IMEL is mainly devoted to silicon technologies and their diverse applications in information processing, storage, transmission systems and telecommunications, environmental systems, medicine, healthcare, food industry etc.

Research Activities at IMEL are structured in 3 programmes, each one being composed of smaller projects as follows:

1. MICRO and NANOFABRICATION
• Materials for Lithography and Organin/Hybrid Electronics
• Lithography and Plasma Processes for Electronics, Microfluidics and Surface Nano-ngineering
• Front-end Processes for Micro and Nanodevices
• Thin Films by Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)
2. NANOSTRUCTURES and NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES
• Nanostructures for Nanoelectronics, Photonics and Sensors
• Materials and Devices for Memory Applications
• Molecular Materials as Components of Electronic Devices
3. SENSORS and MEMs
• Mechanical & Chemical Sensors
• Energy Harvesting Materials and Devices
• Bio-microsystems
• Thin Film Devices for Large Area Electronics
• Circuits and Devices for Sensor Networks & Systems
• Photonic Crystals metamorphic materials and novel systems

The field of activities of IMEL is of paramount importance worldwide. Microelectronics has become a foremost driver of social and economic progress. The move to nano-scale devices, called nanoelectronics, further revolutionizes applications. The technologies developed at IMEL are necessary both in establishing a distinct and recognized role for the Institute at a European and international level and in supporting the national policies.