Palestra plenária do XI Encontro da SBPMat (Florianópolis, setembro de 2012). Palestrante: Jean Charles Guibert - Minatec (França).

1. MINATEC® Innovation campus :
nanomaterials based start-ups
MRS Brazil
September 23-27th, 2012
Jean-Charles Guibert
Director of technology transfer of CEA
Director of MINATEC®
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3. Evolution of research models
Multiple and diverse models are existing :
Basics Labs within big firms (IBM, Toshiba, Air
liquide, Big pharma,..)
Clusters/Industry consortia (Tokai région,
Tsukuba,..)
RTOs (AIST, CEA (Leti), DoE, FhG, A*STAR, VTT,
ITRI, IMEC,..)
Networks (EC Nano2life, ..)
Academic organization (Indian CoE, CNRS, Max
Planck, Academia Sinica, NIMS,..)
Universities (various size/goal/models….US land
grant univ vs private univ vs french vs Japan or
Indian ones)
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4. Evolution of research models : Trends
Attractivity for top level PhD / post-docs / researchers
Pluri-disciplinarity
Increased coordination between the different steps of
research
Efficient transfer procedures
Long-term investment capacity
Taking into account society needs
Standard and affordable governance bodies
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5. The innovation campus: a new model for the future
Research Organization
Cluster
Techno Park
Country size x 1000km
size 100km
size 10km
Industry R&D + fab
Research Inst., Industry, University
COLLABORATION
Multiple locations
Research Institutions
SHARED
SERVICES
NATIONAL
INNOVATION CAMPUS
size 1km
Education
University Colleges
Research
Upstream &
Technological
Research
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Industry
ONE-STOP SHOP
1 OPERATOR
R&D labs,
start-ups
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6. Grenoble Ecosystem
 Cluster & Innovation campus
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7. Where is Grenoble ?
European Union
455,000,000 people
France
60,200,000 people
Grenoble
Rhône-Alpes Region
(+urban area)
650,000 people
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(#2 in France)
5,893,000 people
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8. Grenoble : a historical high tech industrial area
Genève
Lyon
METIS
PHOTOWATT
Bourgoin-Jallieu
Chambéry
INES
ST MICROELECTRONICS
TRONIC’S
Voiron
SOITEC
RADIALL
Crolles
Grenoble
S&T Park
THALES
XEROX
Innovallée
BIOMERIEUX
CAP GEMINI
FT R&D
SCHNEIDER
ST MICROELECTRONICS
Claix
SUN
BD
MGE UPS
Gardanne
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CMP Georges Charpak
Nice
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9. MINATEC campus – from labs to shared platforms
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TTO
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10. Dedicated platforms per activity
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Advanced CMOS 200
Design
Nanotec 300
Showroom
Cable-car
MEMS 200
Nano-Caractérisation
NanoBioTech
Energie
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11. MINATEC campus: key figures
1.5 B€ invested in 10 years for research facilities
Research
2,400 people
Education
1,400 people
(560 PhDs & post-docs)
 Attractivity
 Inter-disciplinarity
 Skills for the
future
 Creativity
 Technology
Transfer
• > 3000 research staff
• > 1000 students
• Annual Budget: 350 M€
Industry & contracts: >60%
• 10 000m² cleanrooms
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Industry
600 people
 Technology transfer
& industrial partnerships
 Jobs creation
• 20 joint laboratories
• ~ 300 new patents / year
• 1600 scientific
publications / year
• 400+ graduates MS/PhD
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12. MINATEC platform
Education – Research – Industry
From Nanolab to Minatec Enterprise
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13. Education – Phelma Engineering School
PHysics
ELectronics
MAterials
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Part of Grenoble INP group
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> 1200 students, 200 professors
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First European Master in micronanotechnologies (time share with
EPFLausanne & Politecnico de Torino)
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Initial training
Professional training
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14. Education – CIME Nanotech
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2500m² platform dedicated for
training activities (700m² cleanrooms)
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Materials & Components)
10M€ initial investment
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Training for local and foreign
companies (Saudi Electronics
Annual budget: 2.5M€
(1M€ running costs)
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1300 students studied on the
platform in 2008
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Dedicated actions for high school
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15. Research – Upstream research Platform
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Dedicated facilities for upstream research (University, CEA, CNRS,..)
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16. Research – Nanocharacterization platform
A unique in-line & off-line platform in Europe
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100 people, 1500m² cleanrooms, 3M€/yr investments
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40 heavy equipments, 80 in-line equipments (100 à 300mm)
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Cooperation with eqt suppliers (Titan from FEI)
Assets of the platform
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Dedicated research team on caracterisation
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Close to large research infrastructures (Synchrotron, neutrons,..)
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Collaboration with both upstream and technological research teams
Photos: CEA/DPTS
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17. Technological Research - Nanotec 300 & MEMS 200 platforms
More moore & 3D 300 platform / More than Moore 200 platform
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Operated by LETI
- Equipment sharing with start-ups
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24/7 operation
- Proof of concept, prototyping, pre-production
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Industrial partnerships
- From process step to packaging
Photos: P. Guillaume
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18. Industrial R&D labs on-site
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A dedicated building for industrial partners
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Offices, laboratories and cleanrooms to rent
 In permanent contact with our research teams
 Access to common MINATEC facilities
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19. Technology Transfer – « Maison MINATEC »
Research trends: Observatory for Micro-Nanotechnologies
( OMNT )
Strategic Marketing
Competitive Intelligence
Networking and projects: Minalogic Cluster office, SEMI
Patents : engineers, lawyers
Technology transfers and contracts
Investments – Start ups
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A unique gathering in Europe:
150 people involved in technology transfer
activities in micro and nanotechnologies
Photos: P. Conche
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20. International official delegations
2 official delegations week
to discover our campus...
# 30k visitors in 2010
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Strong increase in foreign PhD, scientists

21. Nanomaterials based start-ups
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22. STMicroelectronics :
the world’s fifth largest semiconductor company
ST aims to be the undisputed leader in multimedia
convergence and power applications leveraging its
vast array of technologies, design expertise and
combination of intellectual property portfolio,
strategic partnerships and manufacturing strength.
2008 sales : US$ 9.84 billion
R&D : US$ 2.152 billion (mainly in the areas of
product design, technology and development)
Approx 50,000 employees in the Group
13 main production sites
16 advances R&D centers
Approximate percentage of ST’s sales in 2008
Communication
Industrial
36%
17%
Automotive
15%
Computer
Consumer
16%
17%
Share R&D business model => partnership with CEA LETI including for example :
- Consortium NANO 2012 : development of new technologies fort the creation and production of the next generation of embedded
circuits
- Crolles II program : Partnership with Freescale / NXP and CEA LETI : creation of a 300mm pilot line and an R&D Technology
Center that developed 90nm, 65nm and 45nm CMOS semiconductor technologies. R&D alliance with IBM to develop core 32nm and
22nm CMOS tech and derivative technologies. Work with CEA Leti in Crolles and Grenoble.
- Centre Commun de Microelectronique de Crolles : laboratory in partnership with CEA /LETI

23. SOITEC
N°1 wwide for SOI
André-Jacques Auberton-Hervé
et Jean-Michel Lamure,
anciens ingénieurs du CEA-Leti,
créent SOITEC en 1992
French international industrial leader in
the generation and production of
semiconductor materials for extreme
performance, in the heart of electronics
and energy challenges.
▪ Staff 2012 : > 1600 personnes
▪ Revenue 2010/2011 : 500 M€
▪ Common lab CEA Leti-Soitec from
1991.
Des partenaires mondiaux
III-V
Epitaxy
Stacking™
Smart Cut™
Smart
Stacking™
Photovoltaïque
à
concentration

24. SOFRADIR - ULIS
French company which manufactures infrared detectors used
in among other military equipment (infrared detection, night
vision ...) and aerospace. 1st in this field in Europe.
Philippe Bensussan
Jean-Luc Tissot
• Effectif 2010 : 370 personnes
• CA 2010 : ≈ 80 M€
• Laboratoire commun avec le Léti
Image visible "naturelle"
• Effectif 2010 : 120 personnes
• CA 2010 : ≈ 40 M€
• Laboratoire commun avec le Léti
Image infra-rouge

25. CROCUS
O. Redon
JP. Nozieres
B. Dieny
Fondateurs CEA
Crocus Technology is a leader in Magnetic Random Access
Memory ("MRAM") products and technologies for the
semiconductor and electronic systems industries.
Crocus MRAM is ideal for a wide range of
applications requiring high reliability, high
endurance, high read/write speed, or cost
effective non-volatile memory. Crocus’ MRAM
technology will be available as both standalone
devices and embedded memory solutions.
• Effectifs 2010 : ≈ 30 personnes
- 15 à Grenoble (matériaux, caractérisation, R&D amont)
- 15 en Californie (design, commercial et fabrication)
• CA 2010 : NS
Crocus Technology Strikes $300 Million
Financing Deal with RUSNANO to Build
Advanced MRAM Manufacturing Facility
in Russia

26. ETHERA
ETHERA develops and markets kits that simplify the
diagnosis and monitoring of chemical pollution of the air
inside buildings
La qualité de l’air intérieur : un enjeu de société majeur
Des sources de
pollution chimique
omniprésentes
Yves
BIGAY
Sylvain
COLOMB
Produits ménagers,
Peintures, Moquettes,
Vernis, Meubles, etc…
Bâtiments de plus
en plus
hermétiques
Une pollution de l’air intérieur
jusqu’à 10x supérieure à celle
de l’air extérieur
• Effectif 2010 : 8 personnes
• CA 2010 : NC
Pour des économies
d’énergie
Les capteurs nanoporeux : une technologie unique CEA-CNRS
 Des matériaux dont la
couleur varie linéairement en
fonction de la quantité de
polluant piégée
Ex : Bureau de 65 m3,
Formaldéhyde: 50 ppb,
ETHERA s’appuie sur des brevets du
CEA et du CNRS
Thu-Hoa
TRAN-THI

27. CYTOO
Distinctive life sciences systems& tools company that
currently offers a disruptive solution that brings
robustness, sensitivity and powerful quantification to
cell-based assays and High Content Screening (HCS).
François
Chatelain
Alexandra
Fuchs
Michel
Bornens
• Effectif 2010 : 22 personnes
• CA 2010 : NC
Throughout the CYTOO micropattern array, cells
adopt the same architecture.
Immediate benefits: Straightforward analysis,
reliable results and faster discovery
Cellules dans une boîte
de culture standard
Cellules cultivées
sur les produits CYTOO
Application assays: Cell biology and high
throughput screening

28. ISORG
ISORG is pionniering Printed Organic Electronics for photodetectors and large surface image sensors.
Its technology is a brandly new one patented by CEA.
Jean-Yves Gomez
Emmanuel
Guérineau
Laurent Jamet
This technology moves plastic and
glass in an intelligent surface able to
interact with the connected world.
• Staff 2012 : 20 persons
• CA 2011 : NA
ISORG vision goals to develop and produce in volume
printed organic components for multiple market segments.
International leadership is planned.

29. ALCHIMER
ALCHIMER is dedicated to providing
innovative, wet-based deposition technology
that delivers higher-quality surfaces with
lower cost of ownership than legacy vaporphase technologies (PVD, CVD and ALD).
Alchimer’s deposition technology is engineered at the molecular
level for high performance at much lower cost – typically 60
percent less than PVD. The Electrografting (eG™) and
Chemicalgrafting (cG™) processes produce outstanding
conformal coatings even over complex structures, using
economical industry-standard process equipment.
• Staff 2011 : 10
• Turnover 2011 : 300 K€

30. FLUOPTICS
Developping new solutions
for guided surgery
Focused on cancer surgery
improvement, Fluoptics technology will
give surgeons a radically new efficiency
in tumor resection.
Fluoptics has developed an imaging system that will
drastically improve cancer surgery, giving new hope to
thousands of cancer patients around the world.
The technology is based on an intraoperative fluorescence detector and
fluorescent probes which specifically
target tumors.
Staff 2011 : 11 employees
Turnover 2011 : 560 K€

31. NANOMAKERS
NANOMAKERS designs, produces and sells SiC nanopowders of
high quality that increase decisively the mechanical, thermal and
chemical materials of all types of industrial.
• Staff 2011 : 5 employees (France)
2 employees (Japan)
• Turnover 2011 : 90 K€
Highlight 2011
Nanopowders of silicon carbide are compatible with a
wide range of materials. It can be incorporated into
polymers, metals, ceramics.
Nanopowders are the material of choice to enhance
many existing materials or develop new ones.
→ Fundraising : 3,3 M€
→ Design, installation of the first block on the production site
CONTINENTAL in Rambouillet. The commissioning was
completed January 9, 2012 with rates of production and quality
above expectations.
→ Majority stake in Japan Nanomakers and early commercial
deployment in Europe and North America.

32. APIX TECHNOLOGY
Analytical Pixels Technology
APIX is the first startup to be spun out of the Alliance for
Nanosystems VLSI, which was launched by Leti and the
California Institute of Technology in 2007.
• Staff 2011 : 4
• Turnover 2011 : -
APIX designs, manufactures and markets analysis tools
based on nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) and an
innovative way to implement miniaturized gas
chromatography.
These tiny systems will significantly reduce the
costs of current gas analysis systems used for
industrial processing by the petrochemical and
natural gas distribution industries and for
analysis of ambient air quality.
Future applications are expected to include
health screening through the analysis of
biomarkers in a patient’s breath..

33. Conclusion
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Materials were, are and will be at the core of multiple applications.
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Start-up is the way to move invention into innovations for the market.
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CEA created more than 70 material based companies
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MINATEC innovation campus is a place designed and organised for
innovative start-ups efficient growth.
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Investment in these start-ups goals and assures multiple long-term
partners for long term R&D contracts.

34. MINATEC Nanolab network
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36. Nanotechnologies are key for the development of future industries
Nanotechnology potential world market size by 2015 is around 1 trillion US dollars (NSF)
Multiple fields of application
Multiple goals and interest for the
country development
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systems
textile
industry
automotive
electronics
Create start-ups
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Develop a culture of Innovation
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How ?
Generate Intellectual Properties
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(& rare ones)
Develop and assist Research
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materials
Support an existing industry
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Country
strategic
goals
Youth training
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energy
Strategic independence
…
Time ?
healthcare
Large and difficult project to achieve without long field experience
Time delays without an efficient master planning
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37. A complete full-packaged project-oriented approach to develop a
research facility in nanotechnologies
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Country
strategic
goals
ENABLER
=
MINATEC®
Nanolab
A project-oriented
approach
Engineered by an
experienced
public-private
consortium
24 months
Strategic independence
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Youth training
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Support an existing industry
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Develop and assist Research
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Generate Intellectual Properties
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Create start-ups
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Develop a culture of Innovation
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…
+ Become a member of the
international network MINATEC® Nanolab
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38. MINATEC® Nanolab, a 24 months 3 phases packaged procedure
with well-defined deliverables
1
DEFINITION
Analysis &
studies
6 months
- Strategy and marketing
positioning, definition of
fields of application
- Writing of a basic design,
(ie. Definition of the plateform,
the equipments, training
plans,etc.) and a first
previsional budget
- Writing of a detailed
design, with
implementation plans
Specification listing
with provisional budget
2
SETTING UP
Except civil ingineering
Until operational
18 months
- Detailed answer and quotations:
- equipment, facilities, …
- technical & maintenance and
process engineers training
Contract
3
RESEARCH
ORIENTED
PROJECT MODE
Long term
- Integration in MINATEC® Nanolab
International Network
- students and researchers
exchanges
- common purchase center
- developments i.e training in
tech transfer
- Implementation:
- purchasing and installation
- training
- implementation
- Validation phase on demonstrators
Acceptance on
specifications
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International Network
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39. MINATEC TOMORROW
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40. Grenoble’s success stories  GIANT
A unique campus of 250 ha
In the heart of the city of Grenoble
With state-of-the-art equipments for science and technology
Major research and education institutions
Attracting researchers from all around the world
And a strong involvement of local and regional authorities
GIANT offers a great synergy of technological means and human resources
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41. GIANT’s vision
Six centers of excellence
Micro-nanotechnology
MINATEC
Management
Large European
instruments
Energy
GreEn
Health and biotech
Nanobio
Fundamental
research
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42. GIANT’s vision, an ambitious urban transformation
Creating a dynamic and attractive campus
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43. GIANT Key figures
Annual Budget: 1000M€
(Investments : 150 M€)
10 000 researchers
10 000 students
10 000 inhabitants
7 000 industrial jobs
Rank 4th
for patents in
France
5 000 scientific publications / year
500 new patents / year
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44. GIANT: Coupled to a huge urban development project
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45. MERCI
T HANK Y OU
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