Pressure sensor array made with polyamino acid
Japanese researchers from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), have developed an all-printed flexible pressure sensor in collaboration with Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
View ArticleResearchers discover molecular basis for body-color change in red dragonflies
Japanese researchers have discovered that the body color of the red dragonflies changes from yellow to red through redox reaction of pigments called ommochromes.
View ArticleIntermolecular space evaluation using slow positrons extracted into the...
Japanese researchers have developed a controlled-environment positron probe micro-analyzer. This system can be used with the positron annihilation lifetime technique to evaluate open spaces such as...
View ArticleEvaluating molecules within a sealed organic light emitting diode device
AIST researchers have developed a method that can selectively measure the behavior of specific molecules at the interfaces of organic layers in a multilayered organic light emitting diode (OLED) device...
View ArticleDevelopment of compact model for tunnel field-effect transistors
Japanese researchers have developed a compact model for circuit simulation to predict the circuit behavior of tunnel field-effect transistors (tunnel FETs). This device-operation model simulates...
View ArticleMillimeter-wave oscillation by ferromagnetic nanocontact device
Researchers have demonstrated theoretically that oscillation of 5–140 GHz is possible by supplying direct current to a ferromagnetic nanocontact device.
View Article3-D stress analysis simulator for ultra-small silicon devices revealed
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) researchers have developed a three-dimensional stress analysis simulator for ultra-small silicon (Si) devices. The developed...
View ArticleLow-cost MEMS fabrication technology using a replica molding technique
Researchers at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), have developed a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device fabrication technology that uses only printing...
View ArticleInsects' manipulation of plant phenotype that realized their ultimate...
Researchers from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, have discovered a novel phenomenon that in galls (plant-made nests) formed by some aphid species, the inner gall...
View ArticleDevelopment of high-definition infrared color night-vision imaging technology
Researchers at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, and Toshitaka Ohta, NRI, have developed 3CCD full high-definition (HD), infrared color night-vision imaging technology.
View ArticleResearchers find high performance transistors on polymer superior to silicon
Researcher at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have developed technologies for transferring compound semiconductors using a polymer as a bonding adhesive and...
View ArticleSuccess in operation of transistor with channel length of 3 nm
AIST researchers have confirmed the operation of an ultra-miniaturized transistor with a channel length of 3 nm. The developed transistor was fabricated employing a V-shaped groove created by...
View ArticleDevelopment of graphene transistor with new operating principle
AIST researchers have developed a graphene transistor with a new operating principle. In the developed transistor, two electrodes and two top gates are placed on graphene and graphene between the top...
View ArticleLattice location determination of trace nitrogen dopants in semiconductor...
AIST researchers have developed an instrument for X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy equipped with a superconducting detector. With the instrument, the researchers have realized, for...
View ArticleDevelopment of Euglena-based bioplastics
Researchers from AIST have developed microalga-based bioplastics mainly from constituents extracted from Euglena, a species of microalga.
View ArticleDevelopment of switchable mirror sheet using gasochromic method: New...
Kazuki Yoshimura, Energy Control Thin Film Group, the Materials Research Institute for Sustainable Development of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, has developed a...
View ArticleDevelopment of new rolling process for improving room-temperature formability...
Researchers from AIST have developed a new rolling process for improving room-temperature formability of a damping magnesium alloy (M1 alloy). In the new rolling process, while a conventional rolling...
View ArticleDevelopment of handy fuel cell system
Researchers at AIST, Japan, have developed a handy, portable fuel cell system. While the developed system employs microtubular solid oxide fuel cells (microtubular SOFCs), a nanostructure-controlled...
View ArticleWorld's first 40 to 60 Gbps silicon photonics modulator using advanced...
In collaboration with Fujikura Ltd., researchers from Singapore's A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME) have pioneered the world's first 40 to 60 Gbps silicon-based optical modulators with...
View ArticleDevelopment of a superior random laser element using submicrometer-sized zinc...
AIST researchers have demonstrated that when optical defect particles are introduced into a thin film made of homogenized zinc oxide (ZnO) particles obtained by the submicrometer-sized spherical...
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