High Tech Ceramics News articles from August 2004

High Tech Ceramics News archives from August 2004

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS Markets to Reach $10 Billion.
August 1, 2004... Ceramic materials play a role in many applications as either a major raw material or as an additive. Both ceramic oxides and non- oxides find application as processing or performance aids in ceramic processing. Some oxides also are used as...

PROCESSING AND TECHNOLOGIES Stronger Gelcasts of Ceramic Foams.
August 1, 2004... Ceramic foams have many applications: molten metal, hot gas and diesel engine exhaust filters, catalyst carriers, biomaterials, thermal insulators for furnaces and aerospace applications, gas combustion burners and lightweight building...

METROLOGY AND ANALYSIS: NIST Method Reveals Film Strength.
August 1, 2004... The challenge of determining whether thin films-some no thicker than a single molecule-are strong enough for a growing number of important technology jobs just got easier and quicker, thanks to an inexpensive testing method reported in the...

Silicon Carbide Microhotplate Arrays.
August 1, 2004... Boston MicroSystems, Inc. introduced a precisely controllable micro-thermal analytical instrument based on silicon carbide microhotplate arrays capable of self heating above 1100C. The temperature of each microhotplate (MHP) may be individually...

POWDERS AND NANO CERAMICS Nanophase Introduces NanoArc Material.
August 1, 2004... Nanophase Technologies Corp. announced commercial availability of NanoArc Synthesis alumina. This new nanomaterial is approximately 20 nanometer discrete spherical particles, which is about 30% smaller than Nanophase's current commercial...

Gallium Nitride Nanowires Advanced.
August 1, 2004... A significant breakthrough in the development of the highly prized semiconductor, gallium nitride, as a building block for nanotechnology, has been achieved by a team of scientists with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)...

FILMS AND COATINGS Nano-deposition Targets ALD, CVD.
August 1, 2004... Tegal Corporation (Nasdaq:TGAL), has announced that it has been granted United States Patents, No. 6,689,220 and 6,756,318 which enable nano layer deposition (NLD) of conformal thin films for barrier, copper seed and high-k dielectric...

DIAMOND PRODUCTS: 3M Intros Pad Conditioner.
August 1, 2004... 3M company has introduced an innovative high-performance diamond pad conditioner - the 3M Diamond Pad Conditioner A4-55 - for oxide chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) with improved cost of ownership. "3M is committed to the...

ADVANCED GLASSES: Innofiber Improves Processing Efficiency.
August 1, 2004... Customer evaluations are under way for Innofiber DCS fiber glass by PPG Industries, a product designed to improve the quality and processing efficiency for screen manufacturers and others. Available in G75, G150 and DE100 yields, the fiber...

OPTICAL MATERIALS Spire Developing Terahertz Laser.
August 1, 2004... Spire Corp. is developing nano-engineered gallium arsenide layers for fabrication of miniature terahertz lasers under an AFOSR- funded, $99,000 Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) project. Spire's compact terahertz...

Sintox AL for Medical Lasers.
August 1, 2004... Morgan Advanced Ceramics (MAC), a manufacturer of ceramic, glass, metal and engineered coating solutions offers Sintox AL. A high- purity ceramic, this material is sintered at a high-temperature to achieve a controlled porosity for increased...

BIOCERAMICS: Test Indents Dental Ceramics.
August 1, 2004... Currently available systems for restoring tooth structure include all-ceramic systems. These restorations utilize the ability to veneer an esthetic ceramic to a high strength ceramic core. However, improper match in the thermal expansion...

ELECTRONIC CERAMICS Cree Launches LED Line.
August 1, 2004... Cree, Inc. announced that its 7090 series XLamp, a solid-state light emitting diode (LED) product, is now available in production quantities. This is the first high-powered packaged LED product that Cree has released as part of the lighting...

Piezoceramic Actuator for Electrical Protection.
August 1, 2004... The humble circuit breaker has been the device used to protect electrical systems the world over for years. The traditional circuit breaker utilizes a conventional wound conductor solenoid that creates a magnetic field that in turn trips a...

Vishay Releases Resistor Networks.
August 1, 2004... Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. released new high-precision thin film resistor networks, ESD protection diode arrays, and IR receiver modules. The new Vishay Thin Film resistor networks are intended for use in instrumentation amplifiers, precision...

SUPERCONDUCTORS: AMSC Receives DARPA Contract.
August 1, 2004... American Superconductor Corp. announced that it received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop ultra-high performance second generation (2G) high temperature superconductor (HTS) wire for advanced...

Intermagnetics' Superpower Achieves Record.
August 1, 2004... Intermagnetics General Corp's Energy Technology subsidiary, SuperPower, Inc., has announced that it has achieved performance of 70 amperes with high uniformity in a 100 meter second- generation (2G) high temperature superconducting (HTS) wire....

INDUSTRY NEWS: Cree to Expand NC Operations.
August 1, 2004... Cree, Inc., a semiconductor company that leverages its expertise in silicon carbide (SiC), gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon (Si) materials technology, has announced that it will expand its manufacturing and R&D operations in North Carolina...

TPL Acquires US Facility.
August 1, 2004... TPL, Inc., a materials science-based technology development and commercialization company, has acquired the U.S. manufacturing facility, assets and product lines from Israel-based Microelectronics Group, Ltd. The facility, located in San Diego,...

Companies Report Quarterly Results.
August 1, 2004... Alcoa Net Income Up. Alcoa has reported second quarter net income of $404 million, or $0.46 per diluted share, up 14% from $355 million, or $0.40, in the previous quarter, and up 87% from $216 million, or $0.26, in the second quarter of 2003....

CALENDAR.
August 1, 2004... September 12-16, 2004: 5th International Conference on High- Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites, Red Lion Hotel, Seattle, Washington; Contact: American Ceramic Society, P.O. Box 6136, Westerville, OH 43086-6136, Tel: 614/890-4700, Fax:...