Nanotechnology Products, Applications & Instruments

Manufacturing processes or solar cells, semiconductors, DVDs and thermally insulated glass, as well as for coating high-stress mechanical tools or eyeglasses represent only a few examples of applications for vacuum technology. Vacuum also plays a major role in research & development and environmental technology, as well as in the analytical and automotive industries. For Pfeiffer Vacuum, a leading manufacturer of components and systems for vacuum generation, measurement and analysis, this results in a steady stream of new applications and markets that offer high growth potential.

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.

Develops high-resolution wavefront sensors based on quadriwave lateral shearing interferometry for optical metrology and quantitative phase imaging.

PHASIS is a spin-off company of the University of Geneva, which is a renowned academic research institution in the fields of thin film technology, and ferroelectric and superconducting materials. PHASIS activities are concentrated on the production and distribution of gold substrates, epitaxial gold thin films and epitaxial PZT thin films for both academic and industrial research, and practical applications.

Phenomenex is a leading provider of advanced technology solutions for chromatographic techniques in the areas of sample preparation, high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) and gas chromatography (GC).

PHIX Photonics Assembly is an independent packaging and assembly contract manufacturer for photonic integrated circuits. It specializes in hybrid chip-to-chip and fiber-to-chip integration across silicon nitride, silicon photonics, indium phosphide and lithium niobate platforms.

Phoebus Optoelectronics LLC is a small business leader in the technology fields of metamaterials, photonic crystals and plasmonic crystals. Phoebus Optoelectronics brings together expert scientists and engineers who specialize in advanced optical modeling and design, nano/micro fabrication and device testing.

Phononic develops solid-state thermoelectric semiconductor chips and integrated cooling and heating products. Its devices replace mechanical compressors in applications spanning optoelectronics and data-center thermal management, cold-chain fulfillment, and other cooling systems.

Photon etc. is at the forefront of optical technology, developing hyperspectral imaging and Bragg grating spectroscopic instruments that work from ultraviolet to infrared. Founded in 2002 by Sébastien Blais-Ouellette, then a Researcher at the California Institute of Technology, Photon etc. is both a research and development company and a specialized manufacturer of photonic measurement and analysis instruments.

The company provides high-quality specialty materials and equipment that are tailored to customer specifications in for thin-film and nanotechnology applications.

Photonics Precision Engineering provides optical engineering, optical design, simulation, prototyping and system-development services for applications including laser processing, machine vision, biophotonics, lithography and meta-optics.

Reticle and photomask manufacturing solutions.

Photronics MZD manufactures photomasks for semiconductor production, optoelectronics, microsystems and optical applications at its Dresden site.

Manufacturer of Nanopositioning and Scanning Stages for Bio/Nanotechnology, 3D Imaging, High-Resolution Microscopy and Surface Metrology/Materials Research.

Picarro produces ultra-trace gas analyzers for environmental monitoring, automotive emission testing and high-tech manufacturing. Picarro's Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS) instruments are setting new standards for sensitivity, speed, selectivity and ease-of-use in trace gas detection for monitoring greenhouse gases, reducing diesel emissions, advancing semiconductor manufacturing, and improving petrochemical processing.

PicoQuant develops time-resolved electro-optical instrumentation and systems and is a leading company in the field of picosecond diode lasers and time-resolved fluorescence systems.

PIE Scientific specializes in developing plasma sources and their applications in electron and ion beam technologies. The company's unique smartClean technology will autonomously keep your electron and ion microscopes or other vacuum system free of hydrocarbon contamination. They also build customized high brightness plasma ion sources for microfabrication, neutron generator, accelerator applications.

Development, design and engineering of piezo, piezo electrical actuator based positioning systems for micro- and nanopositioning and nano-automation.

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

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) integrated on photonic chips for quantum computing, secure communication and microscopy.

The company develops unique and proprietary materials that improve the performance of integrated circuits, renewable energy systems, and specialty materials.

Planar Energy Devices is a venture backed technology company that designs and manufactures high energy density "solid state" thin-film and large format batteries for commercial and OEM applications.

PLANSEE is the leading manufacturer of planar and rotary targets for thin film solar cells (CIS, CIGS, CdTe). Important functional layers are manufactured from these targets into the solar cells.

The company designs and manufactures Plasma Etching systems. Plasma etching technology offers a wide range of cost-effective, safe, and environmentally sound solutions to problems faced by manufacturers in the electronic, industrial, medical, and solar panel sectors.

Plasma-Therm is a supplier of advanced plasma process equipment that caters to various specialty markets including photomask, solid state lighting, thin film head and compound semiconductor. Plasma-Therm offers both dry etch and PECVD technologies.