Objective:

• use necessary core knowledge to innovate in the coming years,
• focus its networked research.

Public:

• engineers, researchers, senior technician from diverse communities and disciplines: biologist, chemist, electronics engineer, physicist.

Content:

• introduction: definitions, key trends and sticking points,
• reminders of some quantum effects at the nanometer scale,
• contribution of  nano-object characterization techniques,
• electronic applications, the synthesis/manufacturing and the characterization will be studied for each of the following objects: nanotubes, nanowires, graphene, functional molecules, nanodots, nanomagnetism and spintronic,
• reminders of chemistry and physico-chemistry will be made,
• simulation techniques: manufacturing  and electric transport simulations,
• architectures,
• conclusion:  the need for a multidisciplinary approach, the questions of ethics, industrial development opportunities (materials and applications).