Picosun Sprinter demonstrates record-breaking batch film quality

Published: June 20, 2021

Picosun Group, Finland, has further optimized its Picosun Sprinter ALD system processes successfully for semiconductor, display, and IoT component manufacturing lines.

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Verder Scientific acquires Mager Scientific

Published: June 09, 2021

Verder Scientific has formally agreed to acquire all shares of the U.S. company Mager Scientific Inc., distributor of metallographic and hardness testing equipment.

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Tandem photovoltaics enables new heights in solar cell efficiencies – 35.9% for the combined III-V/Silicon solar cell

Published: May 21, 2021

Researchers at Fraunhofer ISE, Germany, have succeeded in setting a new world record with a monolithic tandem cell made of III-V and silicon semiconductors, focusing on tandem photovoltaics, a cell technology that allows traditional efficiency limits to be exceeded by selectively combining different solar cell materials.

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Breakthrough confirming chiral Faraday effect thanks to nickel helices

Published: May 21, 2021

Physicists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, have for the first time been able to prove the long-predicted but as yet unconfirmed fundamental effect of Faraday chiral anisotropy, that propagation characteristics of light waves are changed simultaneously by the natural and magnetic-field induced material properties of the medium through which the light travels, with experiments using nickel helices at the nanometer scale.

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A silver lining for extreme electronics

Published: May 21, 2021

Researchers at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, developed a process to create more resilient circuitry, which they demonstrated by creating a silver Spartan helmet.

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Siemens extends Simcenter portfolio for testing in extreme conditions

Published: May 21, 2021

Siemens Digital Industries Software, Germany, announces Simcenter SCADAS RS hardware, a brand-new data acquisition system for fast and accurate testing under severe conditions.

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GlobalFoundries moves corporate headquarters to its most advanced semiconductor manufacturing facility in New York

Published: May 21, 2021

GlobalFoundries (GF), global leader in feature-rich semiconductor manufacturing, will relocate its headquarters to Malta, N.Y., the site of Fab 8, the company’s most advanced semiconductor manufacturing facility—as the company positions itself for growth, strengthens partnerships with customers and recruits new talent.

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Gatan and Dectris release the Stela Low-Voltage Camera for the GIF Continuum K3

Published: May 21, 2021

Gatan, Pleasanton, Calif., a leading manufacturer of instrumentation and software used to enhance the performance of electron microscopes, and Dectris, Switzerland, industry leader in hybrid-pixel x-ray and electron detectors for science and industry, announced the use of the Dectris-powered Stela hybrid-pixel camera as a low-voltage partner to the Gatan GIF Continuum K3 product line.

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Fast Force Mapping nanomechanical mode on Jupiter XR Large Sample Atomic Force Microscope

Published: May 13, 2021

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Santa Barbara, CA, released its Fast Force Mapping mode for the Jupiter XR atomic force microscope enabling users to image sample topography and simultaneously acquire nanomechanical information such as elasticity, adhesion, and hardness as well as sample conductivity.

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175 years of Zeiss: powering innovation for the future

Published: May 13, 2021

Zeiss, Germany, celebrates its 175th anniversary and looks back over a history packed with pioneering spirit, seized opportunities and new prospects.

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