Jolting a super-stretchy, self-healing material with an electrical field causes it to twitch or pulse in a muscle-like fashion. The polymer can also stretch to 100 times its original length, and even repair itself if punctured.
Nature’s toolkit includes its still-matchless ability to effortlessly assemble proteins, membranes, and other complex structures from parts lists of atoms, molecules and particles of various sizes and shapes.
Quantum Focus Instruments, Vista, Calif., announces that Innovative Circuits Engineering, a Silicon Valley integrated circuit test services business, has expanded its semiconductor failure analysis offerings through the acquisition of a QuantumScope failure analysis microscope.
Cadence Design Systems Inc., England, announces that Cadence Virtuoso Layout-Dependent Effects (LDE) analyzer has been qualified by United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) to support its 28HPCU process technology.
Semi, San Jose, Calif., reports that the global semiconductor materials market decreased by 1.5% in 2015 compared to 2014, while worldwide semiconductor revenues decreased by 0.2 %.
