Nanophase Technologies Corporation

Use of Nanocrystalline Ceria in EUV Lithography Optics Polishing

Murray P.G., Böhm T., Maltor H., Nanophase Technologies Corporation, US

EUV lithography promises a huge gain in resolution due to the extremely short wavelength. The necessity of aspherical off-axis mirrors dramatically increased the challenge of manufacture compared to refractive designs. Due to the short wavelength [...]

Nanoparticle Surface Treatments – Application Tailored Interfaces

Brotzman Jr. R.W., Murray P.G., Cayton R.H., Nanophase Technologies Corporation, US

Nanophase Technologies Corporation has developed new surface treatment technologies for nanoparticles. The new surface treatments may be applied to a wide range of nanoparticle types and chemistries and enable the nanoparticle interface to be tailored [...]

The Impact of Nano-Materials on UV-Protective Coatings

Cayton R.H., Sawitowski T., Nanophase Technologies Corporation, US

UV-protective, nanocomposite coatings are made by embedding nanocrystalline zinc oxide particles in a polymer matrix. The benefits accrued by incorporating nanoparticles into a polymer matrix become economically driven when several advantageous properties are obtained simultaneously, [...]

The Impact of Nano-Materials on Coating Technologies

Cayton R.H., Sawitowski T., Nanophase Technologies Corporation, US

Nanocomposite coatings are made by embedding nanocrystalline metal oxide particles in a polymer matrix. The benefits accrued by incorporating nanoparticles into a polymer matrix become economically driven when several advantageous properties are obtained simultaneously, compared [...]

Nanocrystalline Mixed Metal Oxides Novel Oxygen Storage Materials

Sarkas H., Murray P.G., Fay A., Brotzman Jr. R.W., Nanophase Technologies Corporation, US

Nanophase Technologies Corporation employs a new physical vapor synthesis technique to manufacture ceria-based mixed rare earth oxide nanomaterials. The mixed rare earth oxide nanoparticles are dense, discrete crystals. The compositions are solid solutions that remain [...]

Nanoparticle Dispersions for Polishing Applications

Murray P.G., Nanophase Technologies Corporation, US

Increasingly, improvements in surface roughness and planarity are being sought in a variety of technologically advanced polishing applications related to the electronics industry. From the production of photomask blanks to the fabrication of microelectronic memory [...]

Nanoparticle Composites for Coating Applications

Cayton R.H., Nanophase Technologies Corporation, US

Nanoparticles can be incorporated into polymeric coatings to enable significant improvement in targeted properties, i.e., scratch resistance, UV resistance, conductivity, etc. Commercial processing methods have been developed to surface treat nanoparticles to render compatibility between [...]