Research in the three main areas of Materials and Microsystems (Advanced Materials, MicroSystems, and Smart Integrated Systems) is organized in Research Units, i.e., research groups  that are above critical  mass but still manageable. Research units include senior and young researchers,  post docs, PhD students and project managers. Research units are strongly encouraged towards collaborations and projects that can exploit synergies among difference competences.

The current research units in Materials and Microsystems are the following:

• BIO-Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (Bio-MEMS)
• Smart Optical Sensors and Interfaces (SOI)
• Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS)
• New Materials and Analytical Methods for Biosensors and Bioelectronics (M2B2)
• MiNALab - Micro Nano Analytical Laboratory
• Biosint - Biofunctional Surfaces and Interfaces
• Plasma and Advanced Materials (PAM-SE)
• Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Computational Science (LISC)
• Advanced Photonics and Photovoltaic (APP)
• Silicon Radiation Sensors (SRS)
• 3D Optical Metrology (3DOM)