Nanostructures
Tailormade Nanostructures
We use our HiPIMS technology to produce tailormade nanoparticles. With our revolutionizing production method our nanostructures can be tailored to your needs. Our primary focus is the Hydrogen Market – We aim to enable the production of Green Hydrogen to scale on a global level. However, there are endless application areas for our nanostructured materials.
- Extremely high surface to bulk ratio
- Physically solid
- Tailormade
- Electrically conducting
A word from our Nano Development Manager
Tailormade nanoparticles
“With our knowledge within nanoparticle technology together with our products we can produce tailormade nanoparticles. We strive to meet our customers’ requirements. Only your imagination can limit the possibilities for our nanostructures.”
Dr. Sebastian Ekeroth
Nano Development Manager
Nanostructures Technology
Our nanoparticles are created using a hollow cathode sputtering technique where a relatively high pressure (around 100 Pa) is maintained in the sputtering chamber in order to nucleate the sputtered material into nanoparticles. A combination of hollow cathode target and high power pulses ensures a high ionization rate, which allows the nanoparticles to grow at a rate approximately 100 times faster than the standard cluster source. The source can be used to grow nanoparticles out of any sputterable material, including alloyed ones.
Nanostructures
Publications
For an in-depth description of our Nanostructures Technology
Size-controlled growth of nanoparticles in a highly ionized pulsed plasma
Pilch, D. Söderström, N. Brenning, and U. Helmersson
Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 033108 (2013)
Catalytic Nanotruss Structures Realized by Magnetic Self-Assembly in Pulsed Plasma
Sebastian Ekeroth, E. Peter Münger, Robert Boyd, Joakim Ekspong, Thomas Wågberg, Ludvig Edman, Nils Brenning, and Ulf Helmersson,
Nano Letters 18, 3132 (2018)
Magnetically Collected Platinum/Nickel Alloy Nanoparticles as Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution,
Sebastian Ekeroth, Joakim Ekspong, Dimitrios K. Perivoliotis, Sachin Sharma, Robert Boyd, Nils Brenning, Eduardo Gracia-Espino, Ludvig Edman, Ulf Helmersson, and Thomas Wågberg
ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 4, 12957 (2021)
Our Offerings
Products
Nanoparticle cluster source
Our nanoparticle cluster source is designed by experts in the field with long experience in nanoparticle production for different applications.
With its quick installation using standard tube feedthroughs and easily interchangeable target cathodes, this nanoparticle source is optimized for high
vacuum systems where a source for nanoparticles is desired. HiPNano is operated in high-power pulsed mode and optimized for our HiPSTER 1 HiPIMS unit. Contact us for more information.