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High-Speed Automated Alignment for Optics and Photonics: PI Introduces Next-Generation 6-Axis Nanopositioning Alignment System

PI (Physik Instrumente), a global leader in nanopositioning and precision motion systems, today announced the launch of its newest 6-axis piezo alignment platform

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 4 Dec 2025

Nanostars Amplify SERS Signal and Boost Sensing

Researchers at INL, part of the Diéguez group and led by Sara Abalde-Cela, have engineered a plasmonic substrate that substantially enhances the stability and reproducibility of SERS-based sensing.

1 Dec 2025

Lanthanide Nanoparticles "Switched On" by Triplet Energy Transfer

Innovative lanthanide-doped nanoparticles enable electrically driven NIR-II LEDs, enhancing bioimaging and optical communication with narrow emission spectra.

26 Nov 2025

PINovAlign - Cost-Optimized, High-Speed Fiber-Alignment System for Silicon Photonics

PI (Physik Instrumente) offers a new 6-axis variant of its successful F-141 PINovAlign automated fiber alignment system.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 11 Nov 2025

A-688 Rotary Air Bearing with Large Aperture – Made in the USA

PI, a global leader in precision motion control and air bearing motion systems, offers the A-688 rotary stage, an advanced motorized, air-bearing based rotation stage, engineered for nanometer-scale precision, frictionless motion, and long-term reliability in demanding metrology, optics, photonics, and semiconductor applications.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 16 Oct 2025

Study Shows a Plasmon-Induced Route to Advanced Hybrid Nanomaterials

In Science Advances, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign demonstrate how resonant transfer of energy from a gold nanorod to a molecule can efficiently convert light energy into different forms until it becomes part of the final product of the reaction, a polymer hybrid.

13 Oct 2025

Coming Soon: New PI Factory in the USA to Strengthen Customer Support and Mitigate Trade Pressures

PI (Physik Instrumente), a global leader in ultra-high precision motion systems for the semiconductor, photonics, life sciences, and aerospace industry control and nanopositioning systems, announced progress on its new U.S. production facility in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 3 Oct 2025

Novel 3D Imaging Technique Captures In Situ Nanoparticle Self-Assembly

This study introduces a dual approach using vertical SAXS and optical microscopy to monitor nanoparticle self-assembly, revealing dynamics at liquid interfaces.

10 Sep 2025

PI Introduces Nanopositioning & Micropositioning Essentials with Short Delivery and Volume Savings

PI (Physik Instrumente), a global leader in precision motion control and nano-positioning technologies, offers its Nanopositioning & Micropositioning Essentials portfolio, delivering core components with reduced lead times and volume discounts tailored for OEMs in research, automation, and advanced manufacturing.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 10 Sep 2025

Ultrafast Optical Switching Achieved Through Nanoscale Symmetry Control

Researchers achieve true on-off optical switching at the nanoscale, enhancing light-matter interactions with ultrafast laser pulses and asymmetric metasurfaces.

7 Aug 2025