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Nanometrics Kicks Off Formal Commemoration of 40th Anniversary Year

Nanometrics Incorporated, a leading provider of advanced process control systems, today kicks off formal commemoration of its 40th Anniversary Year in conjunction with SEMICON West, the industry’s premier trade show, being held July 14-16, 2015 at Moscone Center in San Francisco.

15 Jul 2015

Pyrolyzing Buckyballs May Help Them Confine Greenhouse Gases

Rice University scientists are forging toward tunable carbon-capture materials with a new study that shows how chemical changes affect the abilities of enhanced buckyballs to confine greenhouse gases.

15 Jul 2015

Nanoresonators Can Manipulate Light to Cast a Very Large Reflection

University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have created a nanoscale device that can emit light as powerfully as an object 10,000 times its size. It's an advance that could have huge implications for everything from photography to solar power.

15 Jul 2015

imec Demonstrates Pore-Sealing Low-K Dielectrics in Advanced Interconnects at SEMICON West

Nano-electronics research center imec announced today at SEMICON West that it has demonstrated concept and feasibilityfor pore-sealing low-k dielectrics in advanced interconnects. The method, based on the self-assembly of an organic monolayer, paves the way to scaling interconnects beyond N5.

From IMEC 15 Jul 2015

Laser World of Photonics 2015: PI Launches New Motion and Positioning Products

Motion and precision positioning systems expert PI(PhysikInstrumente)formally launched many new products and technology developments at Laser World of Photonics, held in Munich, Germany last month, to complement their existing comprehensive portfolio of precision motion control and positioning technologies, components, and systems.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 15 Jul 2015

SEMICON WEST 2015: imec and Besi Develop Automated Thermocompression Solution for Narrow-Pitch Die-to-Wafer Bonding

Today, at SEMICON WEST 2015 (San Francisco), world-leading nano-electronics research center imec and Besi, a global equipment supplier for the semiconductor and electronics industries announced that they have jointly developed an automated thermocompression solution for narrow-pitch die-to-wafer bonding, a method by which singulated dies are stacked onto bottom dies which are still part of a fully intact 300mm wafer. The solution features high accuracy and high throughput, paving the way to a manufacturable 2.5D, 3D, and 2.5D/3D hybrid technology.

From IMEC 15 Jul 2015

Researchers Discover Giant Anelasticity in Zinc Oxide Nanowires

Researchers from Brown University and North Carolina State University have discovered that zinc oxide nanowires are highly anelastic, and this property could make these materials useful for absorbing vibrations and shocks.

By Stuart Milne 15 Jul 2015

Silver-Ion Infused Lignin Nanoparticles Effectively Kill Bacteria

A research group at North Carolina State University has developed a novel, eco-friendly method to fight bacteria by developing lignin nanoparticles infused with silver ions and coated with a single polyelectrolyte layer. The latest breakthrough may lead to improved efficiency of antimicrobial products utilized in personal care and agricultural applications and can pave the way for better, safer and greener nanotechnology. The study has been published in Nature Nanotechnology.

From North Carolina State University 15 Jul 2015

Second Annual Graphene World Summit to take Place 4–6 November, 2015 in Spain

Smithers Apex, in association with the Graphene Stakeholders Association, is pleased to announce the second Annual Graphene World Summit taking place 04 – 06 November, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. This conference and exhibition will focus on bringing together the scientific and business communities for technical collaboration, scientific exchange, and the successful development and commercialisation of graphene.

14 Jul 2015

GrollTex to Commercialize Graphene Mass Production Technology with The Triton Fund Investment

The Triton Fund (TTF) announces their seed round investment in GrollTex, an early stage company with breakthrough technology for the mass production of graphene. Funds from the seed round are enabling GrollTex to acceler...

14 Jul 2015

CEA-Leti Announces Feasibility of CoolCube in FinFET Technology on 300mm Production Line

CEA-Leti today announced its first results towards the demonstration of CoolCube’s feasibility in FinFET technology on its 300mm production line, and new CoolCubeTM circuit designs that improve the trade off between area, speed and power.

From CEA-Leti 14 Jul 2015

Applied Materials Introduces Centris Sym3 Etch System with New Chamber for Atomic-Level Precision Manufacturing

Applied Materials, Inc. today announced a next-generation etch tool, the Applied Centris(TM) Sym3(TM) Etch system, featuring an entirely new chamber for atomic-level precision manufacturing. To overcome within-chip feature variations, the Centris Sym3 system leapfrogs current tools to provide chipmakers with the control and precision needed to pattern and create densely packed 3D structures in advanced memory and logic chips.

From Applied Materials Inc. 14 Jul 2015

NanoSIMS Ion Probes Help Measure Very Sharp Concentration Gradients in Igneous Minerals

Super-eruptions are not the only type of eruption to be considered when evaluating hazards at volcanoes with protracted eruption histories, such as the Yellowstone (Wyoming), Long Valley (California), and Valles (New Mexico) calderas. There have been more than 23 effusive eruptions of rhyolite lava at Yellowstone since the last caldera-forming eruption ~640,000 years ago, all of similar or greater magnitude than the largest volcanic eruptions of the 20th century.

14 Jul 2015

Applied Microstructures Announces Milestone Shipment of 100th Molecular Vapor Deposition Tool

Marking an important milestone for its Molecular Vapor Deposition (MVD®) technology, Applied Microstructures (AMST) today announced that it will ship its 100th tool to a semiconductor manufacturer in Asia next week. AMST technology and equipment is used to volume-produce MEMS devices found in smartphones, computers, automobiles, and products that enable the Internet of Things (IoT).

14 Jul 2015

Hydrogel Coated Nanoshells Loaded with Chemotherapeutic Drugs are More Deadly to Tumors

In a move akin to adding chemical weapons to a firebomb, researchers at Duke University have devised a method for making a promising nanoscale cancer treatment even more deadly to tumors.

14 Jul 2015

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Nanometrics Kicks Off Formal Commemoration of 40th Anniversary Year

Pyrolyzing Buckyballs May Help Them Confine Greenhouse Gases

Nanoresonators Can Manipulate Light to Cast a Very Large Reflection

imec Demonstrates Pore-Sealing Low-K Dielectrics in Advanced Interconnects at SEMICON West

Laser World of Photonics 2015: PI Launches New Motion and Positioning Products

SEMICON WEST 2015: imec and Besi Develop Automated Thermocompression Solution for Narrow-Pitch Die-to-Wafer Bonding

Researchers Discover Giant Anelasticity in Zinc Oxide Nanowires

Silver-Ion Infused Lignin Nanoparticles Effectively Kill Bacteria

Second Annual Graphene World Summit to take Place 4–6 November, 2015 in Spain

GrollTex to Commercialize Graphene Mass Production Technology with The Triton Fund Investment

CEA-Leti Announces Feasibility of CoolCube in FinFET Technology on 300mm Production Line

Applied Materials Introduces Centris Sym3 Etch System with New Chamber for Atomic-Level Precision Manufacturing

NanoSIMS Ion Probes Help Measure Very Sharp Concentration Gradients in Igneous Minerals

Applied Microstructures Announces Milestone Shipment of 100th Molecular Vapor Deposition Tool

Hydrogel Coated Nanoshells Loaded with Chemotherapeutic Drugs are More Deadly to Tumors

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