Scienta Omicron and Zyvex Labs announce a collaboration to develop and distribute tools for research and manufacturing that require atomic precision. The ZyVector STM Control System from Zyvex Labs turns Scienta Omicron STMs into an atomically-precise scanned-probe lithography tools, and will be distributed world-wide by Scienta Omicron.Scienta Omicron brings together the two leading innovators in Surface Science – the former VG Scienta and Omicron NanoTechnology. This exciting new company creates new capabilities for the research community by combining the technology leaders in electron spectroscopy, scanning probe microscopy and thin film deposition. These capabilities are available in custom tailored systems from one source with sales and service groups located in all major markets around the world.

Zyvex Labs LLC pursues the vision to develop Atomically Precise Manufacturing (APM). Recently, Zyvex Labs has developed ZyVector TM for automated STM Lithography to enable users to create quantum computers and other transformational systems that require atomic precision. By pairing it with Scienta Omicron STMs, unmatched lithography will be possible, with much higher reproducibility and throughput, scaling up from research level patt erning towards APM. See more at www.zyvexlabs.com

Capabilities:
ZyVector TM automates the process of performing Hydrogen Depassivation Lithography (HDL), using an STM tip to remove H atoms from a surface. It can write arbitrary patterns defined in a vector or a bitmap format. Patterns can be written using a lithography pixel defined by the atomic lattice. As well as developing ZyVector TM as a tool for atomically precise patterning on small scale, researchers at Zyvex Labs are leveraging its capabilities to create nano-functional devices on the micrometer scale. ZyVector TM therefore opens up new possibiliti es to scale up SPM based lithography by setting new standards in reproducibility, automation, thermal drift and piezo creep compensation.