FSI Adds Steam to Photoresist Clean Step

TOP STORY... March 26, 2009FSI International has developed an all-wet cleaning process that preserves ultrashallow junctions while cleaning carbonized photoresists. Speaking at the Sematech Surface Preparation and Cleaning Conference, FSI chief technologist Jeff Butterbaugh said the photoresist stripping technique injects steam into a sulfuric peroxide...

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Smart LEDs Promise Better Lighting, Data Transmission

TOP STORY... March 23, 2009 Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have demonstrated a light-emitting diode (LED) with significantly improved lighting performance and energy efficiency. The polarization-matched LED, developed in collaboration with Samsung Electro-Mechanics, has a radically redesigned polarization-matched active region. ...

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Gallium arsenide high electron mobility transistor

The new device, which is named the MGF4935AM, is designed for use as the first stage in low-noise amplifiers of direct broadcast satellite receivers Read...

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Thermally conductive potting epoxy

Curing at room temperature or in 1-2 hours at 90°C, the thermal compound forms adhesive bonds that are resistant to thermal cycling and chemicals Read...

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Accessories for miniature linear guides

Schaeffler is introducing a range of accessories for its miniature corrosion-resistant linear ball bearings and guideway systems Read ...

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Cement manufacturer achieves 'perfect reliability¹ with drives

Cement manufacturer achieves 'perfect reliability¹ with drives Two 1.8 MW ACS1000 medium voltage drives from ABB were proposed to meet Lafarge Cement¹s needs at UK plant Read ...

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Self-lubricating bearings are corrosion-resistant

Self-lubricating bearings are corrosion-resistant NSK is introducing Life-Lube bearing units that are suitable for use in harsh environments and those where frequent washdowns are needRead >>>...

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Intro to Chemical Engineering Simulations CD

Simulating chemical processes reduces cost, speeds up product development and sparks innovation. The brand new Intro to Chemical Engineering Simulations CD reveals how engineers at companies such as NASA, Philips, and Argonne National Lab are benefiting from using multiphysics tools to model fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, and reaction kinetics.Request your copy at http://www.uk.comsol.com/el09 Application Areas Covered-Electrochemical Engineering-Process Engineering-Reaction Processes-Separation-Transport...

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Ink Enables CNTs for Transistors, Solar - Semiconductor International

TOP STORY... March 18, 2009 Ink Enables CNTs for Transistors, Solar Scientists at Cornell and DuPont have invented a method for preparing single-walled CNTs for suspension in a semiconducting "ink," which can then be printed into thin flexible electronics as transistors and photovoltaic (PV) materials. The relatively simple process...

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Parallel light rays converge on invisibility

A calculated image showing how light rays can be bent around an object, and continue on their original path. An object placed in the purple sphere is effectively invisible. (Courtesy of Ulf Leonhardt.)Few ideas capture the imagination as vividly as cloaking, or rendering objects invisible to electromagnetic radiation. While escaping from long-winded...

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ElectroMagnetic transmission-line metamaterials

Metamaterials are understood to be artificially engineered materials that exhibit unusual or difficult to obtain electromagnetic (EM) properties. Such properties would include negative or low values of permittivity, permeability and index of refraction. In this article, we review the fundamentals of metamaterials with emphasis on negative-refractive-index ones and which are synthesized using loaded transmission-line networks. A number of applications of such metamaterials are discussed, including...

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Personality Type & Job Search

All of us have a personality type, in fact, one of the 16 possibilities according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The personality typing instrument was developed by the mother and daughter team of Katharine Myers and Isabel Myers-Briggs Personality over 50 years ago and is used around the world. As you find yourself job searching, you will probably find yourself excelling at some of the tasks and shrinking with others. Yes, the MBTI® would say that your "type" showing up. Job searching for...

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The beauty of Materials Science

One of our Level 2 students having spoken with a newcomer had asked what he had seen that day on the Materials Lab. The students reply had been "I saw (a) desert(s)!". Looking at the attitude of many of the 1st year students, it would come as no surprise to me if all of them where to say that they saw a desert, particularly since they are not in a stage to appreciate this vast area called Materials Science and Engineering.  I am not sure how many of our Level students have seen the movie...

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