NANOPOWER second year is now completed


The NANOPOWER project has now completed the second year of activity and has reached a full maturity. It was conceived in order to address the powering issue in microscale electronic devices. The scientific objective of this project is thus to study energy efficiency with the specific aim of identifying new directions for energy-harvesting technologies. With this aim, three different classes of prospective power generators are presently under scrutiny by the six research groups composing the NANOPOWER consortium: nonlinear nanomechanical harvesters, heat rectification and quantum harvesters. For each device class significant progresses have been made. Two patents for two new concept devices are under consideration: a novel method for storing tiny quantities of energy at microscales and new nanoscale electric generators based on purely quantum devices.

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