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Machine Learning Guides ALD to Predict Better Hafnium Oxide Film Quality

Researchers developed a deep neural network framework that predicts hafnium oxide thin-film thickness, refractive index, and wet etch rate from atomic-layer-deposition process conditions and wafer location. The model generated process-property maps that could accelerate ALD optimization while supporting future digital twin-guided semiconductor manufacturing.

10 Jun 2026

Cherry Bark Design Turns Cellulose Into Spider Silk-Like Tough Fibers

Researchers developed regenerated cellulose fibers inspired by cherry bark’s helical architecture, using microfluidic spinning to create a biaxially oriented structure with spider silk-like toughness. The fibers reached 553 MPa tensile strength, 41% fracture strain, and 184 MJ m?³ toughness, and could be woven into durable fabrics for future sustainable textiles and structural materials.

8 Jun 2026

Discovery of Higgs Mode in Semiconductors Opens Door to New Materials

At the atomic scale, nothing is ever truly still. Materials that appear perfectly rigid and motionless to the naked eye are in fact swarms of vibrating atoms.

8 Jun 2026

Atomic Pulses Tune 2D Semiconductor Alloys for Future Quantum Materials

Researchers used pulsed sub-atomic layer deposition to control both composition and metal-atom distribution in Mo-W-S2 monolayers across the full MoS2-to-WS2 range. The study shows how engineered line structures and elongated islands can shift excitonic emission, pointing toward future quantum-dot and quantum-wire-like 2D materials.

6 Jun 2026

4D Technology Introduces 4Di InSpec™ SR System for Shop-Floor Surface Roughness

Onto Innovation’s Tucson-based subsidiary 4D Technology announced today the launch of the 4Di InSpec™ SR roughness measurement system - a novel, portable, vibration-immune optical system for high-precision 3D surface roughness measurement at the point of use.

From Onto Innovation 4 Jun 2026

Ambrell to Host Free Induction Heating Webinars

Ambrell, an inTEST Company and a leading manufacturer of induction heating solutions, will offer three complimentary PRO Skills Webinars in June and July.

From Ambrell Induction Heating Solutions 3 Jun 2026

Endress+Hauser Breaks Ground on Expansion of Its Level+Pressure Production Center in Greenwood, IN

Endress+Hauser celebrated the groundbreaking of a major expansion of its Level+Pressure production center on the company’s Greenwood campus, marking the next phase of investment in US manufacturing capacity and long-term growth.

From Endress+Hauser 3 Jun 2026

Lead-Free Perovskites Push Solar Cells Toward Safer High-Efficiency Designs

Lead-free perovskite solar cells are emerging as lower-toxicity alternatives to lead-based devices, but they still face major barriers in efficiency, stability, defect control, and scalable fabrication. This review shows how compositional engineering, crystallization control, passivation, and device architecture have enabled tin-based cells to reach 17.13% efficiency, while highlighting the durability trade-offs that still limit commercialization.

1 Jun 2026

Introducing Solira: Our New Microscope for Time-Resolved Photoluminescence and Advanced Materials Research

PicoQuant, a world leading company in photoluminescence instrumentation, announces the launch of Solira, a new microscope for time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) measurements and advanced materials characterization.

From PicoQuant 30 May 2026

Combining AI and Automation to Revolutionize Industrial Catalyst Engineering

Catalysts help make modern life possible. They quietly drive the chemical reactions that produce fuels, fertilizers, plastics and many other industrial products. But developing a new commercial catalyst can take as long as two decades.

29 May 2026

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