Minatec is a European research centre focused on micro-nano technologies

Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally, nanotechnology deals with developing materials, devices, or other structures possessing at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometres...

 in Grenoble

Grenoble

Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère...

, France

France

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The centre was launched in 2006 as a partnership between LETI

CEA-Leti: Laboratoire d'électronique des technologies de l'information

CEA-Leti, a Grenoble, France-based research institute for electronics and information technologies, is one of the world’s largest organizations for applied research in microelectronics and nanotechnology.-Overview:...

(the Electronics and Information Technologies Laboratory of CEA

Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique

The Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives or CEA, is a French “public establishment related to industrial and commercial activities” whose mission is to develop all applications of nuclear power, both civilian and military...

, the French Atomic Energy Commission) and by INPG (Grenoble Institute of Technology). The project combines a physical research campus with a network of companies, researchers and engineering schools.

Minatec is home to 2,400 researchers, 1,200 students, and 600 technology transfer experts.

External links

• Minatec's website
• Secret Capitals: Grenoble, Time magazine
  Time (magazine)
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  , 2004