Nano-Integration

Operation co-funded by EU cohesion policy (European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)) under the programme Champagne-Ardenne - ERDF/ESF/YEI (2014FR16M0OP004), managing authority: Conseil régional Grand Est. The source names no beneficiary for this operation. Location: France. Budget: total eligible expenditure EUR 46,000; EU co-financing EUR 21,000 (co-financing rate 45.65%), as stated by the source. Runs 2018-01-01 to 2020-12-31. Source: Kohesio, EU cohesion policy projects managed by national and regional authorities (not CORDIS); selected because its summary names quantum technology. Summary from Kohesio (English machine translation by the source): The rapid development of nanophotonics requires the development and integration of effective optical nanosources that can specifically activate the functions of future photonic circuits. In this context, hybrid nanosources based on metal nanostructures coupled with quantum boxes are proving to be a recent promising solution. In order to master the manufacture of such nanosources, it is essential to develop a process allowing the integration of an individual transmitter near a plasmonic antenna with perfect control of its spatial positioning, spectral emission and orientation. Analysis of the state of the art of the methods proposed in the literature shows that the placement of the transmitter is often random and that the deterministic integration of individual colloidal nano-objects into a network of plasmonic antennas with nanometric accuracy (< 10 nm) remains a major challenge. To address this problem, this project combines surface functionalisation and nanophotochemistry in order to propose a deterministic lithography technique allowing the positioning of individual quantum boxes in a spatially controlled way at the nanoscale. For this purpose, a nanopatch of “intelligent” polymer will be integrated into a nano-plasmonic antenna by optical lithography in the near field and used to highly selectively attract an individual BQ with an accuracy of less than 10 nm.

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Source: Kohesio (EU cohesion policy projects), European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO). Retrieved 2026-10-21. Licence: CC0 1.0 (Cohesion Open Data Platform, dataset 2014-2020 Kohesio projects). Selected metadata, adapted presentation; the publisher's record is authoritative. No endorsement by the source is implied. Licence: public domain dedication (CC0 1.0).

AI-assisted summary: The Nano-Integration operation, co-funded by the EU's ERDF, took place in France from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2020, with a total budget of EUR 46,000. It focuses on developing optical nanosources for future photonic circuits. Suggested technology pillar: sensing. Generated by AI from the public source text; it may contain errors and the original source is authoritative.