MEMS technology

Can Small Go Big? Microfluidics Aid Quest for Artificial Photosynthesis

Researchers developed a versatile, fully integrated microfluidic test-bed to facilitate the evaluation of new catalysts and materials for electrochemical energy conversion systems without the need for expensive scale-up. With its small size and ...

today Newswise (press release) - MEMS technology

Graphene heat-transfer riddle unraveled

... between grains of graphene affects heat conductivity in thin films of the miracle substance -- bringing developers a step closer to being able to engineer films at a scale useful for cooling microelectronic devices and hundreds of other nano-tech ...

yesterday Nanowerk - MEMS technology

For Diamonds Coated With Graphene, Friction Vanishes

“The knowledge gained from this study will be crucial in finding ways to reduce friction in everything from engines or turbines to computer hard disks and microelectromechanical systems," nanoscientist Ani Sumant, one of the authors of the study, said ...

yesterday Popular Science - MEMS technology

Tissue engineering: Organs from the lab

Right now, microfabrication is out of reach for many labs. However, there are some companies that offer services to make chips for labs that do not have the necessary equipment or expertise. And many universities offer microfabrication capabilities ...

today Nature.com - MEMS technology

Public Release: 16-Jun-2015 Device allows evaluation of the efficacy, toxicity ...

The authors describe development of a microfabricated device that enables the separate culture of primary liver cells and cancer cells. The device contains two microchambers separated by a tissue-culture membrane allowing very small amounts of the two ...

yesterday EurekAlert (press release) - MEMS technology

Wearables Get Their Own MEMS

PORTLAND, Ore. — Ultra-low power followed by ultra-small size are the two most important aspects of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensors used in wearables. MEMS manufacturer mCube Inc. (San Jose, California) discovered this in its research ...

yesterday EE Times - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Graphene booms in factories but lacks a killer app

Last year, AWIT in Wuxi, China, brought 2,000 graphene-touchscreen phones to market, and in March, Galaxy Microsystems of Shenzhen, China, released 30,000 phones that use graphene in their touchscreens, cases and batteries (see 'Batteries and ...

today Nature.com - MEMS business

Intel acquires Recon Instruments

As with a lot of groundbreaking microelectronic products the Jet's Kryptonite is battery life. Bike rides longer than 3 or 4 hours may strain the ability of the Jet to keep going. But the Jet can perform a lot of duties during that bike ride, and shows ...

today Slowtwitch - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Researcher uses microscale technology to isolate rare cells

"By working on problems in nanotechnology, I recognized that chemistry was a focal point for many of the field's central questions. Whether it's the materials that make up solid-state electronics or you're thinking about molecular electronics ...

yesterday Phys.Org - Nanotechnology

Nanoscale asymmetry leads to Janus-like nanoparticle membranes

Here, researchers from the Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM), Advanced Photon Source (APS), the University of Chicago, and the University of Missouri, discovered that a heterogeneous environment, such as an air-water interface, strongly influences ...

today Nanowerk - Nanotechnology

Hot nanostructures cool faster when they are physically ...

A complete description of nanoscale thermal transport is a fundamental problem that has defied understanding for decades. Here, researchers uncover a new regime of thermal transport near nanoscale structures, where counterintuitively, nanoscale hot spots cool more quickly when placed close together than when they are widely separated.

today - Nanotechnology

"Nano-accordion" conductors may find use in flexible and stretchable electronics

A new conductive, transparent, and stretchable nanomaterial that folds up like an accordion could one day be applied to the development of flexible electronics and wearable sensors, as well as stretchable displays. The researchers at North Carolina ...

today Gizmag - Nanotechnology

Inkless printing manipulates light at the nanoscale to produce colors

The nanoscale perforations used to provide this color are so small as to only be visible with the help of an electron microscope, but they allowed the researchers to reproduce the standard colors of the S&T logo, and also to manipulate the light to ...

today Gizmag - Nanotechnology

Nanotech business

First quantum dot monitor to hit US retail shelves this summer

Philips have partnered with QD Vision, which produces nanomaterials that dramatically improves color quality in televisions and other types of video display technology. Color IQ, QD Vision's trademarked design, is a semiconductor nanocrystal technology ...

today ExtremeTech - Nanotech business

Featured Event

Event Calendar

Testing of MEMS Inertial Sensors 2015-06-18 Online, 11:30am EDT Test by Utilizing IEEE P2700 Standard for Sensor Performance
Transducers 2015 2015-06-21 - 2015-06-25 Anchorage, Alaska
MEMS Manufacturing 2015 2015-08-05 - 2015-08-06 Santa Clara, California Annual Conference and Exhibition
Workshop on Enabling Future Health Care 2015-08-23 - 2015-08-26 Napa, California the Role of Micro and Nano Technologies
MIG Conference Asia 2015 2015-09-09 - 2015-09-10 Shanghai, China Stay tuned for more details!
European MEMS Summit 2015 2015-09-17 - 2015-09-18 Milan, Italy European MEMS Summit will focus on MEMS technologies, manufacturing and business challenges
Swiss ePrint 2015, 3rd edition 2015-10-01 - 2015-10-02 Neuchatel, Switzerland The Swiss Conference on Printed Electronics and Functional Materials
MicroTAS 2015 2015-10-25 - 2015-10-29 HICO, Gyeongju, Korea The 19th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
MEMS Executive Congress US 2015 2015-11-04 - 2015-11-06 Napa, CA Stay tuned for more details!
PowerMEMS 2015 2015-12-01 - 2015-12-04 Boston, MA The 15th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications
SPIE Photonics West 2016 2016-02-13 - 2016-02-18 Moscone Center San Francisco, California, USA Photonics West, the #1 laser, photonics, biomedical optics conference