A NEW research facility has opened in south Wales to support the development and scale-up of semiconductor materials manufactured in space.

Abstract: Visual inspection of surface defects in industrial products is crucial for quality control but remains challenging due to unpredictable and multiscale defects. Unsupervised anomaly detection ...

From quartz sand to silicon wafers, the manufacturing process is critical for achieving the purity and quality needed for advanced semiconductor applications.

Abstract: Fast and cost-effective detection of internal defects is essential for structural integrity inspection in various applications such as manufacturing, construction, and aerospace. Current ...

Thermal stability and environmental sustainability are paramount to the practical deployment of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) ...

Yield loss from contamination demands more than detection. Learn how integrated inspection, materials analysis, and process correlation establish defensible root cause in semiconductor fabs.

A wafer-thin flake of bismuth telluride can act a little like a one-way street for electricity, even when the push comes from an alternating signal. But the direction of that “street” is not fixed.

Despite impurities and defects, lead-halide perovskites efficiently convert solar energy, rivaling silicon cells. Physicists now explain the mechanism behind this surprising efficiency. (Nanowerk News ...