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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

Cells Cultured and Sorted on Specifically Patterned Surfaces of Biomaterials

Patterns of grooves etched into the surface of a silicon chip can guide, trap and filter migrating cells, biomaterials scientists from Japan and Korea have discovered1. The results open the way to engineering surfaces to...

21 Oct 2010

imec Improving Electronics for Smart Brain Implants

Imagine that, one day, we would be able to implant electronics in the brain. Electronics that restore damaged regions of the brain. Or impaired functions, such as speech, hearing, vision, movement control, or even memory...

From IMEC 21 Oct 2010

Processing High-Efficiency Modules from 50µm Thick Wafers

The process that SUGAR proposes resembles a standard thin-film process: deposition on several square meters of amorphous Si, metallization, and laser patterning.

From IMEC 21 Oct 2010

Integrated Production of Photovoltaic Modules Based on Ultra-Thin Crystalline Si

Imec has started work, together with its project partners, on SUGAR, a project under the EU’s 7th framework program for ICT. The project’s goal is to develop a process for the integrated production of photovoltaic modules based on ultra-thin crystalline Si.

From IMEC 21 Oct 2010

Smart Miniaturized System for Continuous Health Monitoring of Composites

European FP7 funded project SmartFiber, a consortium led by imec and including partners Ghent University, Airborne, FBGS Technologies, Xenics, Fraunhofer and Optocap, will develop a smart miniaturized system for continuous health monitoring of composites that integrates optical fiber sensor technology, nanophotonic chip technology and low-power wireless technology.

From IMEC 21 Oct 2010

Imec Successfully Develop Mixed-Signal ASIC for Space Applications

Imec has used its design against radiation effects DARE library for the commercial 0.18µm UMC CMOS process to design a mixed-signal application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for Tesat-Spacecom.

From IMEC 21 Oct 2010

Innovative Flexible Shear Sensor for Medical Applications

Researchers from imec’s associated lab at Ghent University have invented an innovative way to fabricate shear sensors for use on flexible surfaces, such as human or robotic skin. The new sensors are based on optical technology embedded in thin flexible substrates.

From IMEC 21 Oct 2010

Milestone in imec's Program on GaN Power Devices

Imec and its partners have successfully fabricated Au-free, Si-processing compatible GaN power devices on a 6 inch Si wafer. This result is a milestone in imec’s industrial affiliation program (IIAP) on GaN power and light-emitting (LED) devices that targets cost reduction as one of the main objectives.

From IMEC 21 Oct 2010

Partnership to Support Commercialization of Nano and Clean Energy Technologies

Clean Energy Alliance, Inc. (CEA), established in 2000 by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), is an alliance of leading business incubators dedicated to providing business and financial services tailored to ...

21 Oct 2010

Australian Scientists Work on Techniques for Binding Antibacterial Materials to Medical Devices

Bacteria have a natural ability to attach themselves to surfaces, both natural and synthetic. Once attached, they often work cooperatively to form biofilms, thin layers of bacterial colonies that can coat the surface of ...

21 Oct 2010