MEMS technology

Nanotube structure strengthens thin films for flexible electronics

"Aligned carbon nanotube sheets are suitable for a wide range of application spanning the micro- to the macro-scales including Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), supercapacitor electrodes, electrical cables, artificial muscles, and multi-functional ...

printedelectronicsworld.com: 2017-04-27 - MEMS technology

Makerspaces could enable widespread adoption of microfluidics

Microfluidic devices for performing various assays were created with the tools in Lincoln Laboratory's Technology Office Innovation Laboratory. Credit: Nicole Fandel For more than a decade, scientists have publicized the potential of microfluidics to ...

Phys: 2017-04-24 - MEMS technology

How the technology behind Apple's Touch ID will likely change with 'iPhone 8'

Perfection must extend to manufacture of the sensor, as well. Optics on a macro scale in a telescope aren't quite the same as on a micro scale in Touch ID — and make no mistake, a microscopic scale is what we're talking about with the iPhone's ...

Apple Insider: 2017-04-22 - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Analog Devices’ MEMS Accelerometers Deliver Compelling Noise Performance for Condition Monitoring Applications

NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) today announced two high frequency, low noise MEMS accelerometers designed specifically for industrial condition monitoring applications. The ADXL1001 and ADXL1002 MEMS accelerometers deliver the ...

Business Wire: 2017-04-24 - MEMS business

IoT Development Board Integrates MEMS and Multiple Wireless Standards

The microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) on the board include an accelerometer and gyroscope IC and magnetometer for 9-axis motion sensing, a barometric pressure sensor, temperature/humidity sensor, two omnidirectional digital microphones and a ...

electronics360.globalspec.com: 2017-04-25 - MEMS business

MEMS & Sensors Technical Congress 2017: Knowing Your Unknowns

As in life, knowing everything in MEMS and sensors is impossible. Often the best we can do is to “know the unknowns” because articulating what we do not yet understand allows us to seek answers so that we can stay competitive. MEMS and sensors supply ...

Solid State Technology: 2017-04-26 - MEMS business

LORD Corporation Adds Low-Cost, Industrial-Grade 3DM-CV5 Inertial Sensor Family

It employs LORD Sensing’s Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), which are miniaturized mechanical and electro-mechanical elements made using the techniques of microfabrication. This allows the CV5 line to provide accurate measurements in a small and ...

Newswire Today: 2017-04-25 - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Microfluidics interface helps push two-legged nanobot

A team of researchers in Israel has made a bipedal motor from DNA that can be controlled using a computer-based microfluidics-based interface. The molecular machine, which can “walk” on a DNA origami track in response to DNA fuel and anti-fuel strand ...

Nanotechweb: 2017-04-26 - Nanotechnology

Electronic 'cyclones' at the nanoscale

(Nanowerk News) It has long been thought that spiral electronic structures called “polar vortices” would not be produced in electrically ordered materials. The idea persisted although scientists observed a similar phenomenon on the surface of some ...

Nano werk: 2017-04-20 - Nanotechnology

Conductive Carbon Nanotubes Synthesized By Scientists May Hold The Key To Novel Application Of Nanotechnology In Electronics And Medicine

The amalgamation of these two properties in carbon nanotubes opened up opportunities for the application of nanotechnology in the advent of novel nanoscale products like smart skins, sensors and flexible electronics. Carbon nanotubes are nanoscale ...

Science World Report: 2017-04-24 - Nanotechnology

Graphene nanoribbons enable ultra-sensitive mass detection

This nano-electromechanical system (NEMS) exploits a gold gating contact in the bottom of the trench that is used to actuate, or trigger, the nanoribbon and to explore its energy landscape. The graphene nanoribbon tested by Guo-Ping Guo and his team NEMS ...

Nanotechweb: 2017-04-26 - Nanotechnology

New atomically layered, thin magnet discovered

The new atomically thin, flat magnet could have major implications for a wide range of applications, such as nanoscale memory, spintronic devices, and magnetic sensors, they say. It may not seem like a material as thin as an atom could hide any surprises ...

Science Daily: 2017-04-26 - Nanotechnology

Scientists Develop Erasable Ink for 3D Printing Nanostructures

Currently, KIT are developing a process to grow cell cultures in the lab. Martin Wegener — whose group at KIT’s Institutes for Applied Physics and Nanotechnology participated in the development — explains: “During cell growth, parts of the three ...

all3dp.com: 2017-04-26 - Nanotechnology

Featured Event

Event Calendar

MEMS & Sensors Technical Congress 2017 2017-05-10 - 2017-05-11 Stanford, CA Working Together to Solve Technical Challenges and Increase Value across the MEMS and Sensors Supply Chain
TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo 2017-05-14 - 2017-05-17 Washington, DC Accelerating the Commercialization of Global Innovation
ADAS Sensors 2017 2017-05-17 - 2017-05-18 Detroit, Michigan Annual Conference & Exhibition
2017FLEX Korea 2017-05-31 - 2017-06-01 Seoul, Korea A Practical Path to Flexible Hybrid Electronics
IMS 2017 2017-06-04 - 2017-06-09 Honolulu, Hawaii International Microwave Symposium
MEPTEC 2017 2017-06-06 San Jose, CA 15th Annual MEPTEC MEMS & Sensors Technology Symposium
ASE 2017 2017-06-14 - 2017-06-15 Detroit, Michigan Automotive Sensors and Electronics Expo
Transducers 2017 2017-06-18 - 2017-06-22 Kaohsiung, Taiwan The 19th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems
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