Strategic Vision

Bettering human conditions through the monitoring of the human body and the environment, using large networks of micro/nano systems will have massive positive impacts for Switzerland. It will reduce social and health costs for the weakest (children, elderly, sick) and it will leverage Switzerland's strength in micro/nano systems.

Added-value, jobs and revenues will come from the expertise we will strengthen both in the nano-world and in the tera-scale distributed networks of nanodevices needed for final applications.

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Scientific Program

Nano-Tera's mission includes collaborative research, education and tranfer to Swiss industry.

To achieve its research objectives, the nano-tera.ch program covers two major strategic axes:

• Research and development of advanced technologies: the 5 vertical columns of the matrix = the technologies
• Integration of these technologies into application fields: the 3 horizontal rows = the applications

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Educational Program

Education is thus an essential element of the Nano-Tera.CH program. In particular, the Nano-Tera.CH program intends to broaden the doctoral program offered at various Swiss universities to achieve the breadth and depth typical of their American counterparts. Continuing education and Summer Institutes will be targeted too.

Demonstrators, Technology Transfer

Nano-Tera will produce embodiments of the research outcome into prototypes, which will act both as demonstrators and as technology drivers. Technology transfer to the Swiss industry will be achieved through collaborative projects and through targeted interaction.

Collaborations

Swiss industry, existing programs like NCCR-MICS, NCCR-NANO, NCCR-QP, research centres like CCMX, CCES are partners of Nano-Tera. This guarantees that the maximum value outcome can be transferred to the Swiss industry and academia.