MEMS technology

Building a Wireless Micromachine

An iPhone’s accelerometer, gyroscope, and proximity sensor sense its location in space. All these little machines, known collectively as microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS, have something in common: they are attached to, or very close to ...

Boston University: 2016-08-15 - MEMS technology

New “Large Virus” Thin Film Solar Strategy Pays Off For NIST Team

A research team based at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has determined that an economical process for cranking out thin film solar cells can get this close to hitting the “sweet spot” of 10% conversion efficiency. The process yields ...

CleanTechnica: 2016-08-16 - MEMS technology

Multi-Pixel Photon Counters utilize through-silicon via electrodes

These new COB package type MPPCs incorporate through-hole electrodes called TSV (through-silicon via). This process optimizes the available space between the sensitive area and the package edge (0.2 mm on the four sides), allowing for a four-sided buttable ...

Novus Light: 2016-08-15 - MEMS technology

Breakthrough in 3D printing enables micron-scale smart structures

Early adopter customers have already developed innovative applications for smart devices and micro-fluidic applications ... free-form 3D structures can be printed at the micron-scale, without the need for support structures, from materials including ...

printedelectronicsworld.com: 2016-08-16 - MEMS technology

5 ways 3D printing will be used in bioengineering

who works on developing new applications of 3D printing in microfluidics and organs-on-a-chip. The researchers envision a future of advanced 3D bioprinters capable of printing a range of materials to simplify the creation of organ-on-a-chip models.

eedesignit.com: 2016-08-12 - MEMS technology

MEMS business

A Brief History of the Internet of Things

By the year 2013, the Internet of Things had evolved into to a system using multiple technologies, ranging from the Internet to wireless communication and from micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) to embedded systems. The traditional fields of automation ...

dataversity.net: 2016-08-16 - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Scientists Have Created Nanorobots That Can Travel Down the Bloodstream and Precisely Target Cancerous Tumors

For this reason, Prof. Martel along with his team of researchers decided to use nanotechnology to see results. There are 2 natural systems that the bacteria rely on for movement. They are drawn towards a magnetic field through the synthesis created by a ...

sciencenewsjournal.com: 2016-08-16 - Nanotechnology

Scientists Develop ‘Nanopores’ That Inexpensively Filter the Salt Out of Seawater

The material they’re using – a nanometre-thick sheet of molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) riddled with these nanopore holes – is the most efficient of a number of thin-film membranes that ... difference when it comes to processing large amounts of seawater.

csglobe.com: 2016-08-16 - Nanotechnology

ORNL Speeds Up 3D Printing at the Nanoscale

The team's next steps are to focus on purifying the structures completely from carbon contamination during construction. This will be done using a laser plus water or oxygen to flush residual carbon out of the structure after removing it from the precursor.

Design News: 2016-08-16 - Nanotechnology

Researchers publish new synthesis technique for developing nanostructured materials

Researchers at Illinois Tech recently unveiled a major breakthrough in nanotechnology processing that reduces the time, and increases the amount of product that can be manufactured on an industrial scale. The new technique makes nanotechnology economically ...

Phys: 2016-08-16 - Nanotechnology

Graphene Nanoribbons in Solutions Possess Properties for Use with Biological Systems

Understanding the behavior of GNRs in a solution will help to make this material suitable for extensive use in biomimetics, explains Rice physicist Ching-Hwa Kiang, whose lab used its unique features to investigate nanoscale materials such as proteins and ...

AZoNano: 2016-08-16 - Nanotechnology

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Event Calendar

ASME 2016 COMS 2016-08-28 - 2016-08-31 Houston, TX Commercialization of Micro, Nano, and Emerging Technologies
Sensors Midwest 2016-09-27 - 2016-09-28 Rosemont, IL
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 and Sensors Executive Congress US 2016 2016-11-09 - 2016-11-11 Scottsdale, Arizona CAPTURING VALUE FROM MEMS AND SENSORS
MEMS 2017 2017-01-22 - 2017-01-26 Las Vegas, Nevada The 30th Annual IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems