A strategic milestone for STnano and our regional nanotech ecosystem

Enhanced technological capabilities

The Raith Pioneer II delivers exceptional performance for our core expertise areas:

  • Ultimate resolution down to 10 nm in electron beam lithography (EBL), essential for complex spintronic architectures
  • Positioning precision < 5 nm, critical for tunnel junctions and demanding quantum devices
  • Materials versatility: exploitation of next-generation resists for nanomagnetic applications
  • Improved production speed, reducing prototyping timelines in spintronics, plasmonic and quantum nanotechnology

This acquisition accelerates our capacity to develop and prototype groundbreaking devices in the fields of 2D nanoelectronics, spin sensors, and quantum magnetic architectures, further strengthening STnano’s service portfolio..

A collective investment in European innovation

We would like to warmly thank the Région Grand Est, the PEPR Electronique, Eurometropole de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg University, the European Union, Interreg Upper Rhine Valley program within the UpquanVal project for their vision and commitment to technological excellence. This strategic support is essential for maintaining the competitiveness of our innovation ecosystem in the Grand Est region and enhancing STnano’s attractiveness to the European scientific and industrial community.

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🎥 Stay tuned — we’re preparing an unboxing video!

The Raith Pioneer II will arrive end of  2026. We’re preparing an unboxing video for you to discover firsthand the exceptional capabilities of this new platform. Follow our social media channels so you don’t miss this high-level technological demonstration.

This is a defining moment for the future of nanotechnology in Strasbourg

Contact : Hicham Majjad

Posters of PEPR SPIN PhD students are now available

Francesca Alimonti (a PhD student at DCMI in the ‘Thin-film Oxides’ group) and Quentin Rossi (a PhD student at DMONS in the ‘Nanomagnetism and High Frequencies’ group) are taking part in this campaign.

The SPIN Research Programme presents the research posters of its PhD students, who are affiliated with CNRS and CEA laboratories. This work illustrates the breadth and diversity of the research being carried out within the programme in the field of spintronics

Download the posters here

Official launch of the start-up Lumensium

Today marks a major step forward: we are officially launching Lumensium, a deep tech start-up dedicated to replacing Helium-3 in neutron detection with an efficient, sustainable and safe material!
We have developed Lumoxa, which uses light and abundant elements to detect high- and low-energy neutrons in a single material and differentiate them from gamma rays. As a perfectly transparent crystalline solid, it paves the way for the miniaturisation of existing devices.

We would like to thank our founders Nicolas del Giudice, PhD, and Laurent Douce, the many people who support us (the Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Materials in Strasbourg – IPCMS, SEMIA with Pauline Carion, and the RISE Programme of CNRS Innovation), and our partners (STFC, ILL – Institut Laue Langevin, the Néel Institute, the Léon Brillouin Laboratory of the CEA, Bpifrance) for believing in this vision.

Our mission: to manufacture Lumoxa from start to finish (using the greenest possible chemical synthesis, low-temperature crystallogenesis and shaping), refine our understanding of the material and develop innovative devices incorporating Lumoxa crystals with our partners.

If you would like to find out more, collaborate or join the adventure (whether as a researcher, customer or partner), please do not hesitate to contact us!

Web site : www.lumensium.com