MEMS technology

Fraunhofer ISE Sets New Efficiency Records for Solar Cells

The world record for a monolithic multi-junction solar cell manufactured by wafer bonding has been increased to 34.1% and an efficiency record of 24.3% achieved for a solar cell with the III-V semiconductor layers deposited directly on the silicon.

solarnovus.com: 2019-08-29 - MEMS technology

Sophisticated chip mimics the effects of osteoarthritis to develop effective drugs

This is the extraordinary result achieved at the Politecnico di Milano Laboratory MiMic (Microfluidic and Biomimetic Microsystems) by Marco Rasponi from the Milan-based campus, the study's coordinator alongside Andrea Barbero from the University Hospital ...

News Medical: 2019-08-25 - MEMS technology

Smartphone and Paper Microfluidic Device for Norovirus Detection

The technique involves a smartphone camera and a paper microfluidics device, and could help to identify sources of norovirus before it can cause illness. In the US, norovirus causes approximately 20 million cases of food poisoning annually. However ...

Medgadget: 2019-08-27 - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Smartphone market pulls VCSELs into the mainstream

As demand for this formerly niche type of semiconductor laser rises, companies making the vacuum systems and thin-film process equipment used in their manufacture need to adapt, says Ajit Paranjpe Handle with care Specialist equipment makes it possible to ...

Physics World: 2019-08-23 - MEMS business

Schott and EV Group team up on mixed-reality wafers

Austria’s EV Group (EVG), which specializes in wafer bonding and lithography equipment, has teamed up with the optical glass giant Schott to help scale production of large glass wafer material intended for new applications in augmented and virtual ...

Optics: 2019-08-29 - MEMS business

MEMS Drive and SmartSens to Collaborate on CMOS Image Sensing for Nonmobile Applications

A cooperation agreement between CMOS imaging systems provider SmartSens and image stabilization innovator MEMS Drive could further research into the fields of CMOS image sensing and chip-level optical image stabilization (OIS) technologies. Sensors will ...

Photonics Spectra: 2019-08-28 - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

World’s Tiniest Engine Created

The nanoscale engine — a trapped 40 Ca + ion — is approximately 10 billion times smaller than a car engine. It is electrically charged, which makes it easy to trap using electric fields. The working substance of the engine is the ion’s ‘intrinsic ...

Sci-News: 2019-08-23 - Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology and the concept of friction

1.1 What is friction? Take this everyday example: when a coffee mug rests on a flat table, the kinetic frictional force is zero. There is no force trying to move the mug across the table, so there is no need for a frictional force because there is nothing ...

Nanowerk: 2019-08-28 - Nanotechnology

Engineers build advanced microprocessor out of carbon nanotubes

Shulaker, the Emanuel E Landsman Career Development Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and a member of the Microsystems Technology Laboratories. "There are ...

Phys.org: 2019-08-29 - Nanotechnology

A chip made with carbon nanotubes, not silicon, marks a computing milestone

By devising techniques to overcome the nanoscale defects that often undermine individual nanotube transistors (SN: 7/19/17), researchers have created the first computer chip that uses thousands of these switches to run programs. The prototype, described in ...

Science News: 2019-08-28 - Nanotechnology

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MEMS & Imaging Sensors Summit 2019-09-25 - 2019-09-27 Grenoble, France The Premier Global Gathering for MEMS, Imaging & Sensors Stakeholders
Defense TechConnect Fall Conference & Expo 2019-10-08 - 2019-10-10 National Harbor, Maryland Converging the innovation ecosystem - military leadership, industry scouts, non-traditionals, startups, and investors
IEEE MEMS 2020 2020-01-18 - 2020-01-22 Vancouver, Canada The 33rd International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
Hilton Head Workshop 2020 2020-05-31 - 2020-06-04 Hilton Head Island, South Carolina A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop