Rice University researchers have found evidence of piezoelectricity in lab-grown, two-dimensional flakes of molybdenum dioxide. Their investigation showed the surprise electrical properties are due to electrons trapped in defects throughout the material, which is less than 10 nanometers thick.
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CEA-Leti Explores Technology Roadmap For Sixth-Generation Wireless Networks in mmWave Bands
As countries around the world begin rolling out 5G wireless networks, CEA-Leti is looking ahead to sixth-generation technologies that will surpass the data-transfer capability of 5G.
Virus Crisis Hits Optoelectronics, Sensors/Actuators, and Discretes
After 10 years of record-high sales, combined revenues for optoelectronics, sensors/actuators, and discrete semiconductors are expected to drop 6% in virus-plagued 2020, says the new O-S-D Report.
TDK Launches High-Performance 6-axis IMU with Industry-Leading Motion Sensor Performance
TDK Corporation announces the availability of the InvenSense ICM-42688-P high-performance motion sensor, a 6-axis MEMS MotionTracking™ device that combines a 3-axis gyroscope and a 3-axis accelerometer in a 2.5mm x 3mm x 0.9mm package. The device enables high-precision motion sensing applications such as robotics, wearable devices, drones and many other IoT devices.
Automotive Sensor Demand Resilient Despite COVID-19, Says Strategy Analytics
The latest forecast by Strategy Analytics suggests that COVID-19 will cause at least an 11% decline in demand for automotive sensors in 2020. However, there is expected to be a strong rebound in 2021 and demand growth in subsequent years will show greater resilience.
Roswell Biotechnologies and Imec to Develop First Molecular Electronics Biosensor Chips for Infectious Disease Surveillance, Precision Medicine and DNA Storage
Roswell Biotechnologies, Inc., the leader in molecular electronics sensor chips, and imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, announced today a partnership to develop the first commercially available molecular electronics biosensor chips.
KINEXON SafeZone Wearable Digitally Protects Employees and Operations in Times of the Coronavirus
As the spread of the coronavirus eases, companies around the world are looking for ways to resume business operations in a safe and secure manner. Adhering to the minimum physical distance guidelines between employees plays a key role.
Connected Devices Have a Key Role to Play in an Era of Pandemics
Technology has a history of helping to track and treat viruses. And, with the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic, people are rightly asking themselves how new technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), AI, and Big Data can be employed to slow down the proliferation of pandemics and avoid a future global health crisis.
STMicroelectronics Helps Meet Functional-Safety Norms with Certified Software for STM32 and STM8 Families
STMicroelectronics has released three functional-safety packages that simplify development of safety-critical industrial, medical, consumer and automotive products based on STM32 and STM8 microcontrollers and microprocessors.
STMicroelectronics Simplifies Design and Boosts Safety with Highly Integrated Universal Car-Lock Controller
The STMicroelectronics L99UDL01 automotive universal door-lock IC integrates six MOSFET half-bridge outputs and two half-bridge gate drivers…
