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Stack of Nanometer-Scale Thin Films Synthesized using Diamond Isotopes

Japanese researchers have succeeded in the vapor-phase synthesis of a stack of nanometer-scale thin films of diamond using carbon isotopes 12C and 13C, which differ in mass. Electrons and holes were confined to a single material for the first time using the diamond stack.

5 Aug 2009

Award to Fund Research on Self-Organizing Polymer Nanocomposites

Eric Cochran, an associate scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award, the organization's most prestigious award for junior researchers.

4 Aug 2009

Researcher Wins Young Faculty Award from DARPA

University of Kentucky electrical and computer engineering researcher J. Todd Hastings has won a two-year, $300,000 Young Faculty Award from the national Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

4 Aug 2009

DEK Developed System Specifically for Processing Thinned Silicon Wafers

Building on its highly successful Galaxy imaging platform, DEK has used the foundation of the technology's supreme accuracy and precision to develop a system specifically for processing thinned silicon wafers.

3 Aug 2009

New Queensland Microtechnology Facility Places Order for Gamma Sputtering System from Surrey NanoSystems

The new Queensland Microtechnology Facility at Griffith University has ordered a Gamma sputtering system from Surrey NanoSystems, to support commercially-backed research into advanced semiconductor devices.

From Surrey Nanosystems 3 Aug 2009

Strasbaugh Receives Order from Japanese customer for nTrepid CMP System

Strasbaugh (OTC Bulletin Board: STRB.OB) announced today that it has received its first order from a Japanese customer for the company's nTrepid CMP system. The machine is upgraded with Strasbaugh's newly-release...

3 Aug 2009

Dream of Self-Healing Surfaces has Taken Another Step Towards Becoming Reality

The engineers' dream of self-healing surfaces has taken another step towards becoming reality - researchers have produced a electroplated layer that contains tiny nanometer-sized capsules. If the layer is damaged, the capsules release fluid and repair the scratch.

3 Aug 2009

Slicing Silicon Blocks into Paper-Thin Wafers

You need the right tool to slice silicon blocks into paper-thin wafers: a several-kilometer-long wire wetted with a type of grinding paste. And all the parameters must be optimally adjusted - only then can significant material losses be avoided during the cutting process.

3 Aug 2009

ASM Receives Order for Pulsar ALD System from Japanese Logic Device Manufacturers

ASM International N.V. (NASDAQ: ASMI and Euronext Amsterdam: ASM), today announced that it has sold its Pulsar® Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) system for high-k gates to two top Japanese logic device manufacturers for...

From ASM International 29 Jul 2009

Making High Volume Synthesis of Tetrapod Quantum Dots a Reality

Hague Corp.'s (OTC Bulletin Board: HGUE), wholly owned subsidiary Solterra Renewable Technologies today announced that it is initiating the next phase in its plan to make high volume synthesis of tetrapod quantum dot...

29 Jul 2009