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Join the Critical Materials Council (CMC) Conference 2018, April 26-27 in...
Join the Critical Materials Council (CMC) Conference 2018, April 26-27 in Phoenix, Arizona. Get actionable information on materials and supply-chains for current and future semiconductor manufacturing....
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Veeco CNT ships its 500th ALD system
As reported by Solid State Technology: Veeco Instruments (Veeco) recently announced that Veeco CNT—formerly known as Ultratech/Cambridge Nanotech—shipped its 500th Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) system...
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ASM report strong order intake in ALD for 3D-NAND and Foundry in its 2Q 2017...
For 2017, the leading ALD equipment manufacturer ASM International expect a clear improvement in the single wafer ALD market and they forecast the single wafer ALD market to reach a size of about USD...
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A cool Fab movie form Intels D1X Fab
For those of you who have the hots for 3D printing, additive manufacturing and Industry 4.0 check out the real stuff happening every day 24/7. Here is a cool Fab movie form Intels D1X Fab that is a new...
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ALD helps searching for traces of drugs and bomb-making components
BUFFALO, N.Y.— Scientists searching for traces of drugs, bomb-making components and other chemicals often shine light on the materials they’re analyzing. This approach is known as spectroscopy, and it...
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HERALD ECI event on Early Career Development
HERALD & ECIThe HERALD – Hooking together European research activity in Atomic Layer Deposition – COST action (MP1402) aims to structure and integrate European research activity in atomic layer...
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Rene Deubler to Drive Commercialization of RASIRC Technology
San Diego, Calif – August 1, 2017–RASIRC today announced that Rene Deubler has joined the company as Director of Sales. Deubler brings to RASIRC a proven track record of exceptional sales growth with...
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Challenges in 3D-NAND high volume manufacturing
Planar NAND was scaled and at the end limited by the cost of lithography, wheras 3D NAND scaling is enabled by advanced deposition and etch processes defining complex high aspect ratio 3D structures....
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Coventor solutions to atomic level challenges in semiconductor technology
Atomic Level Processing technology like ALD and ALE are crucial for current and coming nodes in both logic and memory. So for you atomic level people it may be interesting to keep a close track of the...
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Gartner projects a strong year for Etch and CVD in 2017
Gartner Says Worldwide Semiconductor Capital Spending Is Forecast to Grow 10.2 Percent in 2017(Gartner press release, August 2, 2017) Worldwide semiconductor capital spending is projected to increase...
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New promising ALD catalyst for CO2 splitting
Scientists from École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland has reported a low cost system to split carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide and oxygen using an ALD tin oxide catalyst on...
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A new featherweight, flame-resistant and super-elastic metamaterial from...
Purdue University reports: WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A new featherweight, flame-resistant and super-elastic metamaterial has been shown to combine high strength with electrical conductivity and thermal...
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University of Helsinki present a thermal ALD gold process
Some years ago Barry Lab presented their plasma enhanced gold ALD process (LINK). However, in order to coat 3D features and objects plasma activated processes have limitations so that is why it is now...
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Here is a service provided by BALD Engineering that you can order your own personalized e-mail news service for the two News Blogs operated by BALD Engineering. The feed can also be integrated into any...
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OSRAM Opto Semiconductor Acquires MOCVD Systems from AIXTRON
AIXTRON announced that OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has purchased the company's AIX 2800G4-TM Planetary system for the manufacturing of mainly infrared-based high power lasers and LEDs based on gallium...
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Atomic layer etching of MOCVD epitaxial gallium nitride
As have been reported before by Lund Nano Lab in Sweden (e.g. at ALE2016 Ireland and ALE2017 Denver) it is quite possible to use a standard ICP reactive ion etch chamber to run Atomic Layer Etching...
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Alkane Resources reports that zirconium oxychloride (ZOC) prices are up 40%...
Alkane Resources reports that zirconium oxychloride (ZOC) prices up 40% since January 2017, which are the highest prices for 4-5 years. ZOC pricing hike during 2017 (Alkane Resources, Twitter)Besides...
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Woah - Hafnium oxide as gate dielectric scales also in the 2D world
Hafnium oxide high-k dielectrics deposited by atomic layer deposition have been used in DRAM since 2004 (Samsung 90 nm) and 2007 in high performance CMOS logic (Intel 45 nm). Later the DRAM high-k...
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German research cluster reduce the cost for PECVD PERC solar cell passivation
The efficiency of solar cells can be increased by the PERC technology (Passivated Emitter Rear Cell). The current yield increases because the back of the solar cell is passivated. However, additional...
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Beneq is recruiting to expand their talent pool for ALD Equipment, Coating...
Beneq’s history is an exciting blend of Finnish industry history, high technology expertise, international business and nanocoatings. Last year was a year of strategic transformation at Beneq and now...
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