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Global warming has been deteriorating, and criticised by the entire world environmental organisations throughout the contemporary world. This phenomenon is mainly associated be human made pollutions and wastes emitted through the global industrialisation. Out of this global issue, modern architects has started to design architectures which included the concern of sustainability. Sustainable architecture can be divided in three different core parts: sustainable materials, sustainable construction

Although silicon based metal oxide FETs (MOSFETs) (planar or nanowire) [45,46], carbon nanotube based FETs and graphene based FETs [47-49] have been widely studied as candidates for advanced biosensing applications, they are somewhat limited in various facets. In the first section of this chapter, limitations of current biosensors

field between individual digits of electrodes. Using these simulations, it was observed that gold nanoparticles bound closely to IDEs can lower the electric field magnitude between the digits of the electrode. The simulations are also shown to be a useful design tool in optimizing sensor function. Various different conditions, such as electrode dimensions and background ion concentrations, are shown to have a significant impact on the simulations.]. From being a simple interface, the properties of

The Physics of Semiconductor Devices The purpose of this paper is to give a greater understanding of the semiconductor world, for Physics 100 students who have a little knowledge of electronics. I will cover conductors, insulators, semiconductors, and the operation of a diode and a transistor. The reason that it is important to understand these devices is the vast effect that they have had on our modern world. Our lives are filled by electronics, especially in this computerized age that

Background Biomaterials, whether from natural or synthetic origin, have been used for many biomedical applications ranging from surgery to drug delivery (1). Of particular interest is the use of silicone products for breast implants, which are medical prostheses serving to augment or reconstruct breasts (1). To date, silicone is one of the most commonly used materials for plastic surgery procedures in North America (1, 2). The first silicone breast implants were developed in 1961 and were available

Abstract: Martha McCaskey has been consistently outperforming herself maintaining high levels of integrity in each project assignment. Currently, she was the project lead for a critical project entitled ‘Silicon 6’ which apart from having high significance for her personal career also had high significance from her company’s future perspective. The project required Martha to research upon manufacturing technologies and plant setup costs for a computer chip that the client’s competitor was planning

utilized multi-layer LTCC interposers to perform 3-D stack, which provides series connection between devices to achieve high voltage rating of the power module. The proposed 3-D stack can be implemented through wafer-level packaging using silicon (Si) and silicon carbide (SiC) devices where paralleling of multiple devices is required to achieve high current. In the proposed high voltage package design, through-hole vias are implemented to form electrical connections between multi-layer self-aligned

structure of extensive silicon crystalline structures, and towards the non-silicon based technologies. Governments and private firms must continue to invest the capital needed to fund research and development in these fields of more flexible and versatile solar cells in order to acheieve higher efficiencies and improve the manufacturing process of these technologies; as currently they remain in their infancy. 3.4 Non Silicon Based Polycrystalline cells Research into non silicon based solar cells is

(Khazan 1). No other industry in the world has such a skewed uniformity such as the tech world, and no television show captures this uniformity like Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley is based on the Northern California region with the same name which is considered the mecca of the tech world home to large companies such as Apple and Google. Unfortunately Silicon Valley contains many negative stereotypes about women. The first harmful stereotype in the show is the portrayal of women as only love interests

including copper oxide and germanium. Today, computer chips are manufactured using silicon due to its versatility as a semiconductor and how readily available it is in the environment. This paper includes how silicon became an important semiconductor, a brief history on the process of integrated chip manufacturing, an analysis of the shrinking of manufacturing process, and newer methods of three dimensional lithography. Silicon and germanium are used as semiconductors