Research areas

 Several specialised research groups at the IMST cover the core research areas:

Core areas:

• Optical MEMS

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  Ultrasound transducers

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  Pressure-flow movement

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  Micro energy sources

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  Passive RF components

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  Biomedical microsystems

Academic activity in micro and nanotechnology enables the integration of functional material structures and methods for testing and characterisation of such structures. IMST is particularly interested in areas/projects in which the use of micro and nanotechnology can give industrial products entirely new and improved properties, which again lead to improvements for society.

Miniaturisation of sensors to the nanometer length scale will lead to increased sensitivity sensors and reduced power consumption. The same will apply to the miniaturisation of actuators. The research places emphasis on design, modelling, and the realisation of nano and microsystems, as well as experimental studies, techniques and methods that are relevant to R&D in this area. The activity does not include pure material chemistry and more basic microscopic theory for mesoscopic systems (the quantum system).