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High Quality Epitaxial Services from TELEFUNKEN Semiconductors for 150-mm Wafer Customers

TELEFUNKEN Semiconductors announces today the availability of high quality in-line Si and SiGe epitaxial deposition service for customers, commercial and non-commercial, worldwide to address growing in-line epitaxial layer market requirement for the high speed amplifier and power driver applications.

22 Oct 2010

OSU Researchers Use Microscopes to Study Aged Batteries

In a laboratory at Ohio State University, an ongoing experiment is studying why batteries lose their ability to hold a charge as they age -- specifically lithium-ion batteries, which have generated a lot of buzz for thei...

22 Oct 2010

FSI International Wins Additional Orders for Single-Wafer, CryoKinetic System

FSI International, Inc. announced today that a leading Asia-based logic device producer has placed additional orders for multiple ANTARES® CryoKinetic cleaning systems, further broadening the platform’s installed base.

22 Oct 2010

Coats Selects Industrial Nanotech’s Insulation Coatings for Sustainability Project

Industrial Nanotech, Inc., an emerging global leader in nanotechnology based energy saving solutions, today announced that Coats plc, the world’s largest manufacturer of thread and needlecraft supplies, has invested in Industrial Nanotech’s patented Nansulate® thermal coatings.

From Industrial Nanotech, Inc. 22 Oct 2010

Metal Vapor Deposition at Glancing Angles Creates Larger-Diameter Nanorods

Just as landscape photographs shot in low-angle light dramatically accentuate subtle swales and mounds, depositing metal vapors at glancing angles turns a rough surface into amazing nanostructures with a vast range of po...

22 Oct 2010

Scientists Highlight Innovative Technique for Studying 3-D Cell Cultures

The cells and tissues in our bodies grow, develop and interact in a highly complex, three-dimensional world. Likewise, the various microbial pathogens that invade our bodies and cause infectious disease interact with this complex 3-D tissue milieu.

22 Oct 2010

Researchers Develop New Microchip to Detect Tumour Cells in the Blood

Ikerlan-IK4 and Mondragón Unibertsitatea are taking part in a project initiated by the Spanish National Research Council, CSIC, and which has developed a microchip capable of separating and extracting tumour cells i...

22 Oct 2010

New Process to Attach Carbon Nanotubes on Atomic Force Microscopy Probe Tips

Scientists from the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (Germany) were successful in improving a fabrication process for Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) probe tips.

22 Oct 2010

US Air Force’s Nanotechnology Needs to be Discussed at IDGA’s Summit

The Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA) is pleased to announce the 10th Lightweight Materials for Defense Summit, scheduled for December 6-8, 2010 in the Washington, DC Metro Area. IDGA’s Li...

22 Oct 2010

New Chemo-Biological Approach Aids in Converting Waste into Value-Added Nanoparticles

Power plants that burn fossil fuels remain the main source of electricity generation across the globe. Modern power plants have scrubbers to remove sulfur compounds from their flue gases, which has helped reduce the p...

22 Oct 2010

Scientists Find Nanoparticles are More Efficient in Viscous State Compared to Larger Catalysts

Being the right size and existing in the limbo between a solid and a liquid state appear to be the secrets to improving the efficiency of chemical catalysts that can create better nanoparticles or more efficient energy sources.

22 Oct 2010

USC Trustee Announces Donation to Support Nanomedicine Research

At the October 15 inaugural ceremony for incoming USC President C. L. Max Nikias, USC trustee and alumnus Ming Hsieh took the podium immediately after the new President to announce a substantial gift. "On this d...

22 Oct 2010

New 70-nm Narrow Channel Helps to Study Flow of Photogenerated Electrons

At the heart of the method is a so-called quantum point contact (QPC). This is a narrow conductive channel in a semiconductor circuit. The scientists created a 70-nanometer narrow channel, about as wide as the wavelength of electrons in the semiconductor.

22 Oct 2010

Nanofabrication Processes Used for Bonding Lasers on Silicon Substrate

As good as the metal has been in zipping information from one circuit to another on silicon inside computers and other electronic devices, optical signals can carry much more, according to Duke University electrical engi...

22 Oct 2010

National Nanotechnology Innovation Summit to be Held on December 8-10, 2010

The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) will celebrate its tenth anniversary with the National Nanotechnology Innovation Summit, December 8-10 at the Gaylord National Convention Center, National Harbor Maryland. ...

22 Oct 2010