Competence Center for Nano System Integration
Nr. 03IS2011
The research consortium nanett “nano system integration network of excellence - application of nano technologies for energy-efficient sensor systems“ is one of the successful initiatives of the second phase of the “Spitzenforschung und Innovation in den Neuen Ländern“ program, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The grant of the BMBF for the whole R&D joint venture amounts to 14 million Euros. The project started November 2009 with a duration of five years. Under the direction of the Chemnitz University of Technology and the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Electronic Nano Systems ( ENAS) this dynamic network of nine different partners was formed to bring competencies in the field of applied nano technologies together. Using that approach of combining the capabilities of several renowned scientific institutions enables international and domestic top level research on a competitive basis. The greatest concern of the network is to be an attractive, competent and reliable partner of the industry in the promising domain of nano and system integration technologies. To meet the requirements of high interdisciplinarity and due to huge invest costs for production and test equipment in the field of micro and nano technologies the usage of synergies by collaboration of different oriented research centers is essential for success and efficiency of joint research projects. The strategic direction of the network is firstly to connect fundamental research with application oriented research by using micro and nano integration and secondly to transfer technology development results into industrial applications.
