Under the nanoLINK initiative (see www.nano-link.net)

the EU support projects MINAEAST-NET and MINOS-EURONET are disseminating information through
a n@noLINK e-newsletter (continuing the dissemination done previously by the e-newsletter MINAEAST-NET)

Week 44-45, No.11(November 10, 2005)

MINAEAST-NET information (Contract No.510420)

Web site: www.minaeast.net

1. Event in Bulgaria Workshop on micro and nano engineering: technology and applications, November 25-26, 2005, Sofia, Bulgaria (...more details)

Organised by the EU funded FP6 4M Network of excellence - Multi-Material Micro Manufacture: Technologies and Applications, and celebrated in conjunction with the seventh National workshop on nanoscience and nanotechnology, the workshop will focus on the following topics:

- Sensors and actuators
- Assembly and packaging
- Macro and nano manipulations
- Metrology and optics
- Micro-fluidics

2. Events in Poland

  • TOWARDS Molecular Electronics- 5th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology,
    12 - 17 December, 2005,     Srem (...more details)

This conference is the fifth of a series of international meetings planned as an interdisciplinary forum for discussion on all aspects concerning molecular electronics in a broadest sense: materials (molecular conductors, molecular magnets, electrochromic organic materials, NOE materials) - synthesis, structure and properties, applications of molecular materials in electronics and optoelectronics, supramolecular systems, LB films and self-assembled monomolecular layers, molecular devices, nanoscopy, nanotechniques and nanotechnology.The conference is designed to provide as much discussion among the participants as possible .

  • 43rd IUVSTA Workshop on "Chemical Sensitivity in Scanning Probe Microscopy", November 29 - December 03, Zakopane 2005 (...more details)

The Workshop is organized by Centre for Nanometer-scale Science and Advanced Materials NANOSAM at the Jagiellonian University.

Principal themes/topics:
Rapid developments in nanotechnology and science of nanostructured materials are prompting an urgent need for designing an analytical and nondestructive tool for chemical characterization of solid surfaces with ultimate (nanometer or possibly sub-nanometer) resolution. The overall objectives of the proposed workshop are focused on such developments in scanning probe microscopy and their applications to chemical sensing of various surfaces with extreme spatial resolution.

The workshop should provide a forum for scanning probe specialists in order to review recent theoretical and experimental advances in the relevant areas of research and set guidelines for future activities in the field.

The meeting is sponsored by the Surface Science Division of the International Union of Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications as the Union's 43rd Scientific Workshop.

3. Event in Hungary- 4&2M Workshop and conference "Multi-Material Micro Manufacturing Focusing on Metal Processing and Metrology", 23 - 24 March, 2006, Budapest

organized by Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Manufacturing Engineering under the frame and support of the FP6 Network of Excellence 4M (Multi Material Micro Manufacture: Technology and Applications).
Announcement & Call for Paper. Details.

MINOS-EURONET information (Contract No.015704)

Web site: www.minos-euro.net

1. DfMM Training Course “Thermal Issues in MEMS”, 11-12 Jan 2006, Berlin, Germany

To continue our series of training courses, we are happy to announce that we are planning to hold another training session with the topic “Thermal Issues in MEMS” at the Fraunhofer IZM in Berlin, Germany in January 2006. More details will be available on our website.

 

Contact: George Bell, ISLI, UK, E-mail: [email protected]

2. Course: Porous Silicon, November 21, 2005, Neuchâtel (CH), FSRM (...more details)

Content:

    • Fabrication of porous silicon by electrochemical etching
    • Equipment and work security
    • Pore sizes, distribution, fabrication parameters, process calibration
    • Suitable mask technologies for microstructuration
    • Porous silicon as sacrificial layer for MEMS
    • Electropolishing for mechanical applications, actuators
    • Optical applications using porous silicon, microspectrometer
    • Microfluidics, chemical and biological applications
    • Long term stability and passivation of porous silicon

Registration deadline: Thursday, November 10.

3. DTIP 2006 - SYMPOSIUM on Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS, 26 - 28 April 2006, Stresa, Lago Maggiore, Italy (...more details)

This Symposium will be a follow-up to the very successful issues held in 1999 and 2000 in Paris, in 2001, 2002 and 2003 in Mandelieu-La Napoule and in 2004 and 2005 in Montreux Switzerland. This series of Symposia is a unique single-meeting event expressly planned to bring together participants interested in manufacturing microstructures and participants interested in design tools to facilitate the conception of these microstructures. Again, a special emphasis will be put on the very crucial needs of MEMS/MOEMS in terms of packaging solutions. The goal of the Symposium is to provide a forum for in-depth investigations and interdisciplinary discussions involving design, modeling, testing, micromachining, microfabrication, integration and packaging of structures, devices, and systems.
Abstract Deadline: 15 November 2005

Common section (general information)

1. 2nd German–Swedish Seminar on "Nanotechnology in Medicine and Bioengineering - Research in Germany and Sweden in a European Context for Welfare and Growth", November 22, 2005, Rostock, Germany (...more details)

The Seminar is jointly organised by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research and the BioCon Valley GmbH/Greifswald on the German side and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) and the Swedish-German Research Association (STYFF) on the Swedish side. General topics of the meeting include ‘’Progress and Expectations in Biomedical Nanoscience’’, and ‘’National programmes - Ambitions, Focus and Resources for Nanotechnology in the Biomedical Field’’.

2. CANEUS 2006 Conference "MNT for Aerospace Applications", August 27- September 1, 2006, Toulouse, France
(...more details)

"CANEUS 2006 is the world's foremost international conference devoted to Micro-Nano-technology (MNT) development for aerospace applications".In fact, the conference scope is right at the intersection between aerospace and micro-nano technologies.
Submission deadline: January 16, 2006.

3. The NATO Programme for Security Through Science (...more details)

The NATO Programme for Security Through Science offers support in 2005 for international collaboration on Priority Research topics in Defence Against Terrorism, or Countering Other Threats to Security. Partner Country Priorities as listed will also be considered for support, and will be particularly encouraged if they also fall within the Priority Research Topics already mentioned.

The collaboration supported is between scientists of certain countries of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council or the Mediterranean Dialogue – i.e. collaboration between scientists in NATO-countries and those in eligible Partner or Mediterranean Dialogue countries. Awards are made following consideration of applications received from individual scientists in these countries. The support is channeled through a range of different mechanisms or activities which promote collaboration, networking and capacity-building, while at the same time catalyzing democratic reform and supporting economic development in Partner countries.
Submission deadline: December 1, 2005.