MEMS technology

Directing Droplets To Cool Extremely Hot Surfaces

The discovery, said Associate Professor Wang Zuankai of the City University of Hong Kong and Professor Manoj Chaudhury of Lehigh University, has the potential to improve technologies that involve microfluidics, heat transfer, heat exchange, micro-heat ...

today Asian Scientist Magazine - MEMS technology

An IV Flow Sensor Inspired By Blind Cave Fish

12, 2016) - Researchers have developed a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) flow sensor so tiny and sensitive that it can aid in regulating the velocity of fluid flow in intravenous (IV) set-ups. These MEMS sensors significantly reduce nurses ...

2016-02-12 Asian Scientist Magazine - MEMS technology

Scientists use common glass to optimize graphene's electronic properties

This scalable and inexpensive process helps pave the way for a new class of microelectronic and optoelectronic devices—everything from efficient solar cells to touch screens. The collaboration—led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE ...

2016-02-12 Phys.Org - MEMS technology

Nanotechnology

New nanotechnology detects biomarkers of cancer

In the new technique, nanotechnology is used to determine whether a specific target nucleic acid sequence exists within a mixture, and to quantify it if it does through a simple electronic signature. "If the sequence you are looking for is there, it ...

2016-02-12 Phys.Org - Nanotechnology

PSI Researchers Fabricate Nanoscale Matterhorn Models Using 3D Photolithography

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute have produced large numbers of detailed models of the Matterhorn, each one less than a tenth of a millimetre in size. With this, they demonstrated how 3-D objects so delicate could be mass-produced. Materials ...

2016-02-12 AZoNano - Nanotechnology

Atomic layer deposition – tooling up nanotechnology step by step

Tools are useful when they meet all the demands of a particular objective, and invaluable when they continue to meet requirements that are ever evolving over time. Atomic layer deposition (ALD) was already a useful tool for thin films in the 1980s ...

2016-02-12 nanotechweb.org - Nanotechnology

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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.
Intro to MEMS Reliability 2016-03-21 Online, 11:30am EDT How to Fix Problems Before They Happen
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
Flexible Sensors 2016 Workshop 2016-04-26 Santa Clara, California
Medical MEMS & Sensors 2016 2016-04-27 - 2016-04-28 Santa Clara CA MEMS and sensor technologies for medical diagnostic applications
14th Annual MEPTEC MEMS Technology Symposium 2016-05-11 San Jose, CA Advancing MEMS and Sensors for Today's Exploding Demands
ADAS Sensors 2016 Workshop 2016-05-19 Detroit, Michigan
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
Automotive Sensors and Electronics 2016 2016-06-15 - 2016-06-16 Detroit, MI Annual Conference and Exhibition
Sensors Expo & Conference 2016-06-21 - 2016-06-23 San Jose CA INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS. EXPERT INSTRUCTORS. AUTHORITATIVE CONTENT. TOMORROW'S SOLUTIONS.
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