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Korea’s Ilsung Moolsan Chooses LED Arrays from Bridgelux for Sheraton Hotel

Korean luminaire manufacturer Ilsung Moolsan has chosen LED arrays from US-based Bridgelux, which specialises in developing and manufacturing LED lighting technologies.

By Andy Choi 4 Nov 2011

Researchers Develop Ultrathin Plasmonic Super Light Absorbers

A research team led by Koray Aydin, who serves as Assistant Professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science of the Northwestern University has created a composite metamaterial, which absorbs broad array of light wavelengths, paving the way to develop economic and efficient solar cell technology.

By Andy Choi 4 Nov 2011

Ziptronix Technology Minimizes Distortions in Backside Illuminated Image Sensors

Ziptronix a developer of low-temperature direct bond technology for semiconductor applications has announced that its ZiBond direct bonding technology delivered minimum distortion for manufacture of backside illuminated (BSI) image sensors.

By Andy Choi 4 Nov 2011

LED Flat Panel Lighting Gives Data Center Wow Factor

When TekLinks featured Edge Lit LED Flat Panels by MaxLite in its new data center, their executives did not anticipate the impressive reaction received from clients, employees and strategic partners who toured their new facility.

3 Nov 2011

Imec Partner to Develop Large Area OLED Lighting Modules

Imec and its project partners announce the launch of IMOLA (Intelligent light Management for OLED on foil Applications), a project under the EU’s 7th framework program for ICT (FP7).

From imec Inc. 3 Nov 2011

Lasers Effectively Cut, Mill and Drill Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastics

Lasers have the ability to effectively process carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP) without affecting the integrity of the material.

By Andy Choi 3 Nov 2011

Newspaper-Style “Roll-To-Roll” Printing Process for Inexpensive OLED Manufacture

Researchers at the Holst Centre in Eindhoven have portrayed a new method of producing flexible and thin sheets of organic light-emitting diode (OLED). The researchers, Paul Blom and Ton van Mol, detailed an inexpensive, newspaper-style “roll-to-roll” printing process.

By Andy Choi 3 Nov 2011

Advanced Extreme-Ultraviolet Microscope for Creation of Computer Chips

The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has developed the Semiconductor High-NA Actinic Reticle Review Project (SHARP) microscope for photolithography.

By Andy Choi 3 Nov 2011

Leica Now Offers the Largest Capture Area of Any Line Scanner in Digital Pathology

The largest capture area of any line scanner in digital pathology is now possible with the Leica SCN400 and SCN400 F. The latest release in Leica’s Total Digital Pathology portfolio enables the digitization of very large specimens, not possible with any other line scanning digital pathology system.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 2 Nov 2011

Electron Microscopy Technique Enables Observing Proteins in Whole, Intact Cells

Scientists at Vanderbilt University have developed a potential new technique using electron microscopy to view proteins on the move in undamaged, whole cells. Observing proteins will help learn more about cell function and dysfunction.

By Andy Choi 2 Nov 2011

Georgia Tech Researchers Develop Novel Method to Enhance External Efficiency of LEDs

Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have utilized piezoelectric materials such as zinc oxide nanowires to radically enhance the effectiveness at which gallium nitride LEDs enable conversion of electricity into ultraviolet light.

By Andy Choi 2 Nov 2011

Renishaw Focus on Raman Spectroscopy at Recent Seminar

Raman spectroscopy came under the spotlight recently at the Natural History Museum in London, when Renishaw held its 2011 ‘inside Raman' seminar in the Museum's Flett theatre on 26th and 27th September.

From Renishaw plc - Spectroscopy 1 Nov 2011

Ultrafast Semiconductor Lasers for High-Speed Optical Data Transmission

Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) researchers have conceptualized an ultrafast semiconductor laser to enable high-speed data transmission over the Internet.

By Andy Choi 1 Nov 2011

Trackspot Bolt Luminaires Use Luminus Devices’ CBM-360 Big Chip LED Engine

Luminus Devices has declared that the Trackspot Bolt, the latest-generation entertainment luminaires of High End Systems, uses a light engine based on Luminus Devices’ CBM-360 Big Chip LED.

By Andy Choi 1 Nov 2011

MagnaChip Introduces 4-Channel and 6-Channel LED Backlight Drivers

MagnaChip Semiconductor, a designer and producer of mixed- and analog-signal semiconductor products, has introduced 4-channel LED backlight driver, MAP3105 for applications in notebook computers and 6-channel LED backlight driver, MAP3106 for applications in tablet PCs.

By Andy Choi 1 Nov 2011