Nanotechnology Commercial Organizations

Spun out of Cambridge University in mid 2004 to commercialize research findings in the areas of advanced nano-enabled materials, specifically in the area of carbon nanotube materials and their applications.

QCADesigner is the product of an ongoing research effort at the University of Calgary ATIPS Laboratory to create a design and simulation tool for Quantum Dot Cellular Automata (QCA).

The company is a wholly owned division of Nanosys and focused on the use of its proprietary nanotechnology in solar panel cell designs.

QD Vision is working on quantum-dot materials advancements and manufacturing process development for the next-generation of displays.

A provider of innovative technologies and products for preanalytical sample preparation and molecular diagnostics solutions such as the HiLight Array System that uses Resonance Light Scattering (RLS), a technology based on the optical light scattering properties of nano-sized metal colloid particles.

Qimonda is a leading global memory supplier with a broad diversified DRAM product portfolio. The company conducts active research in nanoelectronics.

Produces a wide range of nanopowders and provides application development support.

Photon activaten nano drug delivery systems.

Nanotechnology R&D start up with expertise in nanodynamics technology.

The company has developed LAwave - an ultra-thin film test instrument that uses a non-destructive method to measure and characterize coatings in the <5 nanometer range.

QualSec Inc. is the developer of the NanoNose, the next generation of electronic olfactory sensory technology. The company develops cutting-edge proprietary detection systems which meet the discrimination, sensitivity, and portability requirements of the homeland security market, as well as applications in other high volume markets including the health care, environmental, petrochemical, and food industries.

The copmpany designs, manufactures, sells and services specialized scientific instrumentation to measure physical, chemical and biological properties of airborne particles.

Quantachrome is a world leader in the design and manufacture of laboratory instruments for characterizing properties of porous materials and powders.

QuantaSol is a spin-out from Imperial College London and will use its advanced technology to enable it to become a world leading supplier of high efficiency III-V based solar cells.

Quanterix Corporation is developing a novel platform for single molecule analysis that will bring an unprecedented level of sensitivity, precision, and assay robustness to clinical diagnostics, drug development, and life science research.

R&D firm with a focus on nanomaterials and nano and surface analysis.

The revolutionary technology of QuantomiX solves the problem of preparing wet samples for high-resolution imaging. It closes the resolution gap between conventional electron microscopy and light microscopy and offers the convenient sample preparation of light microscopy.

QuantTera is developing a new class of lasers and detectors. Nano-structured materials will be the basis of their technology from multilayer two dimensional structures to quantum dot technology.

Quantum Composers, Inc., specializes in precision pulse and digital delay generators and development of custom controls, electronics and lasers for the electronic, opto-mechanical and photonic industries.

QFT has developed a new form of field emission backplane which gives highly uniform electron emission with low threshold voltage and no need for conditioning. The backplane is manufactured from amorphous silicon and its unique field emission characteristics are created by a simple proprietary engineering process which is free of any lithographic steps.

Develops nanoelectronic platforms to directly detect the reactions of biomolecules at the molecular level without amplification or labels.

Develops atomic precision sub-nanometer and sub-nanoradian positioning metrological devices and Nano Electro-Mechanical Systems (NEMS).

Quantum14 Corp. is dedicated to develop and commercialize 'Porous Silicon' technology which is based on the anodization technique for creating porous silicon with prescribed pore sizes ranging from nanometer to macroscopic scales.

QuantumBio, Inc is accelerating the drug discovery efforts by providing pharmaceutical, biotechnology companies and life science research organizations a next generation of Computer-Assisted Molecular Modeling (CAMM) and Computer-Assisted Drug Design (CADD) solutions.

A manufacturer of nano catalysts for applications in portable power, renewable energy, electronics, defense and other markets demanding advanced materials.