AIXTRON AG today announced
an order for one Black Magic CNT (carbon nanotube) deposition system from the
Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt (EMPA), Switzerland.
The order was received in the third quarter 2009 and the system will be delivered
in the first quarter 2010 with the 1x2 inch wafer configuration.
Dr. Stefan Egger comments: “We were looking for a flexible system that
could give us the means to reliably synthesize a range of different types of
carbon nanomaterials. Furthermore, it was essential that it is easy to operate
and reliable with good efficiency. Overall, the AIXTRON Black Magic system ticks
all the boxes and seems to be an ideal match to our requirements.”
EMPA, the interdisciplinary research and services institution for material
sciences and technology development, will employ the new system to produce several
different nano-carbon materials. “These applications require a system
with great flexibility, which can easily be used by different researchers from
several research groups,” adds Dr. Egger. “These are needed for
very different topics such as miniaturized X-ray sources which demand MWCNT
field emitters. It will also be used to create single- and double-walled CNTs
and graphene for sensors and other devices as well as composite materials incorporating
carbon nanotubes and fibers.”