Nano-Tera: SelfSys

Prof. Jürgen Brugger - http://www.nano-tera.ch

Our ultimate goal is to self-assemble free-floating N/MEMS building blocks in a liquid, and then deploy the assembled parts onto surfaces, the environment or the human body, where they fulfill an application specific functionality. The project involves an intimate interaction between advanced micro/nanoengineering, surface functionalization, microfluidics, sensor/actuator and micro/nanorobotic concepts, as well as modeling and computer-aided design, an interdisciplinary effort well aligned with the objectives of the Nano-Tera research initiative. The consortium has been built purposely around the needed expertise. In the first two years, we will focus on the setting up of the free-floating and guided fluidic assembly technology. The second part of the project will be devoted to implement the enabling technology for two applications that we identified to benefit from our novel enabling technology.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• self-assembloy of molecules
• NEMS
• MEMS