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Photo-electro-chemical Deep Trench Etching in Gallium Nitride

August 25, 2018

SCIOCS Co Ltd and Hosei University, both of Japan, have reported progress in using photo-electro-chemical (PEC) etching for deep high-aspect-ratio trenches in gallium nitride (GaN) [Fumimasa Horikiri et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol11, [more...]

Driving Innovation With Glass Wafers in MEMS and Consumer Electronics

August 25, 2018

Microelectronic mechanical systems (MEMS) are systems that use both mechanical and electrical components, or small integrated devices. MEMS are critical components in nearly every industry. With the global consumer electronics market [more...]

Primoceler Inc and SCHOTT AG to Join Forces

July 13, 2018

Schott, the specialty glass and glass-ceramics giant, owned by the Carl Zeiss Foundation, has entered into an agreement to acquire Primoceler Oy, a Finnish pioneer in glass micro bonding, based in Tampere. Primoceler’s hermetic [more...]

Creating Precision Optical Components with Inkjet Printing

June 24, 2018

Researchers at the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) have developed an inkjet printing technique that can be used to print optical components, such as waveguides. The printing approach can also fabricate electronics [more...]

MIT Engineers Make Microfluidics Modular Using the Popular Interlocking Blocks

March 4, 2018

MIT engineers have just introduced an element of fun into microfluidics. The field of microfluidics involves minute devices that precisely manipulate fluids at submillimeter scales. Such devices typically take the form of flat, [more...]

Micro-ultrasonic Welding Using Thermoplastic-elastomeric Composite Film

September 4, 2017

Microfluidic Chip (Image Credit: A*STAR Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology) Microfluidics technology could revolutionize point-of-care medicine by making it possible to fabricate cheap, disposable card-sized plastic [more...]

10 things You Should Know About How 3D Bioprinting

June 24, 2017

The healthcare industry is trying to capitalize on 3D printing, and fast. From prosthetic limbs and various surgical devices made with plastics and metals, to using cells to print human organs, experiments in this industry are progressing [more...]

Breakthrough in 3D Printing of Glass Could Benefit Microfluidics

May 31, 2017

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists and academic collaborators have demonstrated the synthesis of transparent glass through 3D printing, a development that could ultimately lead to altering the design and structure of lasers [more...]

3D-Printing of Glass Now Possible

April 28, 2017

Three-dimensional printing allows extremely small and complex structures to be made even in small series. A method developed at the KIT for the first time allows also glass to be used for this technique. As a consequence of the properties [more...]

Researchers in Lincoln Laboratory Exploring the Feasibility of Fabricating Microfluidic Devices in Makerspaces

April 26, 2017

Microfluidic devices for performing various assays were created with the tools in Lincoln Laboratory's Technology Office Innovation Laboratory. (Photo credit: Nicole Fandel) For more than a decade, scientists have publicized the potential [more...]

Stencil Lithography for Scalable Micro- and Nanomanufacturing

April 24, 2017

Authors: Ke Du, Junjun Ding, Yuyang Liu, Ishan Wathuthanthri and Chang-Hwan Choi In this paper, we review the current development of stencil lithography for scalable micro- and nanomanufacturing as a resistless and reusable patterning [more...]

Laser-markable Compounds for Medical Devices

April 17, 2017

Laser-markable compounds, developed by RTP Co., is a series of thermoplastic compounds formulated specifically for allowing high contrast marks and images to be added to an application via laser processing. A variety of polymers, including [more...]

Organic Silicons’ Role in Surface Modification of Medical Devices

April 16, 2017

For many medical device manufacturers, proprietary coatings and surface treatments can play a significant role in product development and upgrading legacy medical devices under 510(k) guidelines. Silicon dioxide, or silica, is one of the [more...]

The Emerging Frontiers and Applications of High-Resolution 3D Printing

April 16, 2017

Authors: Mao Mao 1, ,Jiankang He 1,* ,Xiao Li 2, ,Bing Zhang 1, ,Qi Lei 1, Yaxiong Liu 1, and Dichen Li 1 State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China 2 Department [more...]

Researchers Make Flexible Glass for Tiny Medical Devices

April 4, 2017

A graduate student at BYU holds up a disc of microchips that have flexible glass membranes. (Image Credit: Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo) Brigham Young University researchers have developed new glass technology that could add a new level of [more...]

3D Laser Technology Designs Microscopy Tips at Nanoscale

September 6, 2016

Mechanically stable atomic force microscopy (AFM) tips with arbitrary shapes can now be added to existing AFM cantilevers using 3D direct laser writing technology based on two-photon polymerization (TPP). TPP, a 3D printing process that [more...]

3D Printing Liquid Metal Fugitive Inks

July 2, 2016

Direct-writing liquid metal as a sacrificial template for molding of microfluidic channels Researchers at NC State have developed a new method to create microfluidic channels and micro-vasculature in polymers by 3D printing liquid metal [more...]

How to Accelerate the Biosensor Revolution: Laser Micro Manufacturing Focus

June 5, 2016

Figure 1: This stainless steel part demonstrates the precision offered by micro-needle fabrication (Image credit: Resonetics) Biosensor technology is fueling an explosion in the amount of health-related data that is directly collected from [more...]

Microfluidics: DARPA Is Betting Embedded Water Droplets Could Cool Next-gen Chips

April 7, 2016

It’s general knowledge that heat is a significant problem with modern microprocessors. Intel and AMD have collectively held the line at 140W maximum TDP (thermal design power) for the past decade, with a few SKUs tiptoeing up to 150 or [more...]

Eternal 5D Data Storage Could Record The History Of Humankind

March 26, 2016

Documents captured in nanostructured glass, expected to last billions of years (credit: University of Southampton) Scientists at the University of Southampton have made a major step forward in the development of digital data storage that [more...]