| Nanotechnology Activities Survey in Spain |
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| Name of the Laboratory |
Research Group on Semiconductor Devices
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| Department |
Departamento de Física Aplicada |
| Institution |
University of Salamanca |
| Institution (Acronym) |
USAL |
| Contact Person (e-mail) |
GONZALEZ SANCHEZ, Tomas
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| Address |
Pza. de la Merced s/n |
| Postal code |
37008 Salamanca |
| Province |
Salamanca |
| Autonomous Region |
Castilla y León |
| Country |
Spain |
| Phone |
+34-923294436 |
| Fax |
+34-923294584 |
| Website |
http://www3.usal.es/~gelec/ |
| Main Research Areas |
* Modelling
* Ballistic transport
* RF and THz devices
* Electronic noise
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| Participating Projects |
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* Semiconductor nanodevices for room temperature THz emission and detection (ICT-2009-243845) - http://www.roothz.eu/
Coordinator: Javier Mateos López: European Comission (295.000 €)
* Narrow and wide bandgap nanoelectronics for improved efficiency in RF and THz applications (TEC2013-41640-R)
Coordinator: Javier Mateos López - Susana Pérez Santos: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación - Dirección General de Investigación (126.000 €)
* Estudio de efectos térmicos en dispositivos de RF. Modelado y caracterización experimental
Coordinator: Tomás González Sánchez: Junta de Castilla y León (Consejería de Educación) (30.000 €)
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| Three more relevant publications within 2012-2015 |
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* 'O. García-Pérez, Y. Alimi, A. M. Song, I. Iñiguez-de-la-Torre, S. Pérez, J. Mateos and T. González'
I. Íñiguez-de-la-Torre, J. Mateos, Y. Roelens, C. Gardès, S. Bollaert and T. González - Applied Physics Letters 105, 113502 [1-4] (2014)
* 'Operation of GaN planar nanodiodes as THz detectors and mixers'
I. Iñiguez-de-la-Torre, C. Daher, J.-F. Millithaler, J. Torres, P. Nouvel, L. Varani, P. Sangaré, G. Ducournau, C. Gaquière, T. Gonzalez and J. Mateos - IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology 4, 670-677 (2014)
* 'Phonon black-body radiation limit for heat dissipation in electronics'
J. Schleeh, J. Mateos, I. Íñiguez-de-la-Torre, N. Wadefalk, P. A. Nilsson, J. Grahn and A. J. Minnich - Nature Materials 14, 187–192 (2015)
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| Instruments and equipment available |
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* Laboratorio de caracterización de nanodispositivos: mesa de puntas (Cascade M150), analizador de semiconductores (Keithley 4200-SCS), unidad de medidas pulsadas ultrarrápidas (Keithley 4225, pulsos de hasta 30 ns)
* Analizador de redes (Agilent N5244A PNA X hasta 43.5 GHz con medidor de figura de ruido)
* Cluster Linux 3 nodos (2xIntel Xeon ES-2680, 8 cores, 2.7 GHz, 32 GB RAM)
* Cluster Linux 18 nodos biprocesador: 8 (2×Xeon-5140, 2 Gb RAM, 250 Gb HD), 8 (2xQuad Core Xeon-E5520, 2.26GHz, 6 Gb RAM, 160 Gb HD), 2 (2xIntel Xeon 5650, 6 cores, 2.66 GHz)
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| funding 2012-2015 (In
thousand Euro) |
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MECD/MINECO/MINETUR |
CC.AA. |
UE |
Private |
Total for years |
2012 |
53 |
60 |
75 |
0 |
188 |
2013 |
53 |
60 |
75 |
0 |
188 |
2014 |
40 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
2015 |
40 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
Total for organism
type |
186 |
140 |
150 |
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| Number of researchers (14) |
| Permanent positions (Prof, Dr) |
6 |
| PhD(contracted) |
4 |
| PhD Students |
1 |
| Technicians |
1 |
| Others |
0 |
| PhD 2012-2015 |
2 |
| PhD Ramon y Cajal (currently) |
0 |
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| Participation in other Networks
VARIABLES (Red Española de Variabilidad en Tecnologías, Circuitos y Sistemas Micro/Nanoelectrónicos) |
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Nanotechnology for structural applications
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Nano powered ceramics
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Composite materials containing nanocrystals or powders
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Materials based on carbon nanotubes or fullerenes
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Nanoparticulate coatings
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NanoTechnology for information processing storage and transmission
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Nanoelectronics, materials and devices
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Optoelectronics/optical materials and devices
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Magnetic materials and devices
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Organic (opto) electronics
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Nano(bio)technology for medical applications
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Drug encapsulation
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Targeted drug delivery, molecular recognition
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Nanotechnology for sensor applications
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Nanostructured sensors
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Sensors based on biological molecules
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Other - specify:
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Nanotechnology for (electro)chemical processing technologies
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Filtration
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Catalysts or electrodes with nano-structured surface
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Long-term research with generic applications
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Self- assembly
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Quantum physics, mesoscopic systems, chemical
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Interfacing to organic / biological molecules
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Instruments and equipment, supporting sciences and technologies
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Analytical equipment and techniques
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Powder production and processing
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Deposition equipment and techniques
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Patterning equipment and techniques
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