SMART GRIDS What Are Smart Grids  |  Why Choose Smart Grids?

a Window of Opportunity for Nanotechnology Development
» Why Choose Smart Grids™ ?

» Preparation

• Enhances and simplifies sample preparation.
• Accommodates multiple processing steps.

» Features

• Unmatched chemical, thermal, and physical stability.
• Wafer-level processing and handling possible.
• Rich surface chemistry of SiO2 can be used to modify or functionalize the grid surface for a wide range of applications.
  • Hydrophobic and hydrophilic coatings
  • Covalent attachment of wide range of materials and biological species through linkage chemistry.
  • Can emulate a wide range of materials: oxides, nitrides, polymers, self-assembled monolayers.

» Applications

• Process Development

• Evaporation, Atomic layer deposition (ALD), Sputtering, Spin-on coatings, CVD, PACVD, PVD, MBE, nanomaterial deposition.
• Combinatorial materials synthesis.
• Fundamental Research
  • Nucleation, growth, and organization of monolayers and multilayers.
  • Defect formation including dislocations, pinholes, grain boundary effects.
• Complementary, Multi-technique Platform for:
  • Surface analysis: XPS, Auger, SIMS, AFM, STM, SEM, EELS, SERS.
  • Electrical and optical measurements.
  • Biological assays.