MPMNT - Materials and Processes for Micro & Nano Technologies

Mission

Devepolment of materials and processes for micro and nanotechnologies, design and realization of micro and nanodevices:

  • Micro and Nano Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS/NEMS)
  • Micro and Nanosensors for bio applications and environment
  • Microfluidics & Lab-On-a-Chip
  • Micro and nanostructures for bio applications
  • Micro and nanomaterials and structures for energy (harvesting and storage) and environment
  • Biophotonics, 3D organic photonics and biooactive surfaces
  • Enhanced optical spectroscopies and imaging
  • High repetition rate Laser and Processing
  • Rapid Prototyping and 3D printing
  • Memristive nanodevices
  • High Power Electronics
  • Environmental Monitoring & Food Safety Diagnostics
  • Network sensors and related electronic solutions
  • Polymer and cement composites with carbon fibers and nanocarbon fillers
  • Metal oxides for photocatalysis and water splitting
  • Thin Film Technologies and surface processing and characterization
  • Nanoparticles

Main research topics

The strategic vision of the group can be summarized as it follows:

  • Development of nanostructured materials (mainly based on polymers) for miniaturized sensors and actuators of new generation.
  • Micro and Nanosensors for bio applications and environment, integration in micro/nanofluidic based Lab-on-chip
  • New materials and new processes for 3D organic photonics with a particular focus on bio-photonics.
  • Development of new solution (sensors, electronics, energy) for “smart manufacturing”, in particular Laser and Processing, rapid prototyping, 3D printing and flexible electronics.
  • New material and new technologies for energy harvesting and storage (as graphene-based supercapacitors, CO2 reduction, ….).
  • Development of innovative materials and devices for neuromorphic sensing network, brain simulation and human- machine interface. A particular attention is paid on solid state devices – neurons.
  • New solution for Environmental Monitoring & Food Safety Diagnostics, with a particular focus on network sensors and related electronic solutions. The problems related to “water” monitoring and purification are faced.
  • Development on new solution for nanoparticles and nanostructures.

Main partnerships

  • Vishay Semiconductor Italia SpA
  • SMAT SpA
  • CSP
  • Aizoon srl
  • Simularia srl
  • BiotechWave srl
  • Design Gang sas
  • Informatica System srl
  • Inpeco S.p.A.
  • Novasis Innovazione s.r.l.
  • ENI S.p.A.
  • Ionvac Process srl
  • Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Trento, Italy)
  • Istituto per la Ricerca Contro il Cancro (IRCC) (Candiolo, Torino, Italy)
  • Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca sui Biomateriali (CRIB) - Università di Napoli
  • Ospedale Oftalmico di Torino
  • Identificazione Personale e Antropologia Forense
  • Laboratorio di Microbiologia Molecolare e Antibiotico Resistenza (M.M.A.R) - Dipartimento di Scienze Bio-Mediche - Università di Catania
  • Nanomed s.r.l.
  • Agilent Technologies Italia
  • Indesit Company
  • Tethis S.p.A.
  • Nanofabrication Facility - Molecular Foundry - Berkeley University
  • Agorà Scienza - Centro Interuniversitario
  • CID - Carbostent & Implantable Devices
  • Ospedale Luigi Sacco di Milano
  • Pegaso s.r.l.
  • Università di Torino – Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche - Dental School
  • Università di Torino - Dipartimento di Chimica
  • Università di Torino - Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari
  • Università di Trieste – Dipartimento di Architettura e Ingegneria
  • IEOS-CNR
  • IMAMOTER Torino - CNR
  • Istituto Nanzionale di Ricerca Metrologica - INRIM
  • Austrian Institute of Technology
  • Ecole Polytecnhique Federale de Lausanne
  • University of Maryland
  • University of Siegen
  • University of Eastern Finland
  • IBP-CNR
  • MIT – Materials Science and Engineering Dep.
  • Molecular Foundry
  • SELEX Electronic Devices
  • Istituo Zooprofilattico Sperimentale di Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta
  • IIT@PoliTO
  • University of Birmingham
  • National Technical University of Athens
  • Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
  • Thales
  • University of Toronto
  • University of Ontario Institue of Technology
  • Universitè de Picardie Jules Verne
  • INRiM, Torino Italy
  • Univeristà di Parma. Dip.to di Ingegneria Industriale
  • Università di Modena e Reggio, Dip.to di Ingegneria
  • EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland- Laboratoire de Technologie des Composites

Projects and publications

Reference laboratories