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A millennial milestone The NANO technology & related
equipment development trend
Since time immemorial, mankind's quest for science has always been
dictated by two polarized views of the micro and macro perspectives.
Similarly is how both have continued to influence how mankind views
the universe, except perhaps broaching from a slightly different point
of view.
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Scientists have since the 1970s continued to
be fascinated over the physical behaviors of the minute particles,
ranging from millimeters down to nanometers, and it is not until
the 1980s do we come to realize Nanotechnology's contribution
in metallurgy and medicine, drawing everyone's attention to
the electronics industry. Yet by the year 2003 as the Nanotechnology
is being explored for mass production and research being that
it is still at its infancy, there is definitely plenty of room
for mankind to tap into the mechanism and manipulation of the
Nanotechnology. |
| The very premises by which the Nano
formulation is formed can be divided into two parts: the carbon
nano tube and particles. Of which, the carbon nano tube formulation
surfaces as a catalyst to surface bonding that rests on the
criterion of having all the right elements that allow the carbon
element to multiply in a minimal possible energy to manifest
in the form of thin film of powder once the criterion shifts.
Yet in the absence of reenacting the right elements as in documented
validation thus far, the ability to manipulate the catalytic
process that triggers surface bonding change would allow one
to establish a correlation between carbon formation and initial
bonding, hence to manipulate its multiplication. With today's
applications largely zeroing in on Micro wave PECVD
and Electron Beam Evaporator largely
adopted in flat monitor making, its potentials for applying
in a wider range of applications, such as the fuel cell's hydrogen
storage material and super condenser, alone would suggest a
whopping US$10 billion market scale. |
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While Nano particles are something
that we could somewhat grasp, which essentially concerns chemical
saturated extraction and physical atomic extraction, where both
create energy and whose values are left to be explored in terms
of applying in the semiconductor industry. A favorable element
has been the vacuum extract process, which by principle works
through screening atomic clusters in a vacuumed setting. Presently,
its study is largely focused on Electromagnetic
Sputtering, Ion Beam Sputtering, and Laser Beam Sputtering;
among them, the Electromagnetic Sputtering
and Ion Sputtering are most favored by the industry for their
commercial potentials in how they are poise to revolutionize
how we live when it is applied in low temperature metallurgy,
porous plastic and high strength materials. |
| As we firmly believe that the Nanotechnology
research, unlike the general application study, would require
a revolutionary approach in modifying and redesigning the equipment,
AST is ambitiously broaching this millennial find with its core
know-how in producing the semiconductor trade's pre-processing
equipment, dedicated to offering innovative products, together
with its management team's commitment of integrity, professionalism
and a host of comprehensive after-sale services, to dedicate
to helping the clients resolve problems and instill new technical
services. While anticipating to set foot in the internal arena
facilitating Taiwan's semiconductor equipment trade to gain
a foothold in the global markets, AST anticipated to work with
likeminded research outfits to deep-root in Taiwan a self-sufficient
high-tech industry that perseveres. |
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