EPFL researchers have developed a transistor based on excitons - a type of particle most people have not heard of - that is able to function at room temperature.
Currently 7 Job in field Electroengineering.
The development of microtechnology in Switzerland was a result of the economic crisis in the watch industry. Beside the classical watch micromechanics, new technologies like electronics, optics, computer technology and microsystems were used in watch construction. Today, microtechnology is one of the key technologies of the 21st century and one of the key sectors in Switzerland's economy.
Institute of microtechnology IMT in Neuchâtel.
CSEM, Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology in Neuchâtel.
The Swiss foundation for research in microtechnolgy fsmr is aiming at promoting microtechnology and its applications. The association provides information, training courses, and consulting in microtechnology.
Micronarc, is a communication platform created by the governments of the seven cantons that constitute Western Switzerland (Berne, Fribourg, Geneva, Jura, Neuchâtel, Valais and Vaud).