Semiconductor Processing & Production News

  1. An Improved Wearable, Stretchable Gas Sensor Using Nanocomposites 8/27/2020

    A stretchable, wearable gas sensor for environmental sensing has been developed and tested by researchers at Penn State, Northeastern University and five universities in China.

  2. Perovskite And Organic Solar Cells Prove Successful On A Rocket Flight In Space 8/13/2020

    Almost all satellites are powered by solar cells – but solar cells are heavy. While conventional high-performance cells reach up to three watts of electricity per gram, perovskite and organic hybrid cells could provide up to ten times that amount.

  3. Molecular Additives Enhance Mechanical Properties Of Organic Solar Cell Material 8/12/2020

    Organic solar cells are ideal for use in flexible electronics because of the inherently malleable nature of semiconducting polymers. Recent research on the interplay between processing, thermodynamics and mechanical stability of typical photoactive layers in organic cells is providing a deeper understanding of these high-potential materials.

  4. Painting With Crystals 8/10/2020

    Semiconductors made of organic materials, e.g. for light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) and solar cells, could replace or supplement silicon-based electronics in the future. The efficiency of such devices depends crucially on the quality of thin layers of such organic semiconductors.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. Slow 'Hot Electrons' Could Improve Solar Cell Efficiency 1/16/2018

    Photons with energy higher than the 'band gap' of the semiconductor absorbing them give rise to what are known as hot electrons.

  8. Apple Awards Finisar $390M From Its Advanced Manufacturing Fund 12/13/2017

    Apple recently announced the latest award from its $1B Advanced Manufacturing Fund. Finisar, a leading manufacturer of optical communications components, will receive $390M as part of Apple’s commitment to support innovation and job creation by American manufacturers.

  9. Israeli Researchers Successfully Hide Optical Chip Under 'Cloak Of Invisibility' 11/16/2017

    Scientists at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) are proposing a new method to obscure an optical chip by bending light around the object. This could be achieved by manipulating waves in the near field region (such as surface plasmons) of a metamaterial surface (a metasurface) on an integrated photonic structure.

  10. Ultra-Thin Diselenides Could Supplant Silicon In Next-Generation Electronics 8/16/2017

    Layered two-dimensional materials that are as efficient, but thinner than, silicon semiconductors, could power future electronic circuits and devices, according to Stanford researchers.