Meet Frank van de Scheur.  He is the Department Head, MEMS & Micro Devices at Philips in Eindhoven. His background in Chemical Engineering is a valueable contribution to the MinacNed board which he has been a part of since 2016. How did you get involved with MinacNed? “ I was asked to take the vacant seat… Read More

Every week we will give you a sneak peak into the international MicroNanoConference 2019.  This week we will talk with Schroën… Karin, can you share with us what you do at MinacNed? I have joined the board of MinacNed in 2015. First as a regular member representing academia. More specifically Wageningen University where I work…. Read More

Micronit Microtechnologies at the international MicroNanoConference 2019 At Micronit we provide innovative Lab-on-a-chip and MEMS solutions using micro- and nanotechnologies. Solutions that help our customers improve their products and research, contributing to the quality of life. Research & prototyping services, creative product development and quality manufacturing are our core businesses. Customers gain added value from… Read More

The Platform for Advanced Characterisation Grenoble (PAC-G) is an innovative service platform whose aim is to bridge the gap between the large-scale research facilities of Grenoble and companies in the micro/nano electronics sector. The PAC-G brings together the capabilities of the European Synchrotron (ESRF), the European Neutron Source (ILL) and the GENESIS neutron platform (LPSC/CNRS),… Read More

In an effort to further improve access to, and efficiency amongst the nanolabs, NanoLabNL is investigating the possibilities of further aligning lab processes through the adoption of a single lab management system. Recently the Steering Committee got together for a demonstration and discussion of the LIMS software package. This system was developed at Chalmers and… Read More

As president of MinacNed, I am looking forward to the upcoming 13th edition of the international MicroNanoConference. This conference, organised by MinacNed, during the last years developed into an essential event for everyone with an interest in micro- and nanotechnology and its applications. More and more micro and nano enabled solutions and products get to… Read More

Interconnects have replaced transistors as the main determinants of performance in modern microelectronic chips. When wire dimensions approach 10 nm, new materials for interconnects are needed to keep up Moore’s law, Christoph Adelmann from Imec says. He’ll talk about the latest research on novel interconnects at the MicroNano Conference 2018. Current CMOS-designs have billions of… Read More

In the beginning of 2018, I was approached by Sharon Tammer (MinacNed) to head the programme committee of the 13th International MicroNanoConference. I accepted promptly, as my personal research interest and focus is on designing and developing analytical detection methodologies or technologies in micro-fluidics platforms. Moreover, having managed a number of public-private research projects, I… Read More

Contact with the skin is inevitable or desirable for daily life products such as cosmetics, hair dyes, perfumes, drugs, household products, industrial and agricultural products. Our skin functions as a complex physical barrier between the environment and our internal organs. The major penetration routes for these substances are via the hair shaft and stratum corneum…. Read More

The world of biosensors is wide and develops rapidly. Peter Adrian, Principal Industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan, will give an overview of the latest developments in biosensor technology at the MicroNanoConference on the 11th of December. Adrian takes GMR (giant magnetoresistance) nanobiosensors, developed at Standord University, as an example of advanced technology: “These sensors,… Read More