In the podcast WorkforceRX, Vice Dean for Research and Professor Linda Ng Boyle discusses how autonomous vehicles could turn commutes into productive workspace. #NYUTandonMade

Dr. Linda Ng Boyle, NYU Tandon School of Engineering: The Role Of Cars In The Future Of Work - Futuro Health

What if the daily commute in your car became one of the most productive parts of your day? Today’s WorkforceRx guest, Dr. Linda Ng Boyle of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, is going to help us…

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How far can process parameter tuning alone scale TSV etching? AR10 succeeds, AR15 reveals critical trade-offs, and AR20 exposes transport limits that require hardware-level tuning. doi.org/10.1116/6.00...

Through-silicon via etch uniformity enhancement and aspect-ratio influence on etch rate and profile

High-aspect ratio (HAR) through-silicon via (TSV) etching is a critical process for three-dimensional interconnect (3Di) integration, requiring strict within-wa

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Professor Ludovic Righetti, founding co-director of NYU's Center for Robotics and Embodied Intelligence, was named to City & State's 2026 Tomorrow's Leaders list for advancing ethical robotics research and helping establish New York as a hub for robotics innovation. #NYUTandonMade

Huge congratulations to Assistant Professor David Truong on being awarded an NSF CAREER Award to advance a bold research program at the intersection of synthetic biology and genome regulation. #NYUTandonMade

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What if you could turn up the brightness of a chip like a volume knob? A few clever fabrication tweaks transform a thin film into a light-boosting amplifier & a tiny racetrack for photons—bringing sci-fi-level photonics a step closer to reality. doi.org/10.1116/6.00...

Gallium oxide: A potentially photonic material

We fabricated Er3+/Yb3+ codoped Ga2O3 thin films via radio frequency magnetron sputtering and investigated the effect of annealing temperature and Ar/O2 gas rat

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Diamonds power quantum tech—but only if their surfaces stay perfect. @princeton.edu researchers flip #ALEtch to gently smooth diamond at the atomic scale, preserving its quantum magic for next-gen sensors and qubits. doi.org/10.1116/6.00...

Plasma-assisted atomic layer etching of single-crystal diamond

Applications of near-surface nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond are often limited by surface defects created during processing. Understanding and controll

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This post reminded me of Peter Singer’s essay "Famine, Affluence, and Morality" which I had read as an undergraduate at Berkeley in the early 80s. I just went back to reread it. It is a gorgeous argument that has fell on. Deaf ears for over half a century.

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The richest 0.1 percent of the global population are hiding nearly $3 trillion in offshore accounts to evade taxes — more than the wealth held by the entire bottom half of humanity. It would take about $93 billion per year to eradicate extreme hunger by 2030. Taxing the rich is a global necessity.

Carbon contamination during the growth of sulfide thin films by hybrid pulsed laser deposition correlates with film texture. Authors from @usc.edu & NIST use SIMS analysis to unveil this connection & show how to improve the quality of sulfide thin films. doi.org/10.1116/6.00...

Evaluation of carbon incorporation in sulfide thin films grown by hybrid pulsed laser deposition

Vapor-pressure mismatched materials (materials whose constituent elements have significantly different vapor pressures) such as transition metal chalcogenides h

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Miguel Modestino, director of NYU Tandon's Sustainable Engineering Initiative, weighed in on growing consumer anxiety about microplastics in food and packaging with @wsj.com #NYUTandonMade buff.ly/3FF082v

Flexible thermoelectric films get a silver boost—improving performance by 45% and bringing wearable energy technology one step closer to broader adoption. doi.org/10.1116/6.00...

Ag-doping induced enhancement in power factor of flexible n-type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 thin films

Bi2Te3-based materials are the mostly utilized commercial thermoelectric material near room temperature, yet their performance and flexibility require further e

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Temperature matters for chargeable polymers. Polymers usually fail at high temperature, but researchers from University of Missouri - Columbia studying vapor deposited polymers for energy storage find that turning up the heat improves performance.🔥 doi.org/10.1116/6.00...

Temperature effects in oxidative molecular layer deposition (oMLD) of polypyrrole

Polypyrrole (pPy) is a promising conductive polymer, yet its electrochemical performance and structural stability strongly depend on synthesis conditions. Recen

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Is the scientific community prioritizing clean, compelling stories over real, messy, and honest data? 📈 Dive into the “reproducibility crisis” and explore where scientists may be going wrong and what they need to do to get back on track in this recent perspective. doi.org/10.1116/6.00...

Precise control of plasma etching depth is needed to ensure performance & reliability of semiconductor devices, but it isn’t simply “set & forget." Deeper integration of diagnostics, modeling, & process control is needed to achieve true nanoscale precision. doi.org/10.1116/6.00...

Explainable integration of process and optical parameters for plasma etch depth prediction

Accurate prediction and understanding of plasma etch depth are crucial for process stability and yield in semiconductor manufacturing. While conventional machin

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More power, less energy, tighter margins. Can current fabrication strategies keep pace with our technology appetite? From Stanford University, this work highlights how small adjustments in these processes can have outsized effects on performance at the nanoscale. doi.org/10.1116/6.00...

Effect of molecular layer deposition parameters on the electron beam resist properties of hafnicone hybrid films

To meet increasing computing demands, device manufacturing is transitioning to shorter wavelengths of light for photolithographic patterning of nanoscale device

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The scalable synthesis of size-tunable Ni nanoparticles on carbon black w/ fluidized-bed #ALDep method advances non-noble metal Ni/C catalysts toward device-relevant H electrocatalysis & bridges ALD model systems w/ realistic catalyst architectures. doi.org/10.1116/6.00...

Carbon-supported, size-tunable Ni nanoparticles by atomic layer deposition

Uniform nickel nanoparticles (Ni NPs) on carbon black were synthesized by fluidized-bed reactor atomic layer deposition (FBR-ALD). ALD behavior was first establ

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For the last 5 years @jvstab.bsky.social has been publishing tutorials, reviews, best practices and papers on how to conduct XPS measurements properly. Check them out. Here is another one.

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XPS results can differ significantly depending on whether a sample is electrically grounded or electrically isolated. This distinction highlights the importance of considering the sample's work function to obtain correct interpretations. doi.org/10.1116/6.00...

Authors from Ionoptika, Ltd. and Cambridge Univ. team up to expand the use of SIMS in materials analysis by exploring the use of a variety of giant gas cluster ion beams in sputtering & depth profiling of complex inorganic/organic materials. doi.org/10.1116/6.00...

Impact of cluster size on sputtering effects in hybrid organic/inorganic materials during cluster SIMS depth profiling

This study systematically investigates the sputtering effects and optimized analytical performance of various cluster ion beams for the depth profiling of tande

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Selective, solvent-free nanoscale patterning is crucial as devices integrate more sensitive & unconventional materials. From @gatechengineers.bsky.social, this work presents an all-water-based electron beam lithography approach w/ polyacrylic acid hydrogel as a resist. doi.org/10.1116/6.00...

All water based nanoscale electron beam lithography using polyacrylic acid hydrogel as a resist

This work investigates improving pattern resolution and contrast in polyacrylic acid (PAA) hydrogel films as a resist to below 100 nm lateral dimensions using e

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Authors from @tyndallinstitute.bsky.social use theoretical modeling to predict #ALDep chemistry of Ru on TaN using a RuO₄ precursor — an area of growing importance for advanced interconnect stacks. doi.org/10.1116/6.00...

Prediction of atomic layer deposition chemistry of Ru onto TaN for interconnect stack using the RuO4 precursor

Interconnects are crucial for the operation of electronic devices and consist of a diffusion barrier, liner layer, and the metal copper. However, this trilayer

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Multilayer oxide structures with: High precision? ✅ Complex lithography? ❌ Multiple masking steps? ❌ Authors from Ghent University demonstrate a polymer-assisted AS-ALD method that allows stacked multilayer oxides to be formed with a single polymer template. doi.org/10.1116/6.00...

Polymer assisted area selective ALD of multilayered materials using alkylamine precursors

Area selective atomic layer deposition (AS-ALD) has gained considerable attention in nanomanufacturing due to its potential for precise material placement. Whil

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Recently highlighted, this article is now featured on our latest cover of #JVSTA! Next time you publish with us, submit an eye-catching image for the cover. We would love to feature your research, too! Read this featured article here: doi.org/10.1116/6.00...

Authors from @pennstateuniv.bsky.social use Raman spectroscopy to investigate the fundamental effects of metal-induced doping on different MoS₂ epilayer thicknesses, helping to tailor MoS₂ devices to meet the demands of advanced electronic applications. doi.org/10.1116/6.00...

Influence of metal-induced doping on different 2D MoS2 epilayers for field effect transistors

Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), a prominent member of the transition metal dichalcogenide family, stands out for its unique electronic and optical properties. To d

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The rate of global mean sea level rise has increased from ~2.1 mm/year in 1993 to ~4.5 mm/year in 2023. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

The rate of global sea level rise doubled during the past three decades - Communications Earth & Environment

Global mean sea level rise amounted to 4.5 mm per year as a result of warming oceans and melting land ice, more than twice the rate of 2.1 mm/year observed at the start of satellite data in 1993, base...

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Featured on the latest #JVSTA cover, Joshua Wagner & Steven J. Sibener from the University of Chicago investigate how atomic oxygen affects the behavior of C₆₀ molecules on 2D materials. Read the featured article here! doi.org/10.1116/6.00...

Our community is at the forefront of innovation and groundbreaking research. This is a selection of our most exciting research stories in Industrial, Urban & Environmental Sustainability. Click the link to read the NYU Tandon Research Magazine. #NYUTandonMade engineering.nyu.edu/about/unconv...

PtSi has lots of applications due to its unique metallic & superconducting properties, promising for the scalability of quantum computing systems. Authors from @brookhavenlab.bsky.social Lab provide reference XPS data for the material for use as its applications expand. doi.org/10.1116/6.00...

Superconducting platinum silicide analyzed by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Platinum silicide has garnered increased attention due to its potential applications as a superconductor within silicon technology. In this work, we characteriz

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Authors from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory & Purdue University utilize #ALDep of Al₂O₃ on BNNT fabrics to enhance their high-temperature stability limit, a method that could potentially to do the same for other nanoporous materials. doi.org/10.1116/6.00...

Dual-purpose alumina ALD coatings for enhanced oxidation resistance and thermal conductivity of boron nitride nanotube fabrics

Boron nitride remains a critical material for myriad applications requiring high-temperature stability and thermal management. This work explores the utilizatio

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