Nanostrain was an EU-funded project (EMRP IND54) to characterise piezoelectric materials for future fast digital switch designs.Nanostrain project plans to characterise piezoelectric materials. Nov 2013New global research effort to measure nanoscale strain. Nov 2013EMRP project IND54 Nanostrain featured in New Scientist and The Telegraph Aug 2015
The switching may only need a much lower voltage and be faster with lower power consumption than CMOS.EMRP Nanostrain Project - XMaS
Calculations suggest that small PiezoElectronic Transistors (combining piezoelectric and piezoresistive materials) could need much less energy to switch and allow clock speeds of 30 GHz (10 times current CMOS), with a hundred times less power than today’s devices.EMRP Nanostrain project at XMaS
Nanostrain consortium The consortium includes many European national institutes and industrial partners, including IBM.An introduction to the Nanostrain project
Progress and results Nanostrain was initially funded for 3 years, and included 6 work packages. Some results were reported in 2014.Nanostrain.npl
A final report was published in July 2017, work continues in the EMPIR ADVENT project.Novel electronic devices based on control of strain at the nanoscale
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External links EMRP Nanostrain project at XMaS - for PiezoElectronic Transistor, includes video presentation and interview EMRP project IND54 Nanostrain featured in New Scientist and The Telegraph Aug 2015 - links to traditional news coverage