NanoBusiness Interview with Paul Clayson, President & CEO, HzO, Inc.

Oct. 2012- In this month's interview, we talk with Paul Clayson, President & CEO of HzO, Inc. We were delighted to have Mr. Clayson speak at our 11th Annual NanoBusiness Conference in Boston, MA and the Nanotech Commercialization Conference in Durham, NC. HzO is a Salt Lake City, Utah based start-up with cutting-edge, breakthrough technology that makes electronic devices water resistant. Mr. ...

Chemists Advance Clear Conductive Films

Aug. 2012- Thin, conductive films are useful in displays and solar cells. A new solution-based chemistry developed at Brown University for making indium tin oxide films could allow engineers to employ a much simpler and cheaper manufacturing process.PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — In a touch-screen display or a solar panel, any conductive overlay had better be clear. Engineers employ transparent ...

Textured surface may boost power output of thin silicon solar cells

Jun. 2012- MIT team finds new approach to trapping light efficiently in thin-film silicon solar cells.MIT News Highly purified silicon represents up to 40 percent of the overall costs of conventional solar-cell arrays — so researchers have long sought to maximize power output while minimizing silicon usage. Now, a team at MIT has found a new approach that could reduce the thickness of the silicon ...

Rapid Assembly of Functional Thin Films Using Spin-Spray Layer-by Layer Processing

Jun. 2012- Functional nanocomposite thin films are traditionally synthesized by techniques such as casting or dip-coating wherein the quality and properties of the film are determined by the concentrations of the initial dispersion and casting time, with limited parameters to control or tune the properties of the film. Layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly has emerged as a method to circumvent this issue by ...

Yale engineers develop novel system for producing conductive films

May. 2012- Yale engineers have developed a novel automated system for generating strong, flexible, transparent coatings with promising uses in lithium-ion battery and fuel cell production, among other applications.Until now, the slow through-put of some existing assembly methods has significantly restricted the practical application of these thin, multilayered conductive films.

Flexible Organic LED (OLED) lighting reaches high energy efficiency thanks to shared research effort

Apr. 2012- Solvay, Holst Centre and several other partners demonstrate flexible 69cm2 Organic LED (OLED) lighting tiles with an efficiency of 30lm/Watt.Chemical group Solvay and Holst Centre have demonstrated high efficiency flexible Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) lighting tiles with a surface area of 69cm2. These large-area demonstrators contain several layers deposited by solution processing at ...

Inkjet-Printed Graphene Flexible Electronics

Mar. 2012- Electronic devices on flexible substrates has been a growing area for research and development due to rapidly expanding applications and markets for touch screens, electronic paper and displays, photovoltaics, lighting, and sensor tags. To achieve the economy of scale for large area substrates requiring active transistor functionality, the primary focus has been to fabricate the electronics ...

Hacking the SEM: Crystal Phase Detection for Nanoscale Samples

Jan. 2012- Custom modifications of equipment are an honored tradition of the research lab. In a recent paper,* two materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) describe how a relatively simple mod of a standard scanning electron microscope (SEM) enables a roughly 10-fold improvement in its ability to measure the crystal structure of nanoparticles and extremely thin ...

Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition for Industrial Scale Nanomanufacturing of Thin Films

Jan. 2012- Atomic layer deposition (ALD) has emerged over the past decade as a viable alternative to physical and chemical vapor deposition (PVD, CVD) techniques for a range of strategic thin film coatings. This is due to the improved control of thin film properties including the incorporation of extrinsic dopants, reduction of contaminants, and the formation of intrinsic defects during film growth through ...

Solution-based Manufacturing Technologies Show Promise for Cheaper, More Efficient Solar Cells

Jan. 2012- While conventional solar cell technology based on crystalline silicon continues to dominate the markets, thin film technologies are rapidly becoming competitive due to improved trade-offs between cost and performance. In order to grow the solar cell markets and render them viable without government subsidies, further improvements in both cost and efficiency will be necessary. Startup company ...

New Path to Flex and Stretch Electronics: Berkeley Lab Researchers Develop Solution-based Fabrication Technique

Dec. 2011- Imprinting electronic circuitry on backplanes that are both flexible and stretchable promises to revolutionize a number of industries and make “smart devices” nearly ubiquitous. Among the applications that have been envisioned are electronic pads that could be folded away like paper, coatings that could monitor surfaces for cracks and other structural failures, medical bandages that ...

Center for Sustainable Materials Chemistry Awarded $20M for Phase II Expansion

Sep. 2011- CORVALLIS and EUGENE, Ore.—(Sept. 8, 2011)—A collaborative Oregon State University-University of Oregon Center for Sustainable Materials Chemistry, born under a National Science Foundation grant in 2008, is moving into a second phase under a new five-year, $20 million NSF grant.ONAMI, a state-designated signature research center, is a major supporter of the Center for Sustainable ...

An Impermeable Wrap for Future Electronics

Aug. 2011- A moisture-resistant coating that extends the lifetime and reliability of plastic electronic devices, such as organic solar cells or flexible displays, has garnered the intense interest of developers of next-generation lighting materials. By cranking out large sheets of polymers bearing electronic circuitry using roll-to-roll technology, electronics manufacturers can substantially reduce their ...

Nanomechanics: New Test Measures Key Properties of Polymer Thin Films and Membranes

Jul. 2011- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated* a measurement technique that reliably determines three fundamental mechanical properties of near-nanoscale films. The technique, which highlights the challenge of making mechanical measurements on an object with at least one dimension comparable to the size of a virus, should enable better design and ...

Southwest Nanotechnologies has Received a $500,000 Oklahoma Research Grant to Commercialize Printed Thin Film Transistors using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Inks in Collaboration with Panasonic Boston Laboratory

Jun. 2011- NORMAN OK, June 30, 2011 – SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc. (SWeNT), a leading manufacturer of single-wall and specialty multi-wall carbon nanotubes, has been awarded a two-year, $500,000 grant from the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST).  This grant will fund SWeNT’s development of semiconducting inks, based on its single-wall carbon nanotube ...

Enhanced Performance in Graphene Transistors via Interface Engineering

May. 2011- As interest has grown in electronic devices and circuits fabricated from graphene thin films due to the large intrinsic carrier mobility, a key challenge remains to establish device integration strategies that enable field effect transistors (FETs) to have mobility approaching the intrinsic value. With thin film approaches to form graphene using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on copper foils and ...

Summer Institute in Nanofabrication, University of Toronto

May. 2011- The Connaught Summer Institute in Nanofabrication will bring together Canadian and international experts in a variety of areas related to nanofabrication techniques for the production of nano devices. Open to members of both academia and industry, the institute will be of interest to faculty members, research associates, graduate students, post-docs, industry representatives, and technical ...

GE Achieves Highest Publicly Reported Efficiency for Thin Film Solar, Earns New Orders and Unveils Plans to Build US Manufacturing Plant

Apr. 2011- Highest-Ever Reported Efficiency of Nearly 13 Percent on a Full-Size CdTe Thin Film Solar Panel More than 100 Megawatts of New Orders for Thin Film Solar Products GE to Build 400-Megawatt Manufacturing Facility, will be Larger than Any Existing US Solar Panel Plant Today Solar Strategy Complemented by Announced Acquisition of Power Conversion Technology Company Converteam GE Completes ...

Scalable Synthesis of Nanostructured Membranes for Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers

Apr. 2011- For solid-oxide fuel cell applications, high operating temperatures in excess of 700°C are necessary in order to attain sufficient oxygen-ion conductivity and reduce series resistance in the membrane in order to achieve reasonable power density. Further reducing the membrane thickness would possibly enable the operating temperature to be reduced, thereby relaxing the requirements for thermal ...

Ultrafast Laser 'Scribing' Technique to Cut Cost, Hike Efficiency of Solar Cells

Mar. 2011- Researchers are developing a technology that aims to help make solar cells more affordable and efficient by using a new manufacturing method that employs an ultrafast pulsing laser. The innovation may help to overcome two major obstacles that hinder widespread adoption of solar cells: the need to reduce manufacturing costs and increase the efficiency of converting sunlight into an electric ...

Low Voltage Thin Film Transistor Circuits Printed on Plastic Substrates Using Aqueous Carbon Nanotube Inks

Sep. 2010- Integration of electronic circuits on flexible substrates is important for innovative displays, sensors, and electronic systems. Fabrication approaches commensurate with roll-to-roll and print process platforms will enable low cost, high throughput manufacturing to meet the targets associated with these emerging applications. Yet thin film transistor technologies typically suffer from low ...

Roller Painting Plastic Solar Cells

Aug. 2010- Solar cells that convert sunlight to electric power traditionally have been dominated by solid state junction devices, often made of silicon wafers. Thanks to nanotechnology, this silicon-based production technology has been challenged by the development of a new generation of solar cells based on thin film materials, nanocrystalline materials and conducting polymeric films. These offer the ...

Understanding the Resistivity-Transparency Tradeoffs for Carbon Nanotube Electrodes on Flexible Substrates

Jul. 2010- A key remaining challenge for the preparation of CNT-based transparent electrodes suitable for flexible substrates is to optimize the sheet resistance and transparency of CNT films for specific implementations. Scardacci et. al. investigate the transmittance and sheet resistance tradeoff for CNT films spray-coated onto polyethylene terephtalate (PET) substrates and report a scalable method for ...

Hierarchical Metal Oxide Films

Feb. 2010- NSF Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing (CHM), University of Massachusetts Amherst Patterned metal oxide films having well-defined order and morphology are essential device layers in microelectronics, photovoltaics, and microfluidics for separations and sensors.  In a typical fabrication process sequence, a planar metal oxide film is deposited, coated with multi-layer resist structures, ...

Implications of Supramolecular Templating of Thick Mesoporous Titania Films for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Feb. 2010- Zhang et.al., reported on an approach to synthesize thick mesoporous inorganic oxide films in order to harvest more  incident solar radiation, thereby enhancing the efficiency of the solar cell.

Carbon Nanotube Thin Film Transistors—Ready for Prime Time?

Dec. 2009- Thin film transistors (TFT) have gained interest as switching devices for large area displays and, more recently, for a range of large area flexible substrate applications. While much TFT development has focused on amorphous silicon, the expensive vacuum processing and low carrier mobility associated with these systems have prompted researchers to explore alternative materials. Organic TFTs, for ...

Nanomaterial Enabled Conductive Paper: A New Paradigm for Flexible Electronics and Energy Storage

Dec. 2009- While nanostructured materials combined with emerging nanomanufacturing processes are advancing the next generation of displays, e-paper, renewable energy, and energy storage devices, the predominant technologies have employed scaled processes on flexible substrates facilitated by roll-to-roll platforms. Recently, a group of researchers at Stanford University have taken this concept one step ...

Thin Films Exhibit Carrier Multiplication

Sep. 2009- A promising development for solar cell applications recently published in Nature Physics is the demonstration of carrier multiplication in single crystal films of lead sulfide and lead selenide.

Aerosol Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube Networks for Thin Film Transistors

Jul. 2009- Zavodchikova, et. al., report an alternative technique for the fabrication of CNT networks which provides several benefits, including the use of lower heat tolerant substrates, the elimination of potential contaminants from the CNT suspension medium, and the use of standard photolithography and liftoff processes enabling high precision patterning of CNTs for TFT channels. Initial results of their ...

Controlled Ultrathin Films of Carbon Nanotubes for Electrochemical Applications

Apr. 2009- Lee and colleagues report a process to incorporate functionalized multi-wall carbon nanotubes into highly tunable thin films using Layer-by-layer assembly.    

Direct Printing of Aligned Carbon Nanotubes by Pattern Transfer

Mar. 2009- With a relatively simple technique, Im and colleagues  demonstrate the preparation of aligned single wall CNTs over large surface areas.  

Large Area Printed Transfer of Aligned Carbon Nanotubes for Transparent Electronics Applications

Dec. 2008- In an ACS Nano Article ASAP for December, Ishikawa and colleagues report several remarkable results associated with the use of aligned single wall carbon nanotubes to create transparent thin film transistor arrays. 

NNN Researchers Collaborate on Thermal Characterization Technique for Nanoscale Devices

Dec. 2008- National Nanomanufacturing Network: The Nano Engineering Lab at the University of California-Berkeley is the faculty research laboratory of Prof. Arunava Majumdar of the Center for Scalable and Integrated Nanomanufacturing (SINAM). The lab is comprised of a range of multi-disciplinary researchers studying a variety of nanotructured materials for applications in thermoelectricity, solar ...

NNN Researchers Collaborate on Thermal Characterization Technique for Nanoscale Devices

Dec. 2008- National Nanomanufacturing Network: The Nano Engineering Lab at the University of California-Berkeley is the faculty research laboratory of Prof. Arunava Majumdar of the Center for Scalable and Integrated Nanomanufacturing (SINAM). The lab is comprised of a range of multi-disciplinary researchers studying a variety of nanotructured materials for applications in thermoelectricity, solar ...

A Simple Route to Highly Oriented and Ordered Nanoporous Block Copolymer Templates

Controlling the orientation and lateral ordering of the block copolymer microdomains is essential to their use as templates and scaffolds for the fabrication of nanostructured materials. In addition, a process must be robust, simple to implement, and rapid, and should not introduce disruptive processing steps that would impede their use. Here, we describe thin films of ...

A Simple Top-Down/Bottom-Up Approach to Sectored, Ordered Arrays of Nanoscopic Elements Using Block Copolymers

A top-down/bottom-up approach is demonstrated by combining electron-beam (e-beam) lithography and a solvent annealing process. Micellar arrays of polystyrene-block-poly(4-vinylpyridine) (PS-b-P4VP) with a high degree of lateral order can be produced on a surface where sectoring is defined by e-beam patterning. The e-beam is used to crosslink the block copolymer (BCP) film immediately after ...

A resist for electric imprint lithography

An electrically curable resist has been developed that can make electric imprint lithography (EIL) a reality. The resist is composed of a diaryliodonium salt photo acid generator and a cycloaliphatic epoxy monomer. Its polymerization takes place when an electric potential is applied between a conductive imprint mold and a substrate which sandwich the resist. A proof-of-concept pattern transfer by ...

Ablation of thin metal films by short-pulsed lasers coupled through near-field scanning optical microscopy probes

Short-pulsed lasers have been proven to be useful tools for precise modification of electronic materials. In conventional lens focusing schemes, the minimum feature size is determined by the diffraction limit. Finer resolution is accomplished by combining pulsed laser radiation with near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM) probes. In this study, short laser pulses are coupled to a ...

Accessibility of cylindrical channels within patterned mesoporous silica films using nanoparticle diffusion

Mesoporous silica films with well ordered nanochannels (approximately 7 nm in diameter) oriented parallel to the substrate were synthesized using supercritical carbon dioxide mediated silica deposition within templates comprised of triblock copolymers blended with strongly associating homopolymers. The films were patterned at the device level by conventional lithography and etched to yield ...

Adhesion force change on multilayer EUVL mask due to laser induced plasma shock wave

An Efficient Route to Mesoporous Silica Films with Perpendicular Nanochannels

Mesoporous silica films with cylindrical pores oriented normal to the substrate are prepared by selective deposition of silica within the poly(hydroxy styrene) domains of poly(-methyl styrene-b- hydroxy styrene) template films using supercritical carbon dioxide as a delivery medium. Atomic force microscopy, electron microscopy, and grazing incidence small angle X-ray scattering (see figure) ...

Anomalous suppression of the transition temperature of superconducting nanostructured honeycomb films: Electrical transport measurements and Maekawa-Fukuyama model

We report electrical transport measurements made on thin superconducting niobium films perforated by an etched array of nanoscopic holes. The hole diameter in these honeycomb network films is comparable to the coherence length of the parent superconducting material. A series of 12 films, with varying hole depths, were measured. As the film thickness is decreased, an unusually large reduction of ...

Atomic Layer Deposition for Nano-manufacturing

Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) enables the fabrication of highly uniform and conformal thin films, and as such, has been adopted in a number of leading edge technologies. Due to the unique deposition process, ALD films can overcome challenges faced by traditional deposition techniques, such as conformaly depositing films less than 10nm, functionalizing difficult materials (such as plastics and ...

Atomic force microscopy based, multiphoton, photoelectron emission imaging

Images of photoelectron emission from metallic surfaces were obtained with a modified atomic force microscope operating in air. Illumination of the samples was achieved in the near field of a metal-coated microcantilever tip, placed in the beam of a femtosecond pulsed laser that is incident at a grazing angle with respect to the sample surface. Photoelectron currents were measured through the tip ...

Broad Band Two-Dimensional Manipulation of Surface Plasmons

A plasmonic interference pattern can be formed when multiple surface plasmon waves overlap coherently. Utilizing a sharp edge coupling mechanism, we experimentally demonstrate plasmonic interference patterns that can be designed at will by shaping the edges in a metallic film. The patterns can also be dynamically tailored by adjusting the wavelength, the polarization, and the incident angle of ...

Commercialization of Emergent Nanomanufacturing Platforms: Establishing Synergies and Roadmaps

A critical dimension of nanomanufacturing is how to address the numerous technological, economic, and regulatory challenges for scaling nanoscience developments in the research laboratory into commercializable, valueadded market products. Various approaches have proven effective in fostering such transitions, including corporate and venture investments, industry consortia collaborations, ...

Confinement Effects on Chain Entanglement in Free-Standing Polystyrene Ultrathin Films

A study of the confinement effects on chain entanglements in free-standing ultrathin (s100 nm) polymer films is presented. Chain entanglements are probed by determining the lifetime and breakup time scale of a branched network of suspended fibers formed from the annealing of these films. Films of polystyrene (between SO and 100 nm) cast via flow coating are suspended atop lithographically ...

Confinement and propagation characteristics of subwavelength plasmonic modes

We have studied subwavelength confinement of the surface plasmon polariton modes of various plasmonic waveguides and examined their relative merits using a graphical parametric representation of their confinement and propagation characteristics. While the same plasmonic phenomenon governs mode confinement in all these waveguides, the various architectures can exhibit distinctive behavior in terms ...

Congressional Subcommittee Explores Impact and Economic Benefits of National Nanotechnology Initiative

This month, the House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Science Education held a hearing, entitled "Nanotechnology: Oversight of the National Nanotechnology Initiative and Priorities for the Future", to assess the impact of the federal government's investment in the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). In doing so the subcommittee heard key testimony from industry ...

Controlled and Sustained Release of Drugs from Dendrimer-Nanoparticle Composite Films

A dendrimer-nanoparticle hybrid scaffold based on robust dithiocarbamate formation provides a controlled drug delivery system. These composite films are nontoxic and can incorporate a variety of guests, providing sustained drug release over multiple uses. The system is highly modular: the release process can be easily tuned by altering the dendrimer generation and the size of the AuNPs, ...

Controlling the Phase and Amplitude of Plasmon Sources at a Subwavelength Scale

We present a new class of nanoscale plasmonic sources based on subwavelength dielectric cavities embedded in a metal slab. Exploiting the strong dispersion near the Fabry?Perot resonance in such a resonator, we control the phase and the amplitude of the generated plasmons at the subwavelength scale. As an example, we present a subwavelength unidirectional plasmonic antenna utilizing interference ...

Cyclophosphazene-containing Polymers as Imprint Lithography Resists

We present the evaluation of a cyclophosphazene-containing polymer as a patternable resist for imprint lithography. Hexamethacryloxybutoxycyclotriphosphazene layers containing small amounts of photoinitiator can be applied to silicon wafers substrates by spin coating techniques and cured photochemically to give tough, network polymer thin films. The films were characterized by FT-IR. Thin films ...

Damage Free Particle Removal from Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Mask Layers by High Energy Laser Shock Wave Cleaning

Deep subwavelength nanolithography using localized surface plasmon modes on planar silver mask

The development of a near-field optical lithography is presented in this paper. By accessing short modal wavelengths of localized surface plasmon modes on a planar metallic mask, the resolution can be significantly increased while using conventional UV light source. Taking into account the real material properties, numerical studies indicate that the ultimate lithographic resolution at 20 nm is ...

Design, fabrication and characterization of a Far-field Superlens

The fabrication process as well as the optical characterization of a Far-field Superlens (FSL) is presented in detail. A FSL is capable of optically imaging well below the diffraction limit and works by enhancing and scattering evanescent waves to the far field which is then used to numerically reconstruct the object image [S. Durant, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B. 23(2006) 2383; Z. Liu, S. Durant, H. Lee, ...

Development of optical hyperlens for imaging below the diffraction limit

We report here the design, fabrication and characterization of optical hyperlens that can image sub-diffraction-limited objects in the far field. The hyperlens is based on an artificial anisotropic metamaterial with carefully designed hyperbolic dispersion. We successfully designed and fabricated such a metamaterial hyperlens composed of curved silver/alumina multilayers. Experimental results ...

Directed Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers for Nanolithography: Fabrication of Isolated Features and Essential Integrated Circuit Geometries

Self-assembling block copolymers are of interest for nanomanufacturing due to the ability to realize sub-100 nm dimensions, thermodynamic control over the size and uniformity and density of features, and inexpensive processing. The insertion point of these materials in the production of integrated circuits, however, is often conceptualized in the short term for niche applications using the dense ...

Dual-Tone Patterned Mesoporous Silicate Films Templated From Chemically Amplified Block Copolymers

Directly patterned mesoporous silicate films are prepared using positive- and negative-tone strategies by performing phase selective silica condensation within lithographically exposed poly(styrene-b-tert-butyl acrylate) (PS-b-PtbA) templates containing photoacid generators. The use of supercritical fluid as a process medium enables rapid diffusion of the silicate precursor within the ...

DyScO3 buffer layer for a performing metal-ferroelectric-insulator-semiconductor structure with multiferroic BiFeO3 thin film

Metal-ferroelectric-insulator-semiconductor structures with a BiFeO3 ferroelectric layer and DyScO3 insulating buffer layer were fabricated and characterized. BiFeO3 film was polycrystalline with rhombohedral structure and DyScO3 film was amorphous. The size of the capacitance-voltage memory window (Delta V-FB) was investigated as a function of voltage sweep and frequency; Delta V-FB increased to ...

Enhanced backward scattering by surface plasmons on silver film

Surface plasmon and its potential application in nanotechnology have attracted a remarkable amount of attention recently due to their novel properties. In this work we present an angularly resolved surface plasmon scattering study on a primitive metal surface. Using a reversed attenuated total reflection (RATR) setup in the experiment, we obtained a double-crescent shaped and enhanced scattering ...

Fabrication of BiFeO3 capacitor structures with reduced leakage current

Multi layered metal-insulator-metal (MIM) structures with BiFeO3 (BFO) and Ba0.25Sr0.75TiO3 (BST) thin films were fabricated by chemical solution deposition. Crystalline structure of BFO was recognized as rhombohedral and was not influenced by the BST intermediate layer. Compared to the homogenous BFO, in the heterostructures, coercivity increased and saturation magnetization reduced. BST ...

Fabrication of Highly Ordered Silicon Oxide Dots and Stripes from Block Copolymer Thin Films

A general route to fabricate highly ordered arrays of nanoscopic silicon oxide dots and stripes (see figure) from block copolymer thin films is described. Poly(styrene-b-4-vinylpyridine) thin films with cylindrical microdomains oriented normal and parallel to the surface were used as templates for the fabrication of nanoscopic silicon oxide, with polydimethylsiloxane as the inorganic precursor.

Fabrication of Ordered Mesoporous Silica Films with Encapsulated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles using Ferritin-Doped Block Copolymer Templates

Ordered mesoporous silica glasses containing encapsulated magnetic nanoparticles were fabricated by the 3D replication of preorganized block copolymer templates doped with ferritin. Solutions of Pluronic F127 (PEO105-PPO70-PEO105) containing horse spleen ferritin and p-toluene sulfonic acid were spin-coated onto silicon test wafers. Phase selective deposition of silica within the ...

Federal Government Policy Principles on Nanotechnology: Balancing Regulation and Oversight with Commercialization to Realize Full Potential

As the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation considers a reauthorization of the National Nanotechnology Initiative, the Space and Science Subcommittee convened a hearing this month to examine the potential of nanotechnology. With Senator John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV) chairing the hearing, expert testimony was provided by a panel that included Dr. Chad Mirkin, Director, ...

Fluorocarbon Resist for High-Speed Scanning Probe Lithography

Quick as a flash: High-speed scanning probe lithography in perfluorooctane leads to direct deposition of fluorinated amorphous carbon at velocities in the cm s-1 range. Features as small as 27 nm are fabricated on 100-m2 areas within seconds. The nanoscale patterns are characterized by using photoelectron emission microscopy and secondary ion mass spectrometry.

Focusing Surface Plasmons with a Plasmonic Lens

We report the focusing of surface plasmon polaritons by circular and elliptical structures milled into optically thick metallic films or plasmonic lenses. Both theoretical and experimental data for the electromagnetic nearfield is presented. The nearfield is mapped experimentally using nearfield scanning optical microscopy and plasmonic lithography. We find that the intensity at the focal points ...

High-Q surface-plasmon-polariton whispering-gallery microcavity

Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are electron density waves excited at the interfaces between metals and dielectric materials(1). Owing to their highly localized electromagnetic fields, they may be used for the transport and manipulation of photons on subwavelength scales(2-9). In particular, plasmonic resonant cavities represent an application that could exploit this field compression to create ...

High-resolution soft lithography of thin film resists enabling nanoscopic pattern transfer

Soft UV-imprint lithography at sub-micron dimensions was achieved in thin films of photopolymer resist. The imprinting was enabled by overcoming resist absorption by polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) through surface treatment with a layer of (heptadecafluoro-1,1,2,2-tetrahydrodecyl)dimethylchlorosilane. Characterization of the composite molds was done by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, ...

Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells of Thick Mesoporous Titania Films Derived from Supramolecular Templating

Thick titania films of highly ordered orthorhombic pore organization and sufficient thickness up to a few micrometers have been synthesized via a supramolecular templated route and layer-by-layer deposition. An appropriate pre-heat treatment was applied to improve the mesopore accessibility. The mesoporous films were highly crystallized with the crystallite size of ~12 nm regardless of the film ...

Hole Nucleation and Growth in Free-Standing Polystyrene Ultrathin Films

Nucleation and growth of holes in free-standing ultrathin (s 100 nm) polymer films are examined via optical microscopy in order to gain a better understanding of these phenomena. Hole nucleation is quantified with a free energy barrier based on a simple capillary model. Additionally, holes are found to grow exponentially in accordance with previous studies in the literature. Ultrathin films of ...

Improving the performance of starch film by engineering the interaction of nanocrystalline cellulose fillers with starch molecules

Starch as a renewable and biodegradable polymer, is an essential alternative to synthetic polymers in production of films for food packaging and agricultural mulching applications. The major problem with the plasticized starch is its increased permeability to water vapor and oxygen and its low strength. To improve these properties, nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC), which has the Youngs modulus as ...

Influence of Interfacial Energy on Electric-Field-Induced Sphere-to-Cylinder Transition in Block Copolymer Thin Films

The effect of the interfacial energy on the electric-field-induced sphere-to-cylinder (S-to-C) transition in polystyrene-b-poly(methyl methacrylate) (PS-b-PMMA) copolymer thin films was studied as a function of the difference in the interfacial interactions of the PS and PMMA blocks with the substrate, ?. It was found that the interfacial energies altered both the critical electric field strength ...

Ion-Complexation-Induced Changes in the Interaction Parameter and the Chain Conformation of PS-b-PMMA Copolymers

Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) was used to study the changes of segmental interactions and chain conformation due to the formation of lithium?PMMA complexes in polystyrene-block-poly(methyl methacrylate) (PS-b-PMMA) copolymers as a function of temperature and the percentage of carbonyl groups coordinated with lithium ions. ?effc and statistical segmental length, ?, are derived from the ...

Kinetics of the ruthenium thin film deposition from supercritical carbon dioxide by the hydrogen reduction of Ru(tmhd)2cod

The kinetics of ruthenium thin film deposition via the hydrogen assisted reduction of bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedionato)(1,5-cyclooctadiene)ruthenium(II) [Ru(tmhd)2cod] in supercritical carbon dioxide was studied. Deposition temperature was varied from 240 C to 280 C and the apparent activation energy was determined to be 45.3 kJ/mol. Deposition rates up to 30 nm/min were attained. The ...

Layer-by-Layer Assembly of All Carbon Nanotube Ultrathin Films for Electrochemical Applications

All multiwall carbon nanotube (MWNT) thin films are created by layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly of surface functionalized MWNTs. Negatively and positively charged MWNTs were prepared by surface functionalization, allowing the incorporation of MWNTs into highly tunable thin films via the LBL technique. The pH dependent surface charge on the MWNTs gives this system the unique characteristics of LBL ...

Low-Temperature Deposition of Undoped Ceria Thin Films in scCO2 As Improved Interlayers for IT-SOFC

Macroscopic Arrays of Block Copolymers with Areal Densities of 10 Terbit/inch2 and Beyond

BCP self-assemble into a range of highly-ordered morphologies and by controlling the orientation and lateral ordering of the nanoscopic microdomains, numerous applications will emerge. By combining the bottom-up self-assembly of BCPs with top-down micro-fabrication processes faster, better and cheaper devices can be generated in very simple, yet robust, ways. By combining confinement effects ...

Magnetic control of large room-temperature polarization

Numerous authors have referred to room-temperature magnetic switching of large electric polarizations as 'the Holy Grail' of magnetoelectricity. We report this long-sought effect, obtained using a new physical process of coupling between magnetic and ferroelectric nanoregions. Solid state solutions of PFW [Pb(Fe2/3W1/3)O-3] and PZT [Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O-3] exhibit some bi-relaxor qualities, with ...

Mechanisms and energetics of hydride dissociation reactions on surfaces of plasma-deposited silicon thin films

We report results from a detailed analysis of the fundamental silicon hydride dissociation processes on silicon surfaces and discuss their implications for the surface chemical composition of plasma-deposited hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) thin films. The analysis is based on a synergistic combination of first-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations of hydride ...

Metal-ferroelectric-insulator-semiconducor (MFIS) Devices Based on DyScO3 Buffer Layer and Ferroelectic Bi3.25Nd0.75Ti3O12 Thin Film.

Microelectromechanical system microhotplates for reliability testing of thin films and nanowires

Mold and Metallization: Nanocontact Molding for the Fabrication of Metal Structures

Plating up: A new fabrication technique for the creation of patterns of metal or circuitization on a substrate is demonstrated. Nanocontact molding allows for the reproduction of features ranging from millimeter to subnanometer features into a functional polymer layer (see image). Through the facile electroless plating of metallic copper directly from the surface of functional polymeric patterns, ...

Nano-morphology and charge photo-generation in oBHJs based on fullerene and bridged dithiophenes with Carbon and Silicon bridging atoms

Nanomaterials, Informatics Included in Food and Drug Administration's Strategic Plan for Regulatory Science

Tasked with the core responsibility of protecting and promoting the health and safety of Americans through enhancing the availability of safe medical products and foods, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a document titled Advancing Regulatory Science at FDA: A Strategic Plan. Central to FDA's responsibilities is advancing the public health by expediting innovations ...

Nanoparticle Immobilization on Surfaces via Activatable Heterobifunctional Dithiocarbamate Bond Formation

A simple and reliable technique has been developed to deposit robust monolayers of different types of nanoparticles including gold, iron-platinum, and core/shell CdSe/ZnS, using in situ dithiocarbamate formation.

Nanopin Plasmonic Resonator Array and Its Optical Properties

A one-step electron-beam lithography process for the fabrication of a high-aspect ratio nanopin array is presented. Each nanopin is a metal-capped dielectric pillar upon a ring-shaped metallic disc. Highly tunable optical properties and the electromagnetic interplay between the metallic components were studied by experiment and simulation. The two metallic pieces play asymmetrical roles in their ...

Nanoscale Rapid Melting and Crystallization of Semiconductor Thin Films

The current study details nanosecond laser-based rapid melting and crystallization of thin amorphous silicon (a-Si) films at the nanoscale using two different optical near-field processing schemes. Both apertureless and tapered fiber near-field scanning optical microscope probes were utilized to deliver highly confined irradiation on the target surface. The various modification regimes produced ...

Nanotubular metalinsulatormetal capacitor arrays for energy storage

Nanostructured devices have the potential to serve as the basis for next-generation energy systems that make use of densely packed interfaces and thin films1. One approach to making such devices is to build multilayer structures of large area inside the open volume of a nanostructured template. Here, we report the use of atomic layer deposition to fabricate arrays of metalinsulatormetal ...

On the growth mechanism of plasma deposited amorphous silicon thin films

We propose a comprehensive mechanism of amorphous silicon thin film growth by plasma deposition based on results of kinetic Monte Carlo simulations according to a database constructed by first-principles density functional theory calculations. The growth mechanism consists of various surface kinetic events including radical-surface and adsorbed radical-radical interactions, radical-surface ...

One-magnon light scattering and spin-reorientation transition in epitaxial BiFeO3 thin films

Raman scattering from one-magnon excitation has been observed for the first time in epitaxial BiFeO3 thin films grown on (1 1 1) SrTiO3 substrates. The intensities and the frequency of the magnon mode at 18.9 cm?1 (M1) showed a discrepancy at the characteristic temperatures of not, vert, similar140 and 200 K and the magnon mode at 27.9 cm?1 (M2) disappeared at not, vert, similar200 K suggesting ...

Optical near-field ablation-induced plasma characteristics

The physics of optical near-field based laser ablation plasmas is studied. A Cr thin metal film is ablated using visible nanosecond laser pulses coupled through an optical near-field fiber probe. The ablated plasma evolution is monitored via time-resolved emission imaging and spectral measurement. Intense plasma formed in the proximity of the near-field gap within the laser pulse duration and ...

Phase transition behavior in thin films of block copolymers by use of immiscible solvent vapors

The phase transitions in thin films of a block copolymer, BCP, that forms micelles when exposed to immiscible solvent vapors, were investigated at two different temperatures. Pre-swelling with a nonvolatile solvent was used to prevent dewetting prior to the addition of a volatile solvent used to affect the annealing. The temperature and, therefore, the vapor pressure of the solvent were varied, ...

Plasmonic Nanolithography

In this paper, we demonstrate high-density nanolithography by utilizing surface plasmons (SPs). SPs are excited on an aluminum substrate perforated with 2-D hole arrays using a near UV light source in order to resolve sub-wavelength features with high transmission. Our lithography experiments using a 365 nm wavelength light source demonstrate 90 nm dot array patterns on a 170 nm period, well ...

Polyelectrolyte Negative Resist Patterns as Templates for the Electrostatic Assembly of Nanoparticles and Electroless Deposition of Metallic Films

Electron-beam lithography is used to pattern either cationic polyvinyl N-methyl pyridine or anionic sulfonated polystyrene polymers, that act as negative resists, to produce templates for electroless deposition and the electrostatic assembly of metallic, magnetic, or semiconductor nanoparticles.

Polymer and biopolymer mediated self-assembly of gold nanoparticles

Gold nanoparticlepolymer composites are versatile and diverse functional materials, with applications in optical, electronic and sensing devices. This tutorial review focuses on the use of polymers to control the assembly of gold nanoparticles. Examples of synthetic polymers and biopolymers are provided, as well as applications of the composite materials in sensing and memory devices.

Printable, Novel Carbon Nanotube Inks with V2V Technology

CHASM Technologies has developed and demonstrated novel printable carbon nanotube (CNT) inks. The novel inks use V2V (Viscous-2-Vanishing) Technology, a patent-pending technique, to achieve a high concentration CNT (1 g/L) ink that can be easily screen or roll printed in a single pass to achieve high conductivity. Commercial CNT inks with V2V technology, from SouthWest NanoTechnologies ...

Printed, Sub-3V Digital Circuits on Plastic from Aqueous Carbon Nanotube Inks

Printing electronic components on plastic foils with functional liquid inks is an attractive approach for achieving flexible and low-cost circuitry for applications such as bendable displays and large-area sensors. The challenges for printed electronics, however, include characteristically slow switching frequencies and associated high supply voltages, which together impede widespread ...

Projecting deep-subwavelength patterns from diffraction-limited masks using metal-dielectric multilayers

We utilize a metal-dielectric multilayer structure to generate deep-subwavelength one-dimensional and two-dimensional periodic patterns with diffraction-limited masks. The working wavelength and the pattern are set by the flexible design of the multilayer structure. This scheme is suitable to be applied to deep-subwavelength photolithography. As an example, we numerically demonstrate pattern ...

Realization of optical superlens imaging below the diffraction limit

Recently, the concept of superlensing has received considerable attention for its unique ability to produce images below the diffraction limit. The theoretical study has predicted a 'superlens' made of materials with negative permittivity and/or permeability, is capable of resolving features much smaller than the working wavelength and a near-perfect image can be obtained through the restoration ...

Resonant and non-resonant generation and focusing of surface plasmons with circular gratings

We report the generation and focusing of surface plasmon polariton (SPP) waves from normally incident light on a planar circular grating milled into a silver film. The focusing mechanism is explained by using a simple coherent interference model of SPP generation on the circular grating by the incident field. Experimental results concur well with theoretical predictions and highlight the ...

Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Nanostructured Materials and Devices

Self-assembly of fluorocarbon-coated FePt nanoparticles for controlling structure and wettability of surfaces

Controlled self-assembly of fluorinated FePt nanoparticles from different solvent mixtures has been used to create superhydrophobic surfaces with varying topology and stickiness towards water. The ability to tune surface stickiness provides a means for fluid handling, as demonstrated by surface-to-surface transfer of water droplets.

Simple Fabrication of Micropatterned Mesoporous Silica Films Using Photoacid Generators in Block Copolymers

Mesoporous metal oxide films have been the subject of extensive research because of their potential utility in sensors,(1)a microfluidics,(1)b microelectronics, optoelectronics, microelectromechanical systems,(1)c and catalysis.(1)d Many of these applications require the patterning of the mesoporous device layers to integrate other components necessary for intended applications. Patterning of ...

Strain-induced artificial multiferroicity in Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O3/Pb(Fe0.66W0.33)O3 layered nanostructure at ambient temperature

Layered nanostructures (LNs) of the commercial ferroelectric Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O-3 (PZT) and the natural ferroic relaxor Pb(Fe0.66W0.33)O-3 (PFW) were fabricated with a periodicity of PZT/PFW/PZT (similar to 5/1/5 nm, thickness similar to 250 nm) on MgO substrates by pulsed laser deposition. The dielectric behavior of these LNs were investigated over a wide range of temperatures and frequencies, ...

Structural, electrical, and magnetic properties of chemical solution deposited Bi(Fe0.95Cr0.05)O-3 thin films on platinized silicon substrates

Polycrystalline BiFeO3 and Bi(Fe0.95Cr0.05)O3 thin films were deposited on Pt/TiO2/SiO2/Si substrates by chemical solution deposition. Their structural, electrical, and magnetic properties were measured and compared. The prominent splitting around 2theta~32 for the 104/110 reflections and the resemblance of Raman spectra with BiFeO3 suggests structural invariance upon Cr substitution (

Sub-100 nm lithography using ultrashort wavelength of surface plasmons

The development of a nanolithography technique utilizing ultrashort wavelength of surface plasmons (SPs) is presented in this article. The mask consists of silver thin film perforated with two-dimensional hole arrays exhibiting superior confinement due to SPs with a wavelength equal to (1/4) of that of the illuminating light (365 nm). This short wavelength of SPs can confine the field on an area ...

Sulfur as a Novel Nanopatterning Material: An Ultrathin Resist and a Chemically Addressable Template for Nanocrystal Self-Assembly

Nanoscale tip-induced polymerization of a sulfur thin film affords a simple negative tone resist that can be used as mask for substrate etching in fluorinated solutions or as a chemical template for the directed self-assembly of gold nanocrystals.

Surface Plasmon Interference Nanolithography

A new nanophotolithography technique based on the interference of surface plasmon waves is proposed and demonstrated by using computer simulations. The wavelengths of the surface plasmon waves at metal and dielectric interfaces can reach the nanometer scale while their frequencies remain in the optical range. As a result, the resolution of this surface plasmon interference nanolithography (SPIN) ...

Surface nanostructuring by nano-/femtosecond laser-assisted scanning force microscopy

Surface nanostructuring with lateral resolutions beyond the capabilities of conventional optical lithography techniques was demonstrated in this study. Various nanoscopic surface features, such as grids, craters, and curves, were produced on thin metal and semiconductor films and bulk silicon by using the enhanced electric field underneath a proximity scanning probe tip irradiated with a laser ...

The AlmeidaThouless line in BiFeO3: is bismuth ferrite a mean field spin glass?

Low-temperature magnetic properties of epitaxial BiFeO3 (BFO) thin films grown on (111) SrTiO3 substrates have been studied. Zero-field-cooled and field-cooled magnetization curves show a large discrepancy beginning at a characteristic temperature Tf that is dependent on the magnetic field strength. Tf(H) varies according to the well known de AlmeidaThouless line Tf propto H2/3 suggesting an ...

Three Dimensional Transistor Design Maintains Moore's Law for Foreseeable Future

Adhering to Moore's Law of scaling of semiconductor devices and integrated circuits (ICs), the doubling of transistor packing density every eighteen months has lately become quite challenging for semiconductor manufacturers who need to address hard limits in lithographic feature resolution, increasing power dissipation per unit volume, and power utilization for mobile computing applications. As a ...

Transparent Electronics Based on Transfer Printed Aligned Carbon Nanotubes on Rigid and Flexible Substrates

We report high-performance fully transparent thin-film transistors (TTFTs) on both rigid and flexible substrates with transfer printed aligned nanotubes as the active channel and indium?tin oxide as the source, drain, and gate electrodes. Such transistors have been fabricated through low-temperature processing, which allowed device fabrication even on flexible substrates. Transparent transistors ...

Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Thin Films Functionalized with Therapeutically Active Collagen Networks

The fabrication of biologically amenable interfaces in medicine bridges translational technologies with their surrounding biological environment. Functionalized nanomaterials catalyze this coalescence through the creation of biomimetic and active substrates upon which a spectrum of therapeutic elements can be delivered to adherent cells to address biomolecular processes in cancer, inflammation, ...

Very thin transparent, conductive carbon nanotube films on flexible substrates

AcryMed

AcryMed is a pioneering innovator at the forefront of discoveries in the fields of infection control and wound healing. The company’s SilvaSorb® products for advanced wound care and SilvaGard® antimicrobial surface treatment for medical devices are among the breakthrough technologies that have distinguished AcryMed as an industry leader. AcryMed's latest product line is OxygeneSys™ ...

ADA Technologies, Inc.

ADA Technologies, Inc., specializes in the successful creation and conversion of innovative technologies to commercial successes. Our knowledge of federal research programs, especially the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR), enables us to perform early stage research while retaining intellectual property rights to the technology. By creating and adapting methodologies we have ...

Advanced Diamond Technologies

Advanced Diamond Technologies (ADT) harnesses the superlative properties of nature's perfect material by turning natural gas into diamond in a highly controlled, reproducible process for a variety of industrial, electronic and medical applications. UNCD®, ADT's brand of thin, smooth diamond, is known for its ability to be integrated with other materials.

Advanced Diamond Technologies, Inc.

Advanced Diamond Technologies (ADT), the world leader in developing and applying diamond films for electronic, mechanical, industrial and biomedical applications, offers several families of high-performance products that exploit the unsurpassed characteristics of diamond. Leveraging research originally funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, ADT’s proprietary technology captures the ...

ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES, INC.

Advanced Energy provides industry-leading companies worldwide with power conversion products that enable innovation in thin-film manufacturing and renewable energy markets. AE is a leader in global high-technology applications critical to the semiconductor, solar, glass, flat panel display, and industrial coatings markets. AE’s product portfolio includes precise, flexible electrical power ...

Advanced Nano Products Co., Ltd

As a leading company which opens the new era of nanomaterial business in korea, ANP is manufacturing and supplying the chemically processed nanocrystalline materials and their chemical precursors for coating and powder processing applications. Our Advanced Nano Products include Anti Reflection Coatings, ITO Sputtering Target, Thin Film Target, IR Blocking Film, Nano Silver Ink, Nano Silver ...

Advanced Vacuum

Advanced Vacuum serves the worlds most advanced industries enabling production of everything from coffe to computer processors, and from steel to solar panels. Provider of vacuum- and thinfilm technology solutions for the industry.

Aegis Lightwave

Aegis Lightwave builds cost-effective solutions for intelligent optical networks. Aegis Lightwave offers the broadest and most cost-effective selection of optical channel monitors that are specifically designed for reconfigurable optical networks featuring 40/100G transmission. The optical channel monitor product line is ideal for original equipment manufacturers looking to achieve the ...

AJA International, Inc.

AJA International, Inc. Designing custom, quality sputtering and thin film deposition equipment since 1988.

ALD NanoSolutions

ALD NanoSolutions helps our customers accelerate their product innovation. Our proprietary Particle ALD coating technology, which can apply designed coatings at the nanometer scale on particles of any size, creates enormous commercial opportunity for new materials development and integration. In addition, Polymer ALD forms nanocoatings on polymer films, where we are developing continuous ...

Alta Devices, Inc.

Alta Devices was founded in 2007 and is focused on improving the production economics of high efficiency solar PV applications. Alta is currently a development stage company and has received venture capital funding from August Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Crosslink Capital, AIMCo and others. The company is based in Santa Clara, CA.

Angstron Materials

Angstron is the first advanced materials company to offer large quantities of ultra-thin, pristine nano-graphene platelets (NGPs). Angstron is also significantly reducing production cost barriers with its high performance nano-graphene solutions. A new 22,000 square foot manufacturing facility, based in Dayton, Ohio, allows our company to continue its research and development efforts while ...

Applied MicroStructures

Applied MicroStructures' Molecular Vapor Deposition technology enables the growth of ultra-thin films with a wide range of functionalities on a broad spectrum of substrates.

Applied Sciences, Inc.

Applied Sciences, Inc. (ASI) is a small corporation located in Cedarville, Ohio. ASI specializes in the research and development of advanced materials and their applications. ASI is one of the leaders in the development of materials possessing exceptionally high thermal conductivity. Materials currently under development include vapor-grown carbon fibers, diamond thin films, and composites ...

Ascent Solar

Ascent Solar's ground-breaking solar technology delivers the highest efficiency rates available. We manufacture the only thin-film CIGS on plastic substrate, which provides unprecedented flexibility and lightweight advantages. Our technology easily integrates into a wide range of product applications, including roofing surfaces for buildings, portable electronic products, defense ...

Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison is a global leader in pressure-sensitive technology and innovative self-adhesive solutions for consumer products and label materials.

Blue Nano, Inc

Blue Nano is a nanomaterials manufacturer that develops high quality, cost effective and reliable nano-focused industrial solutions in high volumes. We serve universities, independent research labs and OEM manufacturers in a wide variety of sectors ranging from automotive to energy to healthcare. Our products include silver nanowires, nanoporous noble metal catalysts and various oxide ...

BTU International

BTU International is a leading global supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment and processes to the alternative energy and electronics assembly markets.

Cambridge NanoTech Inc.

Cambridge NanoTech Inc. manufactures Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) systems for Research and Development in nanotechnology, semiconductors, displays, MEMS,and more.

Cambrios Technology Corporation

Cambrios is currently focused on the development of electronic materials for the display industry.

Capovani Brothers Inc.

Capovani Brothers Inc. specializes in the purchase, refurbishment and resale of high technology equipment associated with the nanotechnology, semiconductor and MEMS industries. We have been successful in our mission of providing quality used equipment at a great value with fair and honest dealing. Our entire inventory is updated daily and available on the internet at www.capovani.com

Carestream Advanced Materials

Carestream Advanced Materials developed FLEXX films by applying more than 100 years of expertise in nanomaterial science, thin-film technology and roll-to-roll coating know-how. Our new films feature an innovative silver nanomaterial technology that allows for exceptional conductance and superior optical performance.

Chasm Technologies Inc.

Chasm Technologies, Inc. was established in March 2005 to commercialize new products using novel nanomaterials and to develop manufacturing processes for micro- and nano-patterned thin films using scalable coating technologies. Chasm has extensive industrial experience in product development, manufacturing scale-up and product commercialization, Chasm brings both depth and breadth of ...

DRC Metrigraphics

The Metrigraphics Division of DRC is a leading worldwide supplier of ultra-high, precision, custom components for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). We have applied our core technologies of electroforming, photolithography, and thin-film sputtering to help customers increase the performance, accuracy, and reliability of state-of-the-art instruments and devices. Our process technologies ...

Eclipse Energy Systems, Inc.

Eclipse is focused on the advancement of nano-thin film techniques and related equipment technology to solve challenges encountered by select customers. Eclipse combines a unique blend of scientific and engineering expertise with common sense solutions for a broad range of terrestrial and space based applications.

Enable IPC Corporation

Enable IPC Corporation develops and commercializes rechargeable batteries for use in low power applications.

Entegris

Entegris serves high technology markets by purifying, protecting and transporting critical materials used in manufacturing processes. These critical materials are often the very building blocks in producing many of the world's leading microelectronic products. Customers throughout the semiconductor, data storage and fuel cell industries rely upon Entegris to precisely control ...

Entrepix, Inc.

Entrepix, Inc., is a leading provider of chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) and related wafer surface conditioning foundry and equipment services.

Excellatron Solid State LLC.

Excellatron Solid State, LLC, a U.S. based technology company, is introducing innovative and enabling energy storage technology. The batteries made possible by this new proprietary technology can be used in many applications and processes where other batteries would be inadequate. With this capability, a new world of possibilities opens up for the use of power stored in Excellatron ...

First Nano, a division of CVD Equipment Corporation

First Nano manufactures turnkey thermal CVD & PECVD systems to meet the research & production needs in nanotechnology, solar, semiconductor and MEMS industries.

Heliovolt

HelioVolt’s thin film solar modules offer unprecedented performance combining high-efficiency with low-cost manufacturing and outstanding energy production.

Holst Centre

Holst Centre is an independent open-innovation R&D centre that develops generic technologies for Wireless Autonomous Sensor Technologies and Flexible Electronics. A key feature of Holst Centre is its partnership model with industry and academia based around shared roadmaps and programs. It is this kind of cross-fertilization that enables Holst Centre to tune its scientific strategy to ...

Hysitron

Hysitron is proud to be the world leader in nanomechanical testing and has brought cutting edge technology to the scientific community since 1992. As the pioneers in nanoindentation and nanomechanical property measurement, Hysitron has helped develop the world of nanotechnology to where it is today by designing and producing the most advanced instrumentation available.

HzO, Inc.

The genesis of HzO WaterBlock™ technology began with the vision to create emergency response communications equipment that could function in maritime environments. The original development team was driven to create electronic equipment that could operate even when wet. Their hope was that equipment, costs and human lives would all be saved if electronic devices never failed from water ...

Ingsman Energy and Fuel Cell Research Organization Private Limited

Ingsman Energy and Fuel cell Research Organization (IEFRO) has been seeded into the research community to reach the highest limits of the fuel cell performances.

Intematix, Inc.

Intematix develops innovative LED lighting solutions that are grounded in the company’s patent phosphor technology

Interface Engineering Lab

Northeastern University

ITN Energy Systems, Inc.

ITN Energy Systems, Inc. focuses on developing advanced products that address the needs of today‘s competitive business environment, which is driven by the technology revolution. We have built a diverse and growing technology portfolio for Aerospace, Energy, Biomedical and Environment applications, which provided us with an unprecedented growth opportunity in the past as well as in the ...

KERDRY

KERDRY Thin Film Technologies studies and performs custom designed thin films for advanced technologies.

Kovio, Inc.

Kovio Inc. is developing a new category of semiconductor products using printed silicon electronics and thin film technology.

Magnolia Solar, Inc.

Magnolia Solar, Inc. strives to develop and produce low cost, high efficiency, thin film solar cell modules. Our goal is to make strong impact towards green technology. Magnolia´s thin film solar cells offer - substantially lower cost than crystalline solar cells, use less expensive materials, significant gains in efficiency vs. other thin film cells and modules by application of ...

Masdar PV GmbH

Over the course of the past few years, Masdar PV has laid down solid foundations which will enable the company to establish itself as one of the world’s leading providers of thin-film PV modules in the years to come. The main focuses of our future company development will be on open space solar parks, industrial roof installations and facade-based integrated photovoltaic systems. We will ...

Masscal Corporation

Masscal Scientific Instruments introduces a line of laboratory instruments which can measure moisture sorption, catalysis, curing and many other reactions of thin films and surfaces. The powerful, patented technology provides critical new capabilities for simultaneously measuring mass changes, reaction energy and film viscoelastic property with nanogram sensitivity. Materials are analyzed ...

Mat-Vac Technology

MAT-VAC Technology, Inc. is an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of PVD Systems, the Universal Sputterer™ GUI Software, related PVD equipment parts, engineering documentation and PVD thin film materials that it designs, develops, engineers and manufacturers. MAT-VAC's overriding goal is to provide innovative technical solutions to its customers needs, while at the same time assist in ...

Melles Griot

Melles Griot is a global leader in the design and manufacture of products that enable the practical application of light.

MicroChem Corp.

MicroChem Corp. (MCC) develops, manufactures, sells, and supports specialty niche chemicals for semiconductor/IC, thin film head, and other electronic manufacturing applications. The primary focus is photosensitive materials, such as photoresists, and other ancillary products. MCC technology consists of proprietary and non-proprietary products requiring state-of-the-art technical expertise, ...

Mini Systems Inc

Mini-Systems, Inc. is a leading worldwide manufacturer of precision thick and thin film chip resistors, capacitors, metal/glass sidewall packages, custom thick film hybrid circuits, and multi-chip modules.

MVSystems, Inc.

MVSystems, Inc. research and development facilities are equipped to develop a wide array of thin film technologies. State-of-art materials and devices obtained in the fields of, Nano-(or micro-) crystalline Silicon, Amorphous Silicon, Thin Film Si Solar Cells, TFT's, Imaging, Sensors, Transparent Conducting Oxides and Optically Addressed Spatial Light Modulators.

Nanofabrication Center

University of Minnesota
Our mission is to support the fabrication, synthesis, and characterization of nanoscale devices and materials for both academic and industrial users. We are also charged with providing hands-on training in nanotechnology processes to all qualified users. The Nanofabrication Center is part of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN), a group of ...

Nanofilm, Ltd.

Nanofilm was founded in 1985 by Dr. Scott Rickert and Don McClusky. The foundation of the company is Dr. Rickert's pioneering work in self-assembling thin films at Case Western Reserve University where he was a professor and researcher. The company quickly began successful commercialization of nanocoatings and surface preservation treatments. In two decades the company's technology portfolio has ...

Nanograde Llc.

Nanograde is the worldwide leader in the tailor-made development and production of nanoparticles and dispersions. Nanograde offers assistance in product or prototype development in the form of projects where Nanograde's partners can benefit from the extensive know-how in nanoparticle applications. Nanograde products are perfectly suited for coating or thin film applications and can be ...

NanoPower Research Labs

Rochester Institute of Technology
The NanoPower Research Labs (NPRL) at RIT are dedicated to the development of new materials and devices for power generation and storage for microelectronic components and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). The NPRL’s focus is to develop the materials and devices that are compatible with the current needs of a wide variety of microsystem technologies by ...

Natcore Technology

Natcore Technology, Inc. provides a technology for the growth of thin and thick films of dielectric and semiconductor materials. Its technology controls the growth of thin and thick films of silicon dioxides and mixed silicon oxides on silicon and other substrates using non-vacuum and room temperature processes. The company also offers a paradigm-shifting technology to solar cell ...

NSF Center for Scalable and Integrated Nanomanufacturing

University of California Berkeley
The goal of the Center for Scalable and Integrated NAno Manufacturing (SINAM), an NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, is to establish a new manufacturing paradigm that integrates an array of new nano-manufacturing technologies. Founded in 2003, SINAM brings together an exceptional team of scientists and engineers from University of California Los ...

Nucryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

NUCRYST Pharmaceuticals develops, manufactures and commercializes medical products that fight infection and inflammation using its patented atomically disordered nanocrystalline silver technology.

Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute

Oregon Signature Research Center
ONAMI is Oregon’s first ‘Signature Research Center’ and a multi-level collaboration among Oregon’s research universities, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and industry in the “Silicon Forest” high-tech cluster that is home to the world’s leading semiconductor, MEMS, ...

Polyera Corporation

Polyera Corporation is a leading supplier in semiconductor, dielectric, and interfacial materials for the printed and flexible electronics industry. Polyera is focused on developing breakthrough materials for its portfolio of ActivInk™ products and on working closely with customers to provide deep technical support and customized solutions in order to enable the commercialization of novel ...

Precision Optics, Inc.

Precision Optics Corporation has provided state of the art optics and optical systems for medical, biomedical, and industrial applications. As diagnostic and surgical techniques advanced to smaller and less invasive tools and equipment, Precision Optics responded with micro precision™ optical components, assemblies, and products

PVD Products, Inc.

PVD Products, Inc. designs and manufactures unique thin film deposition systems and components for material scientists and process engineers. Our equipment utilizes only reputable vacuum components that require minimal maintenance and provide long life. In addition to our existing line of deposition products, in-house SEM, and thin film services, we can provide custom systems tailored to ...

QuNano AB

Lund University
Founded in Sweden in 2005, QuNano works to commercialize cutting-edge, proprietary semiconductor and non-semiconductor nanowire technology in diverse fields such as solid state electronics, solid state illumination, highly efficient photovoltaics, and the life sciences. QuNano enjoys a uniquely close cooperation with scientists at Lund University’s Nanometer Structure ...

Redex Nano Lab

Redex Nano Lab is an independent and indigenous manufacturer of Multiwall Carbon Nano Tube (MWCNT), Graphene and the variant dispersions of MWCNT and Graphene with different functional groups. We are preparing MWCNT & Graphene through CVD route and Chemical with the purity >95% up to 99% (recommended). We are having our own Patent Pending Method for the production. We are the only bulk ...

SemiconSoft, Inc.

Semiconsoft, Inc.is a world leader in providing thin films data analysis software and thin-films measurement hardware solutions. Our TFCompanion software is used by many major metrology companies and leading R&D organizations, in semiconductor, biotechnology, data storage, display, chemistry and optical coating industries.Our line of metrology instruments from the most sophisticated ...

Sepax Technologies, Inc.

Sepax Technologies, Inc. develops and manufactures products in the area of chemical and biological separations, biosurfaces and proteomics. Sepax product portfolio includes 1) liquid chromatography columns and media, 2) bulk resin for preparative separation and process chromatography, and 3) natural product and Chinese traditional medicine separation and purification.

Shawmut Corporation

World Leader in developing high performance composities from textiles, nonwovens, and films via lamination and coating technologies.

Solexant Corp.

Solexant is a well funded start-up developing third generation thin film PV technologies which dramatically increase solar cell efficiency and reduce manufacturing costs, therefore enabling the commercialization of solar modules that generate electricity at competitive rates without depending on government subsidies. Using printable nano-material technologies exclusively licensed from ...

SPECS Scientific Instruments

SPECS leads the way in state-of-the-art technology, cutting-edge components and individually designed complex systems for surface analysis. SPECS forms a team of scientists and engineers with more than 100 employees engaged in the design and production of instruments for nanotechnology, material science and surface science in general. For now over 25 years, know-how, experience, ...

Technology Integration and Advanced Nano/microsystems Lab

University of Minnesota
TIAN laboratory is currently focused on Micro/Nano Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS/NEMS). Long-term research aims to investigate the fundamental electrical and mechanical principles of new materials for MEMS/NEMS and low-cost micro/nanomanufacturing approaches, utilizing nanotechnology (“bottom-up” nanomanufaturing techniques, nanomaterials, etc.) to effectively ...

Tera-Barrier Films Pte Ltd.

TBF's core technology is its patented barrier material and barrier stack technology as this governs the life and reliability of electronic devices deposited on flexible substrates. The performance of devices like organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and solar cells is sensitive to moisture because water and oxygen molecules seep past the protective plastic layer over time and degrade the ...

Thin Film Electronics ASA

Thin Film Electronics ASA (“Thinfilm”) has 15 years of experience in the field of non-volatile memories using functional polymers. Thinfilm’s unique all-printed re-writable products are ideal for use in standalone consumer applications, including personalized toys and online-enabled games. They can also be integrated with logic elements, sensors, batteries, and displays for mass market ...

Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL)

As a leading global supplier of semiconductor production equipment, Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL) engages in development, manufacturing, and sales in a wide range of product fields.

Ultrafine Technologies, Inc.

Dr. Berhan Tecle founded Ultrafine Technologies, Inc. (“Ultrafine”) in 1995 to commercialize a novel method of producing commercial quantities of proprietary nanomaterials. Ultrafine’s patented process allows the preparation and handling of nanoparticles while maintaining discrete nanoparticles in a highly concentrated state. Ultrafine’s unique reversible encapsulation process facilitates ...

Ulvac Japan, Ltd

ULVAC is an international corporation that designs, manufacturers and markets equipment and materials for industrial applications of vacuum technology.

Unidym, Inc.

Unidym is a leader in the manufacture and application of carbon nanotube (CNT) based ink and conductive film products and CNTs, a novel material with extraordinary electrical, mechanical, chemical, and thermal properties. Unidym provides CNT-enabled products, specialized CNT materials, and intellectual property to a wide range of customers and business partners.

Xunlight Corporation

Xunlight designs, manufactures, and delivers high performance, lightweight, and flexible solar modules. Xunlight Corporation is a venture-backed advanced technology company that specializes in the development of high-performance, flexible, and lightweight solar modules. Founded in 2002, the company was established to commercialize solar technology that was developed by Co-Founder Dr. ...

James J. Watkins

NSF Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

James Krajewski

Engineering Research and Technology
DuPont

Lingyan Wang

NSC Technology

Goran Karapetrov

Materials Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory

Ammar Jangbarwala

Catalyx Nanotech Inc

Jaime Andrés Pérez Taborda

Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

Ken Bosnick

National Institute for Nanotechnology

Jin Ho Kim

Brown University

Alain Kaloyeros

College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
University at Albany

Soham Mehta

Aligned Carbon Nanotube Patterning Via Dry Contact Transfer Printing

The approach of transferring CNT thin films from one surface to another via a soft lithography technique suffers from limited ability to achieve good adhesion of the CNT films to the transferred substrate and imprecise alignment of the CNT patterns. A transfer technique that can be scaled to large area with high throughput processing at low temperature is being reported in this paper, ...

High-yield dielectrophoretic assembly of two-dimensional graphene nanostructures

The serial mechanical exfoliation method available can not be used for the assembly of graphene in the large scale. In this process, deposition of ultrathin few-layer (three to ten) graphene oxide, with parallel and controllable assembly, by dielectrophoresis between prefabricated electrodes has been demonstrated.

Fabrication of a nanoporous template from a diblock copolymer film - electric field alignment

An applied electric field aligns a cylindrical-phase diblock copolymer perpendicular to a substrate. One polymer block is removed by UV exposure and a chemical rinse to yield a nanoporous polymer film. The porous film can be used as a template for electrodeposition of metal nanowires or as a mask for reactive ion etching.

Fabrication of a nanoporous template from a diblock copolymer film - neutral brush

A perpendicular orientation of cylindrical microdomains in diblock copolymer thin films is achieved by control over polymer-surface interactions. The block which forms cylindrical microdomains is removed by UV exposure and a chemical rinse to yield a nanoporous polymer film. The porous film can be used as a template for electrodeposition of metal nanodots or as a mask for reactive ion etching.

Fabrication of a nanoporous template from a diblock copolymer film - solvent annealing

An evaporation-induced flow in solvent cast block copolymer films can produce arrays of nanoscopic cylinders oriented normal to the surface and solvent annealing could markedly enhance the ordering of block copolymer microdomains in thin films. Without removing minor components, solvent-induced surface reconstruction can produce nanoporous structure in thin films. The porous film can be used as ...

Wrinkles

Four thin films of varying thickness are wrinkled by a .2mg drop of water. As the films increase in thickness, the number of wrinkles caused by the droplets decreases while the length of the wrinkles increases. From "Controlling Interfacial Activity of Nanoparticles: Robust Routes to Nanoparticle-based Capsules, Membranes, and Electornic Materials."