MEMS technology

Spins on the edge

Conventional microelectronic circuits process data by shuttling and manipulating the electric charges of electrons. But electrons have another property that is highly promising as a basis for data processing and storage—spin. Circuits based on spin ...

2015-09-04 Nanowerk - MEMS technology

Photonics to revolutionise internet speeds

The chip's physical development is straightforward, with researchers applying the micro-fabrication technologies of electronics to photonics, and using lithography to print at the micro-scale on integrated chips. The stumbling block has been the ...

today Phys.Org - MEMS technology

Project works to develop new ultrafast laser for microprocessing

... GFH GmbH (Deggendorf), who will contribute their know-how to the project. The goal is to develop a new generation of ultrafast lasers to be tested in specific applications, as well as introduce it to industrial processes like laser drilling and ...

today Industrial Laser Solutions Magazine - MEMS technology

Commoditized Wearables

This Micro Electro Mechanical System let's developers determine changes in acceleration in multiple directions or axes (x, y and z), and it's used in everything from your phone to the Fitbit to the Apple Watch. However, nothing is changing in the ...

yesterday TechCrunch - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Panasonic, Sharp and Semprius backed for next-gen CPV

ARPA-E's director Eileen Williams said at the time: “The MOSAIC program demonstrates ARPA-E's novel approach to energy innovation. By bringing together cutting-edge advances in microfabrication, materials science and mechanical actuation, MOSAIC ...

today Optics.org - MEMS business

Electrochemical sensor development kit wins productizing science competition

Dolomite, a pioneering microfluidics specialist, and Lab on a Chip are pleased to announce the winner of the Productizing Science^® 2015 competition, Zimmertech AS. Zimmertech fought off strong competition from numerous innovative entries to finish ...

today News-Medical.net - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

New Nanomaterial With 3D Conductivity May Enhance Battery Storage

An international team of scientists has developed what may be the first one-step process for making seamless carbon-based nanomaterials that possess superior thermal, electrical and mechanical properties in three dimensions. The research holds ...

2015-09-05 NDTV - Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology researchers demo solar water-splitting technology

Nanotechnology researchers demo solar water-splitting technology. (Nanowerk News) Rice University researchers have demonstrated an efficient new way to capture the energy from sunlight and convert it into clean, renewable energy by splitting water ...

2015-09-04 Nanowerk - Nanotechnology

Nanotubes open new path toward quantum information technologies

Technological requirements of materials for quantum communication include the ability to generate single photons in the 1,300 – 1,500 nanometer (nm) telecommunication wavelength range at room temperature and compatibility with silicon microfabrication ...

yesterday Phys.Org - Nanotechnology

Encapsulation layers keep carbon nanotube transistors stable in open air

"One of the realities of a nanomaterial, such as a carbon nanotube, is that essentially all of its atoms on the surface," said Hersam, the Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. "So anything that touches the surface of these ...

today Phys.Org - Nanotechnology

Featured Event

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.