The medical industry has an obvious need for the absolute highest standard in precision metal parts to ensure that surgical instruments, for instance, function smoothly without fault. The metal parts ...

Scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have invented a customizable chemical etching process that can be used to manufacture high-performance focusing devices ...

Two cervical spinal spacers are textured with the Tecotex I104 pattern. Smooth surfaces are fine for tabletops or new cars. But to promote osseointegration and attach implants to native bone, a smooth ...

Precision Micro’s etched plates form a critical part of the manufacturing process, helping customers produce compact heat ...

Laser damage in fused silica, particularly ultraviolet laser damage, is still a key problem limiting the development of high-power laser systems. The traditional processing method of fused silica goes ...

Fabrication of 3D NAND devices involves a challenging and complex deposition and etch process. Two etch processes have been identified as substantially impacting 3D NAND product yields: silicon ...

What is Reactive Ion Etching (RIE)? Reactive Ion Etching (RIE) is a dry etching technique widely used in the fabrication of micro- and nanodevices. It combines the chemical reactivity of reactive ...

As any good metallurgist will tell you, you can't just take any two types of metal and weld them together. You may instead be able to just join them together with glue, however, thanks to research ...

Deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) is a highly anisotropic plasma etching process that creates deep, near-vertical features in silicon and related microfabrication materials. DRIE extends ordinary ...