{"version":"1","article":{"id":"unt-thermal-imaging-materials-semiconductor-processes","slug":"unt-thermal-imaging-materials-semiconductor-processes","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/unt-thermal-imaging-materials-semiconductor-processes","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/unt-thermal-imaging-materials-semiconductor-processes?lang=en","title":"UNT team moves thermal-imaging materials research into a second phase","summary":"The University of North Texas says its new project phase will test candidate materials for infrared sensors and examine whether they can be made with existing semiconductor processes.","category":"business","region":"world","topics":["semiconductors"],"published_at":"2026-10-13T20:11:53+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-13T20:11:53+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-10-12","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"University of North Texas College of Science","url":"https://cos.unt.edu/news/2026-physics-team-researching-future-thermal-imaging.html","checkedAt":"2026-10-13","publishedAt":"2026-10-12"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/unt-thermal-imaging-materials-semiconductor-processes","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/unt-thermal-imaging-materials-semiconductor-processes?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/unt-thermal-imaging-materials-semiconductor-processes","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/unt-thermal-imaging-materials-semiconductor-processes?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/unt-thermal-imaging-materials-semiconductor-processes","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/unt-thermal-imaging-materials-semiconductor-processes?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/unt-thermal-imaging-materials-semiconductor-processes","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/unt-thermal-imaging-materials-semiconductor-processes?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/unt-thermal-imaging-materials-semiconductor-processes","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/unt-thermal-imaging-materials-semiconductor-processes?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["A team led by University of North Texas physics professor Usha Philipose has entered a second phase of research into infrared sensor materials for thermal imaging. In an October 12 university announcement, UNT said the earlier feasibility phase demonstrated that the researchers could engineer materials with suitable electrical and thermal properties. The next phase will test different material options and examine whether they can be manufactured using processes already used in the semiconductor industry.","The work receives support from the U.S. Army’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, and the team is working with TKSInfrared. Its long-term goal is for a sensor to detect temperature changes smaller than one degree, but the university presents this as a target rather than an achieved performance result. The announcement does not identify the materials being tested or give measured sensitivity, production volumes or a commercialization timetable. The second phase is therefore a development effort on material performance and process compatibility, rather than a report of a sensor in mass production."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"The University of North Texas says its new project phase will test candidate materials for infrared sensors and examine whether they can be made with existing semiconductor processes.\n\nA team led by University of North Texas physics professor Usha Philipose has entered a second phase of research into infrared sensor materials for thermal imaging. In an October 12 university announcement, UNT said the earlier feasibility phase demonstrated that the researchers could engineer materials with suitable electrical and thermal properties. The next phase will test different material options and examine whether they can be manufactured using processes already used in the semiconductor industry.\n\nThe work receives support from the U.S. Army’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, and the team is working with TKSInfrared. Its long-term goal is for a sensor to detect temperature changes smaller than one degree, but the university presents this as a target rather than an achieved performance result. The announcement does not identify the materials being tested or give measured sensitivity, production volumes or a commercialization timetable. The second phase is therefore a development effort on material performance and process compatibility, rather than a report of a sensor in mass production.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"}}}