All Articles Tagged As: fabrication

New nanocrystalline diamond probes overcome wear (11/12/2009)

Researchers at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University have developed, characterized, and modeled a new kind of probe used in atomic force microscopy, which images, measures, and manipulates matter at the nanoscale. Using diamond, researchers made a much more durable probe than the commercially available silicon nitride probes, which are typically used in AFM to gather information from a material, but can wear down after several uses. ...> Full Article

Graphitic memory techniques advance at Rice (9/11/2009)

Researchers simplify fabrication of nano storage, chip-design tools ...> Full Article

Sputtering System Supports Novel Commercially-Focused Silicon Device Research (8/5/2009)

Novel know-how could catalyze breakthrough in non-volatile memory, with flexible system software and quality hardware offers route from research to volume fabrication. ...> Full Article

Researchers use nano-origami to build tiny electronic devices (2/28/2009)

MIT researchers are developing the basic principles of nano-origami, a new technique that allows engineers to fold nanoscale materials into simple 3-D structures. The tiny folded materials could be used as motors and capacitors, potentially leading to better computer memory storage, faster microprocessors and new nanophotonic devices. ...> Full Article

Scientists demonstrate method for integrating nanowire devices directly onto silicon (5/10/2008)

Fabrication technique could yield low-cost, scalable nanowire photonic and electronic circuits ...> Full Article

Melting defects could lead to smaller, more powerful microchips (5/5/2008)

As microchips shrink, even tiny defects in the lines, dots and other shapes etched on them become major barriers to performance. Engineers have now found a way to literally melt away such defects, using a process that could dramatically improve chip quality without increasing fabrication cost. ...> Full Article