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February 03 2014
Make your own pushbutton controls with an inkjet printer
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Researchers from Leti, Ecole des Mines de Saint Etienne, and Gemalto recently produced a smartcard pushbutton on a flexible material (PET) using inkjet printing. The technique differs from screen printing in that it does not require the use of masks. The researchers presented their results at the 2013 IEEE Holm Conference, where Daniele Sette, Ph.D. […] >>
February 03 2014
Air pollution: small doses most harmful to DNA
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Toxicology studies often look at the effects of exposure to high doses of pollutants. However, are the effects underestimated for smaller doses? INAC recently examined how polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)—present in emissions from motor vehicles and heating systems—damage DNA. The researchers observed the formation of covalent adducts, which modify gene sequences and participate in the […] >>
February 03 2014
A high-spin polymer gets synthesized
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Researchers from INAC and the Warsaw University of Technology have synthesized a polymer that spins when immersed in a solution. The material, made from a polyaniline-derived polymer, is stable at ambient temperature. The spin remains moderate (S=2), but marks a first for a linear polymer. And, given the polymer’s current tangled-chain structure, there’s ample room […] >>
February 03 2014
Multi-core-circuit heat performance modelled to within 5% accuracy
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Docea Power’s decision to set up a joint lab with Leti turned out to be a smart one! Three years into the collaboration, the company has validated modelling capabilities for the heat performance of 2D and 3D multicore circuits and applied them to two real-life cases. The margin of error is less than 5%, a […] >>
February 03 2014
Miniature-antenna quality gets a boost
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Today’s mobile devices boast increasingly-miniaturized antennas. But tiny antennas are plagued by losses—detrimental to performance. In an effort to solve the problem, researchers from Leti and IETR recently devoted two Ph.D. dissertations to lanthanum titanate, a new perovskite oxide known for its high permittivity. And the results are promising. Antennas made using the material offer […] >>


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