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New 6DOF Hexapod Motion Systems – Smaller than Traditional 6-Axis Vacuum Stages

A hexapod offers motion in 6 degrees of freedom (XYZ, Pitch, Roll, Yaw). PI has designed and manufactured high precision hexapod systems for more than 3 decades and provides hundreds of models from miniature sized systems for Silicon Photonics Alignment to large units that help align huge antenna feeds for astronomical telescopes.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 18 Feb 2021

Study Reports a Performance Leap for Graphene-Based Modulators in Next Generation Telecommunications

Over the past years, global data traffic has experienced a boom, with over 12.5 billion connected devices all over the world.

17 Feb 2021

Novel Nanotechnologies Could Help Reduce Friction in Various Mechanisms

Researchers from the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI and Immanuel Kant Baltic State Federal University (BFU) have proposed the use of novel thin films to drastically minimize friction to enhance the durability of surfaces in mechanisms.

17 Feb 2021

Creating the Smallest Ever Microchips with Graphene “Nano-Origami”

Graphene and other 2D materials could be used to create tiny microchips through a folding process dubbed ‘nano-origami.’ The development could result in a new generation of smaller, faster, and greener ‘straintronic’ devices.

By Robert Lea 16 Feb 2021

Kagome Graphene Behaves as Semiconductor, May Have Unusual Electrical Properties

In a breakthrough study, physicists from the University of Basel have created for the first time a graphene compound containing carbon atoms and a few number of nitrogen atoms in a regular pattern of triangles and hexagons.

16 Feb 2021

Graphene “nano-origami” Creates Tiniest Microchips Yet

The tiniest microchips yet can be made from graphene and other 2D-materials, using a form of ‘nano-origami’, physicists at the University of Sussex have found.

16 Feb 2021

High Pressure Flowmeter for Offshore Oil and Gas Industry

Titan Enterprises reports that its High Pressure Oval Gear (OG4) flowmeters provide an ideal solution for applications, within the oil and gas industry, that require a highly accurate and chemically resistant flow measurement device, such as metering high pressure additive injection.

16 Feb 2021

New Nanospheres Measure the Tiny Forces of Biological Motors

Motor proteins produce the forces required for crucial mechanical processes in the human body. On a nanometer scale—that is, a millionth of a millimeter—motor proteins, for instance, transport material within the human cells, or power the human muscles.

15 Feb 2021

Metal-Organic Framework Helps Achieve Better Results for Cancer Immunotherapy

A cancer immunotherapy drug loaded onto a metal-organic framework exhibits improved delivery as well as a steady release for treating leukemia.

15 Feb 2021

New Superconducting Nanowire Could Advance Superconducting Electronics

Superconductors are materials that conduct electricity without any resistance. They have excellent potential and offer a macroscopic glimpse into quantum phenomena, which can generally be observed only at the atomic level.

12 Feb 2021

2D Materials Vibrate When Excited with Light

Current electronic components in computers, mobile phones and many other devices are based on microstructured silicon carriers. However, this technology has almost reached its physical limits and the smallest possible structure sizes.

12 Feb 2021

Magnetic Nanoparticles can be Manipulated to Destroy Cancer Cells

Researchers from the Scientific and Educational Center “Smart Materials and Biomedical Applications” have performed a joint interdisciplinary research work on the development of a novel approach for treating leukemia through nanomaterials.

12 Feb 2021

Nanowire Could Provide a Stable, Easy-to-make Superconducting Transistor

Superconductors — materials that conduct electricity without resistance — are remarkable. They provide a macroscopic glimpse into quantum phenomena, which are usually observable only at the atomic level. Beyo...

12 Feb 2021

A New Method to Integrate 2D Materials into Semiconductor Manufacturing Lines

Two-dimensional (2D) materials have a huge potential for providing devices with much smaller size and extended functionalities with respect to what can be achieved with today's silicon technologies. But to exploit this potential we must be able to integrate 2D materials into semiconductor manufacturing lines - a notoriously difficult step. A team of Graphene Flagship researchers in Sweden and Germany now reports a new method to make this work.

11 Feb 2021

Novel Gel-Creation Method Using Nanoparticles Could Have a Variety of Industrial Uses

Oil and water may not mix, but adding the right nanoparticles to the recipe can convert these two immiscible fluids into an exotic gel with uses ranging from batteries to water filters to tint-changing smart windows. A new approach to creating this unusual class of soft materials could carry them out of the laboratory and into the marketplace.

11 Feb 2021