Nanoelectronics News

RSS

Joint Venture to Produce Sapphire Wafers

Samsung LED is collaborating with Japan's Sumitomo Chemical in South Korea to develop sapphire wafers that will help produce lighting parts in consumer electronic products such as flat-screen televisions.

30 Mar 2011

Researchers Use Nanotechnology to Design Memory Storage Devices

Researchers have developed a new range of compact memory storage devices offering quick and energy saving memory for MP3s, smartphones and cameras.

30 Mar 2011

Researchers Present Review of New Types of Nano Devices and Computing Based on Atomic Switches

Takami Hino and his colleagues from the WPI Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Japan have presented an analysis of new categories of nano devices and computing derived from cationic-based atomic switches.

30 Mar 2011

NVD Inspection Platform Delivered in Patterned and Unpatterned Wafers

Qcept Technologies has declared that two semiconductor producers in Asia have procured and installed its ChemetriQ 5000 non-visual defect (NVD) inspection systems.

29 Mar 2011

Facilities Use Agreement to Develop Nanotechnology-Based Image Space

3DIcon recently declared that it has entered into a Facilities Use Agreement with Oklahoma State University, Tulsa's Helmerich Research Center.

29 Mar 2011

MOCVD Systems for Enhanced LED Production

Veeco Instruments recently declared that United LED Shan Dong (ULED), a China-based collaboration between United Microelectronics (UMC) and Epistar has placed an order with Veeco for supply of its TurboDisc K465i Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems.

From Veeco 28 Mar 2011

Transient Digitizer to Analyze Sub-Nanosecond Events

Berkeley Nucleonics, a developer of instrumentation, has unveiled its transient digitizer ideally suited for the scientific industry.

28 Mar 2011

Acoustic Waves Make Nanowires Emit Light

A report recently published in Nano Letters, describes the work done by a team of NIM researchers led by Hubert Krenner and Achim Wixforth from the University of Augsburg and Gregor Koblmüller, Gerhard Abstreiter and Jonathan Finley from the Walter Schottky Institut at TU Munich.

28 Mar 2011

Endura Avenir Platform Increases 22nm Transistor Contacts

Applied Materials has recently added to the applications of its Applied Endura Avenir RF PVD platform to incorporate deposition of nickel-platinum (NiPt) alloys, to increase transistor contacts scaling to the 22nm technology node.

From Applied Materials Inc. 28 Mar 2011

Researchers Develop Tiny Detectors for Counting Individual Photons

Scientists have developed tiny detectors, referred as single-photon avalanche diodes (SPAD), for counting individual photons on a computer chip. These tiny devices generate a tick sound every time, when they detect a photon and hence, their performance is similar to mini Geiger counters.

22 Mar 2011