Nanotechnology Companies in the USA

Develops and sells patented high performance, injection-molded nanospray devices for mass spectrometry applications in drug discovery, clinical diagnostics and homeland security.

A commercial analytical laboratory specializing in solving production and failure analysis problems through chemical analysis and materials characterization.

Reticle and photomask manufacturing solutions.

Picarro produces ultra-trace gas analyzers for environmental monitoring, automotive emission testing and high-tech manufacturing. Picarro's Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS) instruments are setting new standards for sensitivity, speed, selectivity and ease-of-use in trace gas detection for monitoring greenhouse gases, reducing diesel emissions, advancing semiconductor manufacturing, and improving petrochemical processing.

PIE Scientific specializes in developing plasma sources and their applications in electron and ion beam technologies. The company's unique smartClean technology will autonomously keep your electron and ion microscopes or other vacuum system free of hydrocarbon contamination. They also build customized high brightness plasma ion sources for microfabrication, neutron generator, accelerator applications.

The company develops unique and proprietary materials that improve the performance of integrated circuits, renewable energy systems, and specialty materials.

Planar Energy Devices is a venture backed technology company that designs and manufactures high energy density "solid state" thin-film and large format batteries for commercial and OEM applications.

The company designs and manufactures Plasma Etching systems. Plasma etching technology offers a wide range of cost-effective, safe, and environmentally sound solutions to problems faced by manufacturers in the electronic, industrial, medical, and solar panel sectors.

Plasma-Therm is a supplier of advanced plasma process equipment that caters to various specialty markets including photomask, solid state lighting, thin film head and compound semiconductor. Plasma-Therm offers both dry etch and PECVD technologies.

Plasmaterials, Inc. is a leader in providing high purity materials for all types of thin film applications. Whether the requirement is for large area, single piece, enhanced design, base metal alloys for architectural glass coating, or high purity semiconductor alloys, Plasmaterials can provide state-of-the-art materials to meet the most demanding needs. Through an extensive manufacturing and supply network, Plasmaterials, Inc. produces and markets a full range of products for R&D, pilot and full-scale production. Materials for such diverse applications as Architecture Glass, Microelectronics, Display Technology, Transparent Conductive Coating, Packaging, and Decorative Coatings to name a few, are all produced to exact specifications.

The company develops, produces and markets nanotechnologies for the life sciences. They produce a variety of nano-structured surfaces for use in research and are also developing a range of products that derive from a proprietary platform technology using liquid crystals for the rapid detection of molecular interactions.

POET Technologies is the developer of a platform that will power the next wave of innovation in integrated circuits, by combining electronics and optics onto a single chip for massive improvements in size, power, speed and cost. By integrating optics and electronics onto one monolithic chip, POET will provide its customers with a rebirth for Moore?s Law and usher in a new wave of innovation in integrated circuits.

Specialists in Atomic-Force Microscopy for Nanotechnology and Materials R&D.

The company is specialized in developing cutting-edge nanoparticle technologies for the development of targeted drug delivery systems.

A provider of polymer products, services and solutions including nanocomposites and nanscale compounds.

Manufactures monomer and polymer products including gold nanoparticles and a line of precision microparticles useful for measurement in nanotechnology applications.

Porifera Inc. was founded with the goal of developing membranes with vastly superior permeability, durability, and selectivity for water purification and other applications such as carbon sequestration. The company's vision is to use carbon nanotubes to improve membrane performance, enabling affordable and plentiful fresh drinking water worldwide.

A law firm with expertise in IP law relevant to nanotechnology. Publishes the Nanotechnology Law Report blog.

Powdermet specializes in modifying powder and particulate surfaces through applying metal and ceramic coatings onto particulate matrices. The company designs, develops, and manufactures metal and ceramic nanoengineered fine powders and particulates using fluidized bed surface modification technology.

PPG is actively involved in nanotechnology, from Research & Development to the commercialization of several products that either contain nanoparticles within a polymeric matrix structure or are formed as nanostructured films on a substrate by physical or chemical vapor deposition processes.