04/24/2017  Reflecting the structure of composites found in nature and the ancient world, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have synthesized thin carbon nanotube (CNT) textiles that exhibit both high electrical conductivity and a level of toughness that is about fifty times higher than copper films, currently used in electronics.

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

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.

04/20/2017  ClassOne Technology announced it's new CopperMax chamber -- a design that is demonstrating major copper plating cost reductions for users of ?200mm wafers.

04/19/2017  Brewer Science announced the achievement of Zero Waste to Landfill Certification for the second consecutive year.

04/17/2017  Investor of the Year, Chrysalix Venture Capital selected over 11,000 nominees Cycle Capital Management named Canada's 2nd most active VC in 2016.

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

04/07/2017  Graphene Flagship researchers from AMBER at Trinity College Dublin have fabricated printed transistors consisting entirely of layered materials.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

03/20/2017  For several years, a team of researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas has investigated various materials in search of those whose electrical properties might make them suitable for small, energy-efficient transistors to power next-generation electronic devices.

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