Now, development is progressing on a technology that uses metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) embedded inside nanoscale channels in a polymer membrane to selectively separate lithium ions from salt brines.
Integrated quantum photonic chips offer the promise of a convenient, scalable platform for performing tasks such as quantum communication and information processing.
For the optical-cavity resonator that controls the optical pumping modes, the team used precise microfabrication to create the microresonator as a 36-mm silica wedge with free-spectral resonance of 1.808 GHz and extreme Q factor above 100 million. The resonator is packaged in a small metal box with optical-fiber connections and thermal ...
Polysilicon micromachining is a thin film process. Each material layer is four microns or less in thickness. Typically, layers of material are added to a substrate structure one at a time.
Mechanical engineer Juan Santiago is an expert in microfluidics – compact chemistry labs that are increasingly being used to test various liquids for toxins, pollution, parasites, microbes and more. Santiago is working to adapt one of his microfluidic tests for tuberculosis to detect the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.
