MEMS technology

Technique for assembling active photovoltaic components from inexpensive metals

Metal silicides are fundamental to the operation of nearly all microelectronic devices, and behave like conductive wires or voltage-dependent switches depending on their contents and preparation conditions—an adaptable nature the team aimed to exploit ...

yesterday Phys.Org - MEMS technology

Technology could solve longstanding problem of separating gas from water

"Acoustophoresis has been used primarily in microfluidics and other micro-scale systems," explained Jason Dionne, co-founder and senior engineer of FloDesign Sonics. "When the U.S. Army was looking for a technology for rapid detection of anthrax spores ...

2016-03-22 Phys.Org - MEMS technology

Breakthrough Method to Integrate Nanostructures with Micro Energy Storage ...

Creating smaller components is a key factor in the race to develop compact smartphones and other handheld devices. There is an increasing demand for lighter and thinner microelectronic devices. However, manufacturers often have a limitation in the form ...

yesterday AZoNano - MEMS technology

Pulse Energy Control

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 24, 2016 — Pulse Energy Control Spectra-Physics has announced E-Track dynamic pulse energy control for its Explorer One series of ultra-compact UV and green, actively Q-switched, diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) lasers.

today Photonics.com - MEMS technology

Acal BFi - Highly stable high-performance MEMS inertial sensors

Acal BF has signed a new pan-European distribution agreement with Tronics Microsystems, a designer and manufacturer of innovative nano and microsystems. Under the new partnership, Acal BFi will be exclusively distributing Tronics Microsystems GYPRO ...

yesterday Electropages (blog) - MEMS technology

Gold Chip Ion-Trap Image Captures Top Prize

“This device was micro-fabricated using photolithography, a technique similar to photographic film development. Gold wire-bonds connect the electrodes to pads around the device through which signals can be applied. You can see the wire-bonding needle ...

2016-03-21 Labmate Online - MEMS technology

MEMS business

EV Group, Joanneum Collaborate on UV-NIL System

GRAZ, Austria, March 22, 2016 — Wafer bonding and lithography supplier EV Group has announced collaboration with international research organization Joanneum Research Materials for the EVG770 automated UV-nanoimprint lithography (NIL) ...

2016-03-22 Photonics.com - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology for everyday impact - the science of watching paint dry

(Nanowerk News) Researchers from the University of Surrey in collaboration with the Université Claude Bernard, Lyon used computer simulation and materials experiments to show how when coatings with different sized particles, such as paints dry, the ...

2016-03-21 Nanowerk - Nanotechnology

Ever-Increasing Role of Nanotechnology in Modern Life

Dr Themis Prodromakis, Reader in Nanoelectronics, University of Southampton, discusses how nanotechnology will play a major role in today's contemporary life. The article has been published in The Conversation. Dr Themis Prodromakis. Over the past ...

today AZoNano - Nanotechnology

Fighting superbugs with nanotechnology and light

A quantum dot: A high-resolution transmission electron micrograph of cadmium telluride nanoparticles. (The scale bar in the lower right is 2 nanometers long, or two millionths of a millimeter.) Credit: Nagpal Group, University of Colorado, CC BY-ND.

2016-03-21 Phys.Org - Nanotechnology

Insect-Inspired Nanoscale Spikes Kill Bacteria On Med Device Surfaces

In a 2013 study in Biophysical Journal, a team of Spanish and Australian scientists reported the discovery of a matrix of nanoscale spikes on the surface of cicada wings. Bacteria that landed on the blunted spikes sagged over the edges and eventually ...

2016-03-21 Med Device Online (press release) - Nanotechnology

Team explores nanoscale objects and processes with microwave microscopy

Nanoscale imaging in liquids is critical for understanding key electrochemical processes and the design of rechargeable batteries. A novel approach using a combination of microwaves, a scanning probe and ultrathin membranes avoids the …more.

2016-03-21 Phys.Org - Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is changing everything from medicine to self-healing buildings

The past 70 years have seen the way we live and work transformed by two tiny inventions. The electronic transistor and the microchip are what make all modern electronics possible, and since their development in the 1940s they have been getting smaller.

yesterday The Independent - Nanotechnology

Nanotech business

Five ways nanotechnology is securing your future

If cracks do appear then nanotechnology could play a further role. Changing the structure of materials at the nanoscale can give them some amazing properties – by giving them a texture that repels water, for example. In the future, nanotechnology ...

2016-03-22 Phys.Org - Nanotech business

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Event Calendar

Mid Atlantic Micro Alliance Spring 2016 Symposium 2016-03-25 Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Material Advantage - Pioneering devices enabled by material breakthroughs
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