MEMS technology

Through the Looking Glass

George M. Whitesides, a chemistry professor at Harvard, works at the more complex end of the frugal-science spectrum, in microfluidics. He and his collaborators have created a series of paper-based medical tests, each about the size of a postage stamp.

yesterday The New Yorker - MEMS technology

Designer crystals for next-gen electronics

The crystals are the world's most porous materials, and if applied to microelectronic devices, could significantly boost their processing power. However according to CSIRO researcher Mark Styles, up until now these crystals could only be grown and ...

today Phys.Org - MEMS technology

Microsensor Technologies and Applications Offer Big Rewards With Risk ...

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), biochips, and nanosensors (referred to collectively in this report as microsensors) comprise one of the fastest-growing technology areas. In 2015, the global market for microsensors totaled almost $10.9 billion.

today SYS-CON Media (press release) - MEMS technology

Quantum Composers Laser Division Announces New Line Of Laser Micro-Machining Heads

Bozeman, MT (PRWEB) - Quantum Composers, a leading manufacturer of diode pumped solid state lasers and laser technology, announces the addition of a full line of complete laser micro-machining heads for semiconductor applications. These systems ...

today Photonics Online - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Invensense licenses inertial navigation tech to Huawei

Huawei has licensed the InvenSense Positioning Library (IPL) software sensor-assisted positioning technology for incorporation into the Kirin 950 mobile application processor platforms by HiSilicon. InvenSense is a provider of micro-electro-mechanical ...

2015-12-11 GPS World magazine - MEMS business

Tech Trends for 2016: Organs-on-chips

The chips' translucent polymer then enables scientists to see what's happening inside organs on a micro-scale. The chips' ability to act in the same way as a human organ makes them an excellent test bed for researchers and pharmaceutical companies.

today Startups.co.uk - MEMS business

Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. Plans a $3 Billion Expansion Into China

With the Nanjing plant, TSMC will become the third Taiwanese chipmaker to open a 12-inch wafer factory in China. Its smaller rivals United Microelectronics (NYSE:UMC) and Powerchip Technology both started constructing their first 12-inch wafer ...

yesterday Motley Fool - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Cleaning oil spills with blotting paper

A common cosmetics ingredient is being developed into a nano-material with the potential to mop up giant oil spills. Viviane Richter explains. David Wall Photo / Getty Images. When BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in 2010 it dumped more than 300 ...

yesterday Cosmos - Nanotechnology

This Microscope Creates Near-Real-Time Nanoscale Video of Chemical Reactions

It's relatively easy to create highly detailed images of even molecule-sized structures if you can keep them still—but if they move, you've little chance. Now, a new kind of microscope is allowing researchers to create video of nanoscale processes in ...

today Gizmodo - Nanotechnology

Nanoscale match-heads boost photovoltaic efficiency

(Nanowerk News) Crystal growth on a nano/microscale level results in the formation of “match-head”-like, three-dimensional structures that enhance light absorption and photovoltaic efficiency (ACS Nano, "Si radial p-i-n junction photovoltaic arrays ...

2015-12-11 Nanowerk - Nanotechnology

Nanoscale one-way street for light

For technical reasons, devices using the Faraday effect cannot be constructed at the nanoscale – an unfortunate fact, because this would have many interesting applications. "Today, researchers seek to build optical integrated circuits, similar to their ...

today Phys.Org - Nanotechnology

DNA-Based Electromechanical Switch Holds Promise for Nanoscale Computing

"Considerable progress has been made in understanding DNA's mechanical, structural, and self-assembly properties and the use of these properties to design structures at the nanoscale. The electrical properties, however, have generally been difficult to ...

today AZoNano - Nanotechnology

Featured Event

Event Calendar

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.
IEEE-NEMS 2016 2016-04-17 - 2016-04-20 Matsushima Bay and Sendai, Japan The 11th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems
TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo 2016-05-22 - 2016-05-25 Washington, DC TechConnect World Innovation Conference co-locates with the largest global innovation program in physical and life sciences. The joint programs include the Nanotech 2016 Conference, the National Innovation Summit, and the National SBIR/STTR Conference.
Hilton Head Workshop 2016 2016-06-05 - 2016-06-09 Hilton Head, South Carolina A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop
uTAS 2016 2016-10-09 - 2016-10-13 Dublin, Ireland The 20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
Micro Photonics International Congress Expo 2016-10-11 - 2016-10-13 Messe Berlin Germany Innovation and Miniaturization in Photonics
MEMS 2017 2017-01-22 - 2017-01-26 Las Vegas, Nevada The 30th Annual IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems