IMEC has achieved promising results in the race to scale CMOS to 22nm and below. The breakthroughs from its transistor scaling programs include a successful integration of the laser-anneal technique in a high-K/metal-gate first process and a step forward towards fabricating aggressively scaled germanium-pFET transistors.
Jul 14th, 2009
Read moreJ.C. Seamus Davis and John Tranquada, physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, along with Aharon Kapitulnik of Stanford University, have been named the recipients of the 2009 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Prize for outstanding superconductivity experiments.
Jul 14th, 2009
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IMEC presents innovations in dielectrics and metallization technologies as well as in their integration approaches. Great progress has been obtained in the metallization of 22nm interconnects, in Cu/low-k reliability assessment and in the suppression of low-k integration damage. The results contribute to deliver the interconnect performance and reliability beyond the 32nm node.
Jul 14th, 2009
Read moreIMEC today announced that it has established new partnerships with solar cell material and equipment suppliers. These companies, including MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., Leybold Optics Dresden GmbH, Roth & Rau AG, and Mallinckrodt Baker B.V., have concluded joint-development agreements with IMEC in the frame of IMEC?s newly launched wafer-based silicon photovoltaics industrial affiliation program.
Jul 14th, 2009
Read moreIMEC today announced that it is extending its EUV (extreme ultra-violet) lithography research program with a parallel dedicated EUV mask cleaning research program. The program will build on a new collaboration between IMEC and HamaTech APE GmbH.
Jul 14th, 2009
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Forscher des Gesch�ftsbereichs Visual Computing von Fraunhofer Austria in Graz haben in einem Projekt der DFG die Software BioBrowser entwickelt. Sie errechnet voll-automatisch aus den Forschungsdaten der Molekularbiologen die 3D-Modelle von kompliziert aufgebauten Proteinen und stellt sie auf Knopfdruck hochqualitativ und interaktiv dar.
Jul 14th, 2009
Read moreWhether in the fields of medicine, sustainable energy supply or environmental protection, without making use of nanotechnology we will not be capable of overcoming the challenges which the future presents. In parallel with these efforts, though, it is essential that we examine the new technology very carefully for potential risks, such as those presented by free nanoparticles. This is the conclusion drawn at the close of Empa's 3rd NanoConvention, held on July 6th in Zurich.
Jul 14th, 2009
Read moreMicrofluidic fuel cells could provide the necessary energy to provide continuous power to remote sensors, mobile phones and laptops.
Jul 14th, 2009
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The University of Ghent (UGent) and the nanoelectronics research center IMEC demonstrated repulsive and attractive nanophotonic forces, depending on the spatial distribution of the light used.
Jul 14th, 2009
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In response to the growing threat of swine flu, a University of Queensland team is applying nanopatch technology to potentially solve the problems associated with vaccinating millions of Australians.
Jul 14th, 2009
Read moreMetals that dissolve in water successfully extracted, transferred into layer of organic solvent that floats on water.
Jul 13th, 2009
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A team of Yale University researchers has discovered a "repulsive" light force that can be used to control components on silicon microchips, meaning future nanodevices could be controlled by light rather than electricity.
Jul 13th, 2009
Read moreThe only medical devices event that brings together materials scientists and engineers, metallurgists, product designers, researchers, and clinicians is coming to Minneapolis, Aug. 10-12.
Jul 13th, 2009
Read moreThe materials showing the way to future vehicles may be light in terms of weight, but they are far from 'lightweight' in importance.
Jul 13th, 2009
Read moreKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia is opening its 36-million-square meter (8,900-acre) campus on September 23, 2009, welcoming a founding faculty of more than 60 accomplished scientists and engineers from around the world and an equally diverse inaugural class of 345 graduate students to the shores of the Red Sea.
Jul 13th, 2009
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Superconductivity appears to rely on very different mechanisms in two varieties of iron-based superconductors. The insight comes from research groups that are making bold statements about the correct description of superconductivity in iron-based compounds.
Jul 13th, 2009
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