Industrial applications of ion track technology

Agent Technology in Industrial Applications

The agent metaphor has become increasingly popular in distributed computing systems. As often with a new paradigm, it is not very clear what the exact meaning is. The meaning and the development of the agent paradigm is therefore discussed in this paper. One motivation for using agents in distributed systems is that, due to the rapid technical development of computing and communication faciliti...

Ion-track lithography for thermoelectric applications

This work presents a novel process to fabricate nanostructures for thermoelectric applications by a combination of a traditional silicon microfabrication techniques, electroplating, and submicron ion-track nanolithography. Polyimide (Kapton HN, PI2731), and PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate) were ion-track irradiated and wet etched. Bi2Te3 nanowires (80 and 120 nm diameter) were electroplated with ...

Industrial Applications of Sol-Gel Technology

Abstract. In present paper, various industrial applications of the sol-gel technology will be briefly introduced. In particular, the current development status and technological issues of sol gel derived functional nanoparticles in electronic and industrial materials will be reviewed. Productions and surface modifications of nanoparticles by sol-gel processing, their incorporations into nanocom...

On translating technology research into industrial applications

Basic or pure research advances fundamental knowledge about the world and generates new ideas, principles, and theories, which, while not always immediately usable, form the basis of progress and development in different fields and industries, even starting new ones. For example, computers could not exist without research in mathematical logics and solid state physics over a century ago, while ...

Industrial robotics - technology, programming, and applications