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NikkoIA gets European money for organic NIR sensor

NikkoIA gets European money for organic NIR sensor

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NikkoIA, founded in 2011 as a spin-off from Siemens, is part of a collaborative project to develop organic semiconductors for near infrared (NIR) optoelectronics through Europe’s FP7 Framework Program.

The OSNIRO project runs from Oct. 1, 2013 to September 2017 and is entirely funded by the European Union with €3,631,857 (about $5 million). Other participants include: Siemens, University College London, Technical University of Eindhoven, Chalmers University of Technology, and the Friedrich Alexander University, Erlangen.

The money will be used to support the research and development of organic materials sensitive to near infrared light with the prospect of the development of sensors and photodetectors with tunable sensitivity windows. It includes synthesis, characterization and application of NIR absorbing and emitting organic materials for organic electronics.

The grant complements other programs dedicated to the development of organic image sensors either on amorphous silicon thin-film transistor backplanes or on CMOS substrates. NikkoIA said the financial support has secured the company’s roadmap objectives.

"This grant is a great achievement as it connects us with the leading academic and industrial European players for organic electronic materials," said Alain Jutant, CEO of NikkoIA, in a statement. "It secures our development roadmap for the next two years, while we are moving forward with our on-going fund raising process and promising commercial contacts, in line with our business plan. Put together, these three axes of development, funding and commercial achievements strengthen our position to achieve production and commercial ramp up and reap the benefits of our strategy within the next 12 to 18 months," he added.

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