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Nanometrics Introduces Newest Optical CD Metrology Products Enabling Cost-Saving Advanced Process Control

Nanometrics Incorporated, a leading supplier of advanced metrology equipment to the semiconductor industry, today introduced its newest equipment and software products for optical critical dimension (OCD) metrology, a vi...

5 Oct 2007

Scientists Investigate the Blinking of Quantum Dots

In order to learn more about the origins of quantum dot blinking, researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Chicago and the California Institute of Technology hav...

5 Oct 2007

New Generation of ‘Nano’ Three-Axis Linear MEMS Accelerometers

STMicroelectronics, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of MEMS (Micro Electro-Mechanical System) devices, today introduced a new generation of ‘nano’ three-axis linear accelerometers. The versatil...

4 Oct 2007

How the Edges of Metallic Thin Films Contribute to Their Magnetic Properties

Materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), together with colleagues from IBM and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have pushed the measurement of thin films to the edge -...

4 Oct 2007

Oxford Instruments Sells Five of their New OpAL Atomic Layer Deposition Systems

Oxford Instruments, the high-technology tools and systems company, is pleased to announce the launch and first customer orders of its new OpAL atomic layer deposition (ALD) system. Following on from Oxford Instruments&rs...

2 Oct 2007

Materials and Chemical Sensing Developer Announces Strategic Partnership with Military Technology Solutions Company

Polychromix Incorporated, an innovative developer of material analysis and chemical sensing technologies, today announced a strategic investment and development agreement with In-Q-Tel, the independent strategic investme...

2 Oct 2007

Imago Scientific and University of Alabama to Establish Atom Probe Tomography Research Facility

The University of Alabama and Imago Scientific Instruments® announced plans to establish a new research facility for atom probe tomography. LEAP® microscopy, also known as atom-probe tomography, provides very...

1 Oct 2007

Quantum Device Traps, Detects and Manipulates Spin of Single Electrons

A novel device, developed by a team led by University at Buffalo engineers, simply and conveniently traps, detects and manipulates the single spin of an electron, overcoming some major obstacles that have prevented progr...

28 Sep 2007

Using Nanowires to Generate Electricity by Harvesting Energy from the Environment

As the sizes of sensor networks and mobile devices shrink toward the microscale, and even nanoscale, there is a growing need for suitable power sources. Because even the tiniest battery is too big to be used in nanoscale...

28 Sep 2007

Surrey Nanosystems Win Award for Carbon Nanotube Manufacturing Tool

Surrey NanoSystems, a spinout from The University of Surrey which has developed a tool for manufacturing carbon nanotubes, has been recognised by an awards scheme that follows ground-breaking research by UK universities ...

From Surrey Nanosystems 28 Sep 2007