Topic: Advanced Manufacturing
Design and Evaluation of a Highly Stretchable and Conductive Thin Film for Tactile Sensors
Keeping good conductivity at high stretching strain is one of the main requirements for the design of flexible electronic devices. The elastic nature of siloxane-based elastomers enables many innovative designs in wearable sensor devices and [...]
Wafer-Scale Planarization using Location Specific Gas Cluster Ion Beam (GCIB) in Advanced CMOS Logic Technology
In sub-14nm advanced CMOS logic technology, controlling wafer-scale planarization or uniformity became tremendously critical. This is mainly due to the CMOS integration scheme where chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) is used to create the transistor gate. [...]
Fabrication of highly ordered vertical GaAs nanowires by inductively coupled plasma etching and their modal analysis
Dhindsa N., Chia A., Boulanger J., Khodadad I., LaPierre R., Walia J., Saini S., University of Waterloo, CA
We present highly ordered vertical gallium arsenide (GaAs) nanowires fabricated by dry etching using various metal mask combinations. A great control on the length, diameter, pitch and facet tapering of the nanowires was achieved. Diameters [...]
DNA Double-Write Photolithography: A Synergy for Top-Down and Bottom-Up Nanofabrication
Intrinsic programmability and other unique properties of DNA allow it to be used as a self-assembly nanostructure material, easily functionalized with nanoparticles and other entities, and as a UV sensitive write material for patterning. Thus, [...]
Key Elements of a Responsible Development Plan for Nanomanufacturing
Responsible development of nanotechnologies includes considering and managing the potential, unintended consequences to human health and the environment that might accompany development and use of the technology. Key to ensuring the safety of your business, [...]
Near Infrared Sintering of a cost effective Roll to Roll water purification coating
Mabbett I., Brennan D., Lavery N.P., Charbonneau C.M.E., Khan K., Woods R., Pursglove A.B., Bryant D.T., Watson T.M., Worsley D.A., Swansea University, UK
Near Infrared (NIR)at 250kW/m2 has been shown to sinter titanium dioxide on metal based substrates in just 12.5s. This coupled with a screen printable hybrid titania paste with nano-particulate anatase attached to a mesoporous framework [...]
Scalable Polymer Patterning (SP2)
Polymeric materials are easily fabricated into a wide array of structures for numerous applications. The bulk properties can be tailored for preparing novel structures and substrates for use as substrates for 3D printing. Particularly, the [...]