The switch from bulk materials to thin films has arisen in many industries thanks to advancements in bottom-up fabrication methods and the utilization of nanomaterials.
By Liam Critchley
5 Dec 2018
Developments in thin film technology has led to some of the most advanced sensors currently in use across many different industries.
By Brett Smith
7 Aug 2019
Sensors are devices, modules or subsystems that are capable of detecting and responding to a certain type of input that has been acquired from the physical environment.
By Benedette Cuffari
5 Dec 2018
A single day of the solar energy received by the Earth exceeds the entire amount of energy the planet uses in one year.
By Brett Smith
5 Dec 2018
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is a microscopy technique within the branch of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) that is used to obtain a topographic image of a specimen at nanometer (nm) resolution.
By Benedette Cuffari
5 Dec 2018
This article discusses the ways in which sensors are used to fight crime.
By Brett Smith
16 Nov 2018
For man-made objects to either fly or remain in geostationary orbit around the Earth (i.e. a spacecraft Vs a satellite, respectively), they need to monitor the local and remote environments.
By Liam Critchley
14 Nov 2018
This article discusses water quality and how sensors can measure it.
By Brett Smith
2 Nov 2018
This article discusses the sensors that are in our every day electronic items.
By Liam Critchley
2 Nov 2018
Fingerprint sensors perform a very basic function; taking and image of the fingertip and comparing it against information from a previously scanned fingerprint. Learn about their importance in this article.
By Kerry Taylor-Smith
21 Sep 2018