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Penn Reserchers Use Holographic Lithography to Mimic Color of Butterfly Wings

The colors of a butterfly’s wings are unusually bright and beautiful and are the result of an unusual trait; the way they reflect light is fundamentally different from how color works most of the time.

11 Oct 2012

Cadence Signoff Solution Accelerates Development Schedule of 28 nm System-on-Chip

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a leader in global electronic design innovation, announced today that STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, slashed multiple weeks from its design schedule on a 28-nanometer system-on-chip (SoC) by switching to the Cadence® signoff solution.

11 Oct 2012

ASSID JDP Program to Use PECVD Modules on Versalis Platform

SEMICON Europa -- SPTS Technologies, a supplier of advanced wafer processing solutions for the global semiconductor industry and related markets, today announced that it has signed a JDP Program with ASSID from Fraunhofer-IZM to research sub-175 degrees C dielectric films in through silicon vias (TSV) for 3D-IC packaging.

10 Oct 2012

Specific Plantronics Devices to Use P2i's Nano-Coating Technology

From the workplace to home life and everywhere in between, Plantronics knows that one of the biggest risks to the performance of electronic devices is exposure to moisture - including rain, humidity, sweat and accidental spills.

10 Oct 2012

New Fabrication Technique to Etch Carbon Nanotube Sensors

Carbon nanotubes offer a powerful new way to detect harmful gases in the environment. However, the methods typically used to build carbon nanotube sensors are hazardous and not suited for large-scale production.

9 Oct 2012

Sequential Passivation and Reactive Ion Etching Employed to Produce 3D Photonic Crystals

In modern telecommunications, light carries digital information over kilometers within seconds. Adapted optical materials control the light signals. In the AFM journal, researchers from Berlin, Louvain, and from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology present a method to produce photonic crystals. Their optical properties are adjusted by structures of micrometer size.

6 Oct 2012

Oxford Instruments Launch New Website

Oxford Instruments launch their new website - an ideal hi-tech showcase for their hi-tech products and services. This is the sixth iteration of the website since the original launch in 1996.

From Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis 3 Oct 2012

New Microscopy Technique Monitors and Controls Etching Process on Nanoscale

A research team led by Professors Gabriel Popescu and Lynford Goddard from the University of Illinois has developed an inexpensive technique using a special kind of microscope to etch delicate features on the surface of semiconductors, while simultaneously monitoring the entire process in real time with nanoscale resolution.

29 Sep 2012

Oxford Instruments to Run Workshop at IISc Bangalore on Nanoscale Fabrication and Analysis

Oxford Instruments and IISc Bangalore are extremely pleased to announce that they are holding a 2 day seminar, 20-21st November that will cover nanoscale processing, materials characterisation, surface science and cryoge...

From Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology 26 Sep 2012

Successful Commercial Metallization of Optical Images Using Nanotechnology

Nanotech Security (NTS) reports successful commercial metallization of optical images using nanotechnology. The company produces advanced authentication and security features utilizing nanotechnology-based optics.

25 Sep 2012