• Tomorrow’s information and communication technologies will use quantum effects to secure or encrypt transmissions.
  Market estimated at €1.15 billion by 2020.
• New architectures for quantum computers and simulators, enabling faster resolution of complex problems.
  Market estimated at €850 million by 2020.
• Diamond-based electric power converters will be 30% more effective, 20% smaller and 15% lighter than the current solutions.
• Energy storage or conversion involves new materials, like magnesium hydrides, which have demonstrated their advantages for the solid storage of hydrogen.

Challenges

• Understand the physical mechanisms in nanoscale structures and invent new functions.
• Develop materials and components for energy efficiency, storage and management.
• Develop innovative instrumentation for different spheres, including sensors for the health sector.