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u-Helix 3D-antenna technology
A new technology for the integration of 3D antenna structure in packages will be presented. The integration of antennas on top of silicon chips or, in the same package is viable for frequencies above 40GHz [...]
Country: IT
Compliant interconnect technology for power modules in automotive applications
This work will present a new bond-less, economic viable, alternative to wire bonding technology for power dice interconnection in automotive applications. In the presented technology bond wires are replaced by compliant contacts embedded in a [...]
Multi-purpose tool for checking the microfabrication products
This paper introduces a multi-purpose tool addressed to the microfabrication processes monitoring and material property measurement at the wafer level during both process development and manufacturing. The on-line testing tool presented in this paper is [...]
New technology for metal nanorods formation
Nowadays, Novack et al. proposed a new and efficient approach for producing electricity from sun, using nanoantenna (nantenna) electromagnetic collectors with an efficiencies approaching 84%. The major technical challenge to be solved is the development [...]
Investigation of a short stack PEM electrolyzer based on a nanosized IrO2 anode electrocatalyst
Di Blasi A., Siracusano S., Baglio V., Briguglio N., Stassi A., Antonucci V., Aricò A.S., CNR ITAE, IT
Electrolysis systems based on PEMs have a number of advantages in comparison to the traditional alkaline electrolyzers, such as ecological cleanliness, considerably smaller mass–volume characteristics and, essentially, a high degree of gases purity. The main [...]
SOFC/ZEBRA® hybrid system
Ferraro M., Napoli G., Sergi F., Brunaccini G., Dispenza G., Antonucci V., Institute of Advanced Technologies for Energy “Nicola Giordano” - National Council of Research, IT
The work was focused on the preliminary analysis, design and implementation of a hybrid system based on Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) and ZEBRA® High Temperature Battery (HTB). A specific control algorithm was developed for utilizing [...]
Simulation of a Range Extender Power Train for a City Bus
Within a national project, called “H-BUS”, CNR TAE Institute is involved in a zero emission city bus development, in which the optimized level of hybridization will be evaluated on the basis of several aspects. The [...]
Layer by layer control of wettability in nanocomposite films
We propose an original method to modify and control the surface wettability properties of a specific material, by creating nanocomposite films on substrates with different surface properties, where the number of the deposited layers defines [...]
Spontaneous Liquid Flow in Microfluidic Systems by Gradual UV Irradiation of the Hybrid Polymer/TiO2 Nanorods Channels
PMMA coatings enriched with colloidal TiO2 nanorods are found to exhibit a remarkable increase in their water wettability when irradiated with UV laser light. The effect can be completely reversed using successive storage in vacuum [...]
Magnetically Induced Drop Movement on Nanorough Micropatterned Nanocomposites
Milionis A., Fragouli D., Anyfantis G.C., Bayer I., Cingolani R., Athanassiou A., Italian Institute of Technology, IT
Hybrid organic/inorganic surfaces are engineered by exploiting photo-lithographically tailored patterns of SU-8 polymer nanocomposites containing 2% wt colloidal nanoparticles of iron oxide. The role of the magnetic nanoparticles has two aspects. The first one is [...]