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Conference Offers Insight Into Exploration of Nano-sized Electronics
Release Date: 04/21/2009 New methods for exploring the behavior of the high-performance electronics materials and devices that will shape the future of the electronics … more
Conference to Focus on Anti-Counterfeiting, Consumer Protection
Release Date: 02/10/2009 Representatives from business and government agencies concerned with intellectual property rights, particularly those concerning electronic … more
Cracking a Tough Nut for the Semiconductor Industry
Release Date: 12/23/2008 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a method to measure the toughness—the resistance … more
Neutron Researchers Discover Widely Sought Property in Magnetic Semiconductor
Release Date: 11/25/2008 Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated for the first time the existence of a key … more
NIST ‘Stress Tests’ Probe Nanoscale Strains in Materials
Release Date: 11/25/2008 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated their ability to measure relatively low levels of … more
Cold Atoms Could Replace Hot Gallium in Focused Ion Beams
Release Date: 11/12/2008 Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a radical new method of focusing a stream of ions into a … more
‘Electron Trapping’ May Impact Future Microelectronics Measurements
Release Date: 06/24/2008 Using an ultra-fast method of measuring how a transistor switches from the “off” to the “on” state, … more
Exposing the Sensitivity of Extreme Ultraviolet Photoresists
Release Date: 06/24/2008 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have confirmed that the photoresists used in next-generation … more
Learn About 'NIST and Nanosoccer' from New Web Site and Video
Release Date: 05/28/2008 If you love soccer but don’t want to wait until the next World Cup in 2010 to satisfy your appetite for the most popular game on Earth, … more
NIST Team Proves Bridge from Conventional to Molecular Electronics Possible
Release Date: 03/18/2008 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have set the stage for building the “evolutionary … more
Good Vibrations Probe Innards of Molecular Electronic Junctions
Release Date: 03/05/2008 Using an unusual spectroscopic technique, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have provided the most … more
Measurement Innovations Add Up to Big Savings for Semiconductors
Release Date: 01/08/2008 A new report* from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows that investment in measurement science has and will continue to … more
New Quantum Dot Transistor Counts Individual Photons
Release Date: 10/11/2007 A transistor containing quantum dots that can count individual photons (the smallest particles of light) has been designed and demonstrated at the … more
NIST Releases New Standard for Semiconductor Industry
Release Date: 10/12/2006 A wide range of optical electronic devices, from laser disk players to traffic lights, may be improved in the future thanks to a small piece of … more
Stress Management: X-Rays Reveal Si Thin-Film Defects
Release Date: 07/06/2006 X-ray topographs of three different strata of a strained-silicon wafer show close correspondence in defects from the base silicon layer (top) … more |
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