Industry News

January 2023
4JET Presents new Solution for Tire Uniformity Correction with Laser Technology

Touchless laser removal in the bead

­The 4JET Group (Alsdorf, Germany) presents another innovation for laser-based processing of tires at TIRE Expo Hannover: The new LUC systems enable digital, precise and touchless post-processing of tire beads to improve uniformity. The new process optimizes tire performance and replaces mechanical reworking wi
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01/31/2023
Power Play: Innovative Mobile Device Connects Vessels to Shoreside Electricity

An innovative, cost-effective Mobile CPD is facilitating shore power connections.

­One of the keys to reaching Cruise Lines International Association’s (CLIA) target of net-zero carbon cruising globally by 2050 is switching from diesel burning engines to shoreside electricity while in port. Although the technology can significantly reduce emissions to address climate change and improve ai
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01/30/2023
Danish Quantum Physicists Make Nanoscopic Advance of Colossal Significance

Illustration of two a chip comprising two entangled quantum light sources

­In a new breakthrough, researchers at the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with Ruhr University Bochum, have solved a problem that has caused quantum researchers headaches for years. The researchers can now control two quantum light sources rather than one. Trivial as it may seem to those uninitiated in
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01/27/2023
DoE Announces $125 Million for Research to Enable Next-Gen Batteries and Energy Storage

DoE Announces $125 Million for Research to Enable Next-Gen Batteries and Energy Storage

­Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $125 million for basic research on rechargeable batteries to provide foundational knowledge needed to transform and decarbonize our energy system through the development and adoption of cost-effective and clean energy sources. The national, ec
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01/27/2023
LiDAR Technology Could Improve Safety Features in Vehicles

Dr. Scott Budge and his graduate students conduct LiDAR tests in the Center for Advanced Imaging LiDAR, commonly known as CAIL.

­As of 2022, 17 car manufacturers have announced plans to use or are currently using LiDAR sensors across 21 different models. However, there are a few things that need to be solved before this technology can be used widespread. LiDAR, which stands for light detection and ranging, is the use of light photons t
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01/27/2023
UC Irvine Researchers Decipher Atomic-Scale Imperfections in Lithium-Ion Batteries

UC Irvine Researchers Decipher Atomic-Scale Imperfections in Lithium-Ion Batteries

­As lithium-ion batteries have become a ubiquitous part of our lives through their use in consumer electronics, automobiles and electricity storage facilities, researchers have been working to improve their power, efficiency and longevity. As detailed in a paper published today in Nature Materials, scientist
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01/27/2023
Sentry Enterprises and Infineon Collaborate to Fuel Biometric Access Control and Cold Storage Crypto Wallet Platforms

Sentry Enterprises and Infineon Collaborate to Fuel Biometric Access Control and Cold Storage Crypto Wallet Platforms

­Sentry Enterprises, a technology-leading company focused on transforming what identity means across the physical and digital worlds, selected Infineon’s latest generation SLC37x Secure Element chip family to fuel its biometric platforms. Sentry Enterprises is the creator and maker of the SentryCard bi
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01/26/2023
Transistors Repurposed as Microchip 'Clock' Address Supply Chain Weakness

A method of repurposing existing techniques to produce a microprocessor timing device in a standard chip fab plant could address supply chain and security weak points. (Photo courtesy of Second Bay Studios)

­Microchip fab plants in the United States can cram billions of data processing transistors onto a tiny silicon chip, but a critical device, in essence a “clock,” to time the operation of those transistors must be made separately – creating a weak point in chip security and the supply line. A new approach us
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01/26/2023
Annapolis Transit Electrifies Their Fleet with Purchase of Two BYD K7M Buses

Annapolis Transit Electrifies Their Fleet with Purchase of Two BYD K7M Buses

The City of Annapolis announced the purchase of two BYD (Build Your Dreams) battery-electric K7M transit buses, which will be the first in its transit fleet. Annapolis, known for its historic district and scenic streets, will soon welcome BYD buses to the community. The BYD K7M seats up to 22 passengers and inclu
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01/26/2023
Physical Effect Also Valid in the Quantum World

Photons can be "swallowed" by the dye molecules (red) and later "spat out" again. The more likely this is, the more the photon number fluctuates.

­Physicists at the University of Bonn have experimentally proven that an important theorem of statistical physics applies to so-called "Bose-Einstein condensates." Their results now make it possible to measure certain properties of the quantum “superparticles” and deduce system characteristics th
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01/23/2023
Collision Risk and Habitat Loss: Wind Turbines in Forests Impair Threatened Bat Species

Dr. Christian Voigt, bat specialist from the Leibniz Insitute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, conducting fieldwork at wind energy sites in Brandenburg forests, Germany

­In order to meet climate protection goals, renewable energies are booming – often wind power. More than 30,000 turbines have already been installed on the German mainland so far, and the industry is currently scrambling to locate increasingly rare suitable sites. Thus, forests are coming into focus as potential si
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01/23/2023
Incorporation of Water Molecules into Layered Materials Impacts Ion Storage Capability

The image of confined nano-space where water molecules are structured around ions.

­Investigating the interplay between the structure of water molecules that have been incorporated into layered materials such as clays and the configuration of ions in such materials has long proved a great experimental challenge. But researchers have now used a technique elsewhere commonly used to measure ex
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01/23/2023
Team Develops Strategy to Regulate Light Absorption Behaviors of Titanium OXO Clusters

Polyhedral models showing the molecular structure of the two heterometallic clusters the research team created. Left model is TiIV4MoV4MoVI2O16(OCH3)16. Right model is TiIV4MoV4O10(OC2H5)14(C6H5COO)2.

­A research team has improved the solar energy absorption of titanium oxo clusters. Their work demonstrates an effective strategy for regulating the light absorption behaviors of these clusters by importing electron-rich heterometals. These results have potential applications in the field of solar energy where so
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01/23/2023
New Swedish Quantum Computer to be Made Available to Industry

Opening the last stage of the dilution refrigerator for the quantum computer at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. A copy of this quantum computer will be built using SEK 102 million in funding from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation....

­A Swedish quantum computer is to become more widely available. A copy of the quantum computer at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden will be built using additional funding from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. The new computer, accompanied by a quantum helpdesk, will allow Swedish companies an
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01/23/2023
Polymer P-Doping Improves Perovskite Solar Cell Stability

Polymer P-Doping Improves Perovskite Solar Cell Stability

­Perovskite solar cells have drawn a significant amount of research attention as a promising alternative to conventional silicon-based solar cells, due to their efficiency in converting sunlight into electricity. Perovskite solar cells are a hybrid of organic and inorganic materials and consist of a light-harvesting la
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01/23/2023
Würth Elektronik Enables Organifarms' BERRY Robot to Harvest 24/7 Throughout the Year

A cooperation that bears fruit: Organifarms and Würth Elektronik presented their cooperation to a tech-savvy audience for the first time at DLD Munich 23.

­Thanks to an LED board from Würth Elektronik, the BERRY harvesting robot from Organifarms – the German AgriTech startup – detects the level of ripeness of strawberries, even under the difficult lighting conditions in an indoor farm or a greenhouse. The cooperation was first presented at the Digital Life De
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01/20/2023
Sinisi Solutions Deploys Ballistic Protection for Critical Infrastructure as Attacks on the Power Grid Rise

Transformer Protected From Ballistic Attack by Strategically Placed Level 8 Shield Covering Line of Sight

­Sinisi Solutions, a provider of modular transformer separations and ballistic fire barriers, has completed strategic installations for major U.S. substations and critical infrastructure to protect from fire, blast, and ballistic events that directly impact grid resiliency. In the past year
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01/20/2023
Navitas to Acquire Silicon Control IC Company

Navitas CEO and co-founder Gene Sheridan

­Navitas Semiconductor announced an agreement to acquire the remaining minority interest in its silicon control IC joint venture from Halo Microelectronics for a purchase price of $20 million in Navitas stock. In 2021, Navitas and Halo created a joint venture to develop application-specific silicon c
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01/19/2023
TTI Announces Expanded Distribution Partnership with ams OSRAM

John Drabik, President TTI Americas

­TTI, Inc., is pleased to announce the company is now an authorized distributor of ams OSRAM’s sensing solutions. Since the merger of these two world-class organizations, ams (global sensor leaders) and OSRAM (global light emitter leaders), they have been lighting up the optoelectronics world offering industry-leading re
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01/18/2023
Blocking Radio Waves and Electromagnetic Interference with the Flip of a Switch

Yury Gogotsi, PhD, Distinguished University and Bach professor in Drexel’s College of Engineering

­Researchers in Drexel University’s College of Engineering have developed a thin film device, fabricated by spray coating, that can block electromagnetic radiation with the flip of a switch. The breakthrough, enabled by versatile two-dimensional materials called MXenes, could adjust the performance of electronic de
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01/16/2023
New Small Laser Device can Help Detect Signs of Life on Other Planets

An Orbitrap cell.

­As space missions delve deeper into the outer solar system, the need for more compact, resource-conserving and accurate analytical tools has become increasingly critical—especially as the hunt for extraterrestrial life and habitable planets or moons continues. A University of Maryland-led team developed
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01/16/2023
Researchers Create Smaller, Cheaper Flow Batteries for Clean Energy

Researchers with flow battery

­Clean energy is the leading solution for climate change. But solar and wind power are inconsistent at producing enough energy for a reliable power grid. Alternatively, lithium-ion batteries can store energy but are a limited resource. “The advantage of a coal power plant is it's very steady,” said 
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01/16/2023
UH Professor Developing new Technologies to Improve Safety, Resiliency of Offshore Energy Systems

Harish Krishnamoorthy, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Houston

­Harish Krishnamoorthy, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Houston, has been selected by the Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine as an early-career research fellow in the Offshore Energy Safety track. He and fo
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01/16/2023
New Charging Technology Enables Range of 400 km After 15 Minutes Charging Time

New Charging Technology Enables Range of 400 km After 15 Minutes Charging Time

­As part of the research project "Direct Superfast charging for the Electric vehicle", the participating cooperation partners developed a new charging technology and a vehicle prototype to store the energy required for a real 400 km range in just 15 minutes. The aim of the research project "Dir
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01/12/2023
Solartility Inc. Launches Alberta's First Virtual Power Plant Offering 100% Green Energy and Reduced Electricity Rates for Customers

Kelly Tallas, Co-Founder and CEO of Solartility Inc.

­Solartility Inc., the Calgary based electricity retailer, is launching Alberta’s first 100% green energy virtual power plant (VPP) with a new solution that makes green energy more accessible and affordable for Alberta homes and building owners. Energy prices are skyrocketing. In Alberta, rates have set
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01/12/2023
Novel Design Helps Develop Powerful Microbatteries

Depiction of microrobots in a hazardous environment (Cover art by Alex David Jerez Roman, Beckman institute, UIUC)

­Translating electrochemical performance of large format batteries to microscale power sources has been a long-standing technological challenge, limiting the ability of batteries to power microdevices, microrobots and implantable medical devices. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers have created a
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01/12/2023
Computers that Power Self-Driving Cars Could be a Huge Driver of Global Carbon Emissions

Computers that Power Self-Driving Cars Could be a Huge Driver of Global Carbon Emissions

­In the future, the energy needed to run the powerful computers on board a global fleet of autonomous vehicles could generate as many greenhouse gas emissions as all the data centers in the world today. That is one key finding of a new study from MIT researchers that explored the potential energy consumpti
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01/12/2023
New Spin Control Method Brings Billion-Qubit Quantum Chips Closer

How multiple qubits may be controlled using the new ‘intrinsic spin-orbit EDSR’ process.

­Australian engineers have discovered a new way of precisely controlling single electrons nestled in quantum dots that run logic gates. What’s more, the new mechanism is less bulky and requires fewer parts, which could prove essential to making large-scale silicon quantum computers a reality. The serendipi
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01/12/2023
Turning Abandoned Mines into Batteries

Underground Gravity Energy Storage system: a schematic of different system sections

­A novel technique called Underground Gravity Energy Storage turns decommissioned mines into long-term energy storage solutions, thereby supporting the sustainable energy transition. Renewable energy sources are central to the energy transition toward a more sustainable future. However, as sources like suns
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01/12/2023
Tevva set for Mass Production After Receiving Whole Vehicle Type Approval

Tevva set for Mass Production After Receiving Whole Vehicle Type Approval

­British electric vehicle manufacturer Tevva has hit another major milestone after securing European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval (ECWVTA) for its 7.5 tonne (t) battery-electric truck. It means that Tevva can start producing and selling in volume across the UK and Europe and represents the key regulatory st
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01/11/2023
TE Connectivity Acquires Smart Grid Company Kries

Bart Otten, senior vice president and general manager of TE Connectivity’s energy business unit

­TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity and sensors, has acquired Kries, a German pioneer in smart grid systems. With this strategic acquisition, TE’s energy business unit fortifies its position as a leading provider of grid reliability solutions to utilities and owners of power networks and re
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01/11/2023
ROHM's Fourth Generation SiC MOSFETs to be Used in Hitachi Astemo's Inverters for Electric Vehicles

ROHM's Fourth Generation SiC MOSFETs to be Used in Hitachi Astemo's Inverters for Electric Vehicles

­ROHM Semiconductor announced the adoption of its new fourth generation SiC MOSFETs and gate driver ICs in electric vehicle inverters from Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., a leading Japanese automotive parts manufacturer. As the electrification of cars rapidly advances towards achieving a decarbonized society,
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01/10/2023
Connected Vehicles to Surpass 367 Million Globally by 2027, as 5G Unlocks Data-heavy Use Cases

Connected Vehicles to Surpass 367 Million Globally by 2027, as 5G Unlocks Data-heavy Use Cases

­A new Juniper Research study found that the number of connected vehicles in service will reach 367 million globally in 2027, from 192 million in 2023. This growth of 91% will be driven by the advancement of both ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) and increasing the capabilities of in-vehicle in
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01/09/2023
Chinese Scientists Discover Ubiquitous, Increasing Ferric Iron on Lunar Surface

Profs. XU Yigang from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

­The Moon has been considered extremely reductive since the Apollo era, as estimated by the low ferric iron content in lunar samples returned in the 1970s. In addition, it has long been a mystery whether a large amount of ferric iron exists on the Moon and how it is formed. Recently, however, a research team led
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01/09/2023
Solar-Powered System Converts Plastic and Greenhouse Gases into Sustainable Fuels

Researchers have developed a system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products – using just the energy from the Sun.

­Researchers have developed a system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products – using just the energy from the Sun. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, developed the system, which can convert two waste streams into two chemical
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01/09/2023
Chemical Researchers Discover Catalyst to Make Renewable Paints, Coatings, and Diapers

University of Minnesota researchers have invented new catalyst technology that improves the process and substantially reduces the cost of manufacturing renewable chemicals that can be used in a wide range of products including paints, coatings and diapers.

­A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers has invented a groundbreaking new catalyst technology that converts renewable materials like trees and corn to the key chemicals, acrylic acid, and acrylates used in paints, coatings, and superabsorbent polymers. The new catalyst technology is also hi
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01/09/2023
Enabling Nanoscale Thermoelectrics with a Novel Organometallic Molecular Junction

Enabling Nanoscale Thermoelectrics with a Novel Organometallic Molecular Junction

­The Seebeck effect is a thermoelectric phenomenon by which a voltage or current is generated when a temperature difference exists across a conductor. This effect is the basis of established and emerging thermoelectric applications alike, such as heat-to-electricity energy harvesters, sensing devices, and temperature co
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01/06/2023
Using Machine Learning to Forecast Amine Emissions

A power plant made with AI.

­Global warming is partly due to the vast amount of carbon dioxide that we release, mostly from power generation and industrial processes, such as making steel and cement. For a while now, chemical engineers have been exploring carbon capture, a process that can separate carbon dioxide and store it in ways th
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01/06/2023
Into the Blue: Progress in Perovskite LEDs for Deep-Blue Light

Scanning electron microscopy image with digital photograph during operation (left) and transient absorption spectrum (right) of deep-blue emitting perovskite light-emitting diodes (LEDs) prepared by hot-antisolvent bathing.

­The deep blue of your LED display is likely produced by indium gallium nitride (InGaN), a costly substance. In the field of LEDs, researchers are seeking alternatives in a type of perovskite known as quasi-2D Ruddlesden‒Popper perovskites (2D-RPPs). 2D-RPPs have excellent optoelectronic properties – ideal fo
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01/06/2023
High-Performance Visible-Light Lasers that fit on a Fingertip

Illustration of the integrated laser platform created by the Lipson Nanophotonics Group, where a single chip generates narrow linewidth and tunable visible light covering all colors.

­As technologies keep advancing at exponential rates and demand for new devices rises accordingly, miniaturizing systems into chips has become increasingly important. Microelectronics has changed the way we manipulate electricity, enabling sophisticated electronic products that are now an essential part of ou
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01/06/2023
Electricity Harvesting from Evaporation, Raindrops and Moisture Inspired by Nature

Hydro dams and tidal barrages are not the only way to harvest clean electricity from water.

­Raindrops, evaporating water, and even moisture in the air are all potentially sources of decentralized clean electricity generation, but many of the technologies that take advantage of this ambient and vast source of energy—many of which are inspired by the electricity harvesting techniques of plants and an
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01/06/2023
New Strategy Suggested for Ultra-Long Cycle Li-ion Battery

Figure 1. The schematic illustration of the epitaxial spinel stabilizer and S-doping mechanism.

­In recent years, lithium ion batteries have been widely used in many fields. Compared with traditional lithium ion battery cathode materials, more lithium ions in lithium rich manganese based cathode materials of unit mass participate in energy storage. However, in the process of battery reaction, stress accumulation an
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01/06/2023
OKdo and OStream Unveil New Partnership at CES for Scalable, Edge AI Media Processing

OKdo and OStream Unveil New Partnership at CES for Scalable, Edge AI Media Processing

­OKdo, the innovative Single Board Computer and Internet of Things arm of RS Group plc, announced a global partnership with OStream, the leading innovator for Edge AI media processing infrastructure.  The technology partnership will allow integrators to enrich video and audio streams with the context t
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01/06/2023
Mouser-Backed Formula E Team Kicks Off Season 9 in Mexico City

Mouser-Backed Formula E Team Kicks Off Season 9 in Mexico City

Mouser Electronics, Inc., cheers on the DS PENSKE Formula E team as they kick off Season 9 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez track in Mexico City on January 14, 2023. With a race-ready surface and long corners, Mexico City is one of the fastest tracks on the calendar featuring a mix of long and fast straights an
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01/05/2023
Researchers Team up to Visualize Radiation with Virtual Reality

Students Cole Manfred (at left) and Emily Meilus inspect a virtual nuclear reactor using the RAPID system. Photo by Alex Parrish for Virginia Tech.

­Three Virginia Tech professors from nuclear engineering, physics, and industrial engineering are bringing together their expertise and inventions to create a highly innovative technology for high-fidelity, real-time monitoring of nuclear power plant cores.  The project would increase the safety and econo
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01/04/2023
WirelessCar Reaches 10 Million Connected Cars Worldwide

WirelessCar reaches 10 million connected cars worldwide

­WirelessCar announced a major milestone of reaching ten million connected cars in over 100 countries. Since its founding in 1999, WirelessCar has worked with many of the largest global automakers to develop, deliver and operate digital services worldwide.   Over the past twenty-plus years, Wi
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01/04/2023
SolarEdge to Acquire Hark Systems, a European-Based Energy Analytics and IoT Company

Zvi Lando, CEO, SolarEdge Technologies

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the entire share capital of Hark Systems Ltd. (“Hark”). Founded in 2016 and based in Leeds, UK. Hark offers a highly flexible Software as a Service (SaaS) Internet of Things (IoT) platform that allows enterprises an
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01/03/2023
Playing all the Angles: A High-Contrast Grating Structure for Direction-Tunable Lasing

Innovative direction-tunable laser design enables beam steerability necessary for LiDAR applications and 3D sensing.

­Lasers find applications across several fields ranging from telecommunications and remote sensing to medicine. There are many ways in which one can generate laser emission, or lasing, from a device or material. Consequently, there are many types of lasers with different principles of operation. One emerging
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01/03/2023
Self-Powered, Printable Smart Sensors Created From Emerging Semiconductors Could Mean Cheaper, Greener IoT

Simon Fraser University professor Vincenzo Pecunia

­Creating smart sensors to embed in our everyday objects and environments for the Internet of Things (IoT) would vastly improve daily life—but requires trillions of such small devices. Simon Fraser University professor Vincenzo Pecunia believes that emerging alternative semiconductors that are printable, lo
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01/03/2023
Interfacial Engineering for Improved Stability of Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells

Qi Chen, Beijing Institute of Technology

­“For the perovskite film, there are some factors influencing the intrinsic material stability,” said paper author Qi Chen, professor from Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, MIIT Key Laboratory for Low-Dimensional Quantum Structure and De
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01/03/2023
Researchers Discover new Process to Create Freestanding Membranes of 'Smart' Materials

University of Minnesota Twin Cities Professor Bharat Jalan is co-leading a team that has developed a new method for making nano-membranes of “smart” materials, which will allow scientists to harness their unique properties for use in devices such as sensors and flexible electronics.

­A University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led team of scientists and engineers has developed a new method for making thin films of perovskite oxide semiconductors, a class of “smart” materials with unique properties that can change in response to stimuli like light, magnetic fields, or electric fields.  The discovery
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01/03/2023
NuCurrent and Infineon Partner for Deploying Smart Lock and Energy Harvesting Technology

NuCurrent and Infineon partner for deploying market-leading smart lock and energy harvesting technology

­ Infineon Technologies AG is bringing on NuCurrent, the global authority in wireless power systems, as an Infineon Preferred Partner. This partnership will advance the capabilities and scalability of Near-Field Communication (NFC) technology for energy harvesting and charging applications. Infineon’s NFC tag-s
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Date:
01/02/2023
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