A tattoo that could warn you for too many hours of sunlight exposure, or is alerting you for taking your medication? Next to their cosmetic role, tattoos could get new functionality using intelligent ink. However, that would require a more precise and less invasive injection technique. Researchers of the University of Twente have developed a…
Laser Technique Dispenses Ultra-tiny Metal Droplets
Thanks to a laser technique that ejects ultra-tiny droplets of metal, it is now possible to print 3D metal structures, not only simple “piles” of droplets, but complex overhanging structures as well: like a helix of some microns in size, made of pure gold. Using this technique, it will be possible to print new 3D…
Electronics and Optics Team Up to Draw Light from Silicon
Electronics and light don’t go well together on a standard “CMOS” chip. Researcher Satadal Dutta of the University of Twente has succeeded in introducing a light connection into the heart of a semiconductor chip. In this way, two circuits can be isolated and still communicate. Or: the worlds of electronics and photonics are connected. What…
Research Team Develops Record Laser on Chip
Working in collaboration with the Lionix company, researchers from the University of Twente’s MESA+ research institute have developed the world’s most narrowband diode laser on a chip. This laser represents a breakthrough in the fast-growing field of photonics, and will bring applications like 5G internet and accurate GPS closer. Research leader Professor Klaus Boller presented…
Chip Captures Individual Cells in Minuscule Gels
Researchers at the University of Twente’s MIRA research institute have developed a chip that can capture and hold individual cells in the exact centre of a minuscule hydrogel droplet. Their novel method keeps cells alive for multiple weeks, which makes it easier to study them. This makes it possible to, for example, test the action…
New Method for Studying Individual Defects in Transistors
Scientists from the University of Twente’s MESA+ Research Institute have developed a method for studying individual defects in transistors. All computer chips, which are each made up of huge numbers of transistors, contain millions of minor ‘flaws’. Previously it was only possible to study these flaws in large numbers. However, fundamental research conducted by University…
Scientists Develop Brain-Inspired Memory Material
Could Germanene Overtake Graphene?
Graphene may currently be the best known “two-dimensional” material, but its new cousin germanene seems to have properties that are even more attractive for application in electronics. For this, germanene has to grow in a one atom layer on top of a proper carrier — substrate. Scientists of the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology of the…