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'Persistent photoconductivity' offers new tool for bioelectronics

05/03/2017  Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new approach for manipulating the behavior of cells on semiconductor materials, using light to alter the conductivity of the material itself.

Discovery of new PVD chalcogenide materials for memory applications

04/28/2017  A case study is presented based on the use of high throughput experimentation (HTE) for the discovery of new memory materials.

Conax Technologies announces the acquisition of Arizona-based Quartz Engineering

04/24/2017  Conax Technologies announced the acquisition of Quartz Engineering, a manufacturer of quartz sheaths for temperature sensors headquartered in Tempe, AZ.

Avantor acquires Puritan Products

04/21/2017  Avantor Performance Materials, LLC, announced today the acquisition of Puritan Products, Inc., a supplier of cGMP buffers and solutions for Biopharma customers, and high-purity chemistries for Research and Electronic Materials customers.

Flexible processors with atomically thin materials

04/11/2017  First fully functional microprocessor logic devices based on few-atom-thick layered materials.

Carbon nanotubes self-assemble into tiny transistors

04/05/2017  University of Groningen scientists, together with colleagues from the University of Wuppertal and IBM Zurich, have developed a method to select semiconducting nanotubes from a solution and make them self-assemble on a circuit of gold electrodes.

To e-, or not to e-, the question for the exotic 'Si-III' phase of silicon

04/04/2017  Discovery of semiconducting properties of Si-III might lead to unpredictable technological advancement.

SEMI reports 2016 global semiconductor materials sales of $44.3B

04/03/2017  SEMI today announced that the global semiconductor materials market increased 2.4 percent in 2016 compared to 2015 while worldwide semiconductor revenues increased 1.1 percent.

Built from the bottom up, nanoribbons pave the way to 'on-off' states for graphene

03/31/2017  A new way to grow narrow ribbons of graphene, a lightweight and strong structure of single-atom-thick carbon atoms linked into hexagons, may address a shortcoming that has prevented the material from achieving its full potential in electronic applications.

Advances make reduced graphene oxide electronics feasible

03/30/2017  Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a technique for converting positively charged (p-type) reduced graphene oxide (rGO) into negatively charged (n-type) rGO, creating a layered material that can be used to develop rGO-based transistors for use in electronic devices.

Reusable carbon nanotubes could be the water filter of the future, says RIT study

03/30/2017  A new class of carbon nanotubes could be the next-generation clean-up crew for toxic sludge and contaminated water, say researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology.

A big leap toward tinier lines

03/29/2017  Self-assembly technique could lead to long-awaited, simple method for making smaller microchip patterns.

Argon is not the 'dope' for metallic hydrogen

03/24/2017  Hydrogen is both the simplest and the most-abundant element in the universe, so studying it can teach scientists about the essence of matter. And yet there are still many hydrogen secrets to unlock, including how best to force it into a superconductive, metallic state with no electrical resistance.

Researchers discover new type of memory effect in transition metal oxides

03/23/2017  Dr. Amos Sharoni of Bar-Ilan University's Department of Physics, and Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA), has now uncovered a new kind of memory effect, unrelated to memory effects previously reported.

Scientists discover new 'boat' form of promising semiconductor GeSe

03/23/2017  Uncommon form attenuates semiconductor's band gap size.

Vital control in fab materials supply-chains

03/20/2017  Expert panel discussion at Critical Materials Council (CMC) Conference.

Nano-polycrystalline film leads to stronger magnetism compared to single-crystal films

03/17/2017  Oxygen defects like nanopillars enhanced magnetic and magnetooptical response of STF films.

UC researchers use gold coating to control luminescence of nanowires

03/17/2017  University of Cincinnati physicists manipulate nanowire semiconductors in pursuit of making electronics smaller, faster and cheaper.

Entegris partners with China's Spectrum Materials to manufacture Entegris specialty chemicals in China

03/13/2017  Entegris Inc. today announced it has signed an agreement with Spectrum Materials Co., Ltd. to expand its presence in China.

Sandia National Laboratories creates 3-D metasurfaces with optical possibilities

03/10/2017  The new Sandia metamaterials can be fabricated in multiple layers to form complex, three-dimensional meta-atoms that reflect more light than shiny gold surfaces, usually considered the ultimate in infrared reflectivity. The III-V materials also emit photons when excited -- something that silicon, which can reflect, transmit and absorb -- can't do.




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Environment, Safety & Health

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The semiconductor industry is an acknowledged global leader in promoting environmental sustainability in the design, manufacture, and use of its products, as well as the health and safety of its operations and impacts on workers in semiconductor facilities (fabs). We will examine trends and concerns related to emissions, chemical use, energy consumption and worker safety and health.

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Wafer Processing

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As the industry moves to 10nm and 7nm nodes, advances in wafer processing – etch, deposition, planarization, implant, cleaning, annealing, epitaxy among others – will be required. Manufacturers are looking for new solutions for sustained strain engineering, FinFETs, FDSOI and multi-gate technologies, 3D NAND, and high mobility transistors.

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