Keithley enters nanotechnology partnership with CNSI
-- Test & Measurement World, 10/2/2007 3:06:00 PM
Keithley Instruments and the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA are teaming up to support research collaboration in the pursuit of nanotechnology and nanoscience solutions for the semiconductor industry’s next-generation instrumentation and measurement requirements.
Keithley is an associate partner in the CNSI Partners Program, which supports the institute’s efforts to cultivate collaborations with companies interested in supporting its mission to enable rapid commercialization of discoveries in nanosystems. As a partner, Keithley will work closely with CNSI faculty members to advance important research initiatives. The company will also provide expert technical support and expects to be instrumental in collaborative research.
A variety of Keithley instruments, such as the Model 4200-SCS semiconductor characterization system used in nanotech research facilities worldwide, will be used for collaborative research in the Western Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) and the center on Functional Engineered Nano Architectonics (FENA) at the CNSI facility.
“Keithley brings to our facility advanced measurement capabilities that will help move our research forward,” said Kang Wang, Professor of Electrical Engineering at UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and Director of both WIN and FENA Centers. “It’s sensitive test technology is well-suited for applications such as current voltage characterization of carbon nanotube electronics, molecular electronics, nanoscale field effect devices, and materials research.”
WIN, a center within the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI), together with FENA, a center within the Focus Center Research Program (FCRP), are both semiconductor industry-funded centers and work to create and investigate new nano-engineered functional materials and devices, as well as novel structural and computational architectures for new information processing systems beyond the limits of conventional CMOS technology.
“Keithley chose to work with CNSI and the WIN/FENA organizations because of their world-class team of scientists with expertise in materials science, physics, biology, chemistry, and semiconductors,” stated Mark Hoersten, Keithley VP of Business Management. “Our joint activities will provide information we will be able to apply to future products that we create for nanoscience and the semiconductor industry, and our equipment will aid the WIN/FENA scientists in their important research. This partnership gives us the opportunity to create exciting new measurement technologies necessary for moving nanoelectronic technology from the research lab into full-scale production,” Hoersten added.
www.cnsi.ucla.edu and www.keithley.com
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