Researchers demonstrate a flexible, 1-step assembly of nanoscale structuresScientists at the University of Pennsylvania have created a one-step, repeatable method for the production of functional nanoscale patterns or motifs with adjustable features, size and shape using a single master "plate." |
![]() IMEC reports major progress in EUVJul 14, 2008 | pda version
IMEC reports functional 0.186µm2 32nm SRAM cells made with FinFETs from which the contact layer was successfully printed using ASML’s full field extreme ultraviolet (EUV) Alpha Demo Tool (ADT). Applied Materials, ... |
![]() Researchers Create Enhanced Light Sources For LithographyA breakthrough discovery at UC San Diego may help aid the semiconductor industry’s quest to squeeze more information on chips to accelerate the performance of electronic devices. So far, the semiconductor ... |
![]() Researchers report finer lines for microchips: Advance could lead to next-generation computer chips, solar cellsMIT researchers have achieved a significant advance in nanoscale lithographic technology, used in the manufacture of computer chips and other electronic devices, to make finer patterns of lines over larger ... |
![]() New logic: the attraction of magnetic computationEuropean researchers are the first to demonstrate functional components that exploit the magnetic properties of electrons to perform logic operations. Compatible with existing microtechnology, the new approach ... |
Engineers show nanotube circuits can be made en masseMost innovations don't go far unless there is a way to turn them into products that are manufacturable on a mass scale. That's why new research on carbon nanotubes, presented June 19 by a group of Stanford electrical engineers, ... |
![]() Exposing the Sensitivity of Extreme Ultraviolet PhotoresistsResearchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have confirmed that the photoresists used in next-generation semiconductor manufacturing processes now under development are twice as ... |
![]() Physicists Store Images in VaporBooks are written on solid pieces of paper for an obvious reason: the atoms in a solid don’t move around much, keeping the words and pictures in place for centuries. Trying to store letters and images in a ... |
![]() NIST/NIH micromagnets show promise as colorful 'smart tags' for magnetic resonance imagingColo.-Customized microscopic magnets that might one day be injected into the body could add color to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), while also potentially enhancing sensitivity and the amount of information ... |
![]() Trap and zap: Harnessing the power of light to pattern surfaces on the nanoscalePrinceton engineers have invented an affordable technique that uses lasers and plastic beads to create the ultrasmall features that are needed for new generations of microchips. |
![]() Researchers develop better X-ray nanomirrorsA new way of bending X-ray beams developed by MIT researchers could lead to greatly improved space telescopes, as well as new tools for biology and for the manufacture of semiconductor chips. |
Mass-Producing Tunable Magnetic NanoparticlesTaking a cue from the semiconductor industry, a team of investigators at Stanford University has developed a method of producing unlimited quantities of highly magnetic nanoparticles suitable for use as magnetic resonance ... |
![]() Toy-Like Microboat Could Carry Tiny CargoesAs a child, Cheng Luo, an engineer from the University of Texas at Arlington, recalls playing with wooden toy boats that were propelled forward when a drop of oil was placed on the back of the boats. When ... |
![]() Nanotube production leaps from sooty mess in test tube to ready formed chemical microsensorsCarbon nanotubes’ potential as a super material is blighted by the fact that when first made they often take the form of an unprepossessing pile of sooty black mess in the bottom of a test tube. Now researchers ... |
![]() Melting defects could lead to smaller, more powerful microchipsAs microchips shrink, even tiny defects in the lines, dots and other shapes etched on them become major barriers to performance. Princeton engineers have now found a way to literally melt away such defects, ... |