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HRL Laboratories Demonstrates World’s First Graphene-Based Square-Law Millimeter Detectors

Researchers at HRL Laboratories have demonstrated first-of-its-kind graphene-based square-law millimeter detectors that show a linear dynamic range of more than 60 dB, the highest value ever quantified in semiconductor detectors.

17 Aug 2012

Innovative Micro-Nanosenors to Evaluate Gas Quality

Gas company Naturgas leads the Evalgas project, focused on the construction of an intelligent network of wireless sensors by means of microtechnologies to evaluate the quality of gases both with respect to its supply and its consumption.

18 Jul 2012

Analog Devices Introduces MEMS IMU with 10-DoF and Accurate Orientation Sensor

Analog Devices has made an addition to its iSensor MEMS inertial measurement unit (IMU) product range with the ADIS16480. This latest addition is a MEMS IMU with 10-degree-of-freedom (DoF) and incorporates a sensor fusion algorithm. It also employs the ADSP-BF512 Blackfin as an integrated core processor.

From Analog Devices 27 Jun 2012

Researchers Develop Strain Detecting Paint Using Carbon Nanotubes

Using carbon nanotubes, Rice University scientists, Bruce Weisman and Satish Nagarajaiah, have developed a new class of paint named ‘strain paint,’ which is capable of detecting strain in airplanes, bridges and buildings.

22 Jun 2012

New Semiconductor-Graphene-Metal Film Can Detect Ultra-Low Concentrations of Environmental Contaminants

Researchers at the laboratory of Prashant V. Kamat, the John A. Zahm Professor of Science at the University of Notre Dame, are working on ways to detect trace amounts of environmental contaminants. The researchers used silver nanoparticles to enhance the chemical detection’s sensitivity limit with the help of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

7 Jun 2012

Analog Devices Unveils New 3-Axis, Digital MEMS Accelerometer

Analog Devices has unveiled a 3-axis, digital MEMS accelerometer called the ADXL362, which works in motion sensing wake-up mode at 300 nA.

6 Jun 2012

New Ultra-Sensitive Biosensor Uses Magnetic Nanoparticles

Biosensors are devices that are used to detect the presence of a compound in a mixture containing other compounds. The portable devices make use of biological molecules for detection and find application in daily processes such as testing of drinking water for contamination, pregnancy tests and testing blood-sugar levels.

2 Jun 2012

Researchers Develop Uncooled Infrared Detector Using Carbon Nanotubes

Peking University, Duke University (USA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have fabricated an ‘uncooled’ ultrasensitive photovoltaic infrared detector using single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs).

24 May 2012

Researchers Develop Ultrasensitive Nanostructured Sensor

Research teams headed by Valérie Keller from the Laboratoire des Matériaux, Surfaces et Procédés pour la Catalyse and Denis Spitzer from the French-German Research Institute of Saint Louis have designed a micromechanical sensor based on male silk moths’ ultrasensitive sense organs used to detect pheromone molecules released by females.

21 May 2012

Si-Ware Systems Introduces New Platform for MEMS Inertial Sensor Development

Si-Ware Systems, a company specializing in MEMS and IC-based solutions, has introduced an inertial sensor development platform called the SWS61111 that enables easy and rapid interfacing of most of the capacitive MEMS devices to superior performance electronics.

10 May 2012