MEMS technology

Beetle-Inspired Structural Colors

Using masking tape or standard MEMS lithography techniques, the researchers created patterns on the ZnO seed layer before hydrothermal growth. They could also control the shapes on the wafer after fabrication by using diluted hydrochloric acid to etch away ...

osa-opn.org: 2017-06-21 - MEMS technology

The Science behind Organ Mimicry: Organ-On-Chip

Merging modern tissue engineering with techniques of microfabrication, the organ-on-chip developed by Wyss Institute biologically mimics the biochemical and mechanical behaviors of organs such as the heart, intestines, kidney, liver, and lung. Organs like ...

www.technowize.com: 2017-06-18 - MEMS technology

Viruses in microfabricated channels produce superior supercapacitors

Scientists in the US have devised a microfabrication method that uses capillary channels in a photoresist to position nanorods of the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). The team used the quick and simple new approach to create a supercapacitor with nanostructured ...

Nanotechweb: 2017-06-15 - MEMS technology

Toshiba develops a hydrogen sensor with rapid detection and low power consumption for a safer hydrogen society

It is based on a Toshiba-developed microelectromechanical system (MEMS) structure that employs a palladium-based metallic glass(Note 2) to realize both rapid detection and low power consumption, overcoming the usual trade-off of conventional sensors.

fuelcellsworks.com: 2017-06-21 - MEMS technology

Advanced Micro-Optics: Additive Manufacturing Overcomes Design Constraints

Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen The German company Nanoscribe develops and produces high-precision 3D printing solutions enabling research and industry to innovate by additive manufacturing. Previously, the resolution and precision that is needed in the ...

opli.net: 2017-06-21 - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Bosch Bets Fortune on New Semiconductor Plant in Silicon Saxony

More than 20 years ago, the supplier of technology and services itself developed the microfabrication technique known worldwide as the “Bosch process,” which is also used to make semiconductors. At its wafer fab in Reutlingen, Germany, Bosch currently ...

autoconnectedcar.com: 2017-06-19 - MEMS business

Exploring Smart Sensor Explosive Growth at SEMICON West 2017

Standards and Task Force Meetings at SEMICON West MSIG also invites members to attend the MEMS/NEMS Committee Meeting, including a Task Force on microfluidics, from 3:30-5:30 pm on July 13 at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis. Visit: www.semiconwest.org ...

The Business Journal: 2017-06-20 - MEMS business

Metafluidics.org: the open source website for lab-on-a-chip devices

The MIT-designed open-source website also serves as a social platform for the microfluidics community. “There’s been quite a bit of sharing of different types of information around synthetic biology,” Kong, director of the MIT Media Lab’s new ...

open-electronics.org: 2017-06-18 - MEMS business

Micralyne and Microplex Partner to Deliver Metal "Through Silicon Via" Wafers

The joint development of this technology leverages the specific expertise of each company to enable a truly flexible and cost effective Metal TSV solution for sensor and semiconductor applications. The companies engaged in the development of the TSV ...

prnewswire.com: 2017-06-14 - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Freshwater from salt water using only solar energy and nanotechnology

(Nanowerk News) A federally funded research effort to revolutionize water treatment has yielded an off-grid technology that uses energy from sunlight alone to turn salt water into fresh drinking water. The desalination system, which uses a combination of ...

Nano werk: 2017-06-19 - Nanotechnology

The Encapsulation and Study of Nanoscale Water Phases Using a Graphene Cover

The ability to understand how water molecules can be confined on the nanoscale has gathered attention recently. This is especially true for understanding the phase behavior between water and ice and the thermodynamic principles behind them. A team of ...

AZoNano: 2017-06-21 - Nanotechnology

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Event Calendar

2017FLEX Monterey 2017-06-19 - 2017-06-22 Monterey, California Flexible Electronics - Accelerating to Manufacturing
Sensors Expo and Conference 2017 2017-06-27 - 2017-06-29 San Jose CA
MEMS Testing & Reliability 2017 2017-08-01 Santa Clara, CA Workshop and Exhibition
MEMS Manufacturing 2017 2017-08-02 - 2017-08-03 Santa Clara, CA Annual Conference and Exhibition
Napa Microsystems Workshop 2017 2017-08-21 - 2017-08-23 Napa, California The fourth workshop in the Transducers Research Foundation's Napa Institute Series
European MEMS Summit 2017-09-20 - 2017-09-22 Grenoble, France MEMS with all Senses
uTAS 2017 2017-10-22 - 2017-10-26 Savannah, Georgia The 21st International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
IEEE Sensors 2017 2017-10-29 - 2017-11-01 Glasgow, Scotland, UK Sensor and sensor systems practitioners come together to interact and network with colleagues.
MEMS & Sensors Executive Congress 2017-11-01 - 2017-11-02 Napa Valley, California Exchange ideas, engage with competitors, network and relax with colleagues
MEMS 2018 2018-01-21 - 2018-01-25 Belfast, Northern Ireland The 31st IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems