MEMS technology

New microfluidics device to determine bacteria's antibiotic resistance

The microfluidic technology, developed in the lab of professor Mark Hayes in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Arizona State University, uses microscale electric field gradients, acting on extremely small samples, to tell the difference ...

today Nanowerk - MEMS technology

Quantum dot solar cell exhibits 30-fold concentration

... and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced this partnership will receive a $3 million grant for the development of a micro-optical tandem LCS under MOSAIC, the newest program from DOE's ARPA-E. MOSAIC stands for Micro-scale Optimized Solar-cell ...

yesterday Nanowerk - MEMS technology

Tezzaron and Novati Introduce Eight-Layer 3D IC Wafer Stack Containing Active ...

Paul Enquist, VP at Tessera, congratulated Tezzaron/Novati, the first licensee of the technology for 3D memory applications: “This milestone clearly demonstrates the enabling capability of DBI^® to achieve transistor scale 3D interconnect pitch with ...

2015-08-31 AZoNano.com - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Tessera (TSRA) Acquires 3D Chip Bonder Ziptronix for $39M

Tessera Technologies, Inc. (TSRA - Analyst Report) recently acquired Ziptronix, Inc. in a cash transaction worth $39 million. This will enhance Tessera's advanced packaging capabilities with the addition of low-temperature wafer bonding technology ...

2015-08-31 Zacks.com - MEMS business

MEMS Technology Transfer and the Fable of the 'Golden Wafer'

You've probably heard Aesop's fable of the goose that laid the golden eggs. In MEMS technology transfer, there is a similar fable — one of the illusive “golden wafer.” It was a term coined by Alissa Fitzgerald, founder/managing member of AMFitzgerald ...

yesterday DesignNews - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Dielectric metasurfaces: Transparent design

Writing in Nature Nanotechnology, Amir Arbabi, Andrei Faraon and co-workers from the California Institute of Technology present an elegant dielectric metasurface design that can simultaneously tailor both the polarization and phase of transmitted light ...

2015-08-31 Nature.com - Nanotechnology

Manipulating the rotational direction of artificial molecular ...

A molecular motor is a kind of nanomachine vital in sustaining everyday activities of living organisms. It is a dream of nanotechnology researchers to fabricate a mechanical system driven by nanomachines in the same manner ...

yesterday - Nanotechnology

The tiniest Lego: a tale of nanoscale motors, rotors, switches and pumps

Over the past 25 years, these researchers have devised an impressive array of switches, ratchets, motors, rods, rings, propellers and more — molecular mechanisms that can be plugged together as if they were nanoscale Lego pieces. And progress is ...

today Nature.com - Nanotechnology

A nanoscale view of a marine creature's magic trick (w/video)

(Nanowerk News) Tiny ocean creatures known as sea sapphires perform a sort of magic trick as they swim: One second they appear in splendid iridescent shades of blue, purple or green, and the next they may turn invisible (at least the blue ones turn ...

yesterday Nanowerk - Nanotechnology

Nanotech business

Sustainable nanotechnology center lands new $20 million contract

The Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology, a multi-institutional research center based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has inked a new contract with the National Science Foundation (NSF) that will provide nearly $20 million in support over the ...

2015-08-31 University of Wisconsin-Madison - Nanotech business

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Event Calendar

MEMS Industry Group Conference Asia 2015 2015-09-08 - 2015-09-11 Shanghai, China Navigating challenges and opportunities for MEMS and sensors at the front and back ends of the supply chain.
NMDC 2015 2015-09-13 - 2015-09-16 Anchorage, Alaska 10th IEEE- Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference
WESTEC 2015 2015-09-15 - 2015-09-17 Los Angeles, CA WESTEC 2015 Event to Address Key Manufacturing Issues and Unveil Technological Breakthroughs
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 MEMS and Sensors: Enabling the Connection to the Physical World
Wearable Sensors and Electronics 2015 2015-11-16 - 2015-11-17 Santa Clara, CA. Bringing Together the Wearable Ecosystem
PowerMEMS 2015 2015-12-01 - 2015-12-04 Boston, MA The 15th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications
T-Sensors Summit 2015-12-09 - 2015-12-10 Celebration, FL Creating a TSensors-Based Abundant Future
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
MEMS Technical Congress Europe 2016 2016-03-07 - 2016-03-08 Munich, Germany Delivering Technical Solutions, Together.