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  • 3D printing research showcased on top industry innovation list

    Published Mar 25, 2013

    3D printing has the potential to revolutionize manufacturing processes in a vast number of fields and that includes objects both big and very, very small. The US-based Society of Manufacturing Engineers has highlighted KTH research into 3D printing of nanoscale silicon structures as one of 10 top manufacturing innovations for 2013.

  • Cash prize for polymer pioneers

    Published Mar 18, 2013

    Mercene Labs has won the 2013 Ingemar Croon Award from KTH Royal Institute of Technology’s Greenhouse Labs. The pioneering firm founded in 2012 is behind an advanced polymer solution with great potential.

  • Micro and Nanosystems

    Published Nov 29, 2012

    "Micro and Nanosystems" is the new name for the lab that was previously called Microsystem technology. The acronym will still be MST. The change is made to reflect the fact that much of the research done at the lab concerns nanoscale structures and components.

  • Ragnar Holm Fellowship awarded to Nikolai Chekurov, KTH-EE-MST

    Published Oct 25, 2012

    During a seminar on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, the recipient of the 2011 Postdoctoral Fellowship in honor of the physicist Ragnar Holm, Dr. Nikolai Chekurov, was formally awarded with the silver plate of the Ragnar-Holm foundation.

  • MST research on 3D silicon nanostructuring on the front page of Advanced Functional Materials

    Published Oct 09, 2012

    In the latest issue of Advanced Functional Materials, Frank Niklaus and co-workers report on the fabrication of 3D nanostructures by alternating steps of silicon deposition and local ion implantation by focused ion beam (FIB) writing. A scanning electron microscope image of the nanostructures was chosen for the front page of the by the editors of the issue.

  • Gas sensors could become the mobile “noses” of the future

    Published Jun 29, 2012

    KTH and a group of industrial partners will receive a grant of SEK 10 million from VINNOVA, the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems, for the large-scale development of the next generation of sustainable production systems for gas sensors. Asthma monitors worn by patients, non-contact alcolock devices in cars, and ventilation monitoring devices are some examples of how gas-sensor technology could be used in the future.

  • Cutting the cost of micro- and nanomanufacturing

    Published Jun 21, 2012

    A drawing programme and a 3D printer: that could be all it will take to produce the micro- and nanostructures required for the millions of devices and sensors of the future. With a new manufacturing technology, researchers at KTH Microsystem Technology hope to bring mass innovation capabilities to smaller companies and markets — just as affordable computers have dramatically increased innovation in information technologies.

  • Kristinn B. Gylfason receives a Göran Gustafsson’s Young Researcher Prize

    Published May 04, 2012

    Kristinn B. Gylfason, researcher at the KTH Microsystem Technology Laboratory, has been awarded one of the Young Researcher Prizes of the Göran Gustafsson foundation this year, for his work on photonic biosensors. The price will support Kristinn’s research on new biosensors for studying signaling dynamics on the single cell level.

  • The IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) PhD fellowship to Nutapong Somjit

    Published Feb 10, 2012

    The IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) awards $2500 PhD fellowships each year to encourage students to pursue a career in the area of electromagnetics. One of the award recipients this year is Nutapong Somjit from Microsystem Technology Lab for his work on "Millimeter-Wave MEMS beam steering front-end".

  • Research Looks to Cut Drug Development Costs

    Published Feb 07, 2012

    The pharmaceutical industry is facing a financial meltdown. The cost of bringing new drugs to market has doubled over the last 15 years, and in 2010 the total bill for medical research in the U.S. and Europe reached a staggering $70 billion. At the same time, fewer new drugs are reaching consumers. Now three KTH researchers are working feverishly to lower the cost of developing new medicines — with a sensor no bigger than a single cell.

  • Fighting Childhood Cancer with a Nanotech Capsule Therapy

    Published Jan 13, 2012

    Researchers from KTH’s Microsystem Technology Lab are working with colleagues at Karolinska Hospital to develop and test a nanotechnology capsule for precise delivery of stem cell medicine. The aim is to fight the most common type of childhood cancer—without the unpleasant side effects of traditional chemotherapy.

  • Strong interest in new fabrication method for micro-fluidics

    Published Sep 26, 2011

    "Beyond PDMS: off-stoichiometry thiol–ene (OSTE) based soft lithography for rapid prototyping of microfluidic devices" by researchers at The Microsystem technology lab and the Division of Coating Technology, Fibre and Polymer Technology at KTH was among the most downloaded papers in the Lab on a chip journal in September.

  • Brain valve to ease the pressure

    Published May 31, 2011

    NPH, or Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus gives severe problems for those affected. It gives Dementia-like symptoms and each year 2000 Swedes are affected. It is caused by an over-pressure in the brain fluid due to problems with the drainage. This has commonly been treated with an implanted overpressure valve, but there are often problems with clogging of the valve.

  • Recognition of major contributions on a micro scale

    Published Feb 25, 2011

    Their most successful project within medical diagnostics is a pressure sensor that measures strictures in the heart and consequently prevent heart attacks. Today hundreds of such sensors are sold every year, all over the world. When the European Research Council (ERC) announced grants to world-class researchers, Göran Stemme and his research colleagues at the Microsystem Technology Lab brought home SEK 23 million! Such research may result in new medical technology.

  • Passion only takes you so far

    Published Dec 21, 2010

    He is striving to obtain the perfect combination of new features in a small size, at a low cost to carry out portable tests for cancer, bacteria or viruses. It must produce results in minutes. The newly-fledged professor of Microsystem Technology Wouter van der Wijngaart had to hit the wall to understand that passion alone was not enough to cope with his growing workload. He needed mental training as much as physical exercise.

  • Quick food allergy test - just a drop of blood

    Published Dec 10, 2010

    Over 15 million people in Europe – including eight percent of all children - suffer from food allergies, and this number is growing steadily. Currently, children who portray mild symptoms may undergo a skin prick test that is not only lengthy but particularly painful and usually very traumatic. Researchers from the Positive consortium are about to change all that by putting a food allergy machine on every pediatrician's desk, a machine that produces test results in 15 minutes from a miniscule drop of blood.

  • Best Student Paper Award at IEEE APMC 2010 to Umer Shah

    Published Dec 09, 2010

  • A Ph.D. student position in Medical Microwave Microsensors

    Published Sep 15, 2010

    The Microsystem Technology Laboratory conducts research in the field of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), for applications including medical technology, telecommunication, car safety systems, biotechnology. Our working environment is characterized by interdisciplinarity and by a large national and international collaboration network with academic and industrial partners. We are now in the process of recruiting a Ph.D. student in Medical Microwave Microsensors.

  • Asthma breakthrough in the making

    Published Jul 26, 2010

    An estimated 300 million people around the world suffer from Asthma. A personal monitoring device that enables asthma sufferers to determine appropriate medication levels may soon be on the market thanks to a partnership between researchers at EE’s Microsystem Technology Lab (MST) and the medical technology company Aerocrine.

  • When small is big

    Published Jul 26, 2010

    Microcomponents are used everywhere – in fuel cells, medical equipment and consumer products like mobile phones and game consoles. Advances in research have led to dramatically lower manufacturing costs, opening new markets for the tiny devices.