Emerging as a startup from the University of Basel, Nanosurf is today a leading company offering innovative solutions for nanoscale metrology in life sciences, material sciences, and industry. The talk highlights the history and successes of Nanosurf over the last 25 years, and shows how scanning probe microscopes have turned into a widely used tool to visualize nanoscale phenomena, that...
Controlling light with electrical signals is one of the most critical functions in a photonic integrated circuit for optical communication, sensing, and switching. Lumiphase develops and manufactures photonic chips powered by a unique BTO Pockels technology. The BTO material properties translate into electro-optical modulation functionalities with benefits in cost, speed, transparency,...
In the talk, current application examples of nanotechnology in furniture lacquers will be presented. The high demands on furniture surfaces can be achieved by using nanoscale particles in furniture lacquers. These nanocomposite lacquers are characterised by excellent mechanical and viscoelastic properties. Among other things, scratch and abrasion resistance are improved and chemical resistance...
The unique mechanical and thermal properties of glass, combined with transparency, electromagnetic immunity and biocompatibility, significantly enrich the possibilities of micro and nanofabrication in high-tech industrial fields, from Photonics to Life Sciences, from Medicine to Quantum. However, the capability to miniaturize complex glass shapes with the required precision still represents a...
Rolic is a cutting-edge technology firm, subsidiary of BASF and headquartered near Basel. The company develops and sells functional materials for display, optical and opto-electrical applications. Using its patent-protected LCMO (Light Controlled Molecular Orientation) technology, Rolic can manipulate surfaces on a nanoscale level using polarized light to produce distinctive optical effects by...
Dectris emerged from one of the most significant experiments in particle physics: the CMS experiment. PSIs visionary efforts to transfer the detection technology to a company made photon counting detectors available to a broader scientific community. In my talk, I will elaborate on the impact this has made on structural analysis in life or material science, as well as plasma spectroscopy in...
Cathodoluminescence (CL) has been around even before the advent of electron microscopy and is well known for its capability to detect crystallographic defects in compound semiconductors at the nanometer scale. At the same time, CL is also well known to be a sometimes difficult to use laboratory technology. During this presentation we will look into key aspects between a lab and a fab...
The range of applications for t-SPL is broad, spanning from ultra-high resolution 2D
and 3D patterning, to chemical and physical modification of matter at the nanoscale.
Nanometer-precise markerless overlay and non-invasiveness to sensitive materials are among
the key strengths of the technology. Overlay is shown to work with sub-5nm precision
even for nanowires and 2D material flakes that...
X-rays offer unrivaled insights into intricate samples with their high penetration and sensitivity, necessitating constant X-ray-optics advancement. Nanostructured-diffractive-optics, facilitated by recent nanotechnology, have catalyzed major scientific discoveries in premier research-facilities. Utilizing nanolithography techniques like electron-beam-nanolithography, two-photon...
Hard coatings produced by physical vapour deposition (PVD) are used in a wide range of applications. Coated cutting tools for instance enable more severe cutting conditions and/or longer life, resulting in lower cost per workpiece.
The development and improvement of such coatings can involve combinatorial approaches, but is still usually done through conventional trial and error....
In the context of ultraflexible scalable nanosensors I will present several combinations of ferroelectric polymer transducers based on P(VDF:TrFE) with organic thinfilm transistors (OTFTs) fabricated on (ultra)flexible substrates for tactile pressure sensing, proximity detection, pulse rate as well as blood pressure monitoring.
After presenting the basics of our printed ferroelectric sensor...
Aggressive & Treatment Resistant cancers that metastasize kill > 90 % of cancer patients. Until now there have been no diagnostics to detect the tumors’ ability to metastasize. ARTIDIS can address this unmet need and improve cancer care. The ARTIDIS Imaging System, based on Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), provides quantitative measurements of tissues’ Nanomechanical Signature. The...
