Nanoelectronics as a future key enabling technology for information and communication technology in Germany
Background and aims
Nanoelectronics is the future of microelectronics. It involves the development of electronic components based on current silicon technology but with smaller structures, higher integration densities and enhanced functionality, accompanied by the development of new materials, components and system architectures. Nanoelectronics is fundamentally important as a basic, key enabling technology for value creation across large sectors of manufacturing industry. It is also a pioneering future technology with extensive significance for technology development in many areas of industrial development and production. Germany has a long tradition and strong current position in semiconductor technology, and is also well placed in the field of nanotechnology and nanoelectronics research. The fact that production facilities are increasingly being relocated closer to future target markets in Asia is thus a source of some concern.
What opportunities can nanoelectronics provide in terms of improved efficiency and the development of new technologies? What is the current state of research and what are the research requirements in academia and industry? What are the policy implications and recommendations for government, science and industry? These are the kind of questions that the project is addressing through a review of the literature, expert interviews and the development of scenarios.
Project group members
- Dr. Ralf Anselmann
Evonik Degussa GmbH - Dr. Wolfgang Arden
Infineon Technologies AG - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Boit
Technische Universität Berlin - Prof. Patrick Dewilde
Technische Universität München - Prof. Dr. Harald Fuchs
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinz Gerhäuser
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg - Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ernst Otto Göbel
- Dr. Karl-Heinrich Hahn
BASF SE - Prof. Dr. Josef Hausner
Intel Deutschland GmbH - Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Wolfgang M. Heckl
Deutsches Museum / TU München - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. e. h. Joachim Heinzl
Technische Universität München - Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Karl Hess
University of Illinois - Prof. em. Dr. Wolfgang J. R. Hoefer
A*Star - Prof. Dr. Erich Kasper
Universität Stuttgart - Dr. Michael Lentze
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Paolo Lugli
Technische Universität München - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Mathis
Leibniz Universität Hannover - Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Reinhard Neumann
- Prof. Dr. techn. Josef A. Nossek
Technische Universität München - Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Porod
University of Notre Dame - Prof. Dr. techn. Dr. h. c. Peter Russer
Technische Universität München - Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Doris Schmitt-Landsiedel
Technische Universität München - Prof. Dr. Martin Stutzmann
Technische Universität München - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roland Thewes
Technische Universität Berlin - Prof. Dr. Frank Träger
- Prof. Dr. Günter von Kiedrowski
Ruhr-Universität Bochum - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. habil. Robert Weigel
Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg - Prof. Dr. Roland Wiesendanger
Universität Hamburg