For advanced bonding schemes and panel operations, there is a high cost to discovering an interface issue late in the flow. Reliability improves when materials are specified as a system rather than as ...

When a multi-die package worth $500 fails final test because of a defect that originated three process steps earlier, the economics of advanced packaging become painfully clear. Each excursion carries ...

Self-healing coatings are advanced materials that can repair damage, such as scratches and cracks on their own. Researchers have developed an efficient method for preparing self-healing films ...

What is Layer-by-Layer Assembly? Layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly is a technique for fabricating multilayered thin films by alternately depositing oppositely charged materials onto a substrate. This ...

Learn how the flow of costs impacts manufacturing firms, covering raw materials, work-in-process, finished goods, and cost of ...

One aspect of HRC’s large study evaluated the performance of chopped carbon fiber-reinforced SMC (CF-SMC) and chopped glass fiber-reinforced SMC (GF-SMC), with and without unidirectional (UD) CF ...