DIAMFAB, an innovative company expert in electronic grade diamond
A spin-off of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), DIAMFAB provides the semiconductor industry with the best diamond R&D.




30 years of research and development
The Institut Néel – CNRS’ wide bandgap semiconductor team (SC2G) has been working for 30 years on high-quality synthetic diamond growth for challenging electronic applications. An application-oriented approach that combines diamond growth and device development allowed to acquire a unique expertise and mastery on epitaxial diamond layers qualities and properties. The laboratory was able to reach this scientific excellence thanks to a pugnacious strategy, worldwide collaborations (European and Japanese laboratories mainly) and an important investment of financial and human resources.
Since the Institut Néel is the only lab to master this technology at that level of maturity, it seemed obvious for the founding researchers that there was a unique opportunity to provide raw materials to the labs developing diamond components. This decision is also strategic as it increases the development of diamond components, allowing any structure equipped with clean room facilities to produce them.
Thus, DIAMFAB project was founded in June 2016 in order to highlight those years of research on diamond elaboration for electronic applications. It is the strong belief of the great potential and the future of this technology that engaged the 5 founders (Gauthier, Khaled, David, Julien, and Etienne) to materialize this project by creating the company on March 2019 after two and a half years of maturation and incubation accompanied by the SATT Linksium Grenoble Alpes.
Since its creation in 2019, DIAMFAB is hosted at the Institut Néel-CNRS.
MANAGEMENT TEAM

Gauthier CHICOT
CEO & co-founder

Khaled DRICHE
CTO & co-founder

Ivan LLAURADO
CRO & Partnership director
R&D TEAM

Juliette LETELLIER, PhD
R&D Manager, device

Jessica BOUSQUET, PhD
R&D Manager, material

Eliott CORNE
R&D Technician

Manoël JACQUEMIN, PhD
R&D Engineer

Damien MICHEZ
PhD Student

Dov NUSIMOVICI
PhD Student

Mathieu LOYER
Work-study engineer

Mehdi OUJANBA
Work-study engineer
STRATEGIC ADVISORS

Cyril MENON
Advisory board member
Executive Vice President Operations @ SOITEC

François DESMAREST
Advisory board member
Operating partner & CFO in several start-up

Christel GALBRUN-NOEL
Advisory board member
Mobility Segment President @ Schneider

Yann ROCHE
Mentor REI
Founder & COO of SynapCell
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORS

David EON, PhD
Plasma and diamond growth

Pr. Julien PERNOT
Diamond electronic characterization

Pr. Etienne GHEERAERT
Diamond physical characterization