09/29/2008  September 29, 2008 - Researchers at the U. of Texas at Austin have created a new "graphene-based" material that they claim helps solve the structure of graphite oxide, a precursor to chemically modified graphenes, which will enable further study of the material and optimization of its properties for a range of applications.

09/24/2008  September 24, 2008: This year's Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics will be awarded to Phaedon Avouris and Tony Heinz for their pioneering work on the electrical and optical properties of nanoscale carbon materials including carbon nanotubes.

09/24/2008  September 23, 2008: Nanobiotix, an emerging nanomedicine company focused on cancer therapy, announced that the European Patent Office (EPO) has issued Patent No. 1744789 to the company, related to its "novel activable particles that can be used in the health sector."

09/24/2008  September 23, 2008: ACAMP, the Alberta Centre for Advanced Microsystems and Nanotechnology (MNT) products has appointed Dr. Kevin Yallup as chief technology officer, to lead the center's product development efforts to build a world-class capability in Alberta for the packaging and assembly of micro- and nano-scale technology devices, turning them into market-ready commercial or industrial products and applications.

09/22/2008  September 22, 2008: A consortium of UK universities is developing unique nanostructures that respond to stimuli, such as pH, heat, and light will pave the way for safer, greener and more efficient chemical reactors.

09/19/2008  At DisplayBank's 3^rd annual San Jose Conference, Invest in Germany director Claus Habermeier showed why Germany's PV market is so formidable, thanks to proactive legislation. And Signet Solar's Keshav Prasad told SST how the company intends to improve on Applied Material's base technology.

09/19/2008  September 19, 2008: The National Science Foundation and the Environmental Protection Agency have awarded $14.4 million to create the Center for Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT) at Duke University to explore the potential ecological hazards of nanoparticles.

09/17/2008  September 17, 2008:By discovering the physical mechanism behind the rapid transport of water in carbon nanotubes, scientists at the U. of Illinois have moved a step closer to ultra-efficient, next-generation nanofluidic devices for drug delivery, water purification, and nano-manufacturing.

09/17/2008  RO3000 and RO4000 laminates, from Roger's Corp. are antenna-grade materials that feature low passive intermodulation (PIM), low loss, and are suited for use in antennas for 3G, WiMAX and LTE cellular base stations, satellite earth stations, GPS systems, and RFID readers.

09/16/2008  September 16, 2008: Nano-C, Inc., developer of nanostructured carbon materials, has been issued US Patent Nos. 7,335,344 and 7,396,520 by the Department of Commerce's United States Patent and Trademark Office. These newly issued patents cover the manufacture of Nano-C's core products, carbon nanotubes and fullerenes.

09/16/2008  September 16, 2008: El-Mul Technologies'E-Beam On-a-Chip platform, which demands precision placement and step repeatability of vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs), will be produced using Aixtron's Black Magic system, a fully automatic deposition system capable of thermal and plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) of CNTs.

09/16/2008  Using 2D and 3D X-ray techniques to find and confirm manufacturing defects in flip-chip devices
By Evstatin Krastev, Ph.D. Dage Precision Industries, a Nordson Company
While flip chip design eliminates excessive packaging, high-density flip chip devices place a greater burden upon device inspection. The combination of 2D x-ray and CT analysis offers powerful analytical capabilities need for the complete inspection of flip-chip devices and stacked packages.

09/12/2008  By Peter Salmon, Salmon Technologies
A particularly versatile form of wafer bumping is stud bumping, using either gold or copper wire. The equipment required is an adaptation of a traditional wire bonder. A ball bond is made at a first contact pad using heat and ultrasonic energy. The wire is extended in a precise direction and a flying lead is created by terminating the wire, for example using electronic flame-off (EFO).

09/11/2008  The semiconductor equipment sector has been sputtering along at three- and five-year lows in terms of demand. And in case you've missed it, SEMI has new data to remind us.

09/05/2008  September 4, 2008: Pioneer Surgical Technology has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market FortrOss, a novel bone graft substitute utilizing the power of nanotechnology for orthopaedic applications. The FortrOss bone void filler is a scaffold for the in-growth of new bone and other connective tissues, when superior bone regeneration is required.

09/03/2008  September 3, 2008: FEI Co., a provider of atomic-scale imaging and analysis systems, has released its new extreme field emission gun (X-FEG) electron source module for the Titan family of scanning transmission electron microscopes (S/TEMs).

09/02/2008  September 2, 2008: Bruker AXS GmbH has completed the acquisition of Surface Imaging Systems GmbH (SIS), a developer of advanced atomic force/scanning probe microscopy (AFM/SPM) systems. SIS will be renamed Bruker Nano GmbH and will operate under its previous management.

09/01/2008  The number of products incorporating nanoscale materials is increasing at a rapid rate, but manufacturers are still struggling to find ways to control these materials in the production environment as they ramp up to commercial scale.

09/01/2008  No matter where you sit, stand, or walk, or what you wear in a critical, clean environment, eliminating electrostatic discharge is a top consideration.

08/28/2008  August 28, 2008: CytoViva Inc., a provider of optical imaging solutions to the nanotechnology research market, has integrated new hyperspectral imaging technology (HSI) with its advanced nanoscale microscope system. This combination of technologies will enable scientists to make advances in a wide range of nano-medicine and nano-materials research initiatives.