Innovation-el is a national research infrastructure network comprised of leading Research Institutions and Universities in Gr ... eece. Its mission is to promote scientific excellence and the development of knowledge intensive products providing open-access to top-notch research facilities to academic and industrial users. The ultimate goal of Innovation-el is to evolve to a unique regional habitat for Research, Development and Innovation activities throughout Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean Area. We offer an open-access large-scale distributed research infrastructure of cutting-edge facilities that covers all fronts from materials synthesis, characterization and functionalization to micro-nanofabrication, device/system design, development and testing. The network is complemented by multiscale computer simulations and theory, and is supported by more than 200 skilled scientists of long-standing expertise and interdisciplinary experience. read more