Using a copper sulfate solution, we can etch glass with a pulsed laser like the relatively common Nd:YAG fiber lasers. The CuSO4 solution absorbs laser pulses, vaporizes and forms copper oxide on the ...

Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North ...

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Another point to be considered is the reported low hydrolytic stability of methacrylates in acidic solutions 17,19. According to some authors 17,19, the ester portion of functional methacrylate, such ...

TEM image of 16nm pitch Ru lines after Ru etch. Ruthenium (Ru) semi-damascene has been originally proposed by imec as an ...

This week, at the 2025 IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference (IITC), imec presents Ru lines at 16nm pitch ...

If you're struggling to read the labels on the side of your socket set, you can etch clearer numbers with a little DIY magic.

A. F. Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Politekhnicheskaya 26, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia and Institute of Material Science, Darmstadt University of Technology, ...

That’s what chipmakers do when they etch complex patterns on silicon to make the semiconductors that power most of the gadgets and technology around us. As we demand more power and speed from ...