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Patterning of metals and metal compounds using ionotropic polymers

Patterning surfaces to create some function is a core technology propelling our technical society. The most important such technology, photolithography, is used to create IC chips with nanoscale features. It is also the most expensive with fab…

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Origami-inspired, versatile fabrication of millimeter-scale mechanical devices

The fabrication of mechanical devices on the millimeter scale is a critical capability for autonomous microrobots and micromanipulation devices, and is important to manufacture active components in optical switches and smart antennas. However,…

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COSMOS workflow management version 0.4.3

Written in Python which is easy to learn, powerful, and popular. A programmer with limited experience can begin writing COSMOS workflows right away.Powerful syntax and system for the creation of complex workflows.Keeps track of workflows, job…

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The SMALL Microscope: Scanning microscopy on a chip

Fresnel zone plates use extremely short focal lengths. The Crozier lab has demonstrated that an imaging system with a short focal length zone plate, in combination with a spatial filter formed by a relay lens, can provide a high collection…

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A bulk nanomachining method for suspended nanobeam and other free-standing structures

This technology is a bulk nanomachining methodology for fabricating suspended sub-micron and nanoscale nanobeam photonic and mechanical elements. It is based on standard planar fabrication processes (i.e. optical or electron beam lithography and…

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A novel color filter array design scheme significantly reduces hardware complexity

In digital imaging applications, data are typically obtained via a spatial sub-sampling procedure implemented as a color filter array (CFA). CFA assigns a separate primary color to each pixel by placing a filter of that color over the pixel. The…

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Efficient drive method for capacitive actuators with voltage amplification

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High-flux, low-power diamond nanowire single-photon source arrays: an enabling material for optical and quantum computing and cryptography

The novel approach taken by the Harvard researchers was to apply top-down nanofabrication techniques to define large arrays of vertically oriented nanowire antennas in a single-crystal diamond substrate. Briefly, structures were made from a…

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Method to fabricate articulated characters from skinned meshes