MEMS technology

Three-dimensional piezoelectric polymer microsystems for vibrational energy harvesting, robotic interfaces and biomedical implants

Piezoelectric microsystems are of use in areas such as mechanical sensing, energy conversion and robotics. The systems typically have a planar structure, but transforming them into complex three-dimensional (3D) frameworks could enhance and extend their ...

Nature: 2019-01-16 - MEMS technology

Researchers pioneer microfluidics-enabled manufacturing of macroscopic graphene fibers

Sheet alignment and orientation order of graphene structures induced by microfluidics design enable the microstructure control and optimization of thermal-mechanical and electronic properties of ...

Phys.org: 2019-01-15 - MEMS technology

MEMS business

How can a sensor company successfully integrate with an acquiring larger electronics company?

The acquisition of successful microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensor companies by larger and broader semiconductor manufacturers and even other larger sensor suppliers has occurred frequently within the past few years. While there are numerous post ...

Design World Online: 2019-01-15 - MEMS business

End of Moore's Law: It's not just about physics

"My thesis here is that it's time to start planning for the end of Moore's Law, and that it's worth pondering how it will end, not just when," Robert Colwell, director of the Microsystems Technology Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ...

Scientific American magazine: 2019-01-12 - MEMS business

Will Cars Be a MEMS Sensor Bonanza?

OK – quiz time: what do you think the top three upcoming applications for semiconductors are going to be? If one of the categories you named wasn’t “automotive,” then you’re not doing your part in the echo chamber. (And you didn’t read the ...

Electronic Engineering Journal: 2019-01-14 - MEMS business

RAB-Microfluidics ready for testing in real-world environment

Until now, the emerging field of edge analytics has been focused on the internet of things and being able to process data at the point it’s created by a sensor. Now, thanks to the ability to separate fluids at a micro level on a chip just 22mm by 15mm, a ...

Energy Voice: 2019-01-16 - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology Frequently Asked Questions

Major technology shifts don’t happen overnight; and rarely are they the result of a single breakthrough discovery. Nowhere is this more true than for the vast set of capabilities that we have come to simply call nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is not an ...

Nanowerk: 2019-01-11 - Nanotechnology

Nanomechanical Testing of High-Temperature Coatings

How do you use micro- and nanoscale testing to develop materials with improved bulk properties? Micro-scale testing has evolved enormously over the last 20 years. I started working with Hysitron Instruments in 1995 when nanoindentation was a relatively new ...

AZOM: 2019-01-17 - Nanotechnology

Researchers develop bioinspired, nontoxic nanoscale drug delivery method

(Nanowerk News) Washington State University researchers have developed a novel way to deliver drugs and therapies into cells at the nanoscale without causing toxic effects that have stymied other such efforts. The work could someday lead to more effective ...

Nanowerk: 2019-01-11 - Nanotechnology

Featured Event

Event Calendar

IEEE MEMS 2019 2019-01-27 - 2019-01-31 Seoul, Korea The 32nd International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
FLEX & MSTC 2019 2019-02-18 - 2019-02-21 Monterey, California Flexible and Printed Electronics Conference & Exhibition and MEMS & Sensors Technical Congress
ADAS Sensors 2019 2019-03-20 - 2019-03-21 Detroit, Michigan 4th Annual Conference and Exhibition
Transducers 2019 - Eurosensors XXXlll 2019-06-23 - 2019-06-27 Berlin, Germany