SK hynix, a global supplier of memory devices including flash memory chips and dynamic random access memory chips (DRAMs), has entered into the extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) mask infrastructure (EMI) partnership of SEMATECH based at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany.
By Will Soutter
21 Sep 2012
SPTS Technologies, the company that provides wafer processing solutions globally for semiconductor packaging, MEMS, power management device markets and such related markets, has introduced a low temperature plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) solution that addresses the issues in via-reveal passivation or post-through silicon via (TSV) processing in packaging of 3D integrated circuits.
By Will Soutter
21 Sep 2012
Scientists at University of Delaware are a step closer to creating self-assembling devices based on functional materials derived from nanoparticles.
By Will Soutter
21 Sep 2012
A team of scientists from the University College, London, and University of Melbourne, headed by Professor Andrew Dzurak and Dr Andrea Morello from the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications at University of New South Wales (UNSW), has developed the first functional quantum bit (qubit) based on a single silicon atom.
By Will Soutter
21 Sep 2012
Graphene is a one-atom-thick carbon material that demonstrates exotic properties suitable for the development of advanced electronic devices. However, to develop these graphene-based electronic devices, it is necessary to create junctions that link the nanomaterial to the ‘external world’ via at least two metal wires.
By Will Soutter
20 Sep 2012
In a study that appeared in the Applied Catalysis B: Environmental magazine, TECNALIA researchers have discussed the release of nanomaterials due to water flow on surfaces comprising nanomaterials.
By Will Soutter
20 Sep 2012
A multi-disciplinary team from the Regenerative Medicine Institute at the National University of Ireland Galway together with researchers at Trinity College Dublin has developed a new technique based on the electrical properties of carbon nanotubes to create cells that enable the reproduction of cardiac cells.
By Will Soutter
20 Sep 2012
Marie Backman, a physicist at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and coworkers have explored the mechanism behind bonding of gold atoms with other atoms using a model. This model takes bond direction into account.
By Will Soutter
20 Sep 2012
Adah Almutairi and her colleagues from the University of California, San Diego, have created the first-of-its-kind biodegradable polymeric capsules or nanoparticles that demonstrate ultra-high sensitivity to low, but biologically significant levels of hydrogen peroxide.
By Will Soutter
20 Sep 2012
The Rice University laboratory of Bruce Weisman has developed a new technique that is capable of measuring batches of single-walled carbon nanotubes more rapidly with minimum manual labor.
By G.P. Thomas
20 Sep 2012
Engineers from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have demonstrated the survivability of single walled carbon nanotube transistors (SWCNTs) in adverse space environment.
By G.P. Thomas
20 Sep 2012
MiniFAB (AUST) Pty Ltd, recognized as a leader in developing custom microfluidic lab-on-a-chip solutions, has announced the launch of their newly revamped website ahead of their participation in Lab-on-a-Chip World Congr...
Bruker introduces the new Nanomechanics Package for its line of BioAFMs, including the BioScope Catalyst. The new accessory enables the fastest, highest resolution, and most quantitative characterization of nanomechanical properties over a wide range of biological samples.
NanoQuébec has just unveiled the results of the I-Nano pilot project, an open innovation web platform, which the organization launched this past spring. Receiving an enthusiastic response from both industrialists an...
SiMPore, Inc., of Rochester, NY, USA and KonTEM GmbH of Bonn, Germany, announce their collaboration to develop phase contrast solutions for transmission electron microscopy (TEM).
An electron microscope uses a beam of...