Check out this insightful article recently published by BBC News shedding light on the various applications of permanent magnets, spanning from electric vehicle motors and wind turbines to surgical tools and audio speakers.
Despite the crucial role magnets play in modern technology, as elaborated in the article, it may come as a surprise that they aren't utilized in microscale systems at all, particularly in #MEMS. The reason behind this absence lies in the limitations of conventional magnet production methods, predominantly based on powder metallurgy, which fail to deliver micromagnets with sufficiently strong magnetic properties.
At Magnetfab, we're tackling this precise challenge. Our groundbreaking approach leverages thin-film deposition alongside standard semiconductor microfabrication techniques such as lithography and etching to mass-produce thousands of integrated #micromagnets on wafers, exhibiting magnetic performance equivalent to the most potent bulk magnets known to date.
Understanding the pivotal role magnets play in everyday technology, as underscored in the BBC article, hints at the significance of #micromagnets for microsystems (#MEMS) applications. These magnets with the size of a grain of sand have the potential to revolutionize the development of more powerful and robust #micromotors, #micropumps, #microactuators, and #microsensors, with applications ranging from minimally invasive surgery tools to micromirrors for AR/VR glasses, miniature loudspeakers, tactile sensors for robotics, mobile phone cameras, biomagnetic field sensors for wearables, and even quantum computer chips.
In light of this, it's not far-fetched to echo the sentiment of the BBC article's closing phrase when considering the potential applications for #micromagnets: "It's almost limitless. This is just the beginning."
