The project addresses an innovative and radical vision, enabled by a new technology concept that challenges current paradigms of high resolution strain detection for Geoscience and Geohazard monitoring. This design gives the opportunity to use an electronic readout far from the borehole and easily accessible out of the deep drilling.
This new sensor will give the possibility of detecting for the first time both the strain gradient along the same hole and the strain along different axis. The ultra-precision capabilities of the new instrument (down to 10-12) will offer the opportunity of detecting extremely small amplitude strain signals, which are expected to precede and accompany seismic events and volcanic eruptions.

Our Workplan

our steps to high resolution strain detection

Development of 3C-SiC material

3C-SiC material will be developed to obtain good mechanical properties for Nano Optical Mechanical Systems (NOMS).

Development of high sensitive strain-meter

NOMS strain sensor design, fabrication and testing, opto-electronic readout and NOMS strain meter tool design and manufacturing.

Strain meter testing

Testing in laboratory and in real sites, optimization and set up of an innovative monitoring system that will provide an extremely high precision frontier laboratory.

Highlights

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Emerging SiC Applications beyond Power Electronic Devices – a SiC Nano for PicoGeo webinar

Step into the realm of groundbreaking technology and exploration with us. On April 22nd, 2024, at 14:00 CET, we invite you to join a transformative webinar experience that delves deep into the latest advancements in electronics and sensing technologies.

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PicoGeo was thrilled to be part of the prestigious European Research and Innovation Days 2024

PicoGeo was thrilled to be part of the prestigious European Research and Innovation Days 2024, held in Brussels from March 18th to March 21st. The event, organized by the European Commission, served as a pivotal platform for policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs, and the public to converge and shape the future of research and innovation in Europe and beyond.

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FINAL CONFERENCE – Innovation and business potential of SIC optical and mechanical materials: the experience of SiComb & SIC Nano for PicoGeo frontier projects

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LATEST PUBLICATIONS

Dataset

Seismic test data and resolution analysis from the first borehole broadband seismometers at Mt. Etna, Sicily (Italy), as part of the SiC nano for PicoGeo project

Blanke Aglaja, Bohnhoff Marco

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Geophysical Research Letters

A New Approach for Real-Time Erupted Volume Estimation From High-Precision Strain Detection Validated by Satellite Topographic Monitoring

Bonaccorso A., Carleo L., Currenti G., Bilotta G., Cappello A., Ganci G.

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Microelectronic Engineering

Advanced approach of bulk (111) 3C-SiC epitaxial growth

C. Calabretta, V. Scuderi, C. Bongiorno, R. Anzalone, R. Reitano, A. Cannizzaro, M. Mauceri, D. Crippa, S. Boninelli, F. La Via

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Micromachines

Emerging SiC Applications beyond Power Electronic Devices

Francesco La Via, Daniel Alquier, Filippo Giannazzo, Tsunenobu Kimoto, Philip Neudeck, Haiyan Ou, Alberto Roncaglia, Stephen E. Saddow and Salvatore Tudisco

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COORDINATOR

CNR - IMM

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - IMM

Italy

PARTICIPANTS

SISGEO

SISGEO SRL

Italy

INGV

Istituto nazionale di geofisica e vulcanologia

Italy

Moverim

Moverim Consulting SPRL

Belgium

NOVASiC

NOVASiC SA

France

IRACI

Iraci Cappuccinello Antonino

Italy

GFZ

Helmholtz zentrum potsdam Deutschesgeoforschungszentrum Gfz

Germany

How to contact us

SiC nano for PicoGeo project - SiC optical nano-strain-meters for pico-detection in Geosciences - has received funding from the EU's H2020 framework programme for research and innovation under Grant agreement n. 863220 from 1/11/2019 to 31/10/2023.

Funded under: FETOPEN-01-2018-2019-2020 - FET-Open Challenging Current Thinking

for more information info@picogeo.eu
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