Search results for MEMS

Materials Science Oct 21, 2019

A technology to transform 2-D planes into 3-D soft and flexible structures by engineering adhesion between thin-films

Professor Sohee Kim's research team in the Department of Robotics Engineering has developed a technology to produce flexible 3-D medical devices. It could be used in devices with embedded electrical functionality or soft ...

Nanophysics Sep 18, 2019

Tensile strength of carbon nanotubes depends on their chiral structures

Single-walled carbon nanotubes should theoretically be extremely strong, but it remains unclear why their experimental tensile strengths are lower and vary among nanotubes. A team at Nagoya University, Kyoto University, and ...

Materials Science Sep 13, 2019

SLIPS and pitfalls: Synthetic surfaces inspired by a pitcher pitfall trap

Our understanding of how to manipulate and control liquids in technology has been transformed by the functional surfaces evolved by living organisms to interact with their environment. Water-repellent lotus leaves, water-collecting ...

Nanophysics Sep 3, 2019

World's smallest accelerometer points to new era in wearables, gaming

In what could be a breakthrough for body sensor and navigation technologies, researchers at KTH have developed the smallest accelerometer yet reported, using the highly conductive nanomaterial, graphene.

Optics & Photonics Aug 29, 2019

Researchers demonstrate first all-metamaterial optical gas sensor

Researchers have developed the first fully-integrated, non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) gas sensor enabled by specially engineered synthetic materials known as metamaterials. The sensor has no moving parts, requires little ...

Quantum Physics Aug 22, 2019

Quantum computers to become portable

Together with the University of Innsbruck, the ETH Zurich and Interactive Fully Electrical Vehicles SRL, Infineon Austria is researching specific questions on the commercial use of quantum computers. With new innovations ...

General Physics Aug 21, 2019

New way to make micro-sensors may revolutionize future of electronics

Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York researchers have found a way to improve the performance of tiny sensors that could have wide-reaching implications for electronic devices we use every day.

Bio & Medicine Jul 23, 2019

New multi-material 3-D nanoprinting strategy could revolutionize optics, photonics and biomedicine

Engineers at the University of Maryland (UMD) have created a new multi-material 3-D nanoprinting technique that was featured on the inside front cover of the July 21 issue of Lab on a Chip.

Materials Science Jul 10, 2019

A virtual substrate opens path to oxide films on silicon for application in 5G, MEMS, sensors and quantum computation

Proof that a new ability to grow thin films of an important class of materials called complex oxides will, for the first time, make these materials commercially feasible, according to Penn State materials scientists.

General Physics Jul 9, 2019

MEMS-in-the-lens architecture for laser scanning microscopy

Laser-scanning microscopes can be miniaturized to image microenvironments in vivo via inclusion inside optical micromechanical system (MEMS) devices to replace the existing larger components. Multifunctional active optical ...

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