Materials Processing News

  1. Where Is Autonomous Mobility Going In Such A Hurry? 2/26/2018

    Autonomous mobility’s progress has been achieved in fits and starts, though the past few years have seen accelerated development in its enabling technologies.

  2. Building Miniature Optical Antennas Using DNA As A Guide 2/2/2018

    Research groups from University of Jyväskylä and Aalto University (Finland) together with researchers from California Institute of Technology (Caltech, USA) and Aarhus University (iNANO Center, Denmark) have reported a new highly parallel technique to fabricate precise metallic nanostructures with designed plasmonic properties by means of different self-assembled DNA origami shapes.

  3. Siemens And BRIDG Partner To Develop Digital Twin Solutions For Semiconductor Manufacturing 1/25/2018

    Siemens announces recently a partnership with BRIDG to drive the development of Digital Twin technologies for the semiconductor industry by providing Siemens’ PLM software portfolio to enable BRIDG’s research and development activities.

  4. The Fundamental Limitation In The Key Material For Solid-State Lighting 1/23/2018

    For the first time an international research group has revealed the core mechanism that limits the indium (In) content in indium gallium nitride ((In, Ga)N) thin films – the key material for blue light emitting diodes (LED).

  5. TU Wien Develops New Semiconductor Processing Technology 1/22/2018

    Extremely fine porous structures with tiny holes - resembling a kind of sponge at nano level - can be generated in semiconductors.

  6. Perovskite Solar Cells: Perfection Not Required 1/17/2018

    Metal-organic perovskite layers for solar cells are frequently fabricated using the spin coating technique. If you follow the simplest synthesis pathway and use industry-relevant compact substrates, the perovskite layers laid down by spin coating generally exhibit numerous holes, yet attain astonishingly high levels of efficiency

  7. Semiconductor Breakthrough May Be Game-Changer For Organic Solar Cells 1/17/2018

    In an advance that could push cheap, ubiquitous solar power closer to reality, University of Michigan researchers have found a way to coax electrons to travel much further than was previously thought possible in the materials often used for organic solar cells and other organic semiconductors.

  8. Ultra-Thin Optical Fibers Offer New Way To 3D Print Microstructures 1/17/2018

    For the first time, researchers have shown that an optical fiber as thin as a human hair can be used to create microscopic structures with laser-based 3D printing

  9. “Atomristors” Hold Promise For Memory Storage, RF Switching 1/17/2018

    Engineers worldwide have been developing alternative ways to provide greater memory storage capacity on even smaller computer chips. Previous research into two-dimensional atomic sheets for memory storage has failed to uncover their potential — until now.

  10. Researchers Propose New Gas-Solid Reaction For High Speed Perovskite Photodetector 1/16/2018

    A recent paper published in NANO showed the gas-solid reaction method provides a full coverage of the perovskite film and avoids damage from the organic solvent, which is beneficial for light capture and electrons transportation, resulting in a faster response time and stability for perovskite photodetectors.