Nanotechnology in Italy - companies, research, and degree programs

BeDimensional produces graphene and other two-dimensional crystals on an industrial scale.

Directa Plus is a technology company pursuing the development and marketing of innovative manufacturing processes for the production of graphene. Their G+ is a continuous, simple and scalable manufacturing process which leads to products based on graphene with its specific technical characteristics.

HiQ-Nano is a nanotechnology oriented company arisen from Italian Institute of Technology, focused on the design, fabrication and characterization of high-quality nanoparticles. The company exploits its strong scientific expertise in nanofabrication, nanobiotechnology and material science to satisfy the demanding needs of both academic research and industrially oriented applications. HiQ-Nano provides highly monodispersed and stable nanoparticles, with a low batch-to-batch variability, accurately characterized for their shape, size distribution, charge, and agglomeration state.

Producer of nanopowders such as nanostructured metal alloys, ceramics and metal-ceramics nanocomposites, polymeric alloys, fillers and nanostructured additives.

The company's RiboLace micro- and nanoparticle technology is embedded in two products: for better RNA-seq experiments and for better Ribosome Profiling experiments.

The biomedical division of Linari Engineering offers electrospinning devices, and bioreactors and incubators for cell cultures.

Silicon Biosystems has developed a set of proprietary solutions called lab-on-a-chip technologies, targeted at miniaturized cell-biology testing. Silicon Biosystems exploits the microelectronics potential in order to produce miniaturized cellular biology laboratories.

A.P.E. Research develops and produces very high-resolution probe microscopes (SPM), systems and instrumentation for surface and condensed matter physics.

The company manufactures state-of-the-art instruments using optical and electrooptical technology for scientific and industrial applications. Key target areas are: fluorescence microscopy and spectroscopy.

The company designs and fabricates vacuum equipment for thin film deposition in nanotechnology, renewable energy, telecommunications, micro electronics, optical instrumentation, and automotive. Their most important products are: Sputtering System, ARC-PVD System, PECVD System, In-line System, RIE System, E-Beam Thermal Evaporation, and Gas Sensor Testing System.

Kolzer manufactures and supplies vacuum treatment plants and is a market leader in the high-vacuum treatment field with over 900 units currently operating worldwide. Kolzer produces a complete range of machinery, offering different types of processes: metallization, sputtering, plasma and PE-CVD.

Producer of nanomaterial enhanced semifinished and finished products for applications in a number of fields such as structural sections, electrical devices, engine and aerospace components, consumer accessories, biomedical prosthesis.

The company develops, produces, and commercializes nano-based materials for the industries and the research.

SCRIBA Nanotecnologie Srl is a knowledge-intensive company with expertise in nanofabrication and processing of multifunctional materials. Scriba Nanotecnologie also develops identification, anticounterfeit, security and health products based on nanotechnology.

The technology employed by Tethis for the production of nanostructured materials - nanostructured thin films - is based on a Pulsed Microplasma Cluster Source (PMCS) that was developed and patented by three of Tethis' co-founders.

Xenia is an engineering company that makes innovative products using polymer based materials combined with the latest scientific and nanotechnology methods.

(website in Italian) Nanodiagnostics is a scientific consulting firm in the areas of medicine, industry and ecology. Its main activity is the discovery and measurement of micro and nanoparticle in products, foods, pharamaceuticals, cosmetics etc.