Reference number : GC-2017-Q3-00846, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Fanchini, Giovanni (The University of Western Ontario), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Strategic Projects - Group, program name french : Projets stratégiques - groupe, program purpose english : The Canadian plastics and polymer manufacturing sector is in need of a rejuvenation, while Canada's_x000D_
information and communication technology (ICT) manufacturing is booming. Our 'big' data society and the_x000D_
progress of ICT generate a continuous demand for new manufacturing solutions that, at the required levels of_x000D_
thinness, simplicity, and costs, are not currently available from silicon electronics, and 'plastic' electronics_x000D_
based on organic polymers have often been suggested as promising alternative. This has created a pressing_x000D_
need for the development of advanced, environmentally-friendly manufacturing methods for the production of_x000D_
electronic-grade 'plastic' materials. Polyradicals, polymers in which each repeated unit supports an unpaired_x000D_
electron, are at the forefront of research in 'flash' memories, data storage units capable to retain information_x000D_
without any external power source, but are writable an unlimited number of times. This proposal capitalizes on_x000D_
the recent record achievement of the Fanchini-Gilroy team that has demonstrated and patented ultrathin flash_x000D_
memory devices from a newly designed polyradical, poly[1,5-diisopropyl-3-(cis-5-norbornene_x000D_
-exo-2,3-dicarboxiimide)-6-oxo-verdazyl] (P6OV), with the thinnest active layer (10 nm) ever obtained, much_x000D_
thinner than their commercial silicon counterparts. To capitalize on this startling discovery, an industrially_x000D_
scalable system with the potential to lead to integrated electronics from organic polyradicals must be_x000D_
implemented. In partnership with Plasmionique, Canada's largest producer of vacuum polymer deposition_x000D_
systems for electronics , the Fanchini-Gilroy team will develop the prototype of a new vacuum polyradical_x000D_
deposition (VPRD) reactor that will be commercialized by our industrial partner, enabling solvent-free and_x000D_
environmentally-friendly mass production of polyradicals, with strong benefits to Canada. A prototype of a_x000D_
flash memory integrating a large number of memory components onto a single chip will also be demonstrated_x000D_
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information and communication technology (ICT) manufacturing is booming. Our 'big' data society and the_x000D_
progress of ICT generate a continuous demand for new manufacturing solutions that, at the required levels of_x000D_
thinness, simplicity, and costs, are not currently available from silicon electronics, and 'plastic' electronics_x000D_
based on organic polymers have often been suggested as promising alternative. This has created a pressing_x000D_
need for the development of advanced, environmentally-friendly manufacturing methods for the production of_x000D_
electronic-grade 'plastic' materials. Polyradicals, polymers in which each repeated unit supports an unpaired_x000D_
electron, are at the forefront of research in 'flash' memories, data storage units capable to retain information_x000D_
without any external power source, but are writable an unlimited number of times. This proposal capitalizes on_x000D_
the recent record achievement of the Fanchini-Gilroy team that has demonstrated and patented ultrathin flash_x000D_
memory devices from a newly designed polyradical, poly[1,5-diisopropyl-3-(cis-5-norbornene_x000D_
-exo-2,3-dicarboxiimide)-6-oxo-verdazyl] (P6OV), with the thinnest active layer (10 nm) ever obtained, much_x000D_
thinner than their commercial silicon counterparts. To capitalize on this startling discovery, an industrially_x000D_
scalable system with the potential to lead to integrated electronics from organic polyradicals must be_x000D_
implemented. In partnership with Plasmionique, Canada's largest producer of vacuum polymer deposition_x000D_
systems for electronics , the Fanchini-Gilroy team will develop the prototype of a new vacuum polyradical_x000D_
deposition (VPRD) reactor that will be commercialized by our industrial partner, enabling solvent-free and_x000D_
environmentally-friendly mass production of polyradicals, with strong benefits to Canada. A prototype of a_x000D_
flash memory integrating a large number of memory components onto a single chip will also be demonstrated_x000D_
with the new VPRD fabrication system, which will feature device patterning technology developed at the_x000D_
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_x000D_, agreement title english : Vacuum polyradical deposition (VPRD) techniques for specialty nanoelectronics, agreement title french : Vacuum polyradical deposition (VPRD) techniques for specialty nanoelectronics, agreement number : STPGP, agreement value : 619500.0, agreement start date : 2017-10-18, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2020-2021)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2020-2021)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada