News : Research

For the past three years, four Grenoble laboratories have been working together, using methods from materials science and economics to find alternatives to the critical materials in white LEDs.Their work, funded by the UGA Idex grant, marks a departure from conventional technology research. Scientists’ interest in the scarcity and criticality of certain materials is not […] >>

Direct Analysis, the 70th startup from CEA-Leti, has stayed under the radar since it was founded at the beginning of the year.The company has won an i-Lab award, completed twelve demos of its food testing solution, and secured preliminary regulatory approvals. Direct Analysis could open its own plant near Grenoble as early as 2022. Direct […] >>

Marion Gruart, who did her PhD research at Irig from 2016 to 2020, won a Grenoble-Alpes University innovation award for her dissertation. She was also hired for a research position by startup Aledia.Her work on a high-stakes topic, InGaN (indium gallium nitride) nanowire red LEDs, has resulted in four patents. To emit red light, optimally, […] >>

Leading global infrared detector manufacturer LYNRED and IMEP-LaHC have formed a five-year joint lab to study the fundamental physical mechanisms of cooled infrared components to improve the components’ performance.The partners will leverage DLTS, LFNS*, and other advanced characterization methods, as well as modeling and new approaches developed specifically for their research.LYNRED and IMEP-LaHC have already […] >>

CEA-Leti had to move its Leti Innovation Days online during Covid. The change sparked a new format for the event this year. The traditional multi-day in-person event in June will still be held in 2022. But there will also be three half-day online sessions on specific topics.The December session will address electronic components, and the […] >>