Nanotechnology Companies, Research and Degree Programs in the United Kingdom

Products & Instruments Advanced Hall Sensors

The activity of the company involves specifically tailoring adaptable magnetic sensors to meet a range of bespoke and industrial requirements, offering a choice of previously unmatched characterestic combinations that are essential to many industries and applications. The company's sensors rely, for their operation, on the concept of "Band Gap Engineering" as opposed to traditional semiconductor Hall effect sensors which rely on the "bulk" properties of the semiconductors.

Materials Advanced Material Development

The company specializes in funding research into 2D nanotechnologies and materials in collaboration with university partners to develop and commercialise unique solutions for industrial applications.

Products & Instruments Agar Scientific

The company supplies accessories and consumables in support of all forms of microscopy, including nanoparticles.

Products & Instruments Ancon

Ancon is a pioneering company offering revolutionary new molecular detection technology that provides unprecedented levels of sensitivity and presents a unique solution to many industries. Based on a conceptually novel means of measuring electric current by counting elemental units of charge, Ancon is looking to take aerosol detection to the forefront of science.

Products & Instruments Andor Technology

Andor Technology develops and manufactures instruments for the global spectroscopy and scientific imaging markets.

Materials Applied Graphene Materials

Applied Graphene Materials has developed a proprietary bottom up process for the production of high specification graphene. Applied Graphene Materials owns the intellectual property and know-how behind this process. They provide dispersion and product integration expertise, to deliver solutions for a wide range of applications.

Products & Instruments Applied Microengineering (AML)

AML is a supplier to the international micro- and nanotechnology community with its unique in-situ aligned bonding machines and services.

Services Applied Nanodetectors Technology

Develops IP and technologies for nanosensors.

Products & Instruments Aquila Instruments

A manufacturer of precision optical instrumentation, specialising in Spectrophotometry systems for the non-contact measurement of thin film coatings.

Nanobio & Medicine ATDBio

Provides labelled and chemically modified oligonucleotide scaffolds for nanotechnology applications.

Materials BBI Solutions

BBI Solutions has served the global diagnostics industry for over 50 years, as a leading developer and manufacturer of raw materials and finished test platforms for the in-vitro diagnostics market.

Services Bio Nano Consulting

A 'One-Stop Shop' specialty product-development consultancy, the Bio Nano Centre acts to facilitate access to world-class academic experts in the bio-nano field.

Products & Instruments BOC Edwards

BOC Edwards is a leading supplier to the world's most advanced industries including semiconductor, compound semiconductor, chemical, pharmaceutical, metallurgy, scientific instrumentation and research & development.

Services BREC Solutions

BREC Solutions Limited is one of the leading consultancies in nanotechnology innovation. They offer services in research and development, information tracking, technology scouting, standardisation, and regulation briefings. They are part of the increasing number of stakeholder expert groups in nanotechnology where they represent their clients.

Products & Instruments Cambridge Advanced Materials

Cambridge Advanced Materials (CamAdMa) is a University of Cambridge spin-out developing advanced materials and polymer technologies for demanding industrial applications. The company engineers next-generation composite systems using nanomaterials, high-performance polymers and additive manufacturing to deliver lighter, stronger, conductive and durable materials for sectors including space, robotics, AI infrastructure, healthcare and advanced manufacturing.

Products & Instruments Cambridge Display Technology

Advanced materials and polymer OLED technology company working to identify and commercialise proof-of-concept display and materials technologies.

Services Cambridge Innovation Consulting (CamIn)

Cambridge Innovation Consulting (CamIn) is a high-tech consulting and expert network firm that provides analysis and advice on nanotech, biotech, cleantech and other emerging technologies. CamIn provides their clients in business, finance and industry with expert advice tailored specifically to their needs and sourced from high-tech experts from the world?s top research institutions. CamIn advise on strategic technology innovations, transactions, mergers & acquisitions and litigation. CamIn also develops long-term strategies that allow their clients to adapt to and profit from high-tech market trends. CamIn can provide expert solutions for any technology problem, packaged in an in-depth, easily digestible report.

Products & Instruments Cambridge Nanolitic

Developer, patent holder, manufacturer and technology provider of ECO nanoceramic coating technology for light metals and functionalisation of ceramic surfaces.

Materials Cambridge Nanomaterials Technology

Nanomaterials innovation management and technology strategy consulting company with expertise in carbon nanomaterials including carbon nanotubes, graphene, other 2D materials and nanoparticles.

Products & Instruments Carbolite

The company designsand manufactures electric laboratory & industrial furnaces, laboratory & industrial ovens & incubators. In addition to the range of electric laboratory furnaces and ovens, Carbolite also offers an extensive range of pilot plant and industrial furnaces and industrial ovens for various heat treatment applications.

Products & Instruments Ceimig

Ceimig Limited supplies proprietary enabling technologies for the deposition of nanoscale platinum and other pgm metal features in a diversity of applications across the semiconductor, electronic, fuel cell and sensor manufacturing industries.

Products & Instruments Cressington Scientific Instruments

Vacuum coating techniques for research, electron microscopy and product development.

Products & Instruments DCN Corp

DCN Corp is a pioneering R&D company with core specialist skills in the development and understanding of nanoparticle displacement for the advancement of nanotechnology solutions.

Products & Instruments Dolomite

Dolomite is a leader in microfluidic applications. The company works with instrument manufacturers around the world providing the design and manufacture of microfluidic devices and microfluidic based instruments and systems.

Products & Instruments Durham Magneto Opics

Manufactures magneto-optical magnetometers for magnetic nanotechnology.

Products & Instruments Edinburgh Instruments

Since its establishment in 1971, Edinburgh Instruments Ltd has become recognised as a leading light in the photonics and electro-optics industries. The company has established a world-wide reputation for innovation, technical expertise and quality in areas of lasers, opto-electronics, spectroscopy and gas sensing.

Products & Instruments Element Six

A supplier of advanced diamond products, the company develops the potential of diamond as an enabling technology for better performance, more precision or miniaturization in a micro/nano-environment.

Products & Instruments Elliot Scientific

Elliot Scientific is a major supplier of Opto-Mechanic, Laser, Cryogenic, Magnetic, Telecom and Datacom components and systems to the Scientific, Research and Industrial communities.

Nanobio & Medicine FabricNano

Biotechnology company engineering enzymes for immobilisation on scalable supports to create high-performance industrial biocatalysts.

Materials First Graphene

A graphene supplier of high performing graphene products sold under the PureGRAPH® product brand.

Products & Instruments Fischer Instrumentation

The company's Picoindenter will measure the thinnest nanometer coatings and provide conclusions about various material characteristics.

Nanobio & Medicine Fluidic Sciences

Sphere Bio, a Fluidic Sciences Ltd brand, develops single-cell analysis and monoclonality assurance systems for biotherapeutic discovery and development. Its proprietary picodroplet microfluidics and Cyto-Mine® Chroma platform enable rapid, high-fidelity cell screening, isolation and analysis, supporting antibody discovery, cell line development, cell engineering and cell therapy workflows.

Products & Instruments G24i

G24i utilizes the latest breakthrough in material science and nanotechnology creating a new class of advanced solar cells.

Products & Instruments Gearing Scientific

The company specializes in certain areas of polymer and other materials analysis. Testing areas are: 1) DMA testing for comparing very similar poymers; 2) Nano-indentation using CSM instruments; 3) Thermal Conductivity Testing.

Materials GOgraphene

GOgraphene are specialist manufacturers and suppliers of graphene oxide.

Materials Goodfellow

Supplier of nanopowders.

Products & Instruments Graphene Composites

The company combine graphene, aerogels and other materials to produce a range of composites.

Products & Instruments Graphene Innovations Manchester

Graphene Innovations Manchester designs graphene-enhanced advanced materials and production systems, including sustainable graphene concrete and graphene-enriched carbon fibre.

Materials Graphene Star

Graphene Star Ltd is a UK manufacturing company producing highly pure graphene and superior quality graphene products. Their manufacturing process is innovative, efficient with minimal wastage and entirely environmentally friendly. It is also cost-effective, which allows them to produce remarkably high-quality graphene materials at affordable prices.

Materials Graphitene

Graphitene is a 2nd generation nanomaterials company engaged in research, development and sale of the highest quality, most advanced form of graphene: graphitene. Their manufacturing methods are designed in every phase to be massively scalable to meet the requirements of our largest focus industries that produce products such as cement and asphalt concretes, composites, protective coatings. As well as energy generation and storage businesses.

Materials Haydale

The company's goal is to be world leading in the functionalisation and characterisation of carbon nanotubes, graphene and other nano materials.

Products & Instruments Heason Technologies Group

Suppliers of (nano) Precision Motion Control Equipment specialising in 'Motion System Integration'.

Products & Instruments Henniker Scientific

Henniker Scientific provides complete technical solutions in the complimentary areas of thin film deposition, UHV surface science, plasma surface modification and mass spectrometry for both vacuum and atmospheric processes.

Products & Instruments Hiden Analytical

Hiden's quadrupole mass spectrometers provide vacuum, plasma and surface analysis in nanotechnology applications, including SIMS depth profiling of nanometre scale thin film structures, plasma characterisation for enhancement of device etch processes, and vacuum diagnostics / temperature programmed desorption analysers in UHV scanning tunnelling microscopes.

Products & Instruments Hiden Isochema

Hiden Isochema is a world leader in the design and manufacture of sorption instruments for research, development and production applications in surface chemistry and materials science.

Products & Instruments Homogenising Systems Limited

The company specializes in the design and global support of their industry-leading high pressure Homogenizers.

Materials iGii

iGii, the trading name of Integrated Graphene Ltd, develops advanced graphene-based materials for sensing and manufacturing applications, offering alternatives to costly noble metals and constrained materials.

Nanobio & Medicine Inanovate

Inanovate creates nano-scale surface structures through a unique and proprietary process capable of nano-meter precision in a time and cost effective way. Leveraging this unique platform and expertise, Inanovate is developing nano-structured biochip substrates to facilitate the next generation in biochip technology.

Products & Instruments Infinitesima

Infinitesima specialises in developing innovative accessories and advanced products based on scanning probe microscopy methods and techniques. These tools enable the visualisation and characterisation surfaces at a nanometre level.

Products & Instruments Intrinsiq

Intrinsiq Materials Ltd is a start-up focused on Engineering Materials Solutions at the Nanoscale. Focused primarily on Cleantech and Wellness, the company uses either their patent protected nanomaterials plasma production or nanoporous materials platform technology to develop IP that enhances the performance and improves the competitive position of their clients' products.

Nanobio & Medicine Isogenica

The company specializes in providing protein engineering to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for the discovery, identification and design of new peptide, polypeptide, protein and antibody compounds using their proprietary technology.

Materials Keeling & Walker

Manufacturer of a range of nanoparticulate powders and dispersions.

Products & Instruments KP Technology

KP Technology is an award-winning company that designs and manufactures Kelvin Probe systems for work function and surface potential measurements. The company supplies state-of-the-art equipment and consultancy services to innovative companies and research institutes throughout the world.

Products & Instruments Labocon

Labocon is a Laboratory Equipment manufacturer which provides a comprehensive array of products for Life Science Research, quality control & Testing Laboratories. The product range includes Autoclave, Shaker, Shaking Incubator, Centrifuge, Spectrophotometer, Freezer, Freeze Dryer, Furnace, Microplate Reader, Particle Size Analyzer, Environmental Chamber, Bath & Circulators etc.

Products & Instruments LEL Group

Founded by several European chemical manufacturers LEL Group is a distributor for speciality chemicals and minerals, including a range of nanopowders, in Europe.

Materials Levidian

The company's patented technology uses waste gas to produce a continuous flow of high grade, low-cost green graphene and hydrogen.

Products & Instruments Linkam Scientific Instruments

Linkam develops and manufactures a broad range of heating and freezing stages for both OEM and end users to visualize and explore materials properties. Used in conjunction with light microscopes and other forms of spectroscopy, Linkam stages are found in thousands of laboratories worldwide with the most successful heating/freezing stage, the THMS600, selling over 3000 units alone.

Materials Liquids Research

Offers a wide range of ferrofluids in which the magnetic nanoparticles are one of a variety of ferrites or transition metals, such as iron and cobalt.

Products & Instruments Lucideon

Lucideon is a leading international provider of materials development, testing and assurance.

Materials Materials Technologies Research MTR Limited

Producer of fullerenes.

Materials Metalchemy

A green nanotechnology start-up whose mission is to develop sustainable products using their patented green manufacturing process for metallic nanoparticles.

Products & Instruments Mi-Net

Mi-Net Technologiey is a scientific distributor of advanced materials, components and instruments for research and industry.

Products & Instruments Micromaterials

Development, manufacture and marketing of nanomechanical testing instruments for research and quality assurance.

Products & Instruments Mir Enterprises

Mir Enterprises was established in 2006 as a cutting-edge service provider in the micro, nano and thin film device technologies.

Products & Instruments MOF Technologies

The company is working with key industry partners to develop the commercial application of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).

Products & Instruments Molymem

Molymem develops functional two-dimensional molybdenum disulphide coatings that upgrade conventional microfiltration membranes to nanofiltration performance for water and wastewater treatment.

Services NANOARC

Nanotechnology and deep-tech company developing and consulting on nanoengineered systems, advanced nanomaterials, quantum technologies and sustainability applications.

Products & Instruments NanoBeam

NanoBeam has developed breakthrough technology to produce high performance and cost effective electron beam lithography tools.

Materials Nanoco Technologies Limited

Develops and manufactures fluorescent quantum dots from semi-conductor and metallic materials.

Services NanoLandGlobal

Nanotechnology company and network focused on nano-enabled solutions for sustainability, pollution reduction, clean energy and societal challenges.

Products & Instruments NanoMagnetics Instruments

A manufacturer of Scanning Probe Microscopes and measurement systems.

Products & Instruments Nanomation

University of Cambridge start-up developing nanoscale-optimised location software and automated device fabrication technology for working with nanowires and nanomaterials.

Services NanoScope

A service lab offering FIB (focused ion beam) and other microscopy services to NanoResearchers who do not have their own equipment - for the purposes of direct nano-fabrication of devices for test and analysis.

Nanobio & Medicine NanoSyrinx

A synthetic biology company developing Nanosyringes, genetically encoded bacterial injection systems that deliver protein and peptide therapeutics directly into the cytosol of targeted cells.

Nanobio & Medicine nanoTherics

nanoTherics Ltd was formed in August 2007 to exploit a novel gene transfection technology arising from biomedical research at Keele University and the University of Florida. The patented technology uses nanoparticles and magnetic fields to facilitate the delivery of foreign DNA into living cells.

Products & Instruments Nexeon

Nexeon has patented a unique way of structuring silicon so that it delivers extended cycle life and significantly increases battery capacity. In contrast to carbon, Nexeon's silicon anode materials have a much higher capacity for lithium and as a result are capable of almost ten times the gravimetre capacity per gram (mAh/g).

Products & Instruments Nikalyte

Nikalyte Ltd is a leading supplier of various nanoparticles coatings for R&D and commercialization in a wide variety of application areas including cell binding, cell separation, drug delivery, catalysis, metamaterials, nano-photonics, electrochemistry, and batteries.

Products & Instruments NuNano

The company specializes in the design and manufacture of probes for atomic force microscopy and cantilever-based sensor devices.

Materials Ossila

Ossila was founded by organic electronics research scientists with the aim of providing the components, equipment and materials (including nanomaterials such as fullerenes) to enable faster and smarter research and discovery.

Products & Instruments OXECO

OXECO is an Oxford University spin-out developing ultra-thin surface coatings that enhance material performance for purification, bioprocessing, and advanced manufacturing, using proprietary chemistry to support cleaner, scalable industrial innovation.

Products & Instruments Oxford Instruments

Oxford Instruments specialises in the design, manufacture and support of high-technology tools and systems for industry, research, education, space, energy, defence and healthcare. The company's Our aim is to be the leading provider of tools and systems for the emerging nanotechnology and bioscience markets.

Products & Instruments Oxford Nanoimaging

Life sciences company and Oxford spin-out developing super-resolution microscopy platforms including the Nanoimager and Aplo systems for single-molecule and nanoparticle imaging.

Nanobio & Medicine Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd is developing nanopore technology, a revolutionary method of molecular detection and analysis with potential applications in DNA sequencing, diagnostics, drug development and defence.

Products & Instruments Oxford nanoSystems

Develops advanced nano-coating and surface technologies for heat transfer, materials innovation and electrolysis applications.

Products & Instruments Oxford PV

University of Oxford spin-out commercialising perovskite-on-silicon solar cell technology to improve photovoltaic performance.

Products & Instruments Oxsensis

The company designs high temperature optical and opto-mechanical structures in materials such as sapphire and silicon, including membranes, waveguides and fluorescence structures.

Nanobio & Medicine OxSonics

Medical technology company developing the SonoTran platform, using injectable particles and ultrasound to enhance delivery of oncology drugs into solid tumours.

Products & Instruments P2i

Applies molecular-level protective nano-coatings to electronics at OEM scale; its covalently bonded barriers are nanometres thick and designed to protect devices without changing form factor.

Materials Paragraf

The company produces large area graphene to the highest quality, beyond current industry standards, through our combined expertise in thin film materials production, solid state structure processing and novel material product application.

Products & Instruments Paraytec

Manufacturers of the ActiPix™ range of capillary-based UV absorbance detectors and spectrophotometers for applications including monitoring nanoscale biocatalytic reactions and measuring molecular size of both small molecules and biomolecules.

Materials Perpetuus Advanced Materials

An advanced material manufacturer primarily focused on surface engineered carbon structures such as graphene and carbon nanotubes. Perpetuus has developed and is commercializing a process for producing industrial scale, cost effective, surface engineered advanced materials, commencing with graphene.

Products & Instruments Phase Focus

Phase Focus is bringing to market a range of products and services based on its proprietary Phase Focus Virtual Lens - a disruptive technology that is revolutionising the performance of imaging instrumentation and bringing new user value to a wide range of analytical applications from stain-free cell imaging and quantitative electron phase microscopy to ophthalmic lens metrology and beyond. By eliminating the need for conventional focussing devices, the Virtual Lens enables new applications and novel analytical capabilities in markets as diverse as life sciences and semiconductor process control, and in multiple wavelength regimes - visible light, X-ray, electron, and more.

Products & Instruments Pilkington Glass

Manufactures the Pilkington Activ glass range which has a special nanoscale coating of titanium oxide particles which react with sunlight.

Materials Promethean Particles

This spin-out company from the University of Nottingham has developed a unique reactor technology to allow unprecedented product control and flexibility in inorganic nanoparticle dispersion manufacture.

Products & Instruments Quorum Technologies

The company is active in in electron microscopy coating and cryogenic preparation.

Materials ShimyaTech

The company provides bespoke functionalized non-metallic and metallic nanoparticles along with consultancy and technical training services.

Nanobio & Medicine Sirakoss

The company has developed synthetic, nanostructured bone graft substitutes that will revolutionize the treatment of bone defects and fusions.

Products & Instruments SmartIR

SmartIR develops switchable graphene-based coatings and tile systems for dynamic infrared and thermal-radiation control, targeting satellite thermal management and defence applications.

Nanobio & Medicine SPARTA Biodiscovery

Imperial College London spin-out developing and commercialising SPARTA single-particle analysis technology for characterising nanoparticles and nanoformulations.

Products & Instruments SPTS Technologies

SPTS Technologies is a leading manufacturer of plasma etch and deposition and thermal processing equipment for the semiconductor industry.

Products & Instruments Surface Technology Systems

Surface Technology Systems is a leading provider of specialist plasma etch and deposition systems to customers in the MEMS, Optoelectronic, Compound Semiconductor, Wafer Level Packaging and Thin Film Head industries.

Products & Instruments Surrey Nanosystems

Surrey NanoSystems produces advanced Carbon Nanotube processing tools and recipes.

Products & Instruments Syrris

Syrris creates automated products for research and development chemists and is a world leader in flow chemistry, microreactor and automation technology. Syrris products are used in a wide variety of applications and laboratories including process, discovery, crystallization, process safety, scale-up and many more.

Products & Instruments Taylor-Hobson

Taylor Hobson is an ultra-precision technology company operating at the highest levels of accuracy within the field of surface and form metrology. They provide contact and non-contact measurement solutions to the most demanding applications.

Products & Instruments Teer Coatings

Teer Coatings Ltd. is a specialist PVD (Physical Vapour Deposition) coating company, consisting of three main parts: the design and manufacture of a wide range of coating deposition equipment, test equipment and magnetrons; commercial coating services; and R&D - both contract and in house.

Products & Instruments Tetronics

Tetronics Tetronics is one of the leading manufacturers and suppliers of High Temperature DC Plasma arc technology. The company has been active in the field of nanopowder production for the last 20 years and has a wealth of knowledge in this exciting growth area. The high temperatures and steep thermal gradients present in the plasma hot zone, combined with the inherently clean, controllable nature of plasma makes it ideal for the production of a vast range of metallic, composite and ceramic nanopowders.

Materials Thomas Swan

An established supplier of carbon nanotubes with a reputation for quality and reliability. Supplies multi-kg quantities of few layer graphene nanoplatelets and also non-carbon 2D materials such as boron nitride and molybdenum disulphide.

Products & Instruments Upperton

Upperton Limited is a privately owned company that specialises in the development of novel micro and nanoparticles for the pharmaceutical and other industries.

Products & Instruments Watercycle Technologies

Watercycle Technologies develops modular membrane-based systems for direct lithium extraction, critical-mineral recovery and water treatment; a spin-out from the University of Manchester.

Materials William Blythe

A specialty chemicals manufacturer that also supplies graphene oxide as dispersion, powder or flakes.

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