Table of Contents

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  • Opinion

    • Letter from the Editor

      • Dear reader,
        The MEMS industry’s two major annual market research studies both report dramatic growth from 2005 to 2006.

    • Guest Column

      • Precision and accuracy key when discussing nano
        The American Association of Cancer Research’s recent article, “Nanoparticles Can Damage DNA, Increase Cancer Risk,” provides a good example of how researchers can unintentionally damage the public’s ability to develop a balanced understanding of nanotechnology.

    • Column

  • Features

    • Small World

      • MEMS insect to flutter into enemy camps
        We’ve come a long way since Maxwell Smart, a fictional character in the 1965-1970 NBC/CBS spy spoof series, Get Smart, used a pencil listening device and other assorted gadgets to help him spy on the bad guys.
      • Public views nanotech research on TV
        From Lawrence Berkeley National Lab to Silicon Valley, researchers are manipulating particles at the atomic level, ushering in potential cures for cancer, clothes that don’t stain, and solar panels as thin as a sheet of paper, according to a blog by Josh Rosen, series producer for QUEST on KQED Television (Public Broadcasting for northern California).
      • Canadian ‘poppy quarter’ not a spy coin
        The “poppy quarter,” a red coin from Canada, gave the U.S. government quite a scare.

    • Q&A

      • Unidym brings nanotech to market
        Through its merger with Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. (CNI), founded by the late Richard Smalley, who won a Nobel prize for his work in nanotechnology, Unidym has assembled a full intellectual property portfolio and a range of patents covering many aspects of carbon nanotubes (CNTs).

    • Cover Story

      • Semi suppliers court MEMS, PV, emerging markets
        Despite the relative health of a semiconductor equipment sector that topped $40 billion in 2006, market maturation and consolidation have driven many companies to seek new outlets for their products and technologies.
    • Multiple views, better data from a single tool
      Integrated tools empower multidisciplinary collaboration by accommodating diverse tasks
    • Cool applications for hot technologies
      Increasing microelectronic density and processing speeds imply more heat.
    • Aiming for a cool market
      Among the companies looking to meet the microelectronics industry’s need for heat dissipation is ALD Nanosolutions (ALDNanoSolutions.com), which uses atomic layer deposition to produce nanometer amorphous coating on a variety of surfaces-including boron nitride (BN) particles.
    • MEMS infrastructure advancements drive services shift
      Improvements in the assortment and depth of MEMS manufacturing services is propelling a business-model shift.

  • Technology

    • Innovations

      • At last, semiconductor industry begins embracing nano
        Even though the conservative semiconductor industry, with its extreme performance and manufacturing demands, has done much of its manufacturing in nanoscale dimensions for years, it hasn’t yet had much use for the unique properties of nanoparticles, fullerenes, nanowires, quantum dots, etc.-the technologies usually considered “true” nanotech.
      • LIGA moves into the mainstream
        Newly robust electroforming processes enable rugged, affordable microsystems
      • Simulation software speeds microfluidics development
        Physical testing will tell you whether your MEMS or NEMS design works-but only after a time-consuming process of prototype creation.

    • R&D Updates

  • Special Reports

    • State Rankings Part Six: The all-category summary
      In this summation of the category-specific state rankings that Small Times has produced over the past several issues, we reveal the ultimate all-category standings of U.S. states that lead the nation in small tech.

  • Business Sense

    • Patent Trends

    • Finance

      • FINANCE
        An overview of funding deals, M&A activity, and market offerings

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