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Equipment Suppliers for Nanofabrication – Worldwide
4M2C Patric Salomon GmbH, April 2004, Pages: 90
This review on Equipment Suppliers for Nanofabrication classifies the production equipment used for nanotechnology-based products into four subgroups:
- top down
- bottom up
- nanoparticle processing
- nanotube production
The top down and bottom up approaches are mainly equipment oriented, whilst, Molecular Self Assembly, nanoparticle and nanotube production are process oriented.
In this context, the top-down and bottom-up nanotechnology equipment was found to have benefited from the available equipment infrastructure which is extensively used for semiconductor lithography and deposition as well as the ample availability of Scanning Probe Microscopes.
The development of processes for the production of nanoparticles is, to date, mainly carried-out in-house as there is limited equipment availability on the market, although this field benefits from the experience derived from the chemical/physical process equipment market.
The investigation has also found that with six main contenders offering capabilities in nanoimprinting, this section of the market is well covered.
Additionally, it is concluded in the review that the most promising application for dip-pen technology will be for the deposition of bioactive materials, which cannot be deposited or structured using the harsh techniques of thin film processing.
In contrast, bottom up nanotechnology is the least developed area of nanotechnology.
To benefit commercially from the ability to manipulate atoms and molecules at the atomic scale, a basic understanding of the processes at such a scale is needed.
Bottom up technology is also struggling with the needed combination of nanoscale precision and volume demand.
This difficulty is clearly seen with Scanning Probe Microscopy, when used as nano-manipulation tools.
Regarding nano-particles or fullerenes, the current core enabler was found by the reviewers to be the process. Thus, process knowledge and not equipment is, currently, the most important differentiator among suppliers.
In this context, the major differentiator between the suppliers will be the ownership of equipment and processes, which are used to produce large quantities of nanotubes at low cost and with high purity.
The industry review on equipment suppliers for nanofabrication has more than 90 pages, which include 10 tables, 13 figures, and 44 company profiles.
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