NEMILIES

About the NEMILIES Project

NEMILIES is a project funded by the European Commission under grant agreement HORIZON-EIC-2021-TRANSITIONOPEN-101058011 which followed the proof of concept project NIRD (ERC-2019-PoC-875518).

The NEMILIES acronym stands for NanoElectroMechanical Infrared Light for Industrial and Environmental Sensing. The acronym is also a nod to Emilie du Châtelet, a french mathematician and physicist who was the first to predict the existence of infrared radiation.

From NEMILIES to EMILIE

The NEMILIES acronym stands for NanoElectroMechanical Infrared Light for Industrial and Environmental Sensing. The acronym is also a nod to Emilie du Châtelet, a french mathematician and physicist who was the first to predict the existence of infrared radiation.

This innovation supports the UN sustainability development goals of good health and well-being, clean water and sanitation, and life below water.

UN Sustainability Development Goals

This innovation supports the UN sustainability development goals of good health and well-being, clean water and sanitation, and life below water.

This innovation supports the UN sustainability development goals of good health and well-being, clean water and sanitation, and life below water.
Watch as the Invisible-Light Labs work on transitioning the NEMS-FTIR technology out of the lab at TU WIEN.

The NEMILIES team at work

Watch as the Invisible-Light Labs work on transitioning the NEMS-FTIR technology out of the lab at TU WIEN.

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EMILIE named #1 Innovation by The Analytical Scientist

The Analytical Scientist Innovation awards

EMILIE named #1 Innovation by The Analytical Scientist

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EMILIE named #1 Innovation by The Analytical Scientist

News from the NEMILIES project

Learn about the NEMILIES project’s transition journey, from lab to product

Josiane is a guest on the EIC Coffee Break feature which aims at giving a glimpse of the people behind EIC projects.

EIC Coffee Break with Josiane Lafleur

Josiane is a guest on the EIC Coffee Break feature which aims at giving a glimpse of the people behind EIC projects.

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Josiane is profiled in the July/August 2025 issue of Optics & Photonics News, which featured the magazine’s biennial “10 Entrepreneurs to Watch.” In the profile, she talks about the Transition project and how EMILIE came to be.

Optics and Photonics News – Entrepreneurs to Watch 2025

Josiane is profiled in the July/August 2025 issue of Optics & Photonics News, which featured the magazine’s biennial “10 Entrepreneurs to Watch.” In the profile, she talks about the Transition project and how EMILIE came to be.

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Josiane is profiled in the July/August 2025 issue of Optics & Photonics News, which featured the magazine’s biennial “10 Entrepreneurs to Watch.” In the profile, she talks about the Transition project and how EMILIE came to be.
Josiane and Jelena discuss nanoplastics and the NEMILIES project with The Analytical Scientist.

Zooming in on nanoplastics

Josiane and Jelena discuss nanoplastics and the NEMILIES project with The Analytical Scientist.

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EMILIE was ranked as having a high market creation potential and market ready by the European Comission.

EMILIE in the Innovation Radar

EMILIE was ranked as having a high market creation potential and market ready by the European Comission.

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EMILIE was ranked as having a high market creation potential and market ready by the European Comission.

RESOURCES & PUBLICATIONS

Here you can read scientific publications from the NEMILIES project.

Nanoelectromechanical Infrared Spectroscopy with In Situ Separation by Thermal Desorption: NEMS-IR-TD

Luhmann, Niklas, Robert G. West, Josiane P. Lafleur, and Silvan Schmid

ACS Sensors 8, no. 4, April 28, 2023

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Schemes for Tracking Resonance Frequency for Micro- and Nanomechanical Resonators

Hajrudin Bešić, Alper Demir, Johannes Steurer, Niklas Luhmann, and Silvan Schmid

Phys. Rev. Applied 20, no. 2 (2023): 024023

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Thermal IR Detection with Nanoelectromechanical Silicon Nitride Trampoline Resonators

Piller, Markus, Johannes Hiesberger, Elisabeth Wistrela, Paolo Martini, Niklas Luhmann, and Silvan Schmid

IEEE Sensors Journal, 2022, 1–1

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Adaptable Frequency Counter with Phase Filtering for Resonance Frequency Monitoring in Nanomechanical Sensing

Hajrudin Bešić, Alper Demir, Veljko Vukićević,  Johannes Steurer, and Silvan Schmid

IEEE Sensors Jurnal, 23 January 2024

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Contact

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info@invisible-light-labs.com

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