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Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Purchases Heidelberg Table Top Maskless Aligner System

Heidelberg Instruments announced the sale of a µPG 501 table top maskless aligner system to the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian, China.

7 Feb 2013

Embedded Nanoparticles Enhance Efficiency of Thermoelectric Devices

Thermoelectric devices — which can either generate an electric current from a difference in temperature or use electricity to produce heating or cooling without moving parts — have been explored in the laboratory since the 19th century.

7 Feb 2013

ProPlus Leverages DFY Knowledge to Meet Challenges of 45-nm Technology

ProPlus Design Solutions, Inc., the global leader for SPICE modeling solutions and the leading technology provider for design for yield (DFY) applications, expanded its business in 2012 to offer a fully integrated DFY product portfolio.

7 Feb 2013

Underutilized Spectroscopy Technique Helps Examine Nanostructure of Spider Silk

As fibers go, there's never been anything quite like spider silk. Stretch it. Bend it. Soak it. Dry it out. Spider silk holds up. It is five times stronger than steel and can expand nearly a third greater than its original length and snap right back like new. Ounce-for-ounce spider silk is even stronger than Kevlar, the man-made fiber used in bulletproof vests.

7 Feb 2013

Novel Method Enables Reliable X-ray Microscopic Imaging in spite of Vibrations

X-ray microscopy requires radiation of extremely high quality. In order to obtain sharp images instrument and sample must stay absolutely immobile even at the nanometer scale during the recording. Researchers at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen and the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen, Switzerland, have now developed a method that relaxes these hard restrictions. Even fluctuations in the material can be visualized. The renowned journal Nature now reports on their results.

7 Feb 2013

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Certifies Cadence Technologies for 20-nm LPM Production Node

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a leader in global electronic design innovation, announced today that GLOBALFOUNDRIES has certified essential Cadence® technologies for custom/analog, digital and mixed-signal design, implementation, and verification for its 20-nanometer LPM technology. The certification covers the Virtuoso and Encounter platforms, including the industry-standard SKILL process design kit (PDK).

7 Feb 2013

Nano3D BioSciences’ Magnetic Levitation Technology May Help Grow Implantable Human Organs

The magnetic levitation technology that Rainbow Coral Corp. joint venture partner Nano3D BioSciences (n3D) recently used to grow lifelike human lung tissue could one day lead to an even more astonishing breakthrough—lab-grown, implantable human organs.

7 Feb 2013

Degradable Nanoscale Shell Carries Proteins to Cancer Cells

Scientists create nanoscale vehicle to battle cancer without harming healthy cells

7 Feb 2013

Soybean Plants May Be Adversely Affected By Nanoparticles

Two of the most widely used nanoparticles (NPs) accumulate in soybeans — second only to corn as a key food crop in the United States — in ways previously shown to have the potential to adversely affect the crop yields and nutritional quality, a new study has found. It appears in the journal ACS Nano.

7 Feb 2013

Scientists Employ Quantum Dots to Light Up Plamsonic Antennas

Modern telecommunications happens because of fast electrons and fast photons. Can it get better? Can Moore's law---the doubling of computing power ever 18 months or so---be sustained? Can the compactness (nm-scale components) of electronics be combined with the speed of photonics? Well, one such hybrid approach is being explored at the Joint Quantum Institute (*), where scientists bring together three marvelous physics research fields: microfluidics, quantum dots, and plasmonics to probe and study optical nanostructures with spatial accuracy as fine as 12 nm.

7 Feb 2013

Model-Based Iterative Reconstruction of Nanoparticles May Help Design Novel Nanocomposites

Researchers are improving the performance of technologies ranging from medical CT scanners to digital cameras using a system of models to extract specific information from huge collections of data and then reconstructing images like a jigsaw puzzle.

7 Feb 2013

A Wealth of Information about Armchair Carbon Nanotubes

The first fruits of a cooperative venture between scientists at Rice University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have appeared in a paper that brings together a wealth of information for those who wish to use the unique properties of metallic carbon nanotubes.

7 Feb 2013

GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Synopsys Deliver Design Solution for 14 nm-XM FinFET Technology

GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Synopsys, Inc., a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, today announced the two companies have partnered to deliver a comprehensive design solution to accelerate the implementation of GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ 14 nm-XM FinFET offering.

From GlobalFoundries 7 Feb 2013

Veeco to Supply NEXUS Ion Beam Etch System to EPFL

Veeco Instruments Inc. announced today that École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), one of Europe’s top technical universities, has ordered a NEXUS® Ion Beam Etch (IBE) System. The system will be used for state-of-the-art research and development projects in micro- and nano-fabrication at its Lausanne, Switzerland site.

From Veeco 6 Feb 2013

Light Funneling Using Nanoscale Metallic Grooves

Iridescence, or sheen that shifts color depending on your viewing angle, is pretty in peacock feathers. But it's been a nuisance for engineers trying to mimic the birds' unique color mechanism to make high-resolution, reflective, color display screens.

6 Feb 2013