Ultrasonic transducer chip assembly, ultrasound probe, ultrasonic imaging system and ultrasound assembly and probe manufacturing methods

Disclosed is an ultrasonic transducer assembly comprising an ultrasonic transducer chip (100) having a main surface comprising a plurality of ultrasound transducer elements (112) and a plurality of first contacts (120) for connecting to said ultrasound transducer elements; a contact chip (400) having a further main surface comprising a plurality...

Method and apparatus for furfural production

The invention concerns a process for the production of furfural from pentoses and/or water soluble pentosans, comprising the steps of feeding an aqueous pentose solution containing one or more pentoses or soluble pentosans to the bottom of a reaction column to produce an aqueous liquid upflow; heating the bottom part of the column using a heat...

Biopolymer extraction

In a prior art reactor set up dense aggregates of microorganisms are formed, typically in or embedded in an extracellular matrix. Such may relate to granules, to sphere like entities having a higher viscosity than water, globules, a biofilm, etc. The dense aggregates comprise extracellular polymeric substances, or biopolymers, in particular...

Tiles CMUT dies with pitch uniformity

A large aperture CMUT transducer array is formed of a plurality of adjacently located tiles of CMUT cells. The adjacent edges of the tiles are formed by an anisotropic etch process, preferably a deep reactive ion etching process which is capable of cutting through the die and its substrate while maintaining vertical edges in close proximity to...

Process for the production of cementitious material

The invention provides a process for the production of a cementitious material, comprising mixing cement starting materials, a healing agent and a fibrous reinforcing material, wherein the healing agent comprises bacterial material, and wherein the fibrous reinforcing material comprises a biodegradable polymer, having an average molecular weight...

Low-temperature formation of silicon and silicon oxide structures

A method for low-temperature formation of a silicon/silicon-oxide structure on a substrate is described wherein the method comprises: forming a first (poly)silane layer over at least part of a substrate; transforming said first (poly)silane layer directly into a (crystalline) silicon layer by exposing said first (poly)silane layer to UV...

Microfluidic microneedle or micropipet comprising a nanogap sensor for analytical applications

The invention provides asensor device comprising a substrate, especially a needle with a needle tip, wherein the substrate, especially the needle, even more especially the needle tip, comprises a sensor unit, wherein the sensor unit includes a stacked layer structure including an electrode layer, wherein the stacked layer structure further...

Method and system for managing a technical installation

A method (300) and system (101) for managing a technical installation (108) are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, an event associated with at least a portion of the technical installation (108) is detected based on sensor data associated with the portion of the technical installation (108). In another aspect of the invention, a...