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Excellent Batch Process Results with Picosun New Generation Tools

PICOSUN® Morpher has continued to demonstrate excellent batch process results in the latest acceptance runs the company has performed for its customers in the global semiconductor industry. Excellent uniformities (<1% 1sigma) and single-digit particle levels have been reached at a number of acceptance runs with different film materials such as Al2O3 and SiO2.

From Picosun Oy 15 Oct 2021

Delmic Receives Funding From European Innovation Council

We are excited to announce that Delmic was selected by European Commission’s European Innovation Council to receive funding for breakthrough innovations.

From Delmic B.V. 15 Oct 2021

Artificial Ferroelectric Materials Used to Create Mechanical Motion

Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington (UT Arlington) are working on a way to fully understand artificial ferroelectric materials that may be engineered to exhibit ‘smart’ mechanical behaviors.

By David J. Cross 14 Oct 2021

ABB’s Data Analytics Application Helps Industry Tackle Emissions

ABB Ability™ Genix Datalyzer is a cloud-based data analytics solution for fleet-wide management and optimization of emissions monitoring equipment in highly regulated industries like cement, steel, chemicals and power generation.

From ABB Measurement & Analytics 14 Oct 2021

MIT Professional Education Offers New Professional Certificate Program in Strategic Technology Roadmapping and Innovation

MIT Professional Education is announcing a new Professional Certificate Program in Strategic Technology Roadmapping and Innovation.

14 Oct 2021

Evolution in the Press Shop

IDS Imaging presents intelligent, camera-based tool protection in stamping and forming technology.

From IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH 14 Oct 2021

UTA Chemist to Create Novel Synthetic Materials for Energy-Saving Applications

A chemist at The University of Texas at Arlington is working to create new synthetic materials that can improve on inorganic metal oxides for use in a variety of energy-saving applications.

13 Oct 2021

New Recycling Program Will Use Glass Sand to Prevent Coastal Land Loss

The "no glass on the beach" rule might get turned on its head, just a bit, now that a team of Tulane University engineers and scientists has received funding to establish a recycling program that uses glass sand to prevent coastal land loss.

13 Oct 2021

Solar Power Customers Use More Electricity than Before Going Green

According to a new analysis by researchers at Georgia Tech's Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, homeowners who install solar panels wind up using more electricity than before going green, a finding that could have implications for energy planning and climate change mitigation efforts.

13 Oct 2021

Disordered Carbon Anodes for Na-Ion Batteries: Current Progress and Remaining Challenges

Na-ion batteries are gradually attracting much attention as an alternative to lead-acid batteries and supplement to Li-ion batteries owing to the abundant Na resources and excellent cost-effectiveness.

13 Oct 2021

Researchers Achieve Efficient, Stable CO2 Electrolysis in Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell

Solid oxide electrolysis cell is promising in CO2 conversion and renewable clean electricity energy storage. It can convert CO2 and H2O simultaneously into syngas or hydrocarbon fuel at the cathode, and produce high purity O2 at the anode.

13 Oct 2021

New Technology for Solving Heat Concentration Problem in Power Semiconductors and Large Servers

In high-performance CPUs used in large servers and power semiconductors used in inverters for hybrid electric vehicles, as the integration density rises and the higher the power consumption becomes, the semiconductor package is also becoming smaller.

13 Oct 2021

Chemists Develop Seven Crystal Forms of a Widely Used Insecticide

Scientists have developed seven crystal forms of imidacloprid -- one of the world's most widely used insecticides -- in an effort to sharply reduce its environmental impact, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

13 Oct 2021

Simulation Model for Faster Prediction of Solidification on Jet Engines

The performance of a jet engine can significantly deteriorate with the deposition of molten particles on the interior surface. A group of scientists from Japan has simulated the solidification process of a molten droplet touches a cooler flat surface.

13 Oct 2021

New Way to Achieve Ultra-High Loading of Single Metal Atom Sites for Hydrogen Synthesis

Hydrogen is a chemical element that has been extensively recommended as an alternative fuel with zero carbon emission. However, most of the commercial hydrogen fuel production is achieved from the refining of fossils fuels.

13 Oct 2021