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LMGP, a CNRS joint research unit affiliated with Grenoble Institute of Technology, got a new management team on January 1 of this year. Franz Bruckert and Carmen Jiménez were appointed Director and Deputy Director, respectively. They succeed Bernard Chenevier and François Weiss. Mr. Bruckert is a faculty member in the Biophysics Department at Grenoble Institute […] >>

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) expert David Muñoz-Rojas joined LMGP in November as a CNRS researcher. He uses a spatial atomic layer deposition method at low temperature and ambient pressure in order to eliminate the constraints of using a vacuum chamber and more easily scale up processes for industrial rollout. This new approach to ALD—very versatile […] >>

Lithium-ion batteries’ energy-storing capacity can be boosted tenfold when the batteries’ electrodes are doped with silicon nanoparticles. Until now, the enhanced performance has only lasted a few cycles. This is because the electrode cannot withstand the tripling in volume the nanoparticles undergo during charging. Researchers at INAC and IMN Nantes recently maintained the doped performance […] >>

A new indoor-air-quality regulation will come into force in France on January 1, 2016. All buildings open to the public will have to prove that their indoor air contains less than 1 ppb of benzene. However, current portable testing systems are neither sensitive enough nor suitable for on-site testing. A research project backed by the […] >>

The geometry of gallium nitride (GaN) wires makes it tough to characterize a single wire’s electrical properties and n and p doping. Researchers from Leti and Institut Néel have found a solution. Using electronic lithography, the researchers connected a wire attached to an insulating substrate to four metal blocks and created a source of heat […] >>