Entegris has launched a new 10 nm liquid filter labeled the Intercept HPM Liquid Filter which is the latest innovation in its line of sophisticated filter solutions and find applications in exacting semiconductor manufacturing processes.
Hy-Power Nano, the subsidiary of South Ontario-based Hy-Power Coatings, engaged in developing nanocoating products characterized by thermal insulation and a solar blocking capability has introduced its first product labeled the Hy-Power Clear Liquid Solar Blocker.
By Will Soutter
3 Sep 2012
NanoMech, a global supplier of advanced engineering materials produced by leveraging nanotechnology, has been chosen for the 2012 Innovator of the Year award by trade organization, NanoBusiness Commercialization Association (NanoBCA).
By Will Soutter
3 Sep 2012
North Dakota State University’s assistant professor for chemistry and biochemistry, Dr. Svetlana Kilina, has received the prestigious Early Career Research Program award from the United States Department of Energy for her research on quantum dots titled “Modeling of Photoexcited Process at Interfaces of Functionalized Quantum Dots.”
By G.P. Thomas
1 Sep 2012
DCG Systems, a company that provides solutions for characterization, diagnosis and defect localization of semiconductor circuits, has been awarded a multimillion dollar contract to supply its new generation OptiFIB Viper system that facilitates 20 nm circuit technologies to a renowned manufacturer of integrated devices (IDM).
By Dr. Cameron Chai
1 Sep 2012
Researchers from the Duke University and Imperial College have devised a method to measure photonic interactions at the atomic scale using which the upper performance limit of light enhancing metal devices can be determined.
Researchers at Purdue University have devised a method to mass produce nanoresonators, a class of devices known as nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) which could replace electronic components in devices to improve performance of mobile phones.
By Will Soutter
1 Sep 2012
A new pedagogy of laboratory instruction developed by Associate Professor Dawn Rickey from Colorado State University has been awarded the Inquiry-Based Instruction (IBI) prize by Science magazine. Science's IBI Prize was conceived to recognize exceptional materials that could be employed to teach preliminary science courses across schools at the college level.
By Will Soutter
1 Sep 2012
A new, less expensive nanolithography technique has been developed by researchers at the North Carolina State University (NCSU).
Cree, a provider of light-emitting diode (LED) lighting, lighting-class LEDs, and semiconductor products for RF and power applications, has introduced superior-quality, low micropipe 150-mm 4H n-type silicon carbide epitaxial wafers.
Bruker has reported that a major semiconductor supplier has procured multiple Bruker ContourGT-X 3D optical microscopes for its packaging facilities located in North America and Asia to aid copper wire bond inspection and process control requirements.
By G.P. Thomas
31 Aug 2012
A team of researchers from The University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University is exploring ways to develop more-efficient, long-lasting and low-cost photoelectric cells using nanotechnology and mathematical modeling.
By Will Soutter
31 Aug 2012
InvenSense, a company that develops motion tracking solutions for the consumer electronics market, has organized a demonstration of its patented Nasiri Fabrication (NF) platform to help MEMS developers to design and develop prototypes of their MEMS devices.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
31 Aug 2012
Assistant Professor Jayan Thomas from the University of Central Florida has synthesized a new nanomaterial which has the potential to safeguard sensitive equipment and pilots from destructive lasers.
By G.P. Thomas
31 Aug 2012
Matthias Kling, an assistant professor of physics at the Kansas State University has received the prestigious Early Career Research Program Award from the United States Department of Energy for his research project titled "Electron Dynamics in Nanostructures in Strong Laser Fields."
By Will Soutter
31 Aug 2012