Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-00069, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Arès, Richard (Université de Sherbrooke), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Quebec|Québec, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : This new collaboration between Aeponyx, a rapidly growing Canadian company that offers disruptive_x000D_
telecommunication technology, and the Université de Sherbrooke nanomaterial team, led by Professor Richard_x000D_
Arès will explore innovative ways to exploit the properties of a new kind of nano-composite material for_x000D_
integration within the company's products. Graphene-coated porous semiconductors are made of a variety of_x000D_
semiconductors, whose mesoporous structures are obtained by an electrochemical process. The pore walls are_x000D_
coated with a graphene-like layer of a few atoms thick - a process that radically changes the properties of the_x000D_
host semiconductor, forming a composite. The electro-optical properties of the nanocomposites remain_x000D_
unknown. This project aims to measure these properties and explore the use of the nanocomposites in the_x000D_
context of the telecommunication applications. The target application will be to integrate the nanocomposite_x000D_
within the current Aeponyx fabrication process for their optics platform that combines MEMS with passive_x000D_
silicon nitride waveguides. An eventual successful integration would mean that Aeponyx's product would_x000D_
become fully monolithic and be produced at radically reduced cost._x000D_
The project will use the know-how developed at USherbrooke for both the nanocomposite synthesis and for_x000D_
semiconductor-based nanofabrication, along with Aeponyx's strong knowledge of the device fabrication_x000D_
challenges and related application., program purpose french : This new collaboration between Aeponyx, a rapidly growing Canadian company that offers disruptive_x000D_
telecommunication technology, and the Université de Sherbrooke nanomaterial team, led by Professor Richard_x000D_
Arès will explore innovative ways to exploit the properties of a new kind of nano-composite material for_x000D_
integration within the company's products. Graphene-coated porous semiconductors are made of a variety of_x000D_
semiconductors, whose mesoporous structures are obtained by an electrochemical process. The pore walls are_x000D_
coated with a graphene-like layer of a few atoms thick - a process that radically changes the properties of the_x000D_
host semiconductor, forming a composite. The electro-optical properties of the nanocomposites remain_x000D_
unknown. This project aims to measure these properties and explore the use of the nanocomposites in the_x000D_
context of the telecommunication applications. The target application will be to integrate the nanocomposite_x000D_
within the current Aeponyx fabrication process for their optics platform that combines MEMS with passive_x000D_
silicon nitride waveguides. An eventual successful integration would mean that Aeponyx's product would_x000D_
become fully monolithic and be produced at radically reduced cost._x000D_
The project will use the know-how developed at USherbrooke for both the nanocomposite synthesis and for_x000D_
semiconductor-based nanofabrication, along with Aeponyx's strong knowledge of the device fabrication_x000D_
challenges and related application., agreement title english : Electro optical effects in graphene coated porous silicon, agreement title french : Electro optical effects in graphene coated porous silicon, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2018-03-07, 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 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., 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