Zyvex Labs along with Professor Reza Moheimani (UT Dallas), has won a Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) award to develop and commercialize Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS)-based Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) scanners. The kick-off meeting for this and other DOE SBIR and STTR programs will be held in Washington DC on August 9-10. Dr. James H. G. Owen, director of the Atomically Precise Manufacturing (APM) Division at Zyvex Labs will discuss our program “High Speed Platform for Highly Parallel STM lithography and Hierarchical Assembly” and talk about commercialization plans with the DOE. This program is a complement to Professory Moheimani’s DOE program “A Platform Technology for High-throughput Atomically Precise Manufacturing: Mechatronics at the Atomic Scale” which is also just starting and has Zyvex Labs as a subcontractor.

The ability to produce small, fast, and accurate nanopositioning will be exploited to enable various processes in Atomically Precise Manufacturing including, lithography and hierarchical assembly of atomically precise parts into more complex systems. We will also explore other operations such as inspection and metrology that can benefit from highly-parallel, high-speed and high-accuracy MEMS systems. Zyvex Labs is excited to continue our already very beneficial interactions with Professor Moheimani who brings a wealth of experience and world-class expertise in automation and control at the micro and nanoscale.

Zyvex Lab’s ZyVector™ Control system provides the world’s highest (sub-nm) resolution lithography technology. Click here for more information.

The Zyvex Creep and Hysteresis Correction Controller is a live tip position control for fast settling times after landing, and precise motion across the surface. Click here for more information.