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Not Your Average Heat Shield: New 'Thermal' Approach to Invisibility Cloaking ...
Shielding nanoelectronic and microelectronic devices from overheating, for example, is one of the biggest challenges facing the electronics and semiconductor industries, and an area in which thermal cloaking could have a huge impact.
today MarketWatch (press release) - MEMS technology

MEMS business

thumbnailAutofocus MEMS company selects TI as foundry
poLight also counts SVTC [Silicon Valley Technology Center] as one of its partners SVTC supports companies developing novel transistors, microfluidics, MEMS, photovoltaics and other nanotechnologies for the life science, aerospace & defense and ...
yesterday EE Times - MEMS business
thumbnailMicrofluidic Expert Dolomite Launches Novel Surface Coating Agent for Improved ...
(Nanowerk News) After the successful launch of Pico-Surf™ surfactants earlier this year, Dolomite, a world leader in the design and manufacture of microfluidic systems and devices, has announced the release of Pico-Glide™, a novel surface coating ...
today Nanowerk LLC - MEMS business
thumbnailMEMS' new battleground: Hardware-agnostic sensor fusion?
NEW YORK – As more and more MEMS sensors are showing up in mobile devices, the focus of MEMS design has begun shifting from discrete MEMS components to MEMS sensor data integration. How raw data from multiple sensors is “fused” and “interpreted” makes ...
today Embedded.com - MEMS business
ST expands expands MEMS line, partakes at DESIGN West
MANHASSET, NY -- STMicroelectronics has updated its iNemo family of inertial sensors with a combo of a 3-axis accelerometer, 3-axis gyroscope and 3-axis magnetic sensor in a single package. Market research firm IHS ...
2012-03-23 - MEMS business
SiTime: Using SOI Technology to Develop High-Performance MEMS ...
SiTime oscillators combine a MEMS resonator die with an analog oscillator IC in a stacked die arrangement. SiTime's high performance MEMS resonators (mechanical vibrating elements) are manufactured using SOI wafers.
Paul HAGELIN today - MEMS business
Synopsys launches 3D packaging EDA line-up
Through-silicon vias (TSV), microbumps and other solder bumps produce a permanent stress in their silicon zone. Synopsys' Sentaurus Interconnect TCAD tool analyzes these effects and models the TSVs in the die stacks. Semiconductor companies, such as ...
today ElectroIQ - MEMS business
thumbnailST closes in on TI atop MEMS top 30 ranking
STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments were the leading manufacturers of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) components in 2011 in a market that grew 17 percent to reach $10.2 billion, according to Yole Developpement (Lyon, France).
today EE Times - MEMS business
IDEX interview: mega-trends and silicon moments
Since going public in 1988, IDEX has made about 50 acquisitions, roughly two per year. In the late 90s/early 2000s, we started to get involved in microfluidics as we experienced customer pull towards photonics and sensing in life-science applications.
yesterday Optics.org - MEMS business
Panel sees MEMS market boom, silicon to win more slots
LONDON – The consumer electronics industry is going to continue being a driver for rapid expansion in MEMS volume shipments with established equipment being loaded with more sensors and actuators even as equipment ...
2012-03-23 - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

thumbnailResearchers Develop Self-Powered Underwater Vehicle Using Nanotechnology
By Cameron Chai Scientists from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia Tech and The The University of Texas at Dallas have developed a self-powered and pollution-free undersea vehicle based on nanotechnology.
today AZoNano.com - Nanotechnology
thumbnailBreast implant with nanoscale "bed-of-nails" surface shown to deter cancer cells
It's been known for some time that cancer cells respond differently to smooth and structured surfaces at the nanoscale level. The BU team explored this property further by engineering implant surfaces with regularly-spaced microscopic "nails" composed ...
2012-03-24 Gizmag - Nanotechnology
thumbnailSingle Molecules in a Quantum Movie(2)
(Nature Nanotechnology 2012) The quantum physics of massive particles has intrigued physicists for more than 80 years, since it predicts that even complex particles can exhibit wave-like behaviour – in conflict with our everyday ideas of what is real ...
today Product Design & Development - Nanotechnology
thumbnailStanford engineers find elusive plasmons in tiny metal particles, a boost to ...
This knowledge may open up new avenues in nanotechnology ranging from solar catalysis to biomedical therapeutics. By Andrew Myers Artist Kate Nichols creates structurally colored artwork using Surface Plasmon Resonances, the same phenomenon described ...
today Stanford University News - Nanotechnology
New nano-measurements add spark to centuries-old theory of friction
(Nanowerk News) The phenomenon of friction, when studied on a nanoscale, is more complex than previously thought. When friction occurs, an object does not simply slide its surface over that of another, it also makes a slight up-and-down movement.
today Nanowerk LLC - Nanotechnology
thumbnailNanostarfruits are pure gold for research
(Nanowerk News) They look like fruit, and indeed the nanoscale stars of new research at Rice University have tasty implications for medical imaging and chemical sensing. Starfruit-shaped gold nanorods synthesized by chemist Eugene Zubarev and Leonid ...
today Nanowerk LLC - Nanotechnology
thumbnailResearchers Develop New Technique to Directly Measure Atomic Structure of ...
By Cameron Chai A research team led by Jianwei (John) Miao from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has demonstrated an electron tomography method, which can directly measure a nanomaterial's atomic structure by creating 3D images of ...
yesterday AZoNano.com - Nanotechnology
thumbnailTiny nanosensor reader makes fast, cheap DNA sequencing feasible
(Nanowerk News) Researchers have devised a nanoscale sensor to electronically read the sequence of a single DNA molecule, a technique that is fast and inexpensive and could make DNA sequencing widely available. The technique could lead to affordable ...
today Nanowerk LLC - Nanotechnology

Nanotech business

Reportlinker.com Offers New Report on Global Nanophotonics Market
The comprehensive report discusses the worldwide market for nanophotonics devices, in which interaction of light is taking place at the nanoscale level. Nanophotonics are closely associated to nano-optoelectronics. Hence, the report covers everything ...
today AZoNano.com - Nanotech business
Research and Markets: Nanotechnology in Health Care. An In-Depth Investigation ...
By Business Wire Nanotechnologies are among the fastest growing areas of scientific research, and this is expected to have a substantial impact on human health care, especially in biomedical applications and nanomedicine now and in the near future.
today SYS-CON Media (press release) - Nanotech business

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Event Calendar

MEMS Reliability: A Case Study
2012-03-27
Webinar - 11:30 AM ET, 8:30 AM PT
MicroManufacturing and NanoManufacturing
2012-03-28 - 2012-03-29
Boston, MA
The Power of Connecting. Your Next Customer is Here!
MEMS and Nano in Diagnostics: Clinical and Investment Perspectives
2012-04-10
Webinar - 11:30 AM ET, 8:30 AM PT
Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2012
2012-06-03 - 2012-06-07
San Francisco CA
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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Sensors Expo & Conference 2012
2012-06-06 - 2012-06-07
Rosemont (Chicago) IL
Providing over 25 Years of Technical Innovation & Thought Leadership
IMS 2012 International Microwave Symposium
2012-06-17 - 2012-06-22
Montreal Canada
Celebrate the 60th anniversary of both the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society and the International Microwave Symposium
ACTUATOR 2012
2012-06-18 - 2012-06-20
Bremen, Germany
International Conference and Exhibition on New Actuators and Drive Systems
TechConnect World Summit & Innovation Showcase
2012-06-18 - 2012-06-21
Santa Clara CA
Increase your Innovation Pipeline!
SEMICON West 2012
2012-07-10 - 2012-07-12
San Francisco CA
Connect to Buyers, Grow your Business!
MEMS in Motion Collaboration Summit
2012-09-12 - 2012-09-13
Palm Springs, CA
Collaboration & Networking on Steroids!
AVS 59th International Symposium and Exhibition
2012-10-28 - 2012-11-02
Tampa Florida
PowerMEMS 2012
2012-12-02 - 2012-12-05
Atlanta, Georgia
The 12th International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications

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