Merck Reiterates Confidence in Returning to Sustainable Growth

Tailwind thanks to robust global growth trends in all three business sectors

18-Oct-2024 - Merck is looking confidently toward the future. At the Capital Markets Day, the company shared its expectation of profitable and financially strong growth in the coming years. After the transitional year of 2023, Merck considers the medium-term growth opportunities in its markets to be intact. ...

Finding pearls in the mud: eco-friendly tungsten recovery from semiconductor waste

12-Aug-2024 - Semiconductor industry waste is typically seen as a costly disposal problem and an environmental hazard. But what if this waste could be transformed into a valuable resource? In an exciting development, researchers from Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) and the Samsung ...

Scientists awarded for innovative 2D materials research

Jena Research Team Receives “Thüringer Forschungspreis”

21-Jun-2024 - For their research into customized 2D materials, a team of four scientists from Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF have been awarded the “Thüringer Forschungspreis” (Thuringian Research Prize). The award for scientific ...

PFAS-free polymer membranes for semiconductor processing

Membrane production with REACH-compliant solvents

04-Jun-2024 - Due to their stability and resistance to water and grease, PFAS chemicals (short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are used in a wide range industries, but they are harmful to health and the environment. Membranes containing PFAS are used in many semiconductor manufacturing processes, for ...

Chemistry researchers modify solar technology to produce a less harmful greenhouse gas

Potential for environmentally friendly fuels

09-Apr-2024 - Researchers in the UNC-Chapel Hill Chemistry Department are using semiconductors to harvest and convert the sun’s energy into high-energy compounds that have the potential to produce environmentally friendly fuels. In the paper, "Methyl Termination of p-Type Silicon Enables Selective ...

Spectroscopy and theory shed light on excitons in semiconductors

Research team make extremely fast, precise images for first time

21-Mar-2024 - From solar panels on our roofs to the new OLED TV screens, many everyday electronic devices simply wouldn’t work without the interaction between light and the materials that make up semiconductors. A new category of semiconductors is based on organic molecules, which largely consist of carbon, ...

Chipmetrics Secures € 2.4 Million Seed Funding Round

Innovative metrology chips for 3D thin film processes

06-Feb-2024 - Chipmetrics Ltd, the Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) technology company and a pioneer in 3D ultra-high aspect ratio test elements for metrology of semiconductor and advanced thin film material manufacturing, announces the successful closure of a €2.4 million investment round. The international ...

Unique X-ray Topography Based Defect Characterization for SiC Wafers Honored with Georg Waeber Innovation Award 2023

02-Nov-2023 - A cross-organizational team from Rigaku SE and Fraunhofer IISB has established a new semiconductor material characterization method in their jointly operated Center of Expertise for X-ray Topography in Erlangen, Germany. They succeeded not only in developing an industry-ready X-ray topography ...

WACKER to Expand Semiconductor-Grade Polysilicon Production Capacity in Burghausen

13-Jun-2023 - Munich-based Wacker Chemie AG announced its intention to expand its capacity for cleaning semiconductor-grade polysilicon. Accordingly, there are plans to set up a new production line at the company’s Burghausen site by early 2025. The new plant will increase existing capacity at the site by well ...

Merck Announces Significant Investment in the World’s Largest Integrated Specialty Gases Facility

Investment of around €300 million

14-Apr-2023 - Merck announced an agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to support expansion plans at its semiconductor manufacturing site in Hometown. This expansion is part of Merck's Level Up growth program, announced by its Electronics business sector in late 2021, which aims to invest over € 3 ...