The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Summer, the 7th term of the year, begins on May 6 and ends on May 20 this year. Start of Summer signals the transition of seasons. On this day, the ...
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SKODA has detailed new features of its SKODA Superb, including assistance systems to offer improved safety and comfort. SKODA Superb, which incorporates Volkswagen's MQB technology, features assistance systems, including blind spot ...
Researchers in USA and Saudi Arabia have been producing 610nm-wavelength red lasers with III-nitride nanowires (NWs) grown on silicon [Shafat Jahangir et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p071108, 2015]. With a view to plastic fiber optical ...
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Tobar is tapping into the Star Wars buzz with a collection of themed stationery items primed for Sci-Fi fans this May 4th. Tobar is helping fans celebrate international Star Wars Day this year (May the 4th, say it out loud) with a new ...
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Korea Institute of Science and Technology has presented what it says is the first demonstration of indium gallium arsenide on-insulator (In0.53Ga0.47As-OI) transistors with a buried yttrium oxide (Y2O3 BOX) layer [SangHyeon Kim et al, IEEE ...
At SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing Technologies conference (DSS 2015) in Baltimore, MD, USA (21-23 April), epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK is presenting a series of three invited papers on recent key ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany says that it has increased the output of its IR Oslon Black family for the second time in six months, making the new SFH 4715AS and SFH 4716AS the most powerful infrared light-emitting ...
University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) has used indium tin oxide (ITO) as part of the cladding for semi-polar indium gallium nitride (InGaN) laser diodes (LDs) [A. Pourhashemi et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p111105, 2015]. The ...
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University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) has developed gallium antimonide (GaSb) thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cells on gallium arsenide (GaAs) substrates [Bor-Chau Juang et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p111101, 2015]. The use of GaAs ...
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k-Space Associates Inc of Dexter, MI, USA (which supplies thin-film metrology tools for the semiconductor, compound semiconductor and solar markets) has reported revenue for its patented kSA BandiT wafer and film temperature monitoring ...
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Based on its recent analysis of the process tunable diode laser (TDL) analyzers market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Mettler-Toledo AG with the 2014 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Competitive Strategy Innovation & Leadership. ...
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Chevrolet said that the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro will be 200 pounds lighter than its predecessor, which will help the vehicle provide better handling, acceleration and fuel economy when compared to its previous model. According to the ...
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Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has added to its full-visible-spectrum LED product portfolio by launching a PAR20 lamp with ...
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Researchers at University of Notre Dame (UND) in the USA have claimed record high breakdown voltage for aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN/GaN) lateral Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) on silicon [Mingda Zhu et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, ...
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Researchers in Europe have developed a low-temperature plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PAMBE) process for direct growth of indium gallium nitride (InGaN) on silicon (Si) substrates [Pavel Aseev et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, ...