Micro Engineering & Nanotechnology News articles

Recent articles from Micro Engineering & Nanotechnology News

APPLICATIONS: Researchers Make Molecules Behave.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... A team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst, MA; Tel: 413/545-2989) has found a way to make molecules that are too tiny to be seen, even under the strongest microscopes, behave in a predictable and orderly way. The finding is expected to have major implications in the...

Nanoparticles Mimic Viruses.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Chemists at Washington University in St. Louis (Tel: 314/935-5272) have created tiny synthetic polymer particles that mimic viruses and show potential for a new direction in gene therapy and other biomedical applications. The nanoparticle has the unlikely name of knedel (k-ned-l) because of...

Lightweight Projector Uses MEMS.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Texas Instruments (TI, Box 655474, Dallas, TX 75265; Tel: 972/995-2011, Fax: 972/995-4360) said that Plus Corp. - one of its customers for digital light processing (DLP) technology - had developed two new microportable projectors each weighing less than three pounds. Both projectors ate...

Microreactors on Chips.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Symyx Technologies, Inc. (3100 Central Expy., Santa Clara, CA 95051; Tel: 408/764-2000, Fax: 408/748-0175) said it will collaborate with the Institut fuer Microtechnik Mainz GmbH (IMM, Mainz, Germany) to develop microfluidic and MEMS to expand and enhance Symyx' platforms for the rapid...

Micromachined SiC Accelerometers.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Silicon micromachined silicon carbide accelerometers are undergoing development for use in high-temperature environments like those inside turbines, internal combustion engines, and other machines. These accelerometers would be used to measure vibrations indicative of deterioration of...