Nano and Microsystem Technology in The Netherlands

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Nano and Microsystem Technology in The
Netherlands

• Kees Eijkel
• technical-commercial director MESA

TWA Themadag Micro- en Nanotechnologie, 4
november 2003, WTC Rotterdam
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Miniaturization is a driving force

• Speed
• Functionality
• Energy use
• Portability

Vanishing technology !
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Set-up

• MicroTechnology
• NanoTechnology
• Some observations

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1 Micro-technology
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MicroNed Main Objectives

• Dynamic and sustainable MST knowledge
  infrastructure
• Deepen fundamental and multidisciplinary
  knowledge along entire MST knowledge chain
• Bridge the gap between innovation at laboratory
  scale and commercial application
• Realize training/education on MST
• Realize spin-off research

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Facts and Figures MicroNed

• 8 cluster projects (146 M)
• 120 Ph.D. students
• Join national strengths
• On relevant topics (academic, socio-economic)
• Industrial cooperation
• Cluster leader

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Micro_at_NL
applications research Wageningen, Utrecht,
Amsterdam,
Twente
Delft
Eindhoven
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Friesland
coberco
Demcon
Cavendish
BioMaDe
HS Utrecht
EMCR
Bronkhorst
ASML
Keygene
Aquamarijn
Lionix
AMC
Medspray
Akzo-Nobel
Micronit
Unilever
Oce
U Wageningen
U Twente
Philips
RUG
Ssens
Tue
Syst.Design
TNO
TUDelft
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Cluster projects MicroNed

• Micro Satellite
• Smart Micro Channel Technology
• Fundamentals, Modelling and Design
• Micro Factory
• Micro Invasive Devices
• Distributed Sensor and Actuator Systems
• Micro Harsh-environment Actuator and Sensor
  Technology
• Lab-on-chip based Analysis for Application in
  Life Sciences

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2 Nano Technology
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NanoNed

• The Dutch answer to gt 3 G/yr extra (public)
  RD-effort worldwide
• Focus
• Structure
• Cohesion
• Integrating public and private RD

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Facts and Figures NanoNed

• 11 Flagship projects (175 M)
• 750 man-years
• Join national strengths, leverage existing funds
• On relevant topics (academic, socio-economic)
• Mechanism for increasing industrial cooperation
• Independent academic leader, reports to board
• Steering committee integrates industry
• NanoLab NL (90 M)
• National facility, national management
• Combines Twente (MESA), Delft (DIMES TNO) and
  Groningen (BioMade/MSC)

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Nano_at_NL
Groningen
Amsterdam
Twente
Delft
Wageningen
Nijmegen
Eindhoven
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• MESA, University of Twente
• DIMES, University of Delft
• BioMade/MSC, University of Groningen
• TPD, Institute for Applied Science TNO
• BioNano, University of Wageningen
• Photonics Group, University of Amsterdam
• NSR/RIM, University of Nijmegen
• CNM, University of Eindhoven
• Philips, Eindhoven

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Industrial players

• Philips Electronics
• DSM
• Unilever
• ASML
• ASMI
• MINAC

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The Flagship Programs

• Advanced Nanoprobing (Rasing, Nijmegen)
• Bottum-up Nano Electronics (Hadley, Delft)
• Chemistry and Physics of Individual Molecules
  (Feringa, Groningen)
• Communication with and Actuation of Nanosystems
  (Meijberg, Groningen)
• NanoElectronic Materials (Blank, Twente)
• NanoFabrication (Huskens, Twente)
• NanoFluidics (van den Berg, Twente)
• NanoInstrumentation (Bastein, TNO)
• NanoPhotonics (Polman, Amsterdam)
• NanoSpintronics (Koopmans, Eindhoven)
• Quantum Computation (Grifoni, Delft)

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3 Some observations

• The relation between research and market
• Research is
• Converting money to knowledge
• Business is
• Converting knowledge to money
• Innovation is only a chain if you look at it
  backwards

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Market

• Albany Nanotech 2002
• We expect industry-wide revenues generated by
  nanotechnology initiatives to reach approximately
  225.5 billion by 2005.
• The markets feeding these revenues are likewise
  expanding exponentially. As production of
  nano-products becomes easier, faster and cheaper,
  every market sector will begin to feel the impact
  of nanotechnologies. We therefore expect that
  the global market for nanotech products will
  reach 700 billion by 2008.
• Technologically or economically based definition

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Definition base

• Technological
• 1 tot 100 nm, bottom-up vs top-down
• Individual adressibility vs nanomaterials
• Common basis properties and interactions on the
  nano scale (nanoscience)
• Economical
• Clinton its so revolutionary that it will
  affect everything
• The ultimate production technology
• The third (ultimate) wave
• The market is the leading paradigm, the
  technology is enabling

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Taxonomy (1)

• Micro-electronics gt nano-electronics
• advanced CMOS
• nanotech will help industry to cross some
  technological hurdles (enabling technology)
• evolutionary
• medium term
• playing field of very large enterprises
• mature, roadmap-driven

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Taxonomy (2)

• Nano-structured materials
• advanced materials science, no individual
  importance on the nano-scale
• nanotechnology enables discrete innovation jumps
  in materials and materials applications
• evolutionary and revolutionary
• short to long term
• playing field of large firms and young firms in
  revolutionary niches
• partly mature or roadmap-driven

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Taxonomy (3)

• Nanodevices en -systems
• individual importance on the nanoscale,
  metaphores are chip or cell
• nanotechnology opens up new paradigms
• revolutionary
• medium to long term
• new enterprises, innovative business models
• no roadmaps

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Making it work

• Commercialisation
• Maximising the chances for micro and
  nanotechnology
• Training new multidisciplinary researchers
• Direct cooperation with industry
• Dissemination of commercialisation systems
• Technology accelerators
• BioMaDe, Groningen
• TwANTS, Twente
• IPR support (STW, ACTS)

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Horizontal integration

• Multidisciplinary approaches
• AWT report
• Multidisciplinary education
• Willingness to get down together
• For instance nano life sciences

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Culture

• Inspired people
• Researchers
• Entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs
• Students !
• Respect (build, dont bend)
• Dare, do, learn
• Provide room to enable progress