INP, UGA in June 2022, this year Pierre Bednarek is continuing his student entrepreneurship project, Collecta. This bio-inspired aquatic drone collects aquatic waste to clean up seas, rivers and oceans.

The article entitled "Measurement and simulation of residual stresses in transient liquid phase bonded ferritic steels" has been published in Journal of Materials Science.

Bastien PERES

MAX Phases and MXenes Synthesis and Their Electronic Structure

Mme Cynthia Farha will present her thesis "Study of the maturation and degradation mechanisms of carbon-based perovskite solar cells"

The paper "n-ZnO/Out-of-Stoichiometry p-CuCrO2 Diodes for Efficient and Low-Cost Transparent Electronic Applications" has been published in ACS Appl. Electron. Mater.

M Pedro Von Hohendorff Seger will present his thesis "Modélisation sous Incertitudes et Management Énergétique de Batteries Li-ion de Seconde Vie".

While the market for batteries for automotive and stationary applications is seeing unprecedented, double-digit growth, researchers are preparing for a future after lithium-ion. After 20 years working together, Blue Solutions, a Bolloré subsidiary, and LEPMI have agreed to create a five-year joint laboratory, the Li2 Lithium & Interfaces Lab, to tackle this issue.

The article entitled "Nanocomposites of Chalcogenide Phase-Change Materials: from C doping of Thin Films to Advanced Multilayers" has been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry C.

At LGP2, scientists are taking up the challenge of designing both conductive and transparent inks with promising applications in multiple fields.

First student selection committee on March 23, 2023, apply as soon as possible to increase your chances!

The article entitled "Highly Efficient 2D Materials Engineered Perovskite/Si Tandem Bifacial Cells Beyond 29%" has been published in IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics.

Unite! has closed its pilot phase to launch the new Erasmus + proposal for the next four years, to implement the European university of innovation, technology and engineering.

Little hairy monster

A new European project on semiconductors in synergy with EU Chips Act led by Francis BALESTRA ( Researcher CNRS). ICOS (International Cooperation On Semiconductors) 's main objective is to support the European Commission in its effort to re-establish the global position of Europe in the semiconductor value chain.

The DHREAMS team held a stand: " a less impacting electronics for the climate: is it possible?"

Mme Marwa OUERGHEMMI will present her thesis "Understanding of the relationship between the mechanical state and the durability of PEM fuel cells"

“Development of low-temperature processes for the synthesis of lamellar (2D) sulfides”

The paper "Smart electrochemical immunosensing of aflatoxin B1 based on a palladium nanoparticle-boron nitride-coated carbon felt electrode for the wine industry" has been published in Talanta

The paper "Custom 3D Printed Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition Manifold for the Coating of Tubular Membranes" has been published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

Visit the Unite! virtual fair for students, on wednesday November 9 2022 at 16-18 CET, in the interactive platform Spatial Chat.

Dynamic interfaces are privileged places for protein adsorption and aggregation

“Growth and study of Magnetically-Ordered-Rare-Earth-based MAX phases”

“Mastering the performance and stability of perovskite photovoltaics with 2D materials”

The Pro Training department at Grenoble INP - UGA was contacted by ADTP*, a company specialised in industrial assembly by disabled persons, to educate its managers in lean manufacturing techniques. A successful event that is sure to be repeated!

Pascal Bertolino, professor in the Computer Science Department of IUT 2 and UGA researcher at GIPSA-lab*, called on Grenoble INP - UGA's valuation skills to found Spooqs, a start-up resulting from 15 years of work at the lab.

“Fabrication of biosensors based on silicon carbide nanowire field effect transistors (SiC-NW-FETs)”

The pink sea!

“Innovative BioFET sensors for electrical detection of biological species”

Professor Nabuyuki TAKEYASU - Okayama University, Japan

“Nanoindentation basics and characterization of films containing high pressure TiO2-II”

With over 250 academic, staff and student participants coming from nine European Universities, the Unite! Alliance sixth Dialogue was just hosted at Politecnico di Torino on September 20-22.

The article entitled "Nanostructured La0.75Sr0.25Cr0.5Mn0.5O3–Ce0.8Sm0.2O2 Heterointerfaces as All-Ceramic Functional Layers for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications" has been published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

To close the pilot phase of the Erasmus+ project and launch the future activities, the Alliance will hold the VI Unite! Dialogue in Politecnico di Torino, with task force meetings and public plenary sessions.

The article entitled "La2NiO4+delta-Based Memristive Devices Integrated on Si-Based Substrates" has been published in Advanced Materials Technologies.

“Open-Air Fabrication of Oxide-Based Cantilever Gas Sensors”

The paper "Chemical deposition of Cu2O films with ultra-low resistivity: correlation with the defect landscape" has been published in Nature Communications

Grenoble INP - Pagora and LGP2 will host from February 6th to February 10th, the very first edition of the Unite! Biomass Winter School. This edition will focus on the valorisation of plant biomass (green waste, agri-food waste and wood residues) and the production of biobased materials. Professors and researchers from universities and reference laboratories in the field (KTH [Sweden], Aalto University [Finland], TU Graz [Austria], LGP2 [France]) will offer seminars and workshops on biomass valorisation, cellulose, nanocellulose and lignin.

Passionate about languages, intercultural exchanges? Want to meet young people from all over the world? Accompany an international student with the Buddy System!

The article entitled "Photo Stabilization of p-i-n Perovskite Solar Cells with Bathocuproine: MXene" has been published in Small.

Unite!’s proposal to be a technology and innovation driver for the advancement of a green and digital Europe has been approved by the European Commission (EC).

Back cover for the article by Carlos Moncasi published in Advanced Materials & Interfaces.

The article entitled "Magnetic properties of the (Mo2/3R1/3)2AlC (R=Ho,Dy) i?MAX phases studied by x-ray magnetic circular dichroism and neutron diffraction" has been published in Physical Review B.

Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) has maintained its position in the top 150 of the Shanghai 2022 ranking of the world's best universities, published on 15 August. At the national level, UGA has also maintained its position as the 5th largest university in France and 1st university in the region, alongside the universities of Aix-Marseille and Strasbourg, after the four institutions in the Paris region: Université Paris Saclay, Sorbonne Université, PSL and Université de Paris.

The paper entitled "Stable Flexible Transparent Electrodes for Localized Heating of Lab-on-a-Chip Devices" has been published in Advanced Materials Technologies

The article entitled "Diffraction anomalous fine structure: basic formalism" has been published in International Tables for Crystallography.

The article entitled "Structural Defects Improve the Memristive Characteristics of Epitaxial La0.8Sr0.2MnO3-Based Devices" has been published in Advanced Materials Interfaces.

The article entitled "Scalable, inexpensive, one-pot, facile synthesis of crystalline two-dimensional birnessite flakes" has been published in Matter.

Mme ROSELYNE JEANNE-BROU will present her thesis "Ionic transport properties in anisotropic and isotropic solid polymer electrolytes"

Compact modeling of FDSOI transistors at cryogenic temperatures

The article entitled "Short-Range Mechanisms in the Creation of a ZnO/InGaAs Interface" has been published in Crystal Growth & Design.

"Agro-industrial residues as feedstock. Transversal application of transition metal oxide nanomaterials: From wastewater remediation to enhanced oil recovery"

As of 11 June 2022, Vivien Quéma, University Professor in Computer Science and junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France, is officially the Director of Grenoble INP – Ensimag, UGA. He succeeds Jean-Louis Roch.

The rench American Workshop will be held at Minatec the 30th June

“Resistive ZnO nanowires synthesized by chemical bath deposition for flexible piezoelectric sensors”

The Whiddler

The article entitled "Synthesis of In-Plane Oriented Tin Sulfides by Organosulfur-Mediated Sulfurization of Ultrathin SnO2 Films" has been published in Chemistry of Materials.

A bright and mostly sunny Stockholm welcomed more than 200 Unite! staff members and students for the Unite! Summer Community Event June 13-15. The event gathered members of the Erasmus+ Task Forces and the Horizon 2020 Work Packages and around 30 meetings were scheduled. In addition, a number of open seminars were arranged on different Unite!-related themes.

In connection with the TRUST industrial chair, Grenoble INP – Esisar, with the support of the Grenoble INP Foundation, offers scholarships to help international students in their study project in France.Adlane Hichem, a MISTRE Master's programme student, talks about his experience in Esisar and how the TRUST scholarship helped him.

The paper "Functional Devices from Bottom-Up Silicon Nanowires: A Review" has been published in Nanomaterials, as part of the special issue "Silica- and Silicon-Based Nanostructures" edited by Céline Ternon

“Reactivity of surface sites on metal oxides particles by MuSiC model”

From May 21 to 29, 2022, 17 third-year engineering students went to Italy and Slovenia as part of an international study trip organized by the student association Voyage 3A and with the support of the companies Nalco, MARE SPA and Norske Skog Golbey.

“Elaboration and characterization of auto-organized multifunctional multi material structures for LED lighting”

cryo FETs: field effect transistors for quantum computing

The paper "Atmospheric atomic layer deposition of SnO2 thin films with tin(ii) acetylacetonate and water" has been published in Dalton Transactions as part of the Spotlight Collection: Atomic and Molecular Layer Deposition

Andrea Estefania Vera Loor, PhD student at LGP2, defended her thesis: "Novel use of hydrogen peroxide to convert bleached Kraft pulp into dissolving pulp and microfibrillated cellulose".

“Synthesis and assessment of a new micro-structured fluorescent sol-gel architecture intended for optical sensing”

The paper "Role of Working Temperature and Humidity in Acetone Detection by SnO2 Covered ZnO Nanowire Network Based Sensors" Has been published in Nanomaterials

The article entitled "Ion Implantation Enhanced Exfoliation Efficiency of V2AlC Single Crystals: Implications for Large V2CTz Nanosheet Production" has been published in ACS Applied Nano Materials.

Camille Delfaut, LGP2's doctoral student, defended her thesis: "Integration of printed electronics capabilities on 2D and 3D thermoplastics for radiofrequency implementations".

Development of ZnO thin films and nanowires by Pulsed-Liquid Injection Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition for piezoelectric applications

“AgNW networks: Optimization of electrical resistance and stability enhancement”

AEXMARS: When AEXAM terraforms MARS!

After two remote editions, come to Valence and meet the greatest talents in cybersecurity at Grenoble INP - Esisar, UGA!

Using a material originally designed for power applications to conduct neural stimulation - this is the challenge of a project supported by the ANR (French National Research Agency) which brings together several laboratories and industrialists in Grenoble.

“Development of ZnO thin films and nanowires by Pulsed-Liquid Injection Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition for piezoelectric applications”

The article entitled "Magnetic phase diagram of (Mo2/3RE1/3)2AlC, RE = Tb and Dy, studied by magnetization, specific heat, and neutron diffraction analysis" has been published in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter.

Second harmonic generation for semiconductor materials and interfaces characterization

“Structure property relationship in (La,Sr)MnO3 memristive devices”

Thorough electrical characterization of the mechanisms controlling GaN-on-Si MIS-HEMT devices performances

Contribution to the study of the piezoelectric properties of ZnO nanowires and associated nanocomposites for application to mechanical-electrical energy transduction

Eva Pasquier, PhD student at LGP2, defended her thesis: "Preparation of biobased materials from nano-polysaccharides and lignin particles for food packaging applications".

The paper "Insulin aggregation starts at dynamic triple interfaces, originating from solution agitations" has been published in Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces

“Chemical synthesis and characterisation of ZnO and Ga2O3 nanowires for the development of heterostructure intended for optoelectronic devices”

" Silicon nanonet, a promising Percolative material for flexible and large-scale electronics "

Grenoble INP - UGA is once again in the French top 10 of the 2022 QS World University Rankings by Subject. This is an overall progression for the Institute of Engineering and Management since it appears 9 times in this ranking (4 times in 2021).

" In situ x-ray studies of lamellar dichalcogenides prepared by Molecular Layer Deposition and thermal annealing "

Opibus, a start-up founded in 2017 by Filip Gardler, as a Swedish student in Master of Science Energy Systems and Associated Markets at Grenoble INP – Ense³, UGA, with his classmates Filip Lövström and Mikael Gånge, students at Linköping University (Sweden), has been selected by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential companies in the world in 2022.

Tree of Life

Gloria Ifunanya Ngene, doctoral student at LGP2, defended her thesis: "Coupling refining, chemical and enzymatic treatments for improved purification and dissolution of cellulose".

Julien Chauchat, lecturer at Grenoble INP – Ense3, UGA and researcher at LEGI*, is the holder of the new chair for industrial excellence from Fondation Grenoble INP and Artelia.

The article entitled "Optimization Strategies Used for Boosting Piezoelectric Response of Biosensor Based on Flexible Micro-ZnO Composites" has been published in Biosensors.

The Team Nanomaterials & Advanced Heterostructures (NanoMAT) in LMGP is growing : it has hired at the beginning of 2022 a new CNRS Research Scientist, Hanna Pazniak, who is an expert in the field of MXenes.

Maxime Wawrzyniak, PhD student from IMEP LAHC and LGP2, defended his thesis: "Development of Innovative and Transparent Radio-Frequency devices based on Nanocelluloses-Silver Nanowires hybrid system".

Loreleï Douard, doctoral student at LGP2, defended her thesis: "Surface modification of cellulose and nanocelluloses by innovative green processes".

The paper "Highly Sensitive Self-Actuated Zinc Oxide Resonant Microcantilever Humidity Sensor" has been published in Nano Letters

M Youcef KARAR will present his thesis "Electrodeposition of bismuth-manganese thin films in Deep Eutectic Solvents for the development of the LTP-BiMn magnetic phase".

Unite! wants to pave the way for the excellence in research, innovation and education that is essential to meet the challenges of our time. Our Mission Statement 2030 embodies these commitments and is the result of a concerted effort by the entire Unite! community.

Each year, the Think Smartgrids Scientific Council rewards the most outstanding theses on smart grids. At its annual ceremony on 13 January, Think Smartgrids awarded the Smart Grids Thesis Prize to four young researchers.

The Executive Board of the EPE Association and the power electronics community have selected Seddik Bacha (University Professor at Université Grenoble Alpes) as the winner of the EPE 2021 Award for Outstanding Service.

Initially scheduled from 15 to 17 January, in Cincinnati, Ohio (USA), the TAPPI Student Summit took place remotely, due to health restrictions, from 19 to 20 February. The members of the TAPPI Student Chapter (Benjamin DEMONCY, Elise RUIZ, Charlotte EGEL and Florent RUBIO-CONTI), an association of Grenoble INP-Pagora student engineers linked to the Technical Association of the Pulp & Paper Industry (TAPPI), took part in the event from behind their screens, with a six-hour time difference.

Low Frequency Noise in advanced MOSFET technologies: From experimental observations to new extraction and modeling methods

Printed integration of electronic capabilities on 2D and 3D thermoplastics for radiofrequency implementations

The article entitled "Implementing the Reactor Geometry in the Modeling of Chemical Bath Deposition of ZnO Nanowires" has been published in Nanomaterials.

This study reveals the optimal film growth conditions to obtain memristive behaviour at the interface between oxygen ionic conducting La2NiO4 and electronic conducting LaNiO3 epitaxial layers

Balraj ARUNACHALAM

The French government has just allocated €1.9 billion to develop the country’s hydrogen sector, and LEPMI*, France’s leading electrochemistry lab, is contributing to several target projects.

Snowy microstructure

The 5th Unite! Dialogue, “New Horizons”, took place on 8-10 March, hosted by KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. The two new future partner universities - Graz University of Technology and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology - presented themselves to the alliance community and the Dialogue was the first event at which the Horizon 2020 project was fully represented.

An Industrial Chair between General Electric and the LEGI* is going to put the YALES2HYDRO turbulence simulation code, developed at the laboratory, to good use in designing new generations of hydro turbines that are better adapted to the current demands of the power grids.

Under the latest calls for project proposals from the Investments for the Future Programme, a budget of €12 million has been allocated to the French robotics community for the purchase of targeted equipment. Led by Nicolas Marchand, CNRS researcher at the GIPSA-Lab* and teacher at Grenoble INP - UGA, the TIRREX project was officially launched in December 2021 for an 8-year period, and has just obtained National Research Infrastructure certification from the Ministry for Higher Education, Research and Innovation.

On March 3rd and 4th 2022, more than 250 students from 38 European universities have gathered for the inaugural session of the European Student Assembly, whose main objective was to make students’ voices heard.

The adventure continues in Beijing for the Université Grenoble Alpes Olympic delegation. From 4 to 13 March 2022, five UGA students and young graduates will participate in the 13th edition of the Paralympic Winter Games.

Within the framework of Unite!4Future, students are asked to gather a team of students in Unite! universities, prepare a video with their vision of the university of the future, send it before the 15th of May and compete with other teams to win an all-expenses-paid trip to Grenoble!

The article entitled "The role of CNT in surface defect passivation and UV emission intensification of ZnO nanoparticles" has been published in Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology.

The paper "Unveiling Key Limitations of ZnO/Cu2O All-Oxide Solar Cells through Numerical Simulations" has been published in ACS Applied Energy Materials

The article entitled "Modulating the growth of chemically deposited ZnO nanowires and the formation of nitrogen- and hydrogen-related defects using the pH adjustment" has been published in Nanoscale Advances.

The article entitled "Bottom-up, scalable synthesis of anatase nanofilament-based two-dimensional titanium carbo-oxide flakes" has been published in Materials Today.

TeraHertz generation and semiconductor characterization using optical - Pump/TeraHertz probe setup from ULTRAVIOLET to INFRARED

A new piece of equipment, the only of its kind in France, has just joined the GINOVA technological platform at the S.mart Grenoble Alps hub: a five-axis machining centre combining machining and manufacturing of metal additives.

As part of the EUC (European Universities Community) initiative, around twenty European students have co-written the Manifesto on the Future of Universities in Europe. This manifesto has been officially presented on January 25th this year to the French Minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation.

Reliability study and modeling of advanced devices in integrated silicon photonic

Lead-free Piezoelectric Microgenerator for Energy Autonomous Wireless Sensors

The review "Advances in Flexible Metallic Transparent Electrodes" has been published in Small

The review "Advances in Flexible Metallic Transparent Electrodes" has been published in Small

The article entitled "Towards a better understanding of the high-temperature oxidation of MAX phase Cr2AlC" has been published in Journal of the European Ceramic Society.

Fondation Grenoble INP launches Deep Red, a new Chair for industrial excellence, in partnership with LYNRED, a French specialist and global leader in infrared sensors. Jocelyn Chanussot, researcher at GIPSA-lab* and professor at Grenoble INP–UGA, holds this Chair.

Mlle Camille Angelini will present her thesis "Whitening of aluminum by anodization in Ematal bath : Study of the involved mechanisms"

This webinar organized by Grenoble INP – UGA on March 9th targets all Unite! students. Students will get to meet two French Foreign Trade Advisors, who will share their professional experience as entrepreneurs in the international environment.

The article entitled "Role of pO2 and film microstructure on the memristive properties of La2NiO4+delta / LaNiO3-delta bilayers" has been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

Throughout the year, the European university Unite! offers short programs accessible to all its students in every partner university. It gives them the opportunity to discover new learning methods on different subjects, and strengthen their English skills in an international environment.

Carnival confetti

Two dimensional electron devices built with large area MAXenes

Grenoble INP - UGA, a founding member of the CLUSTER network, which has brought together 12 scientific and technological universities* for the past 30 years, will assume the presidency for the period 2020-2022. For this occasion, the Institute of Engineering and Management will host the CLUSTER general assembly on March 2 and 3. It is also organising two conferences, as part of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union (PFUE)** and Grenoble European Green Capital, which will focus on the construction of Europe through alliances of European universities and the contribution of engineering to the challenges of climate change.

Robust Antifouling Surfaces Based on Polymer-Infiltrated ZnO Nanowires via Capillary Rise Infiltration

The paper "Progress in SiC nanowire field-effect-transistors for integrated circuits and sensing applications" has been published in Microelectronic Engineering

The paper "Time of Failure of Metallic Nanowire Networks under Coupled Electrical and Thermal Stress: Implications for Transparent Electrodes Lifetime" has been published in ACS Applied Nano Materials

Jingwen ZHANG

DAM Thi-Hong-Lê

Bogdan is a double-degree MISTRE student, enrolled both in Grenoble INP – Esisar and his home university Politehnica University of Bucharest in Romania. He accepted to answer some questions about his experience in Esisar. Thank you Bogdan !

Last November, 16 participants from 7 partner universities participated to solve challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic and higher education in the international hackathon “H@ck your COVID”.

One student and one alumnus from Grenoble INP - UGA will be among the 27 athletes in the Université Grenoble Alpes delegation heading to the Beijing Olympic Winter Games from 4 to 20 February 2022.

M Saman SALIMI will present his thesis "Experimental characterization and modelling of OAPS as a precursor for polyOAPS-imide membranes".

Hybrid Thin Films Elaborated by Spatial CVD approaches

With a new Erasmus+ call, the integration of two new partners and an already full agenda, the year 2022 promises to be busy for the European university Unite!

The joint laboratory between Altair Engineering and G2Elab was created in 2017 and is working on developing the Flux software suite. It has been used in industry to simulate electromagnetic fields and help design all kinds of electrical machines.

Silicon-on-insulator devices with metal contacts for pH sensing based on out-of-equilibrium body potential

The article entitled "Enhanced photocatalytic activity of chemically deposited ZnO nanowires using doping and annealing strategies for water remediation" has been published in Applied Surface Science.

Mme Mirella Al-Katrib will present her thesis "Perovskite Solar Cells Developed Using Electrodeposition".

DIscovery Acceleration for the Deployment of Emerging Materials

The article entitled "Magnetic structure determination of high-moment rare-earth-based laminates" has been published in Physical Review B.

The paper "Surfactant Protection Efficacy at Surfaces Varies with the Nature of Hydrophobic Materials"has been published in Pharm Res.

The article entitled "Absence of magnetic field effect on the cerium valence in CeCu2Si2 at its optimum superconducting critical temperature" has been published in Physical Review B.

The article entitled "Optimization of the Sb2S3 Shell Thickness in ZnO Nanowire-Based Extremely Thin Absorber Solar Cells" has been published in Nanomaterials.

Out of stoichiometry CuCrO2 as transparent p-type semiconductor for photovoltaics and transparent electronics

The paper "Tunable TiO2-BN-Pd nanofibers by combining electrospinning and Atomic Layer Deposition to enhance photodegradation of acetaminophen" has been published in Dalton Transactions

Mme Delphine Yetim will present her thesis "Development of an innovative process for the closed-loop valorization of used cathode materials from lithium-ion batteries battery".

Mme Marie Minola will present her thesis "Study of corrosion and corrosion protection mechanisms to reduce the electromagnetic signature of ship".

A new industrial excellence chair has been signed in the framework of the Grenoble INP Foundation. Dedicated to cellulose, the chair is held by Julien Bras, teacher at Grenoble INP – Pagora, UGA, and researcher at LGP2*.

Development of Innovative and Transparent Radio frequency devices based on Nanocelluloses Silver Nanowires hybrid system

The paper "High performance encapsulation of transparent conductive polymers by spatial atomic layer deposition" has been published in Synthetic Metals

The article entitled "In situ analysis of the nucleation of O- and Zn-polar ZnO nanowires using synchrotron-based X-ray diffraction" has been published in Nanoscale.

Piezoelectric Semiconducting Nanostructures: Great expectations for mechanical transducers applications

Etienne Gheeraert, researcher at the Néel Institute and teacher at Polytech Grenoble – INP, UGA was presented with the Etoile de l’Europe prize by Frédérique Vidal, Minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation, on 2 December 2021, for the European project, GreenDiamond.

Unite! is pleased to welcome two new excellent partners to the alliance. They are Graz University of Technology (Austria) and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (Poland). Both partners share Unite!'s dynamic spirit and approach.

The article entitled "Unraveling the Resistive Switching Mechanisms in LaMnO3+delta-Based Memristive Devices by Operando Hard X-ray Photoemission Measurements" has been published in ACS Applied Electronic Materials.

The article entitled "Tailored nano-columnar La2NiO4 cathodes for improved electrode performance" has been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

The article entitled "Fermi surface and band structure of Ti2SnC as observed by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy" has been published in Physical Review B.

Air-filled substrate integrated waveguide components: Design techniques and integration technologies

Anthony GHIOTTO

The article entitled "High carrier mobility in single-crystal PtSe2 grown by molecular beam epitaxy on ZnO(0001)" has been published in 2D Materials.

Veronica Müller will presen her thesis "Out-of-equilibrium bioactive coatings by Electrostatic Spray Deposition ".

Vivien Gatard will submit his thesis entitled "Alkaline water electrolysis enhanced by alternating radiofrequency magnetic field".

Atmospheric-Pressure Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition of Cu2O and Functional Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications

« Top cybersecurity experts gather last weekend for CSAW'21, the world's largest cybersecurity academic competition »

Engineered biomimetic platforms to analyze the molecular and cellular role of heparan sulfate on BMP2 bioactivity

" Non-linear optics and plasmas: Electric field characterization and THz generation "

Initial molecular steps of bone regeneration: modulation at the cellular scale

The article entitled "Tuneable Polarity and Enhanced Piezoelectric Response of ZnO Thin Films Grown by Metal-Organic Chemical Vapour Deposition Through the Flow Rate Adjustment" has been published in Materials Advances.

In 2016, Grenoble INP - UGA created a dictionary to build and share a common language devoted to research transfer. Each term is defined, analyzed and illustrated to develop the culture of innovation. The English version of the DicoValo is now available!

The article entitled "Study of structural and electrical properties of ferroelectric HZO films obtained by single-target sputtering" has been published in AIP Advances.

Christoforos THEODOROU

Olfa KARKER

“Past, present and future of atomic layer deposition in Tartu”

Do you have projects for your business? Opt for an end-of-studies project carried out by a student-engineer from Grenoble INP-Pagora supervised by a teacher-researcher.

Brand new start-up Entroview from GIPSA-Lab* is taking on the huge electric vehicle battery market.

Research activity in the MNE group focuses on electronic devices for future applications.

The paper "Silver Nanowire Networks: Ways to Enhance Their Physical Properties and Stability" has been published in Nanomaterials

Françis BALESTRA

For the first time, LEPMI organised an event on the theme of renewable energies and their storage for the Fête de la Science, on the Saint Martin d'Hères site.

Three students from Grenoble INP – Ense3, UGA, have launched a project to help decontaminate Nepal’s highest mountaintops. They have developed a unique solution for handling plastic waste and set off to test it in the field.

An offshoot of GIPSA-lab*, ASTRIIS has created a tool for automatic, continuous monitoring of gears and other rotating machinery. Testing of an initial prototype on a wind turbine has met with success.

A joint laboratory between the French infrared sensor specialist LYNRED and IMEP-LAHC* has just been created for a period of five years.

On 3 November, the first European Unite! University Virtual Fair will take place for all students. This event will be run via a thematic room system on the interactive Spatial Chat platform to discover the training opportunities offered within the Unite! alliance.

Students interested to create their start-up can register, from the 18th October to the European competition organised by InnoEnergy to benefit from the Student Start-up Incubation services of EIT InnoEnergy, participate in the Business Booster 2022 and win a cash prize.

Eirini Sarigiannidou, teacher and researcher at LMGP has been appointed Vice-President of International Relations at Grenoble INP - UGA. Congratulation!

Bravo to Cédric, Fanny, Inès and Pauline who distinguished themselves at the Young Talent Award 2021 from Intergraf, the European federation of print and digital communication.

Let us eat some tortillas!

Opportunities and challenges of 3D integration for new photonic module architectures on Tbps/cm2 silicon

Unite! is organising an online hackathon which will take place from 22 to 26 November 2021 (5 to 7pm CET) via online Zoom meetings. It aims at getting together different groups of students of different partners’ universities to work on a collaborative project solution for the University of the Future. You have until November 15th to register and the winner will get to travel to the KTH Royal Institute of Technology Dialogue in March to present the results of the Hackathon.

Unite! for sustainable energy will be held on the 24th of September, from 10 to 11.30 (CET) in English. It will be a joint session interactive session, including students and researchers from each partner university.

Dielectric reliability of CMOS devices for automotive applications –Characterization and modeling of the frequency effect on dielectric breakdown -

Join us for this two-day 100% online event starting on Thursday, November 18, 2021, at 8 a.m. CET (UTC+1). If you work for a company outside France, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to connect with our engineering and business students and recent graduates! Get the word out about your student internship and student job opportunities and find top-notch candidates for your entry-level business and engineering positions

“Non-noble transition metal based electrocatalysts with high performance for water splitting”

The paper "Tuning the band gap and carrier concentration of titania films grown by spatial atomic layer deposition: a precursor comparison" has been published in Nanoscale Advances

At Esisar, life paths are as numerous as students. English-speaking international students arriving in last year for the MISTRE master program come from all over the world. With their own cultural and educational background, they create a wonderful emulation in our school.

Geological periods

The article entitled "Room temperature crack-healing in an atomically layered ternary carbide" has been published in Science Advances.

The paper "Optimized Stoichiometry for CuCrO2 Thin Films as Hole Transparent Layer in PBDD4T-2F:PC70BM Organic Solar Cells" has been published in Nanomaterials

The paper "Elaboration of porous alumina nanofibers by electrospinning and molecular layer deposition for organic pollutant removal" has been published in Colloids and Surfaces A.

The paper "Exploring the effect of BN and B-N bridges on the photocatalytic performance of semiconductor heterojunctions: Enhancing carrier transfer mechanism" has been published in Applied Materials Today

The paper "Effects of non-homogeneity and oxide coating on silver nanowire networks under electrical stress: comparison between experiment and modeling" has been published in Nanotechnology.

“Sustainable composites of oxides and MOFs with cellulose-based materials”

The paper "Open-air printing of Cu2O thin films with high hole mobility for semitransparent solar harvesters" has been published in Communications Materials.

The article entitled "Evidence of Piezoelectric Potential and Screening Effect in Single Highly Doped ZnO:Ga and ZnO:Al Nanowires by Advanced Scanning Probe Microscopy" has been published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

The paper "Open-Air, Low-Temperature Deposition of Phase Pure Cu2O Thin Films as Efficient Hole-Transporting Layers for Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells" has been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

Shell in the sky with diamond

The article entitled "On the origin of kinking in layered crystalline solids" has been published in Materials Today.

Marine Tregaro will defense her thesis entitled "Hydrogen oxydation electrocatalysts in the presence of pollutants – Application for hydrogen purification/compression"

Elisa Effori will defense her thesis entitled "Modélisation de l'électrode à oxygène pour cellules à oxyde solide : étude des mécanismes réactionnels et de l'impact de la dégradation"

The world-class manufacturer of paper machines received the students of the Master Bio2, the spearhead of the school's international training.

The article entitled "Characterizing and Optimizing Piezoelectric Response of ZnO Nanowire/PMMA Composite-Based Sensor" has been published in Nanomaterials.

Last Wednesday, 3 February, the Think What Matters (TWM) collective, which includes 17 students from several schools, including Grenoble INP, UGA, INSA Lyon, UGA and Sciences Po Grenoble, got together to organise a new webinar covering the question: “In the future, what role should scientific research play in the ecological transition? ”. Mélanie Marcel, CEO of SoScience and responsible research and innovation expert, was invited as a guest for this debate. SoScience is an innovation platform that aims to shift the focus of scientific research towards society and the common good.

Eleven students, from Grenoble INP - Phelma, UGA, the Pharmaceutical faculty, and the Chemistry and Biology faculty of Grenoble, represented the Grenoble - Alpes site at the MIT in Boston during the iGEM ("International Genetically Engineered Machine") world competition.

The second edition of the “Sustainable Electronics” workshop took place on the 5 and 12 February 2021, and brought together 55 students from Grenoble INP, UGA, and the Grenoble École de Management, as well as around ten expert speakers.

Élise Langagne is a 2nd-year student at Grenoble INP - Phelma, UGA, Energy and nuclear engineering (GEN) course. She has just been awarded with the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant, presented by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Antoine Kuhnast, a student at Grenoble INP - Phelma, UGA, has taken a year off to fully devote himself to his project. “In the industrial sector, communicating in a noisy environment while remaining safe is virtually impossible. ”. It is specifically this issue that drove Antoine to create his startup, SafeHear. Thanks to an innovative hearing protection solution, the product aims to preserve the auditory health of professionals that work in noisy environments!

Léon Guyard is a Grenoble INP - Phelma, UGA 2020 graduate. He completed the Embedded electronic systems (SEI) course and is the co-founder of the Osiris Agriculture startup alongside Henri Desequelles and Rodolphe Cockenpot. All three are engineers and sons of farmers - they are passionate about agriculture and seek to contribute to this sector that has given them so much. “Farmers currently work 54 hours a week on average, and yet half of these operations are not profitable without subsidies.” The Osiris Agriculture startup aims to develop an autonomous robot capable of automating irrigation, fertilisation, weeding and crop protection.

A graduate of Grenoble INP - Phelma, UGA, Materials science and engineering (SIM) course, and a doctoral student at 3SR*, Clara Aimar has just been awarded first place by the jury at the “My Thesis in 180 Seconds” (MT180) competition at the Alpes finals. She works alongside Décathlon on polymer foams for sports shoes.

“Ingénieurs Citoyens” and “Adelphie”, two student associations at Grenoble INP - UGA, organised the first gender equality week, which was held entirely online from 1 to 5 February 2021. A number of events were offered to the students, including a conference/round table discussion on the theme of “gender equality at work”. The guests for that afternoon included Céline Ternon, in charge of the “Gender Equality” mission at Grenoble INP - UGA, and vice-president of the Parité Science association, as well as Karine Froger and Delphine Marhic, both of whom are engineers at Renault.

On Monday, June 28, Grenoble INP – UGA, Institute of engineering and management has welcomed online in the E-learning platform called Chamilo, the international students who will be participating in the Ginsen Summer Schools 2021 Online Edition, which will last until Friday, July 9.

Innovative batteries from recycled materials

Last May, 11 students from Grenoble joined 60 others in the first ever Spring School, organised online by Politecnico di Torino, our Italian Unite! partner. Read on about this international event, focusing on the theme of tomorrow’s energy and listen to individual reactions from Grenoble-INP UGA participants.

Generation of terahertz radiation by photo-generated plasma in gases and at the surface of metals

Lucile Magnier thesis " Lithium metal negative electrode: metallurgical and electrochemical aspects "

Launched in March 2021 after incubation at SATT Linksium, the Lichens start-up uses a process from IMEP-LAHC to improve telephone network signal reception in buildings, without losing thermal insulation quality.This technology is a patented innovation of IMEP-LaHC

“Development of biosensors based on randomly oriented silicon nanowire networks for electrochemical or field-effect detection”

Pauline, Xavier, Yan and Dorian are all graduates of Grenoble INP - Génie industriel and met while working at Bombardier. Together with Benoît, who comes from the EPFL*, they launched Xarian, a supply chain consulting company. Created a few days before the health crisis, the start-up had to put its activity on hold during the first lockdown in March 2020. Its creators then imagined a second company that offers a software solution for operations management (supply chain, manufacturing, security), thus maintaining remote activity. We met Xavier Feltin (GI2010), one of the co-creators, to discuss this experience.

Antoine Largeron is in his 3rd year at Grenoble INP - Ense3, UGA, in the SICOM* programme, jointly performed with Grenoble INP – Phelma, UGA. He is a skilled musician, and now enjoys the status of High Level Artist in sound engineering as a Digital Signal Processing engineer. He is currently carrying out his final year internship, and shares with us his scientific and artistic background which destined him for a career as a sound engineer.

The mogul skiing competition season is over. Time for Tom Jeannesson, a high-level sportsman and student in his third year at La Prépa des INP in Grenoble, to take stock. Having achieved 14th and 15th place at the World Championships, his results are very encouraging, as his goal was to be in the top 16 this season.

Characterizations and evolutions of RF energy harvesting structures on Si and SOI substrates: application to manage microwatt energy systems

The paper "Out of stoichiometry CuCrO2 films as promising p-type TCO for transparent electronics" has been published in Materials Advances.

The paper "Nanoscale Film Thickness Gradients Printed in Open Air by Spatially Varying Chemical Vapor Deposition" has been published in Advanced Functional Materials.

The Unite! Metacampus, our digital platform connecting the 7 universities of the alliance, has finished the alpha tests and moves forward with its implementation.

After obtaining his engineering degree from Grenoble INP - Pagora, Louis Vallat-Evrard began a thesis at the Laboratoire Génie des Procédés Papetiers (LGP2*) to study printed 2D micro-codes to combat counterfeiting.

Thermal flower in an oxide field

Lucas Damalix and Céline Tarabbia, both top-level athletes at Grenoble INP – Ensimag UGA and Grenoble INP – Phelma, UGA respectively, took part in the Challenge Riccione triathlon (Italy) on 8 May. Lucas came 1st and Céline 5th.

Last March, four students from the INP Group* - three from Grenoble INP – Ense,³ UGA and one from Toulouse INP – ENSAT - who met while studying at La Prépa des INP in Toulouse and at INP Grenoble, embarked on a four-month tour of European secondary schools to raise awareness about the challenges of energy and climate change among the “next generation”. As one of the aims of the itinerant project was to show that it is possible to travel and reduce carbon emissions at the same time, they travelled mainly by train and other modes of public transport.

The protective effect of surfactants on monoclonal antibodies stability depends on material surface

The article entitled "Epitaxial LaMnO3 Films with Remarkably Fast Oxygen Transport Properties at Low Temperature" has been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

The Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Program was established by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs to enable French higher education institutions to attract top foreign students to enroll in their masters and PhD programs.

Barely a year after Amicalsat, the CSUG is preparing to launch a second device into orbit aboard the Stork nanosatellite.

Eris SINOIMERI will defence his thesis "Novel industrial applications for the separation and recovery of metals through the use of aqueous biphasic systems"

When you decide to study at Ense3, it is to become an expert thanks to the broadest and most complete training on Energy, water, and the environment.

The article entitled "Engineering nitrogen- and hydrogen-related defects in ZnO nanowires using thermal annealing" has been published in Physical Review Materials.

Happy Al'ien

The paper "Transparent and Mechanically Resistant Silver-Nanowire-Based Low-Emissivity Coatings" has been published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

Launched in March 2021 after incubation at SATT Linksium, the Lichens start-up uses a process from IMEP-LAHC* to improve telephone network signal reception in buildings, without losing thermal insulation quality.

Is there a connection between pollution and the spread of coronavirus within the population? It would seem so. At least, that is what is suggested by a recent study published by Italian researchers in collaboration with Giogrio Licciardi, a researcher at GIPSA-Lab*, and Jocelyn Chanussot, a professor at Grenoble INP - Ense3.

As a pioneering European university alliance, Unite! is aware of its social responsibilities to provide extensive accessibility to and fair opportunities within higher education, as well as its impact on the shaping of future leaders in a globalised society.

The school participates in Drupa, a major event in the graphic industries sector which, due to the health crisis, will be held digitally from April 20 to 23, 2021.

Entrust our engineering students with your project concerning the creation of an object or structure using potentially functionalized biobased materials.

Chemical synthesis and integration of ZnO nanowires for the development of piezoelectric nanogenerators

In mid-March 2021, a new generation of roof tile appeared on the shelves in certain DIY stores: Tuil’Up. Developed by the start-up Celloz with the scientific support of LGP2*, it offers a more environmentally-friendly alternative to the plastic, metal or asphalt products currently available on the market.

The paper "Adsorption rate constants of therapeutic proteins and surfactants for material surfaces" has been published in Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces

The paper "Planar and Transparent Memristive Devices Based on Titanium Oxide Coated Silver Nanowire Networks with Tunable Switching Voltage" has been published in Small.

The paper "Grain-boundary segregation of magnesium in doped cuprous oxide and impact on electrical transport properties" has been published in Scientific Reports

Zinc Oxide thin films and nanowires grown by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition for piezoelectric application

The article entitled "Dimensional Roadmap for Maximizing the Piezoelectrical Response of ZnO Nanowire-Based Transducers: Impact of Growth Method" has been published in Nanomaterials.

Amorphous metal mountains

From June 28th to July 9th, 2021, Grenoble INP – UGA is organising its Ginsen Summer Schools 100% online, focused on “Micro and Nanotechnology” and “Smart Energy” with three of its schools: Grenoble INP - Phelma, UGA, Grenoble INP - Ense3, UGA and Grenoble INP – Ensimag, UGA.

Study of an asynchronous analogue to digital converter in superconducting quantum technology

Study of magnetically ordered rare-earth based MAX phases

From March 8 to 10, Grenoble INP – UGA organized the 3rd Unite! Dialogue, bringing together online representatives, personnel and students from the 7 university partners of the Unite! European University*. This Dialogue was the 3rd after those in Aalto, Finland in February 2020 and in Lisbon, Portugal, in September 2020.

A graduate of Grenoble INP - Phelma, UGA and a PhD student at 3SR*, Clara Aimar recently won first prize in the “My Thesis in 180 Seconds” competition during the Alps final. Her work focusses on polymer foams for sports shoes with Decathlon.

The paper "Optical, electrical and mechanical properties of TiN thin film obtained froma TiO2 sol-gel coating and rapid thermal nitridation" has been published in Surface & Coatings Technology

Silicon nanonet, a promising material for large-scale electronics

The health crisis continues to deprive Grenoble INP-Pagora students of study trips and training days with the companies involved in its various sectors. However, these ties have not been broken...

The article entitled "Improvement of Phase-Change Memory Performance by Means of GeTe/Sb2Te3 Superlattices" has been published in Physica Status Solidi RRL.

The article entitled "Effects of thermal annealing on the structural and electrical properties of ZnO thin films for boosting their piezoelectric response" has been published in Journal of Alloys and Compounds.

The paper "Optimizing interferences of DUV lithography on SOI substrates for the rapid fabrication of sub-wavelength features" has been published in Nanotechnology

Deposition of Cu-based thin films by Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition and Integration in all-oxide solar cells

Having recently joined the Inria centre in Saclay, Mathieu Desbrun, a graduate of Grenoble INP - Ensimag, has been recognised by the Association for Computing Machinery for his contribution to computer science.

The paper "Lubricant Depletion Resistant Slippery Liquid Infused Porous Surfaces via Capillary Rise Lubrication of Nanowire Array" has been published in Advanced Materials Interfaces

The article entitled "Potential substitutes for critical materials in white LEDs: Technological challenges and market opportunities" has been published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

Nanoionics: from fundamental studies to functional (micro)devices

ZnO nanowire-based heterostructures for energy and optoelectronic applications

Th epaper "Liquid atomic layer deposition as an emergent technology for the fabrication of thin films" has been published in Dalton Transactions

The article entitled "In situ ellipsometry monitoring of TiO2 atomic layer deposition from Tetrakis(dimethylamido)titanium(IV) and H2O precursors on Si and In0.53Ga0.47As substrates" has been published in Thin Solid Films.

Unite! convenes again for its big event, the Unite! Dialogue, from 8th to 10th March 2021. This regular meeting between the members of the alliance and key guests is a great opportunity to strengthen the links and foster further collaboration within the alliance.

Each year, the Think Smartgrids association rewards young researchers with an award for the quality of their work and their contributions to smart grids and the energy transition from a sustainable development perspective.

Scalable Manufacturing of ZnO Nanowires based Multifunctional Nanocomposites

"The master MISTRE intends to prepare the students quickly for their upcoming future career."

The startup Vulkam was launched from the Simap* laboratory and is a growing success story. Thanks to amorphous metals with unique properties, the startup can meet emerging industrial needs and open the door for smaller components.

Dislocations storm

"Impact of noise and electromagnetic coupling in sequential 3D technologies: Study, modeling and impact on circuit performance".

Analysing the role of oxygen in La2NiO4-based Valence Change Memories

Translocator is a detection system for emerging faults in electrical networks. After having won the Grid-Up prize in 2017, the technology, which was developed at GIPSA-Lab*, led to the creation of Altrans. The startup is now responsible for continuing the technology’s development through commercialization and operation.

The third instalment of the biggest Unite! internal event is approaching. Now, for the first time, the 3rd Unite! Dialogue Grenoble will open its doors to the public through a dedicated session on "European Values and Innovation".

Congratulations to Gilles Daviet, Ensimag alumnus, who prepared a PhD at Inria Grenoble, defended in 2016, on hair and granular simulation.

Metallic nanowire networks: silver nanowire network stability enhancement using metal oxide coatings, Percolation onset of nano-object network

To address the 2030 vision on the future of universities in the field of R&I in Europe by developing, in synergy with its educational dimension, an integrated, shared and long-term research and innovation (R&I) strategy: this is the aim of Unite.H2020 project, that has been launched by a kick off meeting among the 7 European partners universities of the Unite! European University Alliance.

The paper "Development of a robust fabrication process for single silicon nanowire-based omega gate transistors on polyamide substrate" has been published in Semiconductor Science and Technology

The paper "Analysis of the role of inter-nanowire junctions on current percolation effects in silicon nanonet field-effect transistors" has been published in Solid-State Electronics

" Development of a device for the treatment and electrical analysis of bacterial suspensions. Application to the study of the impact of weak alternating electric fields and the bioelectric effect on bacterial growth. "

The review paper "Polarity in ZnO nanowires: A critical issue for piezotronic and piezoelectric devices" has been published in Nano Energy

Metallic stained glass

« Design, characterization and realization of a 10GBASE-T Ethernet contact integrating 4 differential pairs »

" Evaluation of electromagnetic immunity of highly shielded cables in hostil environment "

Thanks to artificial intelligence, astrophysicists were able to better understand a lasting secret of the universe: how stars are born.

The article entitled "Chemical Bath Deposition of ZnO Nanowires Using Copper Nitrate as an Additive for Compensating Doping" has been published in Inorganic Chemistry.

The article entitled "Electronic interactions between graphene and cobaltite thin film La0.7Sr0.3CoO3 and its magnetic consequences" has been published in Surfaces and Interfaces.

During January, a Covid-19 test center is set up on the East side Campus.

The HANABi project is being implemented by the SIMAP* and LGP2** laboratoires. The goal is to combine the advantages of paper and ceramics in order to keep the best of both worlds and create an alternative to plastic packaging.

Two research professors from the LGP2 have been named among the most influential scientists by two international rankings.

The paper "Consequences of ATAD3 Hemizygosity in C57Bl6j Mice" has been published in European Journal of Experimental Biology

Yoann Fournier, a student at Grenoble INP - Esisar, has just won the Usine Nouvelle Engineers of the Future Trophies public award for his Scan It mobile application using 3D printing.

The article entitled "Template-Assisted Growth of Open-Ended TiO2 Nanotubes with Hexagonal Shape Using Atomic Layer Deposition" has been published in Crystal Growth & Design.

The paper "Resonant waveguide grating fabrication on planar and cylindrical substrates using a photosensitive TiO2 sol-gel approach" has been published in Optical Material Express

New materials for eco-efficient white LEDs: ZnO nanowire-based heterostrcutures and rare-earth-free aluminium borate phosphors

The paper "Dynamic degradation of metallic nanowire networks under electrical stress: a comparison between experiments and simulations" has been published in Nanoscale Advances

Harlequin twins

Shedding light on the electronic structure of Mn+1AXn nanolamellar carbides

The UNITE! community has started a collaborative process in order to put in place a virtual Metacampus UNITE!. This is a challenging process that has to lead to early results in the medium term. The decision of the Alliance to start designing a common digital platform, is a turning point, and at the same time a challenge and an exciting starting path on which the community has enthusiastically engaged, as the need of such a tool is viewed as a key need for the visibility and growing of the concept of a European university.

The Academie des Sciences was missing from his collection of awards… But no longer! After the MIT Technology Review Innovators and the Innovative Environment Techniques prize in 2013, an IUF nomination in 2015, the Léon Brillouin SEE/IEEE prize in 2016, the prestigious ERC recognition in 2018, and finally, the International MTT-S Outstanding Young Engineer Award in 2019, Etienne Perret just received the IMT Espoir Prize from the Academie des Sciences. Etienne is currently an associate professor at Grenoble INP-Esisar, UGA, and head of the ORSYS team at the System Design and Integration lab (Grenoble INP/UGA).

After having received the MIT Technology Review Innovators award and the Innovative techniques for Environment award in 2013, the Léon Brillouin SEE/IEEE award in 2016 and the prestigious ERC award in 2018 and then the MTT-S Oustanding Young Engineer Award in 2019, Etienne Perret has received a new award from the Science Academy and the Telecom Institute in France with the Young researcher award.

The paper "Role played by the nanowire/nanowire junctions in the electrical properties of semiconductor percolating silicon nanowire networks" has been published in Journal of Applied Physics

The article entitled "Heat Capacity and Anisotropic Thermal Conductivity in Cr2AlC Single Crystals at High Temperature" has been published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

Integration of CMOS-compatible contacts on III-V materials for photonic devices on silicon using 300 mm platform

Characterization of oxygen ions in biased resistive memory by advanced TEM

Webinar on the occasion of the closure of the European CARED project

Results of the 4th European finals organised at Grenoble INP-Esisar, Université Grenoble Alpes

One year ago, UNITE! was selected as one of the 17 European University Alliances to pilot an entirely new concept of the European Commission towards the European Education Area of the future. Born as an Erasmus+ project, and later receiving additional funding by the H2020 framework programme, these pilot projects are laying the foundations of a solid structure that will enable the full potential of UNITE! as a European University Alliance.

Symposium organised at Euromat

The paper "Ehhancing protein preservation during biological drug preparaiton and delivery" has been published in "On drug delivery"

The paper "Elastic properties and hardness values of V2AlC and Cr2AlC single crystals" has been published in Physical Review Materials.

The nanoindentation wizard

The MIAI Institute offers short teaching cycles in which courses, coordinated by MIAI, are given over a limited period of time, specifically aimed at people from the socio-economic world. Transversal to existing accredited degrees, these IA courses are open to candidates of all disciplines.

The paper "Mo4Ce4Al7C3: A nanolamellar ferromagnetic Kondo lattice" has been published in Physical Review B

The paper "Elementary processes governing V2AlC chemical etching in HF" has been published in RSC Advances

The paper "Insights into the elastic properties of RE-i-MAX phases and their potential exfoliation into two-dimensional RE-i-MXenes" has been published in Physical Review Materials

Investigation of Silver Nanowire Networks: physical properties, stability and integration into devices

The paper "Gas-Phase 3D Printing of Functional Materials" has been published in Advanced Materials Technologies

The GIANT International Internship Programme (GIIP) facilitates internships for non-European students in the summer (May-July; 3 months) and or autumn (September-December) in labs located on the GIANT innovation campus. GIANT provides support for administrative and logistical matters, and organises scientific and cultural activities after lab hours.

4th European finals organised at Grenoble INP-Esisar, Université Grenoble Alpes

Characterization of oxygen ions in biased resistive memory by advanced TEM

Resistive switching in LaMnO3+? based heterostructures for Valence Change Memories

The article entitled "Chemical Synthesis of Beta-Ga2O3 Microrods on Silicon and Its Dependence on the Gallium Nitrate Concentration" has been published in Inorganic Chemistry

The paper "In situ and operando characterisation techniques for solid oxide electrochemical cells: Recent advances" has been published in JPhys Energy

The paper "Optimization of GOPS-Based Functionalization Process and Impact of Aptamer Grafting on the Si Nanonet FET Electrical Properties as First Steps towards Thrombin Electrical Detection " has been published in Nanomaterials

Smarties

The 2nd UNITE Dialogue opened its virtual doors on 30th September to representatives of faculty, staff, students and rectors and presidents of the seven European universities of the UNITE! Alliance.

Development of the differential method associated with the Fast Fourier Factorization for the modelization of photonic device: from complex optical diffraction grating to guided integrated optic structure

The paper "Advanced technologies for the fabrication of MOF thin films " has published in Materials Horizons

On September 7, Grenoble INP-Pagora welcomed first year students to its premises. A special return to school in a positive state of mind.

Welcome to the first promotion of the Master in Biorefinery & Biomaterials which has made its start to the academic year!

Ever dream about an electrical, self-amplified guitar that’s easy to carry? The Slite by Reveho is the new project launched by three recent graduates of Grenoble INP - Phelma, UGA. Their new startup, Reveho, launched a Kickstarter campaign on Sept. 9 in order to commercialize the first models.

Elaboration and integration of GeSn nanowires for the realisation of low power nanoelectronic devices

The paper "Rapid synthesis of ultra-long silver nanowires for high performance transparent electrodes" has been published in Nanoscale Advances

10,000 startups to change the world, Leyton sustainable startup challenge, i-Lab… The Grenoble startup, BeFC, has been sweeping up startup prizes across the board! The startup’s success comes as no surprise, however. With its miniature, durable and sustainable device for energy production, the startup is expected to revolutionize the world of electronics. Its innovative solution has opened the door to a colossal new market.

Electrothermal study of innovative electronics structures in submicron technology

Following a 20 month break to upgrade its systems, the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) was rebooted on Tuesday, August 25. With performances 100 times higher than the old system, the ESRF is now the world’s most powerful x-ray source. And what will this powerful x-ray source be used for? The field of fuel cell research offers a recent example. In addition, the sector will benefit from government support thanks to a plan presented on September 8.

The article entitled "Near Fermi level electronic structure of Ti3SiC2 revealed by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy" has been published in Physical Review B

The article "Rare-earth-free zinc aluminium borate white phosphors for LED lighting" has been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry C

A year after its start, UNITE! is awarded an additional 2 million Euro funding from the EU – under the Horizon 2020 “Science with and for Society” call – in order to boost the Research and Innovation dimension of the European Universities.

Protein-Nanoparticle interactions: Influence of emerging factors affecting the protein corona

Missing football in quarantine

We are happy to be able to welcome you on the occasion of this rather special start to the school year, for the first time or for a new year in our 8 schools*.

Ranked 19 times in the top 100, including 6 times in the top 50 of the 2020 Global Rankings of Academic Subjects of the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) and 1st French university in 7 subjects, Université Grenoble Alpes is one of the leading French universities.

The paper "Marine Antibiofouling Properties of TiO2 and Ti-Cu-O Films Deposited by Aerosol-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition" has been published in Coatings

The paper "Improved critical temperature of superconducting plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition of niobium nitride thin films by thermal annealing" has been publisheed in Thin Solid Films

Subwavelength microscopy technics at terahertz frequencies

Gallia(Ga2O3): Surprising electronic properties

For the 4th consecutive year, the TAGA French Chapter wins the Technical Writing Award!

The paper "Impact of Precursor Exposure in Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition on Process Efficiency and Film Properties" has been published in Chemical Engineering Journal

UGA's university clustering strategy is bearing fruit in the Shanghai 2020 thematic ranking, which for the first time recognizes this type of institution.
UGA is ranked first in France in 7 disciplines, 4 of which are largely supported by Grenoble INP, an engineering and management institute, and is included in 18 out of 22 engineering themes.

The paper "Zinc Vacancy - Hydrogen Complexes as Major Defects in ZnO Nanowires Grown by Chemical Bath Deposition" has been published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Waves of copper

«Thermal piezoresistive back action in suspended silicon nanowires based MEMS »

Nicolas Béraud, a researcher at the G-SCOP* laboratory and a teacher at IUT GMP**, participated in the development of the ORL quarantine bubble for the helicopter transfer of Covid-19 patients.

The paper "ZnO nanowires/YAG:Ce functional heterostructure coatings with tunable optical properties" has been published in Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Committed to a quality process for welcoming international students, Université Grenoble Alpes was awarded the "Bienvenue en France 2 étoiles" label at the end of May 2020, a label issued by Campus France and validated by an independent commission.

Refractory materials shall not crack even if subjected to large temperature gradients

The paper "Epitaxial TiO2 Shell Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition on ZnO Nanowires Using a Double-Step Process and Its Beneficial Passivation Effect" has been published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

The paper "Morphology Transition of ZnO from Thin Film to Nanowires on Silicon and its Correlated Enhanced Zinc Polarity Uniformity and Piezoelectric Responses" has been published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

The paper "Nanoscale x-ray investigation of composition fluctuations in AlGaN nanowires" has been published in Nanotechnology

The LEGI’s (CNRS, Grenoble INP, UGA) expertise in fluid mechanics was put to good use in order to understand how Covid-19 spreads.

Technological universities have been key to face the Covid-19 crisis and provide solutions for the new challenges that have emerged. The University Network for Innovation, Technology and Engineering (UNITE!), which gathers 7 prestigious European universities, allows direct knowledge and technology transfer in order to face the challenges more efficiently and with long-lasting effects.

Grenoble IAE-Graduate School of Management, a Grenoble INP school- UGA, has been awarded the international EPAS* accreditation for its Management degree. This international accreditation awarded by the EFMD** marks an important milestone in the internationalization work undertaken by the school over the past few years.

The paper "Atmospheric Plasma-Enhanced Spatial Chemical Vapor Deposition of SiO2 Using Trivinylmethoxysilane and Oxygen Plasma" has been published in Chemistry of Materials

The paper "Reaction Pathway of the Hydrothermal Synthesis of AgCuO2 from In Situ Time-Resolved X-ray Diffraction" has been published in Crystal Growth & Design

4D characterization (3D + time) of a metallic 3D additive manufacturing process under synchrotron radiation

Development of biosensors based on randomly oriented Si nanowires for electrical detection of DNA hybridization

The Covid-19 crisis has turned many industrial and logistics organizations upside down. The primary focus on profitability has been replaced by the need to ensure the health of workers while maintaining sufficient activity to meet demand and preserve the business.

AgNW Network based Transparent Electrodes: stability issues for robust devices

Since May 12, students can request assistance for € 200, under certain conditions and in addition to assistance already in place.

The paper "In situ x-ray studies of the incipient ZnO atomic layer deposition on In0.53Ga0.47As" has been published in Physical Review Materials

The paper "Tuning Memristivity by Varying the Oxygen Content in a Mixed Ionic–Electronic Conductor" has been published in Advanced Functional Materials

The paper "In Situ Ellipsometry Study of the Early Stage of ZnO Atomic Layer Deposition on In0.53Ga0.47As" has been published in Phys. Status Solidi A

The LEGI* Coriolis platform was used to help study the impact of ocean currents on ice melt in Antarctica. The results were published in Nature.

A French deputy, Paula Forteza, who is a specialist of digital subjects, recently submitted a report suggesting the creation of three hubs for quantum computing in Paris, Saclay and Grenoble. A proposal that sits well with the Grenoble CDP* Quantum Engineering, which has been working for the past three years to coordinate local actors.

Since all universities of UNITE! had to move online because of Covid-19, The UNITE! Management Team has decided to launch a webminar series dedicated to online student assessment and evaluation.

Eco-efficient oxide materials for white LED

The protective effect of surfactants on monoclonal antibody stability depends on the material surface

ZnO nanowires grown by CBD for piezoelectric nanogenerators

Since March 17th, students and staff at Grenoble INP have been working from home. John Kenwright, an English teacher at Grenoble INP – Pagora and a member of PerForm*, shares with us his experience with teaching online and the current Covid crisis.

A team of researchers from Grenoble and Canada demonstrated for the first time that a speaker is able to identify the vowel being pronounced simply thanks to somatosensory feedback based on tongue shape and position.

Liquid atomic layer deposition of metal-organic frameworks thin films

Omar Mernissi; a student at Grenoble INP - Industrial Engineering; doing a year-long Erasmus exchange; is currently in lockdown in Warsaw, Poland.

Shedding light on the electronic structure of Mn+1AXn nanolamellar carbides

Spring flower bloom

End of the European project RemanPath and educational resources

Oxygen kinetics and charge doping for high critical current YBCO superconductors

The 3D printing skills and tools available at the S.mart Grenoble Alpes cluster (previously AIP Primeca Dauphiné-Savoie, and a Grenoble INP industrial engineering partner) have been put to good use to help medical efforts and support healthcare professionals during this crisis.

Mechanical exfoliation of MAX phase single crystals

Congratulations to Bastien Combeau and Cédric Dumont, two engineering students distinguished by Intergraf during the 2020 edition of the Young Talent Award.

The paper "Transparent Heaters: A Review" has been published in Advanced Functional Materials

Following the instructions established yesterday by the President of the Republic, the Crous services will be adapted from Monday, March 16th.

In application of national measures, Grenoble INP-Pagora and LGP2 are closed from March 17, 2020. Continuity of services are ensured via remote work.

A delegation from the Nigerian Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) visited the engineering school.

After coming in the Top 50 in 6 disciplines in the rankings by academic subject, Univ. Grenoble Alpes goes one step beyond, entering the Shanghai Global Ranking’s Top 150 best world universities, published on 15 August, 2019.

The paper "Mechanical Exfoliation of Select MAX Phases and Mo4Ce4Al7C3 Single Crystals to Produce MAXenes" has been published in Small

The paper "Schottky Contacts on Polarity-Controlled Vertical ZnO Nanorods" has been published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Les labex ARCANE, CEMAM, LANEF, OSUG et TEC21, les Instituts Carnot « Polynat » et « Energies du futur » et les CDP Glyco@Alps et Cosmethics organisent une journée dédiée à la chimie à Grenoble.

The 2nd edition of the Isorg Innovation Prize showcased the innovations developed by Grenoble INP-Pagora engineering students and honoured the creators of the BioSOUND'S biobased electric guitar.

Due to the rapidly evolving global health situation surrounding coronavirus (COVID-19) , and with the highest health considerations for all, we regret to inform you that our Ginsen Summer Schools 2020 are officially cancelled.We sincerely apologize for the trouble we may have caused, we look forward to welcoming you to the Ginsen Summer School next year!

A distinguished look

Closing seminar of the European RemanPath project (February 13, 2020)

Czochralski growth of Li2MoO4 crystals for the scintillating bolometers used in the rare events searches

Precursor Chemistry for MOCVD and ALD of Functional Thin Films

Grenoble INP - Esisar, public engineering school in Valence opens its doors! Come to visit the school!

This event was devoted to hearing different perspectives and sharing international practices around the theme of "Skills & Innovation".

The paper "Metallic Nanowire Percolating Network: From Main Properties to Applications" has been published by IntechOpen

The paper "Resistive switching in a LaMnO3?+??/TiN memory cell investigated by operando hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy" has been published in Journal of Applied Physics

Alain Dufresne, a professor at Grenoble INP-Pagora, recently received the EPNOE Scientific Award and was ranked among the 156 most frequently cited French researchers.

Modeling, simulation and electrical characterization of 1T-DRAM cell: A2RAM

Researchers at LGP2* recently developed an interactive paper material that reacts to one’s touch or breath and can record and transfer data thanks to an integrated electronic circuit. This innovative paper can even light up.

Exploration of antenna and passive beam-forming techniques for wireless energy harvesting and transfer

Photonic integrated circuits on InP for high power signals generation in the millimeter wave range

Optical Radio-Frequency Generation

Study and development of a high sensitivity radio communication system for the Internet of Things

Design and study of electronic devices based on ZnO nanowires networks for biosensing

Normandy farmland ou Brittany coast?

New generation of optical chemical sensors: study of a microstructured architecture fluorescent channel waveguide / diffraction gratings developed by sol-gel route

Graphene Biosensors Sensors Functionalized through Non-covalent Binding molecules

The paper "Multifunctional composite films with vertically aligned ZnO nanowires by leaching-enabled capillary rise infiltration" has been published in Nanoscale

It si planned to have on Thursday November 26th a scientific day centered on the PhD and PDF in progress in the labex CEMAM.This day is open to all labex CEMAM laboratory staff (permanent and non-permanent) as well as external members (industry, other academics) associated with the labex activities

Following Catherine Picart’s award, it is Guillaume Balarac’s turn to be recognized by the Academy of Sciences. The researcher recently received the Espoir Institut Mines Telecom prize from the Academy of Sciences, which rewards a scientist under the age of 40 for a major innovation that supports a sustainable economy in business or industry.

Development of multifunctional coatings combining anticorrosion and antibiofouling properties

The paper "Synthesis and Characterization of Double Solid Solution (Zr,Ti)2(Al,Sn)C MAX Phase Ceramics" has been published in Inorganic Chemistry

The paper "Structural, Electronic and Vibrational Properties of Al4C3" has been published in Physica Status Solidi b

The paper "Modeling the Elongation of Nanowires Grown by Chemical Bath Deposition Using a Predictive Approach" has been published in J. Phys. Chem. C

Development of the Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition (SALD) technique for the fabrication of p-type thin films of highly conductive copper (I) oxide

Defect Modulation Doping for Transparent Conducting Oxide Materials

Study of field effect and transport in random percolating networks of silicon nanowires

Design and study of electronic devices based on ZnO nanowires networks for biosensing

The paper "Paramagnetic gold in a highly disordered Au-Ni-O alloy" has been published in Scientific Reports

The paper "Material engineering of percolating silicon nanowire networks for reliable and efficient electronic devices" has been published in Material Chemistry and Physics

The paper "Using a mixed ionic electronic conductor to build an analog memristive device with neuromorphic programming capabiliti" has been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry C

UNITE! University Network for Innovation, Technology and Engineering officially launched

Functional Porous Organic Polymers for Sustainable Development

Study of low frequency noises and of electrically active defects in cooled infrared detectors

The stability of therapeutic proteins is challenged at interfaces.

An inventory of the THz time-domain spectroscopy, 25 years after ...

Modelling and characterization of MOSFET, memories and photovoltaïc devices.

Story of Rhabdoviridae phosphoprotein

Towards the development of high-performance piezoelectric nano-composites for innovative applications in energy conversion

After receiving a CNRS medal in 2016, Catherine Picart was rewarded by the Academy of Sciences for her research work. Catherine Picart is a professor at Grenoble INP - Phelma and a researcher at LMGP (UMR-CNRS, Grenoble INP). As of September 1st, she has been on provisional assignment as head of the IRIG Health Department (Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Grenoble). Catherine Picart is an internationally recognized expert on biomaterials, bioactive surfaces and their applications.

After coordinating the European project H2020 NEREID (2015-2018) dedicated to the European Nanoelectronics Roadmap, Francis Balestra, Director of Research at the CNRS, Deputy Vice President of Grenoble INP in charge of Europe, and member of the Governing Board of the European Sinano Institute, coordinates the European activities of the International Roadmap IRDS (InternationalRoadmap for Devices and Systems).

Emerging Material Zinc Magnesium Oxide: Growth, Synthesis And High Sensitive Device Applications

Solid-state electrochemical devices for car gas exhaust sensing

The peprr " Versatility of bilayer metal oxide coatings on silver nanowire networks for enhanced stability with minimal transparency loss" has been published in Nanoscale

SnxSy thin films and application in heterojunction solar cells

The institutions of the new University Grenoble Alpes that is going to be created on 1st January 2020 are engaging in the process of obtaining the label for their strategies by following the European procedure called HRS4R (Human Resources Strategy for Researchers).

Multiscale Engineering of the Cell and Tissue Microenvironment

The paper "The Path of Gallium from Chemical Bath into ZnO Nanowires: Mechanisms of Formation and Incorporation" has been published in Inorg. Chemistry

The paper '"ZnO nanowires for solar cells: a comprehensive review" has been published in Nanotechnology

The paper "ZnO Nanowires as a Promotor of High Photoinduced Efficiency and Voltage Gain for Cathode Battery Recharging" has been published in ACS Appl. Energy Mater.

The paper "Bifunctional TiO2/AlZr Thin Films on Steel Substrate Combining Corrosion Resistance and Photocatalytic Properties " has been published in Coatings

Collaboration LMGP-EVEON

« Out-of-equilibrium body potential measurements on SOI substrates: implementation and applications for biochemical detection »

« Characterization and modeling of aging of analog and RF circuits in 28 nm FDSOI technology »

From November 6th to November 9th, 2019, for the third year in a row, Grenoble INP - Esisar will host the European final of the largest academic cyber security competition in the world: the Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW); in partnership with New York University, NYU Abu Dhabi and the Indian Institute of Technology.

Shelter in a cave

Edition of "Advances toward the development of nanotechnology: current challenges and new frontiers in materials, processes, devices, and applications" (Daniel Bellet 2019)

Surfaces antifouling : de la conception à l’étude de leur activité

The paper "Unified description of the electronic structure of M2AC nanolamellar carbides" has been published in Physical Rev B.

The paper "Modelling in-plane magneto-transport in Cr2AlC" has been published in Ceramics International

« Design of 3D protection against electrostatic discharges (ESD) in advanced silicon on insulator FD-SOI thin film multilayer technology »

The paper "SnO2 Films Deposited by Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis: Influence of Al Incorporation on the Properties" has been published in Molecules

8 engineering students from Grenoble INP, institute of engineering (6 from Genie Industriel and 2 from Ensimag) participated at the Summer Camp on Technology and Culture, which took place from July 8th to July 19th 2019 in India. This is one of the actions planned as part of IDEX INDDEP project to develop international relationships with India, building on our partnership with Amrita University.

« Femto second opto-electronic sampler »

The paper "Electrical Properties of Low-Temperature Processed Sn-Doped In2O3 Thin Films: The Role of Microstructure and Oxygen Content and the Potential of Defect Modulation Doping" has been published in Materials

Ginsen summer school (for “Grenoble International Smart Engineering”) has ended after 5 intense weeks, rich in scientific courses, humanities classes and cultural activities. From June 11 to July 12, Grenoble INP welcomed 28 students from Nigeria, Hong Kong, South Korea, the USA, Australia, India, and the UK.

In June, a trip to the birthplace of paper gave two representatives from Grenoble INP-Pagora the opportunity to meet Chinese academics and manufacturers.

« Investigation of electrostatic doping devices and applications in FD-SOI technologies »

In the field of Engineering, Grenoble INP ranks in world top 50 for 3 subjects in the Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects* published in June 2019.

Grenoble INP Graduate schools of Engineering and Management, Université Grenoble Alpes is regularly ranked amongst the best engineering schools in France and in the world.

« Innovative devices in FD-SOI technology»

«Contribution of the slow-wave effect for antennas miniaturization and humidity sensor applications»

Two third-year engineering students from Grenoble INP-Pagora represented AFIFOR at the DScoop Edge 2019 in Spain, from 19 to 21 June 2019.

Univ. Grenoble Alpes in the international Top 50 in 6 subjects, and places itself among the best French universities, coming in 1st place in 7 disciplines in the French rankings 2019 published on 26th June.

Energy, micro and nano-technologies, information technology, innovative materials, biomedical engineering, the environment and sustainable development - Phelma intends to meet the major issues facing society.

Grenoble INP Institute of Engineering Univ. Grenoble Alpes has been awarded on Wednesday June 26th, the title of “European University” by the EU Commission for the project UNITE! (University Network for Innovation, Technology and Engineering), together with six other European universities.

Integrated Photonics on glass: from process to advanced devices

From June 3rd to 7th, two technical staff from our partner universities came to visit us at Esisar !

The paper "Al2O3, Al doped ZnO and SnO2 encapsulation of randomly oriented ZnO nanowire networks for high performance and stable electrical devices" has been published in Nanotechnology

Grenoble INP - Ensimag signed an international agreement with Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) and adds to its program a new double engineering program.

Manufacturing of nano-bio-sensors and their integration to PCB

The paper Ultraviolet–visible–near-infrared optical properties of amyloid fibrils shed light on amyloidogenesis " has been published in Nature Photonics

The paper "First-order Raman scattering of rare-earth containing i-MAX single crystals (Mo2/3 RE1/)3AlC, RE= {Nd},{Gd},{Dy},{Ho} " has been published in PHYSICAL REVIEW MATERIALS

On Tuesday, June 11, Grenoble INP has welcomed the international students who will be participating in the 2019 summer schools, which will last until Friday, July 12.

The paper "Low-cost fabrication of flexible transparent electrodes based on Al doped ZnO and silver nanowire nanocomposites: impact of the network density " has been published in Nanoscale

Grenoble INP-Pagora continues its prospection in the heart of Europe to develop its academic and scientific collaborations.

Journée scientifique consacrée à la présentation des travaux en cours. Cette journée s'adresse à toutes les équipes des labos du labex CEMAM et aux extérieurs impliqués dans les thèses CEMAM en cours. (Le programme est en cours de réalisation)

Once again this year, the Grenoble INP-Pagora student association won the Technical Writing Prize awarded by the Technical Association of the Graphic Arts.

The paper "Formation mechanisms of ZnO nanowires on polycrystalline Au seed layers for piezoelectric applications" has been published in Nanotechnology

The yearly 2-week Energy PhD School will take place at Shanghai Jiaotong University (SJTU) and Zhejiang University (ZJU) in Hangzhou between 12 and 25 August 2019. The theme of the PhD school this year is “Affordable Energy Transition: technological solutions and socio-economic constraints”.

From November 6th to November 9th, 2019, for the third year in a row, Grenoble INP - Esisar will host the European final of the largest academic cyber security competition in the world: the Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW); in partnership with New York University, NYU Abu Dhabi and the Indian Institute of Technology.

Bending in nightclub

Veuillez trouver en pièce jointe le programme scientifique dédié à la présentation des activités du labex CEMAM (bilan et perspectives).Cette présentation aura lieu le 11 juillet à l'amphi Jean Besson ( Phelma Campus).Nous vous remercions de diffuser cette information auprès de vos doctorants et post-doctorants

«Sampling and demodulation of RF signals modulated by multi-Gbit/s data streams»

« Optimization of cellulosic materials for Radio Frequencies and Terahertz applications. »

The paper "Superposition of Interface and Volume Type Resistive Switching in Perovskite Nanoionic Devices" has been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry C

The paper "Understanding the Crystallization Behavior of Surface-Oxidized GeTe Thin Films for Phase-Change Memory Application" has been published in ACS Applied electronic materials

The paper "Microscopic Mechanisms of Local Interfacial Resistive Switching in LaMnO3+d" has been published in ACS Applied Electronics Materials

The paper "Superior long term stability of SiC nanowires over Si nanowires under physiological conditions" has been published in Materials Research Express

The paper "ZnO based nanowire network for gas sensing applications" has been published in Materials Research Express

A Vietnamese student from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT) got an Eiffel scholarship to study at Esisar next September.

The paper "Ultrathin TiOx Interface?Mediated ZnO?Nanowire Memristive Devices Emulating Synaptic Behaviors" has been published in Advanced Electronic Materials

Strange fish

The "MIAI Grenoble Alpes" project to host an interdisciplinary artificial intelligence institute (3IA) was approved on Wednesday 24th April by the French State with a budget of 18.5 million Euros per year over 4 years.

Isabelle Desloges, Head of International Relations, and Séverin Van Gastel, Head of International Development and Partnerships, travelled to the Caucasus to promote Grenoble INP and Pagora.

The paperer "Micro-structuration of a sol-gel architecture for channel waveguide / diffraction grating coupling" has been published in Optical Materials

The paper "Resilience of Cuprous Oxide under Oxidizing Thermal Treatments via Magnesium Doping" has been published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

On December 6th 2018, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) announced the winner of a pan-European competition on the Added Value Manufacturing call: “EIT Manufacturing”. Knowledge and Innovation Community “EIT Manufacturing” is the third EIT in which Grenoble INP is involved as a core partner, after EIT InnoEnergy selected in 2010 and EIT Raw Materials in 2014.

The first edition of the Global Challenges Science Week 2019 will take place from June 3rd to 6th, 2019 in the World Trade Center of Grenoble.

The application period for the Summer Schools in Smart Energy and in Micro and Nanotechonology is officially closed on March 22.

Characterization and Modelling of Device Level Variability in Advanced FD-SOI MOSFETs

Polymeric microcarriers with bioactive coatings for the osteogenic differentiation of human adipose stromal cells

"High-k Dielectric and Interface Engineering for High Performance Si/Ge MOS and FinFETs"