May 1, 2013 — Magnolia Solar Inc., a subsidiary of Magnolia Solar Corp., has demonstrated a flexible copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar cell with 13 percent efficiency. The new cell, made using thin, flexible stainless steel and titanium substrates, was developed and produced by the US Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium on behalf of Magnolia Solar at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering’s Solar Energy Development Center in Halfmoon, N.Y. The efficiency of the CIGS cell rivals...

ALBANY, N.Y., March 12, 2013 — Magnolia Solar Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Magnolia Solar Corp., has demonstrated a flexible copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar cell with a 13 percent efficiency.

ALBANY, N.Y., June 26, 2012 — Michael Lercel was appointed senior director for nanodefectivity and metrology for both Sematech’s ongoing metrology program and a new Nanodefect Center based at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering’s Albany NanoTech Complex, Sematech...

Jan 1, 2012 — The Optical Systems Div. of Zygo Corp. has been awarded a $4 million order from a major medical device manufacturer to produce high-precision assemblies used in an ophthalmic medical instrument. The devices will be manufactured at its Electro-Optics...

MIDDLEFIELD, Conn., and ALBANY, N.Y., Oct. 27, 2011 — Optical metrology supplier Zygo Corp.’s Optical Systems Div. has been awarded a $9 million contract with the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at the University at Albany and the SEMATECH consortium of chipmakers to develop...

Jul 1, 2011 — Based in Culver City, Calif., Apic Corp., a supplier of photonics technology integrated with electronics, and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany, State University of New York, have formed a $10 million partnership...

ALBANY, N.Y., May 31, 2011 — Los Angeles-based APIC Corp., a pioneer of photonics technology integrated with electronics, and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at the University at Albany have launched a $10 million partnership for development and...

ALBANY, N.Y., and TOKYO, May 12, 2010 — In a collaboration aimed at providing cost-effective semiconductor materials for 22 nm nodes, JSR Corp.’s US operation, JSR Micro, has joined Sematech, a global consortium of chipmakers, at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering...

ALBANY, N.Y. & VELDHOVEN, Netherlands, Feb. 9, 2010 – Sematech, a global consortium of semiconductor manufacturers, and ASML, provider of lithography systems for the chip industry based in The Netherlands, announced they have joined forces at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering’s (CNSE)...

Sep 1, 2009 — FEI Co. of Hillsboro, Ore., a provider of atomic-scale imaging and analysis systems, has joined the Advanced Metrology Development Program at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the University at Albany-State University of New York....

Apr 22, 2009 — Flanders, N.J.-based Rudolph Technologies Inc., a high-performance process control metrology, defect inspection and data analysis systems manufacturer, has joined the Three-Dimensional Interconnect Program at the College of Nanoscale Science and...

Apr 14, 2009 — In the drive for commercialization of nanotechnology, new measurement challenges have arisen in characterizing the latest semiconductor devices for generating accurate transistor models, which are the building blocks of next-generation integrated...

ALBANY, N.Y., April 10, 2009 -- IBM will collaborate with a public research and technology organization in France on research in semiconductor and nanoelectronics technology, the company announced Thursday. IBM said its five-year agreement with CEA/Leti (the Electronics and...

Apr 3, 2008 — The Energy and Environmental Technology Applications Center at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE), University at Albany, will participate in the International Renewable Energy Technology Institute (IRETI), a global consortium to...

Mar 25, 2008 — John F. Elter, a former Kodak executive, has been appointed a professor of nanoengineering and as executive director of the Center for Sustainable Ecosystem Nanotechnologies at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the...

ALBANY, N.Y., Feb. 7, 2008 -- Two centers for nanoelectronics research and development -- the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany in Albany, N.Y., and IMEC in Leuven, Belgium -- have announced plans to jointly perform extreme...

ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 17, 2008 -- Atotech, a German developer of chemistry applications for the nanoelectronics industry, will conduct research and development in copper-plating technology as part of a $5 million program being launched in partnership with the College of Nanoscale...

ALBANY, N.Y., June 29, 2007 -- The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at the University at Albany has been allocated $1 million in funding from the Senate Appropriations Committee to create a national nanotechnology research center through a partnership between...

ALBANY, N.Y., May 2, 2007 -- Nanoelectronics consortium Sematech and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany (UAlbany), home to the New York State Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology, announced today that International...

Apr 19, 2007 — The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany yesterday announced that Timothy Groves, PhD, has joined the CNSE faculty as a nanoscience professor and will head the Center for Nanoscale Lithography (CNL), a...

ALBANY, N.Y., April 3, 2007 -- Less than six months after taking delivery of the first full-field, extreme-ultraviolet alpha demo tool (EUV ADT), the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the University at Albany (UAlbany) has produced the first exposed images while...

ALBANY, N.Y., April 3, 2007 -- Less than six months after taking delivery of the first full-field, extreme-ultraviolet alpha demo tool (EUV ADT), the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the University at Albany (UAlbany) has produced the first exposed images while...

BRONX, N.Y., Nov. 20, 2006 -- A $2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) will enable the study of tumor "microenvironments," where tumors interact with surrounding tissues, cells and chemicals in ways that all too often encourage cancer cells to invade other...

WATERLOO, Ontario, May 10, 2006 -- The University of Waterloo (UW) announced it has reached a collaborative agreement with the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany-State University of New York as part of a plan to advance nanotechnology...

May 4, 2004 — New York Gov. George E. Pataki has approved the nation's first college of nanoscience, to be created at the State University of New York at Albany's (UAlbany) Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics. The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering...