Dr. Cameron Chai

Articles from Cameron

Scientists Fabricate Magnetic Data Storage Unit with Area 4 by 16 nm

The world’s smallest magnetic data storage unit from just 12 atoms for each bit and 96 atoms for 8 bits i.e. 1 byte was designed by German Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) and IBM scientists.

17 Jan 2012

Institute of Electron Technology Engineers Design Silicon-Based MEMS Valves

The Institute of Electron Technology (ITE) engineers have designed silicon-based micromechanical valves utilizing process technologies of semiconductor materials. These silicon microvalves belong to the MEMS category.

13 Jan 2012

Novel Technique for Nano-Scale Repairs

A research team led by Todd Emrick from the University of Massachusetts Amherst has developed an experimental process to perform nano-scale repairs on damaged surfaces based on a theoretical prediction of Anna Balazs from the University of Pittsburgh.

13 Jan 2012

NIST Develops Software to Measure Friction in Graphene

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have devised a novel software to measure friction of graphene, a one-atom-thick carbon material.

13 Jan 2012

Major Manufacturer Uses WiSpry’s Technology for RF-MEMS-Enabled Handset

WiSpry, a company specializing in tunable RF semiconductor products, has declared that its dynamically tunable antenna technology is the basis of the first bulk-produced RF-MEMS-enabled handset.

13 Jan 2012

Novel Method Helps Advance Nanopore Analysis of Biomolecules

Nanopores are being used for analyzing the behavior of biomolecules, such as proteins, RNA and DNA. However, interference between proteins utilized as nanopores and the test molecules is a major issue for the quantitative analysis.

13 Jan 2012

NanoBCA to Co-Host Nanotechnology Commercialization Conference

The NanoBusiness Commercialization Association (NanoBCA) has announced that it will co-host the Nanotechnology Commercialization Conference together with the Center of Innovation for Nanobiotechnology (COIN) and the N.C. Department of Commerce.

13 Jan 2012

Isotopically Engineered Graphene’s Thermal Properties Better than natural Graphene

Alexander Balandin, an electrical engineering professor at the UC Riverside Bourns College of Engineering and a research team from the University of Texas at Austin and China-based Xiamen University have demonstrated that the thermal characteristics of graphene that has been isotopically engineered is far better than that of natural graphene.

12 Jan 2012

Akustica and Bosch Sensortec Showcase MEMS Sensors and Solutions at CES Show

Bosch, a MEMS sensor manufacturer, has declared that Akustica and Bosch Sensortec, two companies from the Bosch Group will be together displaying their range of consumer MEMS products in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week.

12 Jan 2012

Rice University Researchers Discover New Phenomenon in Armchair Nanotubes

According to Rice University researchers, armchair nanotubes get their exclusive bright colors due to excitons or hydrogen-like objects. Their findings can be seen in their online edition of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

12 Jan 2012