MEMS technology

Harness Green Energy From Photosynthesis For Next Generation's Power Needs

The Concordia University researchers are confident that their technology can find applications in wireless electronics and several military domains. Those power cells can also act as efficient energy sources for Bio MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical ...

yesterday CrazyEngineers - MEMS technology

Coventor Announces MEMS+ 6.0 Platform for MEMS/IoT Integration

"We have collaborated with Coventor in defining the requirements for MEMS PDKs for MEMS+," said Joerg Doblaski, Director of Design Support at X-FAB Semiconductor Foundries. "We see the new capabilities in MEMS+ 6.0 as a big step toward a robust ...

yesterday MarketWatch - MEMS technology

A Liquid Microfluidics Twist On Flexible Sensors

Their newly developed microfluidic tactile sensor is fabricated on a flexible substrate like silicone rubber and uses a non-corrosive, non-toxic 2D nanomaterial suspension in liquid form as the pressure sensing element to recognize force-induced changes.

yesterday Asian Scientist Magazine - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Dolomite and Lab on a Chip Launch Video Competition to Win $2500 of ...

This exciting competition will give anyone registered for the event the opportunity to win Dolomite microfluidics equipment worth $2,500 by creating a scientific or educational short film on micro- or nanofluidics. Videos can be fun, artistic ...

today AZoNano.com - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Nanoscale wrench is just 1.7 nanometers wide

Envision a nanoscale wrench, capable of controlling shapes at the nanoscale level to create customized molecules. That's what Severin Schneebeli, a University of Vermont chemist and his team have developed. The opening on this mini wrench is only 1.7 ...

today Gizmag - Nanotechnology

System Bits: Oct. 6

In fundamental work that will likely guide current and future graphene membrane design principles in years to come, MIT researchers have created tiny pores in single sheets of graphene that have an array of preferences and characteristics similar to ...

today SemiEngineering - Nanotechnology

Skyrmions: Detection with unpolarized currents

Writing in Nature Nanotechnology, Kirsten von Bergmann and colleagues at the University of Hamburg and the University of Kiel now report a mechanism to read out the presence of these small magnetic states by using the tunnelling current from a ...

yesterday Nature.com - Nanotechnology

Nanoscale photodetector shows promise to improve the capacity of photonic circuits

The scientists developed a nanoscale photodetector that uses the common material molybdenum disulfide to detect optical plasmons—travelling oscillations of electrons below the diffraction limit—and successfully demonstrated that light can drive a ...

yesterday Phys.Org - Nanotechnology

Developing a nanoscale 'clutch'

A model microscopic system to demonstrate the transmission of torque in the presence of thermal fluctuations - necessary for the creation of a tiny 'clutch' operating at the nanoscale - has been assembled at the University of Bristol as part of an ...

yesterday Phys.Org - Nanotechnology

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Event Calendar

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 MEMS and Sensors: Enabling the Connection to the Physical World
Wearable Sensors and Electronics 2015 2015-11-16 - 2015-11-17 Santa Clara, CA. Bringing Together the Wearable Ecosystem
PowerMEMS 2015 2015-12-01 - 2015-12-04 Boston, MA The 15th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications
T-Sensors Summit 2015-12-09 - 2015-12-10 Celebration, FL Creating a TSensors-Based Abundant Future
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
MEMS Technical Congress Europe 2016 2016-03-07 - 2016-03-08 Munich, Germany Delivering Technical Solutions, Together.
MEMS 2017 2017-01-22 - 2017-01-26 Las Vegas, Nevada The 30th Annual IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems