MEMS technology

Biomedical MEMS Implants Inorganic-Based, Polymer-Based, and Protein-Based Transducers

Dr. Allen will be discussing his work with bioimplantable sensors based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology, that can communicate information from within the body to guide medical treatment of disease. Examples of his work include a ...

wyss.harvard.edu: 2016-10-21 - MEMS technology

Can Organs-On-Chips Repair The Flawed System Of Drug Discovery?

that combines microfabrication techniques and engineering principals to create living, functioning human organs inside engineered microenvironments. Measuring in a size similar to a AA battery, each chip is made of a clear flexible polymer that contains ...

lifescienceleader.com: 2016-10-20 - MEMS technology

Inside This Wonder of Electromechanical Manufacturing

For cell phones and such, a successor to the electret condenser microphone has taken hold that relies on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) manufacturing. MEMS is a combination of microscopic processing by chemical deposition, lithography and ...

Radio World: 2016-10-21 - MEMS technology

Working under pressure: Diamond micro-anvils will produce immense pressures to make new materials

The micro-anvils are made in a Class 7000 clean room in the UAB Diamond Microfabrication Lab, using maskless lithography and microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition. Vohra says his research team wants to generate smaller grain sizes in the ...

Phys: 2016-10-18 - MEMS technology

Honeywell Develops Next Generation Precision Navigation Technology

by applying advanced design and fabrication techniques to its existing inertial sensors based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). The end result will be a smaller and more precise navigation solution that enables users to operate in hostile GPS ...

helihub.com: 2016-10-18 - MEMS technology

MEMS Oscillators Offer Precision Timing

miniature oscillators based on microelectromechanical-systems (MEMS) technology offer a new timing alternative with impressive stability for a wide range of timing requirements. In addition, the silicon MEMS-based oscillator families in the new Elite ...

mwrf.com: 2016-10-19 - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Lab-on-Chips Application Market to Record an Impressive Growth Rate During the Forecast 2020

Lab-on-chip is also known as micro-total analytical system. Lab-on-chips combine microfluidics and microelectronics on a single chip to perform complex tests. Lab-on-chip has its main application in biotechnological and medical applications. Lab-on-chip is ...

Medgadget: 2016-10-21 - MEMS business

Revenue growth sounding strong for suppliers of packaged MEMS microphones

Knowles, Goertek and AAC ranked as the top three global suppliers of packaged MEMS microphones for 2015, according to the latest analysis from IHS Markit (NASDAQ: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions. MEMS (micro ...

Solid State Technology: 2016-10-21 - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

News Release: Rice scientists fire micro-cubes at target to change their nanoscale structures

When a laser pulse hit an absorbing thin-film gold layer underneath the polymer ... the researchers believe their work may influence such other modern material processing techniques as cold spray and shot peening. Rice postdoctoral researcher Ramathasan ...

Newsroom America: 2016-10-20 - Nanotechnology

Nanoscale FEBID 3D printing technique produces pure gold nanostructures

Researchers at Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) have discovered a way to 3D print pure gold nanostructures using FEBID, a form of additive direct-write lithography. The work could offer a promising new way for manufacturers to create gold devices.

3ders.org: 2016-10-19 - Nanotechnology

Carbon Nanotube Macroelectronics for Active Matrix Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Displays

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with excellent mobility, high transparency, and room-temperature processing compatibility are ideal materials for the driver circuit of the PDLC display. Here, we report the monolithic integration of CNT thin-film transistor driver ...

ACS: 2016-10-20 - Nanotechnology

Nanoscale thin metal film creates full-color 3D holograms

The researchers’ metasurface hologram is one 35-nanometer thick aluminum film punctured with tiny rectangular holes of 160 nm x 80 nm with different orientation angles created by a microfabrication process known as focused ion beam milling. Experimenting ...

laserfocusworld.com: 2016-10-18 - Nanotechnology

Infrared brings to light nanoscale molecular arrangement

This image shows the crystal shape and height of a material known as PTCDA, with height represented by the shading (white is taller, darker orange is lowest). The white scale bar represents 500 nanometers. The illustration at bottom is a representation of ...

Space Daily: 2016-10-18 - Nanotechnology

Nanoantenna lighting-rod effect produces fast optical switches

A fast nanoscale optical transistor has been created using gold nanoantenna assisted phase transition. The work opens up new directions in antenna-assisted switches and optical memory. A team of scientists, led by the University of Southampton, have ...

Science Daily: 2016-10-21 - Nanotechnology

Featured Event

Event Calendar

MEMS and Sensors Executive Congress US 2016 2016-11-09 - 2016-11-11 Scottsdale, Arizona CAPTURING VALUE FROM MEMS AND SENSORS
Defense Innovation 2016-11-29 - 2016-12-01 Austin, TX Co-Located with Defense Energy and SBIR/STTR
MEMS 2017 2017-01-22 - 2017-01-26 Las Vegas, Nevada The 30th Annual IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
Photonics West 2017 2017-01-28 - 2017-02-02 Moscone Center San Francisco, California, USA The world's largest multidisciplinary event focusing on photonics
IEEE-NEMS 2017 2017-04-09 - 2017-04-12 UCLA, Los Angeles, CA The 12th Annual International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems
TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo 2017-05-14 - 2017-05-17 Washington, DC Accelerating the Commercialization of Global Innovation