News : MINATEC

Nonprofit La Puya Internationale, of which MINATEC is a long-standing partner, was established to facilitate scientific cooperation. Next on the agenda is a session on solar photovoltaic energy in Madagascar from December 6 to 12. Around 30 graduate students will attend this summer school on renewable energy, which will include hands-on workshops via Zoom.Fianaralab, a […] >>

Some changes have been made at MINATEC Entreprises in response to a directive in France’s Notre Act of 2015 that transfers responsibility for economic policy from the national to the regional government. Yannick Neuder, Vice President of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional Council, has succeeded Annick Merle (Vice President of the Isère General Council) as CEO of […] >>

The French government has selected four Irig joint research units to receive Equipex grants. What does this mean for Irig? Our success rate has never been higher. We really have done exceptionally well. The grants will finance equipment that is crucial to programs in Irig’s key research areas. Investments will include the beamlines at ESRF, […] >>

Optically-coupled photonic chips cannot currently be tested at wafer level. Instead, they must be cut, packaged, and then tested individually. CEA-Leti successfully demonstrated an automated testing solution that removes this hurdle. A custom probe from Teem Photonics ensures very broad bandwidth and unparalleled measurement dynamics of more than 60 dB. It is capable of characterizing […] >>

Regular quantum dots are more stable under optical excitation than organic fluorophores; however, the dots cannot be used in biological environments because they can contain toxic metals like cadmium and lead. Several teams of researchers at Irig are putting their heads together to overcome this hurdle. They synthesized core-shell quantum dots that contain three non-toxic […] >>