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Novel Method to Fabricate Plasmonic Nanogap Arrays Quickly and Economically

A research team led by Dr. Stefan Strauf, who serves as Director of the NanoPhotonics Laboratory (NPL) at Stevens Institute of Technology, has devised a new method based on holographic lithography (HL) for producing evenly placed metallic nanostructures.

8 Sep 2011

Chinese Chip Design Firms Increase Investments in Advanced 28 nm Technology

The 10th annual IC Design House Survey of EE Times-China, eMedia Asia’s design engineering journal, has revealed that major IC design companies in Mainland China are using advanced 28 nm technology for chip development, while 9.2% of local fabless manufacturers have adopted ≤ 45 nm process technologies for the mass production of digital ICs.

7 Sep 2011

Nanometric Film Developer Unveils Advanced Film-Deposition Technology

Alchimer, a developer of processes and chemical formulations for the deposition of nanometric films for MEMS and microelectronic applications, has introduced an advanced film-deposition technology called the AquiVia TSV for through-silicon via (TSV) barrier-layer process.

7 Sep 2011

Tufts University Researchers Develop Electric Motor from Single Molecule

Scientists at the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University have devised a single molecule electrically-driven motor, first-of-its-kind device with a size of only 1 nm diagonally.

6 Sep 2011

Mercedes-Benz to Utilize NANOSLIDE Technology in Diesel Engines

Mercedes-Benz will use its pioneering twin-wire arc spraying technology called NANOSLIDE technology in the series production of its V6 diesel engines. Since 2006, the company has been utilizing the technology successfully in its 6.3-L AMG engines.

5 Sep 2011

New Manufacturing Technique Produces Chip Features As Small as 10nm

In a pair of recent papers, researchers at MIT’s Research Laboratory of Electronics and Singapore’s Engineering Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have demonstrated a new technique that could produce chip features only 10 nanometers.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 Sep 2011