MEMS technology

Placenta-on-a-Chip to Study Pregnancy, Develop New Drugs Safe for the Fetus

“Placenta-on-a-Chip” microdevice was created by using a set of soft elastomer-based microfabrication techniques known as soft lithography. This microsystem consisted of two polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microfluidic channels separated by a thin ...

2015-06-18 Medgadget.com (blog) - MEMS technology

Laser World of Photonics 2015: Spectra-Physics doubles power of Q-switched ...

At UV power levels of up to >2 W and pulse energies up to 100 µJ, the new Explorer One lasers are designed for micromachining and marking of metals, plastics, ceramics, sapphire and other materials for microelectronics, medical devices, energy storage, ...

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mCube Targets Wearables and Movables with MEMS Offering

mCube has introduced a series of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) that are optimized for wearables and the Internet of Moving Things (IoMT). The MC3600 family of ultra-low power (ULP) 3-axis accelerometers is based on mCube's monolithic single ...

2015-06-19 IHS Electronics360 - MEMS technology

Laser World of Photonics 2015: Spectra-Physics' green fiber lasers

With software-adjustable pulse widths from 2 to 20 ns and repetition rates from 50 to 700 kHz, the new lasers offer flexible performance in an air-cooled package for micromachining processes in volume manufacturing. Spectra-Physics also introduces a ...

2015-06-19 Novus Light Technologies Today - MEMS technology

News & Analysis RF MEMS Tuner Gains Design Wins in LTE Phones

These RF MEMS tuners outperform traditional SOI-based antenna tuning solutions by 2 to 3dB which results in data rates that are twice as high and improved battery life. Optimizing the MIMO performance in smartphones further improves user data rates and ...

2015-06-18 EE Times - MEMS technology

Microfabrication leads to a new microscopy method

Figure: Schematic showing the soSPIM technique. A) Cells can be grown in the microfabricated wells, holding them in place for imaging. B) The 45° micromirrors reflect the excitation beam (dotted line) from a single objective, through the …more. With ...

2015-06-18 Phys.Org - MEMS technology

Robot tentacles are gentle enough to 'hug' ants

They're made from PDMS, a transparent elastomer that can be a liquid or a soft, rubbery solid. Kim, whose research focus is micro-electro-mechanical systems, has worked with the material for about a decade and has patented a process for making thin ...

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Nanotech business

Nanotechnology for Sensors workshop report and new web portal on nanosensors

(Nanowerk News) The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) is pleased to announce the launch of a workshop report and a web portal, efforts coordinated through and in support of the Nanotechnology Signature Initiative 'Nanotechnology for ...

2015-06-19 Nanowerk - Nanotech business

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Event Calendar

Transducers 2015 2015-06-21 - 2015-06-25 Anchorage, Alaska
MEMS Manufacturing 2015 2015-08-05 - 2015-08-06 Santa Clara, California Annual Conference and Exhibition
Workshop on Enabling Future Health Care 2015-08-23 - 2015-08-26 Napa, California the Role of Micro and Nano Technologies
MIG Conference Asia 2015 2015-09-09 - 2015-09-10 Shanghai, China Stay tuned for more details!
NMDC 2015 2015-09-13 - 2015-09-16 Anchorage, Alaska 10th IEEE- Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference
European MEMS Summit 2015 2015-09-17 - 2015-09-18 Milan, Italy European MEMS Summit will focus on MEMS technologies, manufacturing and business challenges
Swiss ePrint 2015, 3rd edition 2015-10-01 - 2015-10-02 Neuchatel, Switzerland The Swiss Conference on Printed Electronics and Functional Materials
MicroTAS 2015 2015-10-25 - 2015-10-29 HICO, Gyeongju, Korea The 19th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
MEMS Executive Congress US 2015 2015-11-04 - 2015-11-06 Napa, CA Stay tuned for more details!
PowerMEMS 2015 2015-12-01 - 2015-12-04 Boston, MA The 15th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications
SPIE Photonics West 2016 2016-02-13 - 2016-02-18 Moscone Center San Francisco, California, USA Photonics West, the #1 laser, photonics, biomedical optics conference