Finnish-based Picosun Oy, a leading Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) equipment manufacturer has teamed up with several prominent European nanotechnology companies and research institutes to develop graphene-based solutions for display manufacturing, flexible electronics, and electronic component industries.
With its phenomenal physical properties, such as excellent heat and electrical conductivity and structural strength, graphene has a huge amount of potential future applications in several branches of industry.
It is paving its way especially strongly into flexible electrical devices, sensors, optoelectronics, and a new generation of displays, where it can replace conductive films.
Graphene is also in the roadmap of high-performance electronics, where graphene's extreme heat conductivity can be used in developing outstandingly efficient heat sink structures.
The development work for ALD-processing of graphene is a part of the EU 7th Framework Program project QUANTIHEAT ("QUANTItative scanning probe microscopy techniques for HEAT transfer management in nanomaterials and nanodevices").
New ALD equipment and process development is an integral part of the project, widening Picosun's selection of industrial ALD solutions.
"We are pleased to collaborate with all the frontline companies and R&D organizations in this strategically important European nanotechnology project. Combined with our previous experience, the know-how accumulated during the QUANTIHEAT project will strengthen our leadership in new ALD applications," summarizes Juhana Kostamo, Managing Director of Picosun.