MEMS technology

Solliance realizes first up-scaled Perovskite based PV modules with 10% efficiency

Further, the PV module was packaged by applying a flexible barrier using a lamination process. These results demonstrate the up-scalability of this new thin film PV technology. Apart from the electrodes currently used, all layers can be processed in ...

Phys: 2016-05-09 - MEMS technology

World's Tiniest Engines Could Power Micro Robots

May 6, 2016 09:15 AM ET // by Charles Choi, LiveScience Related Links Micro Factory Employs Tiny Robots Tiny Robot ... or billionths of a meter, in scale. In comparison, the average human hair is about 100,000 nanometers wide. One of the main reasons ...

Discovery Communications: 2016-05-06 - MEMS technology

Why a smart contact lens is the ultimate wearable

The graphene was integrated with silicon microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). As you might expect, there's some U.S. military funding behind the project. The ability to see augmented and mixed reality content or to take photos and videos (or both ...

IT World: 2016-05-09 - MEMS technology

'Lab on a chip': Small devices make a big impact

Recent advances in microfluidics technology have proven invaluable for immediate point-of-care diagnosis of diseases and have greatly improved enzymatic and DNA analysis. High throughput microfluidic systems are also being employed in stem cell studies and ...

sciencedaily.com: 2016-05-06 - MEMS technology

Mass-produced microvalves are the key to scalable production of disposable, plug-and-play microfluidic devices

Recent advances in microfluidics technology have proven invaluable for immediate point-of-care diagnosis of diseases and have greatly improved enzymatic and DNA analysis. High throughput microfluidic systems are also being employed in stem cell studies and ...

Phys: 2016-05-06 - MEMS technology

Mass-produced microvalves make a big impact

Recent advances in microfluidics technology have proven invaluable for immediate point-of-care diagnosis of diseases and have greatly improved enzymatic and DNA analysis. High throughput microfluidic systems are also being employed in stem cell studies and ...

Nano werk: 2016-05-06 - MEMS technology

Improving the Photoluminescence Efficiency of 2D Semiconductors

By incorporating monolayers of tungsten diselenide onto gold substrates with nanosized trenches, the research team, led by Professor Andrew Wee of the Department of Physics at the NUS Faculty of Science, successfully enhanced the nanomaterial’s ...

Controlled Environments: 2016-05-09 - MEMS technology

Nanotechnology

Visualizing the lithiation of a nanosized iron-oxide material in real time

An electron microscopy technique for visualizing how lithium ions migrate at the nanoscale could help improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries. From cell phones to laptops and tablets, lithium-ion batteries power most of today's portable electronics.

sciencedaily.com: 2016-05-09 - Nanotechnology

Photonics researchers create first nanoscale 'optical parametric amplifier'

(Nanowerk News) Rice University photonics researchers have unveiled a new nanoparticle amplifier that can generate infrared light and boost the output of one light by capturing and converting energy from a second light. The innovation, the latest from Rice ...

Nano werk: 2016-05-09 - Nanotechnology

Rice experts unveil submicroscopic tunable, optical amplifier: Photonics researchers create first nanoscale 'optical parametric amplifier'

The innovation, the latest from Rice's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP), is described online in a paper in the American Chemical Society journal Nano Letters. The device functions much like a laser, but while lasers have a fixed output frequency, the ...

Nanotechnology Now: 2016-05-09 - Nanotechnology

Silicon nanoparticles pave the way toward nanoscale light emitters

The incident photon excites the vibrational level of the molecule (marked in red), which causes the molecule to emit the photon at a different wavelength. Image courtesy of the authors of the study. Credit: Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology ...

Phys: 2016-05-09 - Nanotechnology

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Event Calendar

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.
MEMS Testing & Reliability 2016 Workshop 2016-08-02 Santa Clara, California
MEMS Manufacturing 2016 2016-08-03 - 2016-08-04 Santa Clara, California
MEMS & Sensor Industry Group Conference Asia 2016 2016-09-12 - 2016-09-14 Shanghai, China
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