Nanolithography System features active pen technology.
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Active(TM) Pen Array transforms NSCRIPTOR System into multi-pen plotter for nanoscale. Each probe in array is addressable and able to move individually in Z-direction while scanning and writing. Active Pen includes microfabricated pens, electronics and interconnect modules, and alignment software. Each pen array consists of 8-pen configuration, having 6 central writing pens and 2 flanking reader probes. InkCAD(TM) v3.0 software facilitates nanoscale tip-to-tip alignment.
Original Press Release:
NanoInk Releases Product Upgrade for NSCRIPTOR(TM) System: Active(TM) Pen Arrays
(CHICAGO, Illinois - November 3, 2004) NanoInk's newest product includes the Active Pen Array. This capability builds on the revolutionary technology of Dip Pen Nanolithography(TM) (DPN(TM)), a process of writing nanoscale patterns of molecular "ink" onto a sample substrate via a coated SPM tip. Active Pen technology transforms the NSCRIPTOR system into a multi-pen plotter for the nanoscale. Each probe in an array is addressable and is able to move individually, in the Z-direction while scanning and writing.
NanoInk's new Active Pen offering includes 3 main parts: the microfabricated pens, electronics & interconnect modules, and new alignment software. Each pen array consists of an 8-pen configuration, having 6 central writing pens and 2 flanking reader probes (see attached photo). NSCRIPTOR's software platform, InkCAD(TM) v.3.0, provides enhanced capability for nanoscale tip-to-tip alignment.
While multi-probe arrays represent a powerful scaling-up of the DPN process, Active Pens provide the user the ability to write more complex nanoscale patterns. Scalable throughput means that the NSCRIPTOR system can function as a rapid prototyping tool for nanomaterials discovery.
Matching Inkwell(TM) arrays compliment the Active Pens, which are developed for "inking" the pen arrays (i.e., dipping). These microfabricated arrays of wells are placed into the NSCRIPTOR system for pen array dipping, also controlled via NanoInk's InkCAD software.
About NanoInk, Inc.
NanoInk's mission is to become the world leader in nanometer-scale manufacturing and applications development. Because of its unmatched flexibility, high resolution, accuracy, scalability and low cost, NanoInk's integrated, bottom-up technology allows the development of new or improved products that would have been impossible or cost-prohibitive to create in the past. Near-term applications of DPN will be focusing on nanoscale additive repair, nanoscale brand protection, and rapid prototyping. NanoInk continues to build its robust intellectual property portfolio - which includes several patents issued in the U.S. and Taiwan and in-licensing agreements with Northwestern University, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, and Stanford University - by filing over 100 patent applications worldwide.
NanoInk Contact Information:
NanoInk, Inc.
Ray Eby, Ph.D.
VP of Product Development
1335 W Randolph St
Chicago, IL 60607 USA
Phone: 312-525-2885
Fax: 312-525-2972
www.nanoink.net
info@nanoink.net
