The challenge of micro- and nano-fabrication lies in the difficulties and costs associated with patterning at such high resolution. Instead of relying on tradition fabrication techniques -- largely inherited from the semiconductor industry -- for microfluidic applications.
By Professor Michelle Khine
22 Dec 2010
Assembly, packaging, and testing activities account for 85% of the cost of many microsystems. This is primarily due to the lack of backend standards or general methodology. This presentation focuses on concurrent microengineering and the need for designing for micromanufacturability.
By Professor Harry Stephanou
15 Dec 2010
Remarkable properties of carbon nanotube assemblies (forests, sheets, yarns) are expected to lead to a variety of applications. It has recently been reported1 that freestanding multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWNT) sheets generate sound when heated with alternating current (ac).
By Dr. Mikhail Kozlov
8 Dec 2010
In this paper, the design of a generic in-vivo implantable biomedical device capable of detecting threshold values for targeted concentrations (i.e. detection of glucose levels) has been presented.
By Professor Esteve Juanola-Feliu
8 Dec 2010
This concept is based on the idea to mix on same device MEMS and NEMS technologies. The MEMS part is used for the mass to keep sufficient inertial force, and the NEMS is used as a very sensitive sub-µm suspended stress gage.
By Dr. Philippe Robert
30 Nov 2010
Nanotechnologies redefine existing industries, and array them in new combinations: changes already underway include the merging of microelectronics and biotechnology, and of nanoelectronics and chemistry.
By Professor Vincent Mangematin
30 Nov 2010
In Dr. Luis Moreno-Hagelsieb's laboratory, aluminum oxide interdigitated capacitors have been developed and successfully tested on DNA hybridization test as well as on bacteria.
By Dr. Luis Moreno-Hagelsieb
25 Nov 2010
Professor Khine from University of California, Irvine proposed a simple, ultra-rapid, and robust method to create large areas of nanowrinkles as well as sharp high surface area bimetallic nanostructures, coined nanopetals, in a shape memory polymer.
By Professor Michelle Khine
25 Nov 2010
Graphene is a single atomic sheet of carbon atoms in the arrangement found in graphite. The ORION® PLUS makes it possible both to image and machine graphene in one seamless operation.
3DSM adds a whole new level to scanning electron microscopy by allowing samples to be examined in three dimensions almost in real time. There is no further need for complicated stage tilting procedures.