Overview
Based in L’Aquila
Established in 1990 as a not-for-profit research organism
Legal status: Consortium
Members of the Consortium are:
Facilities: Total area of about 1000 m2 – Offices; Clean room for the deposition and definition of micronic patterns; labs for Micro-structural characterizations; Electronic tests and assembly; Optical and radiometric tests.
Staff: 10 people, plus a variable number of contract researchers
Lines of Research:
- Optical Solar Reflectors and temperature variable emitters for thermal control;
- RF and anti-ESD coatings;
- InfraRed materials, devices, and sensors;
- Application-designed Microbolometer arrays;
- CBE sensors -based on IR and Raman Spectroscopy;
- Passive InfraRed Sensors -for collision avoidance, fire detection;
Application fields: Defence and Security; Space; Renewable Energies