Record efficiency of 68.9% for GaAs thin film photovoltaic cell under laser light

Published: July 18, 2021

The research team at Fraunhofer ISE, Germany, achieved a record conversion efficiency of 68.9% under monochromatic laser light with a new thin film photovoltaic cell based on gallium arsenide.

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New method to improve durability of nano-electronic components

Published: July 18, 2021

Researchers at University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla., developed a novel approach to mitigating electromigration in nanoscale electronic interconnects, ubiquitous in state-of-the-art integrated circuits.

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Ted Pella acquires the assets of LatticeGear

Published: July 18, 2021

LatticeGear LLC, Hillsboro, Ore., has sold their product, manufacturing, and associated assets to Ted Pella Inc. of Redding, Calif.

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WITec GmbH joins Oxford Instruments plc

Published: July 18, 2021

Oxford Instruments plc, United Kingdom, announced the acquisition of WITec Wissenschaftliche Instrumente und Technologie GmbH, Germany, a leading provider of Raman microscopy imaging solutions, for a cash-free, debt-free consideration of €42m, of which €5m is conditional on trading performance over a period of 12 months following completion.

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Microscope uncovers secrets of a material’s structure

Published: July 01, 2021

Scientists at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have made an important discovery about the structure of barium titanate, a material used in everyday objects. Their findings refute existing theories on the displacement of the material’s atoms.

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Robust federal incentives for domestic chip manufacturing would create an average of nearly 200,000 American jobs annually as fabs are built adding nearly $25 Billion annually to U.S. economy

Published: June 21, 2021

The Semiconductor Industry Association, Washington, in partnership with Oxford Economics, England, released a study analyzing the semiconductor workforce in the United States and the economic benefits that would come from robust federal investment in domestic chip production.

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Bosch opens $1.2B semiconductor factory in eastern Germany

Published: June 20, 2021

Bosch, Germany, opened a 1 billion euro ($1.2 billion) chip factory in the eastern city of Dresden to help meet the growing demand for semiconductors.

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Researchers tame silicon to interact with light for next-generation microelectronics

Published: June 20, 2021

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from RAS Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, ITMO University, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russia, have found a way to increase photoluminescence in silicon, the notoriously poor emitter and absorber of photons at the heart of all modern electronics.

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Engineers create a programmable fiber

Published: June 20, 2021

Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, have created the first fiber with digital capabilities, able to sense, store, analyze, and infer activity after being sewn into a shirt.

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Unveiling what governs crystal growth

Published: June 20, 2021

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Ill., along with three universities, have revealed new insights into the mechanism behind how gallium nitride crystals grow at the atomic scale.

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