AIXTRON AG today announced an order for its QXP-8300 ALD deposition tool from a major Taiwanese foundry. The order is for a 300MM system for the deposition of next generation high-k materials by Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD).

Bayer MaterialScience AG and Holst Centre, an open-innovation initiative by research organizations IMEC (Belgium) and TNO (The Netherlands), have now announced their partnership in the field of flexible electronics. By joining the Holst Centre eco-system, Bayer exchanges its own expertise with the existing network of academic and industrial partners.

NanoSight, world-leading manufacturers of unique nanoparticle characterization technology, together with distributor partners Schaefer Technologie, have recently held a meeting of users of their successful range of nanoparticle tracking analysis instruments in Langen, Germany.

Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, teams up to supply stages to LC-Vision, suppliers of state-of-the-art turnkey systems for high throughput automated liquid crystal analysis.

HZB researchers observe atomic processes while doping semicon-ductor materials.

Midatech Group Ltd., a global leader for the design, development, synthesis and manufacture of nanomedicines, and Immunotope Inc, a biotechnology company focused on the development of immunotherapy products, today announced the formation of a joint venture Syntara LLC, to develop antigen based products for immune therapies to treat chronic viral infections and certain cancers.

Panasonic recognizes the potential of Alchimer's groundbreaking technology for depositing nanometric films used in IC interconnects and 3D through-silicon vias. Its investment arm, Pansonic Venture Group, recently invested in Alchimer.

SolRayo is developing new nanoparticle-based materials for commercial use in various renewable energy, industrial, consumer and automotive applications. The objective of the awarded grant is to address an issue concerning the degradation of performance of certain lithium batteries, particularly in high temperature applications.

Tailing after emerging nanotechnology applications in biomedical and electronic industries, the construction industry recently started seeking out a way to advance conventional construction materials using a variety of manufactured nanomaterials. The use of nanotechnology materials and applications in the construction industry should be considered not only for enhancing material properties and functions but also in the context of energy conservation. This is a particularly important prospect since a high percentage of all energy used (e.g., 41% in the United States) is consumed by commercial buildings and residential houses by applications such as heating, lighting, and air conditioning. A recent review by scientists at Rice University has looked at the benefits of using nanomaterials in construction materials but also highlights the potentially harmful aspects of releasing nanomaterials into the environment.

Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that it has signed a comprehensive, five-year contract to service all Applied Materials chip production equipment at NXP Semiconductor's facility in Nijmegen, Holland.

Applied Materials, Inc. will showcase its leadership and innovation for producing future generations of microchips and clean energy solutions at the Semicon West 2010, Intersolar North America and ASMC (Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference) events in San Francisco this week.

Awareness campaign emphasizes global opportunities for the European semiconductor industry.

New initiative dedicated to enabling reliable, affordable, energy-efficient systems.

The new report 'Can Nanotech Unlock the Fountain of Youth?', finds that the beauty industry has begun to make an aggressive foray into nanotechnology, using tiny molecular compounds to improve the performance of creams, sunscreens, shampoos and other personal-care products.

Today, HamaTech APE GmbH introduced the latest addition to its Next Generation Lithography line of mask integrity platforms, the MaskTrack Pro Bake/Develop (BD). The product addresses the challenges of mask manufacturing of advanced 193i Optical Immersion and Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUVL).

Crossing Automation, Inc., a leading supplier of efficient, cost-effective front-end and back-end automation solutions and engineering services to high volume semiconductor equipment manufacturers, today announced that it has received an order for its ExpressConnect integrated automation platform.

Imec and ASML collaborated to qualify ASML's Tachyon Source Mask Optimization and programmable illuminator system FlexRay, proving its potential with the demonstration of a 22nm SRAM memory cell.

Imec today reports promising results in its Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) mask cleaning program for defect-free EUV masks which are crucial in achieving high chip manufacturing yield.

Imec sets major step towards 20nm half pitch interconnects with the realization of electrically functional copper lines embedded into silicon oxide using a spacer-defined double patterning approach.

Imec realized large-area (70cm2) epitaxial solar cells with efficiencies of up to 16.3% on high-quality substrates. And efficiencies of up to 14.7% were achieved on large-area low-quality substrates, showing the potential of thin-film epitaxial solar cells for industrial manufacturing.