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ROHM Establishes MEMS Process Utilizing Thin-Film Piezoelectric Elements

ROHM has recently established a process for MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical System) utilizing thin-film piezoelectric elements, and implemented the industry's first* foundry business that integrates product design and manufacturing processes, from wafer pulling to mounting, in order to meet a variety of customer needs.

28 Aug 2014

New $AUD30 Million MicroNano Research Facility at RMIT University

A new $AUD30 million research facility at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, will drive cutting-edge advances in micro- and nano-technologies.

26 Aug 2014

Washington Nanofabrication Facility Purchases Solstice Model LT Plating Tool

When ClassOne Technology introduced its new Solstice™ electroplating systems at SEMICON West last month they didn't expect to actually sell their first production unit off the show floor, but that's what happened.

25 Aug 2014

Nanofabricated Lab-on-a-Chip Technology Integrated with Smartphones Can Help Track Physical Well-Being

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a five-year, $3 million grant to a multidisciplinary group of Cornell researchers who are developing a device to help you track your physical well-being right in the palm of your hand.

22 Aug 2014

W. M. Keck Foundation Awards $1M Grant for Development of Ultra-Compact X-ray Free Electron Laser

Robert Candler, assistant professor of electrical engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has received a $1 million research grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to develop an ultra-compact X-ray free electron laser.

22 Aug 2014

UV-Assisted Nanoimprint Moulding Used to Fabricate Polymer Slot Waveguide

Slot waveguide is a specific light-guiding structure with a property to enhance the optical field in a nanometer scale void of low refractive index (RI) material embedded between higher RI material rails. Typically, slot waveguides have been fabricated from high refractive index inorganic dielectrics or semiconductors, such as silicon or silicon nitride, and they operate in the near infrared (NIR) wavelength region.

18 Aug 2014

Nanostructured Metal Halide Coating Increases Lithium Battery Life

Cornell chemical engineers have achieved a breakthrough in the race to achieve safer, longer-lasting batteries to power the world’s automobiles, cell phones, computers and autonomous robots.

14 Aug 2014

Novel Research Leverages Complex Oxides to Manipulate Magnetic Domain Walls Within Semiconductor Memory Device Wires

University of California, Davis researchers sponsored by Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world’s leading university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, are exploring new materials and device structures to develop next-generation memory technologies.

13 Aug 2014

Novel Eco-Friendly Method to Synthesize Polymer Nanoparticles for Organic-Based Solar Cells

A team of materials chemists, polymer scientists, device physicists and others at the University of Massachusetts Amherst today report a breakthrough technique for controlling molecular assembly of nanoparticles over multiple length scales that should allow faster, cheaper, more ecologically friendly manufacture of organic photovoltaics and other electronic devices. Details are in the current issue of Nano Letters.

13 Aug 2014

Intel Discloses Newest Microarchitecture Optimized with 14nm Manufacturing Process

Intel today disclosed details of its newest microarchitecture that is optimized with Intel’s industry-leading 14nm manufacturing process. Together these technologies will provide high-performance and low-power capabilities to serve a broad array of computing needs and products from the infrastructure of cloud computing and the Internet of Things to personal and mobile computing.

12 Aug 2014