RTD 2009 Projects

SelfSys

Our goal is to self-assemble free-floating N/MEMS building blocks by means of liquids, and then to deploy the assembled parts onto surfaces, in the environment or the human body, where they fulfill an application specific functionality.

CabTuRes

This project aims at combining important elements from the fundamental knowledge base on the physics of CNTs, gathered in the past several years, and the fundamental engineering sciences in the area of micro- and nano-electromechanical systems, to develop novel CNT-based devices and processes. Specifically, this project will demonstrate concepts and devices for ultra-low power, highly miniaturized functional blocks for sensing and electronics.

MIXSEL

The recent development in novel ultrafast semiconductor lasers using the MIXSEL concept has the potential to further reduce the complexity and size of ultrafast lasers. Our research work on such new developments will support and strengthen a field that is significant in value creation.

LiveSense

The main goal of the project is to study concepts and technologies for the realization of an autonomous living cell-based biosensing platform for deployment in sensor networks for environmental monitoring.

NanowireSensor

This project will develop a silicon nanowire-based field-effect transistor sensor platform which is applicable to label-free multiscale screening with full electronic processing and read-out capability due to silicon integration.

CMOSAIC

The CMOSAIC project is a genuine opportunity to contribute to the realization of arguably the most complicated system that mankind has ever assembled: a 3D stack of computer chips with a functionality per unit volume that nearly parallels the functional density of a human brain. CMOSAIC's aggressive goal is to provide the necessarily 3D integrated cooling system that is the key to compressing almost 1012 nanometer sized functional units (1 Tera) into one cubic centimeter with a 10 to 100 fold higher connectivity than otherwise possible.

TecInTex

TecInTex aims at textile core modules, which enable the design and manufacturing of truly wearable functional clothes. The core modules comprise textile electronic (e-) and optical (o-) fibres, sensor yarns, transducer between electrical and optical signals, sensor stripes and functionalized fabrics. The functionality - these modules offer - involves electrical connectivity on fibre and fabrics level, large-area measurement with a high spatial resolution of temperature, pressure, strain and humidity, the localised detection of liquids, the emission and detection of light.

IrSens

The invention of the quantum cascade laser and recent improvements in its room temperature performance allow the generation of single mode emission at room temperature across the whole fingerprint region relevant for chemical sensing. Progress in photonic bandgap structures enables the fabrication of the essential interaction elements using low-cost materials such as Silicon. Finally, novel semiconductor technologies have also triggered progress in the area of mid-infrared detectors. In this project, we plan to pool the know-how of leading groups of Switzerland to establish a technology platform for optical chemical sensing.

SImOS

The overall aim of this project is to design innovative tools to measure in vivo biomechanical parameters in order to quantify joint function. From a generic system, we will propose specialized tools devoted to particular joints and pathologies.

Nexray

This project targets the development of novel pocket sized X-ray sources and X-ray direct detectors that will be combined in a distributed network to solve important tasks e.g. in the field of security, health care or non-destructive testing.

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