Minatec® aims to bring together a wide range of skills and develop synergy between organizations working in basic and applied research. Minatec® also aims to take part in national and international collaboration: > Networks (in France and Europe) > CEA-Leti and CSEM-Neufchatel, etc. Interdisciplinary working and collaboration between research activities at the interface between major disciplines (physics, chemistry, biology, etc.) constitute a major asset for the success of the centre's scientific and technological development. The scope of research is broad, but focuses on several key topics.

> Microelectronics
- Silicon electronics - Microsystems - Microphotonics - Microfluidics - Optoelectronics - Spintronics - Telecommunications, etc.
> Nanoscience
- Physics: materials, magnetism, optics, quantic systems - Instruments for observation at nanometric scale - Chemistry - Molecular electronics
> Biology
- Genomics and proteomics - Structural biology - Biotechnology - Biocomputing
> Software
- Integration of hard and software - Embedded, real-time or mission critical software and co-design - Smart devices, content and usage

> Laboratories, on the Minatec site, where research is underway
CEA-Grenoble laboratories and mixed research units (UFR), parts of which belong to
CEA, CNRS, INP Grenoble, INRIA, and Université Joseph Fourier (UJF):

- CEA-Leti comprising three departments:
Silicon technologies
Optronics
Healthcare information systems
- Silicon Nanoelectronics Photonics and Structure Laboratory (SiNaPS)
- Institute of Microelectronics, Electromagnetism and Photonics (IMEP) - (INPG-UJF-CNRS)
- Materials and Physical Engineering Laboratory (LMGP) - (INPG-CNRS)
- Microelectronics Technology Laboratory (LTM) - (INPG-UJF-CNRS)
- Spintronics and Component Technology Laboratory (SPINTEC) - (CEA-INPG-UJF-CNRS)

Collaboration between various laboratories has led to the setting up of a federation:
Rhône-Alpes Micro and Nanotechnology Federation (FMNT-RA) which regroups Grenoble's IMEP, LMGP, LTM and SPINTEC laboratories and Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon (INL).

> Technical and logistics resources at Minatec
Apart from the laboratories' own technical resources, Minatec can draw on two technology platforms:
- The CEA-Leti PLATO platform with its technology and characterization resources;
- CIME, the Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre for producing and characterizing the prototypes of new components.
The Advanced Microelectronics Project Centre (CPMA) provides reception services (logistics) for microelectronics research projects, with backing from laboratories on or off-site, startups or established firms.