{"id":677,"date":"2016-06-02T08:58:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T07:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mines-stetienne.fr\/en\/?page_id=677"},"modified":"2026-01-12T17:49:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:49:23","slug":"flexible-electronics-department-fel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mines-stetienne.fr\/en\/research\/centres-and-departments\/flexible-electronics-department-fel\/","title":{"rendered":"Flexible Electronics Department (FEL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Hello and Welcome<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12982 alignleft\" style=\"color: initial\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mines-stetienne.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/FEL-2021.jpg\" alt=\"FEL 2021\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mines-stetienne.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/FEL-2021.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.mines-stetienne.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/FEL-2021-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mines-stetienne.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/FEL-2021-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mines-stetienne.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/FEL-2021-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mines-stetienne.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/FEL-2021-1536x865.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The objectives of the Flexible Electronics (FEL) Department are in the development of technological bricks required for the realization of electronic components that are complex, flexible and\/or stretchable.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacture of autonomous, ultra-thin, flexible and conformable devices have spread the research from nanomaterials, energy management to heterogeneous integration on flexible \/ stretchable substrates. We are very active in applications such as: smart interfaces (human-machine interface), IoT, smart sensing, biorobotics\/mimetics.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1444\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1444\" class=\"wp-image-1444 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.mines-stetienne.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/schematic-FEL-1024x435.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mines-stetienne.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/schematic-FEL-1024x435.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mines-stetienne.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/schematic-FEL-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mines-stetienne.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/schematic-FEL-768x327.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mines-stetienne.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/schematic-FEL.jpg 1416w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Figure : Autonomous flexible smart sensors<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Latest news:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>M2 internship positions (for early 2026) related to soft electronics and circuits<\/li>\n<li>Engineer or postdoc in the field energy tranmission through skin and implantable electronics<\/li>\n<li>Engineer or postdoc for fabrication of soft circuit for wearbale chemical sensors<\/li>\n<li>We are hiring (end 2025 &#8211; early 2026) PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in the field of soft electronics for enhanced tactile perception and feedback. <a href=\"https:\/\/institutminestelecom.recruitee.com\/o\/thesis-offer-design-development-and-fabrication-of-sensors-for-augmented-perception-in-electronic-skin-cdd-3-ans\">See the link for the PhD position<\/a>. Additional openings (in electronics design, soft circuit fabrication, and haptic feedback) will be posted soon.<\/li>\n<li>Our work on <a href=\"https:\/\/advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/adfm.202417353\">bioresorbable battery<\/a> is published in Advanced Functional Materials,\u00a0 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Contact<\/h3>\n<h4>Department head<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Associate Professor Marc Ramuz<\/strong><br \/>\nT\u00e9l. : 04 42 61 68 93<br \/>\n<a href=\"mai&#108;&#116;&#111;&#58;&#x72;&#x61;&#x6d;&#x75;&#x7a;&#x40;&#x6d;ine&#115;&#45;&#115;&#116;&#101;&#x74;&#x69;&#x65;&#x6e;&#x6e;&#x65;&#46;fr\">&#114;&#x61;m&#117;&#x7a;&#64;&#x6d;&#x69;&#110;&#x65;s&#45;&#x73;t&#101;&#x74;&#105;&#x65;n&#110;&#x65;&#46;&#102;&#x72;<\/a><br \/>\nCentre de Micro\u00e9lectronique de Provence &#8211; campus Aix-Marseille-Provence<br \/>\nD\u00e9partement d&#8217;\u00c9lectronique Flexible<br \/>\n880, avenue de Mimet- 13541 Gardanne<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello and Welcome The objectives of the Flexible Electronics (FEL) Department are in the development of technological bricks required for the realization of electronic components that are complex, flexible and\/or stretchable. 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