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MEMS technology

Group fabricates quantum dot laser on silicon substrate
To date, the most promising approach to a light source for silicon photonics has been the use of wafer bonding to join compound semiconductor laser materials from which lasers can be made to a silicon substrate. Direct growth of compound semiconductor ...
yesterday The Engineer - MEMS technology
MEMS paves the way for biomedical apps
Most engineers think of MEMS devices only as sensors, which is understandable because MEMS devices find their largest market and applications in airbag triggers in cars, pressure sensors, accelerometers and gyroscopes. However, in a recent conversation ...
today EE Times India - MEMS technology
thumbnail10000 Steps a Day
Nowadays pedometers are all solid state, using a microelectromechanical system, or MEMS (“lab on a chip”) to sense acceleration. Where were we? Oh yes, 10000 steps. So how does that rack up in terms of fitness? From my point of view, it's a good daily ...
today North Coast Journal - MEMS technology
Silicon interposers: building blocks for 3D-ICs
A complete 3D-IC implementation is usually envisioned as a stack of active chips using through-silicon vias (TSV) to connect through each chip down to a package substrate. TSV designs represent a convergence of the SoC and SiP disciplines, ...
today ElectroIQ - MEMS technology
Reducing Friction at the Nano Level
"That could turn out to be especially important for microelectromechanical devices. MEMS were once heralded as machines that would change the world but we are still waiting for this revolution largely because of the problem of 'stiction'. ...
today Big Think - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Electro Standards Laboratories Unveils New Fiber Optic ST Duplex A/B Softswitch
The QuickSwitch 6190 employs Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) based multimode switches, company officials said. The data network switch uses mirror technology. It promises gigabit data rates as it is transparent to data. ...
today TMC Net - MEMS business
thumbnailSensor provides 10 degrees-of-freedom
Analog Devices' ADIS16407 iSensor MEMS-based IMU (inertial measurement unit) combines a tri-axis accelerometer, a tri-axis gyroscope, a tri-axis magnetometer, and a pressure sensor in a single unit. The combination of these sensors lets the module ...
today Test & Measurement World - MEMS business
IME Launches 11th ELECtronic Packaging Research Consortium
The four projects identified are namely Multiple Chip Embedded Wafer Level Packaging to address the re-construction process challenges and develop validated numerical models; Through Silicon Via (TSV) Interposer project to explore design, ...
yesterday R & D Magazine - MEMS business
European "e-BRAINS" Research Project Lays the Foundations for the Integration ...
The feature sizes of microelectronic components are continually shrinking in order to reduce energy consumption or achieve higher switching speeds. However, as miniaturization continues its march of progress, the semiconductor industry is increasingly ...
today presseagentur.com (press release) - MEMS business
Oxford Instruments Acquires Omicron NanoTechnology GmbH and ...
Oxford Instruments Acquires Omicron NanoTechnology GmbH and Omniprobe, Inc.
yesterday - MEMS business
TSMC May Beat Intel With World's First 3D Chips
The 3D chips combined several layers of silicon using a technique called wafer bonding. IBM's technique used a silicon base with active wafers layered on top. This technology allowed a processor to be placed on the bottom of the stack with memory or ...
today PCWorld - MEMS business
Automotive MEMS Show Solid Growth; Government Mandates Are the Wild Card ...
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Automotive safety systems are found in a growing number of vehicles, and shipments of MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) that are crucial to their operation are increasing even faster. “Safety systems are becoming more ...
yesterday Business Wire (press release) - MEMS business
Chandrakasan named head of electrical engineering and computer science
As director of the Microsystems Technology Laboratories ( MTL ), Chandrakasan and his colleagues have conducted microsystems research in circuits and systems, microelectromechanical systems, electronic and photonic devices, and molecular and ...
yesterday Media Newswire (press release) - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

CNST offers insights into metallic ferromagnetism using spin polarized ...
The Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology's Daniel Pierce has provided an overview of three decades of applications of spin-polarized measurement techniques to understanding metallic ferromagnetism. His insights were published in the Journal of ...
today PhysOrg.com - Nanotechnology
When size matters: Nanotechnology for energy efficiency
New research at the University of Leicester is using nanotechnology to create energy efficient materials. With the increasing worldwide demand for energy there is a pressure to use the finite energy resources wisely ...
yesterday - Nanotechnology
Nanoscale Structure and Assembly at Solid-Fluid Interfaces ...
Nanoscale Structure and Assembly at Solid-Fluid Interfaces.
Ancer today - Nanotechnology
Researchers break light-matter coupling strength limit in nanoscale
New engineering research at the University of Pennsylvania demonstrates that polaritons have increased coupling strength when confined to nanoscale semiconductors. This represents a promising advance in the field of ...
yesterday - Nanotechnology
thumbnailNanotechnology makes inroads in the construction industry
Chemical and Engineering News - Nanotechnology makes inroads in the construction industry Completed in 2003, the Jubilee Church, is a flagship when it comes to the use of nanotechnology in construction . Nanostructured TiO2 particles theoretically will ...
yesterday Next Big Future - Nanotechnology
thumbnailSolar generator splits water to make hydrogen
The key is a nanomaterial coating on titanium that captures a relatively broad spectrum of sunlight, including ultraviolet light, he explained. Its photocatalyst material is a titanium dioxide nanostructure that's baked onto strips of titanium metal. ...
today CNET - Nanotechnology
Scientists unveil self-powered wireless nano device
That future is a nanoscale device that manages to transmit data wirelessly up to 30 feet and operate without a battery, instead harvesting energy from the environment via such sources as the pulse of a blood vessel or the gust of a breeze. ...
yesterday CNET - Nanotechnology

Nanotech business

BioNanomatrix Opens West Coast Headquarters, Expands Senior Team to Accelerate ...
As a staff scientist at the California Institute of Technology, where he was awarded his Ph.D. in electrical engineering, Dr. Yang consulted on MEMS and microfluidics projects for many institutions. He began his industrial career at ACLARA BioSciences. ...
yesterday Business Wire (press release) - Nanotech business
Microfluidics Launches Processing Technology for Continuous Nanomaterial ...
By Cameron Chai Microfluidics, a leading fluid processor manufacturer, has established PureNano Group (PNG) to produce customised nanomaterials through the process of nano-encapsulation, crystallization, and chemical reaction. ...
yesterday AZoNano.com - Nanotech business
thumbnailFDA Issues Draft Guidance on Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is science involving particles less than 100 nm in size. It is an emerging technology that is finding applications in medical products, food packaging, and cosmetics. Nanoscale materials can have different chemical, physical, ...
today Pharmaceutical Technology Magazine - Nanotech business

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Event Calendar

Microtech Conference & Expo 2011
2011-06-13 - 2011-06-16
Boston MA
Uniting innovators to bring microtechnology from laboratory to marketplace
MIG Webinar: Standards & Collaboration
2011-06-21
Online - Jun 21, 2011 11:30am ET
Lessons Learned from the SEMATECH Model
Technologies for Future Micro and Nano Manufacturing
2011-08-08 - 2011-08-10
Napa, California
Stimulating domestic micro and nano manufacturing
COMS 2011
2011-08-28 - 2011-08-31
Greensboro NC
Commercialization of Micro - Nano Systems
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MicroTAS 2011
2011-10-02 - 2011-10-06
Seattle, Washington
The 15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
SENSORS Tech Forum '11 Boston
2011-10-10 - 2011-10-12
Boston, MA
NASA Tech Briefs Presents SENSORS Tech Forum
MEMS Executive Congress 2011
2011-11-02 - 2011-11-03
Monterey, CA
Connecting the MEMS supply chain with MEMS end-users
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IEEE MEMS 2012
2012-01-29 - 2012-02-02
Paris, France
Focus on Strategies for Reducing Time and Cost of MEMS Testing
MEMS Executive Congress 2012
2012-03-20
Zurich, Switzerland
MEMS Industry Group event co-located with Smart Systems Integration
Hilton Head Workshop 2012
2012-06-03 - 2012-06-07
Hilton Head Island, SC
A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop

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