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High-Performance Linear Stage for Automation features Frictionless Motor and Excellent Guiding Precision

PI’s new linear motor stage was designed for test, assembly and automation applications where extreme guiding precision and accuracy are key. Image Credit: Physik Instrumente Auburn, MA – Global prec...

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 18 Sep 2024

Z-Tip-Tilt Nanopositioning Stage boasts 250mm Diameter, 60mm Height

Solution for Precision Alignment and Assembly, new from PI. Image Credit: Physik Instrumente Auburn, MA – PI, a global leader in motion control and nanopositioning systems, offers an ultra-low-profile Z-Ti...

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 10 Sep 2024

Unraveling the Mysteries of Hot Carriers in Plasmonic Nanostructures

Researchers at the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics, and Physics have recently explored the intriguing potential of hot carriers—energetic electrons generated by light within plasmonic nanostructures.

19 Aug 2024

N-332 - Vacuum Compatible Nanopositioning Stage features Powerful V8 Piezo Motor, new from PI

Compact stage design with self-clamping motor is ideal for UHV applications. Image Credit: Physik Instrumente Auburn, MA – PI’s new N-332 nanometer-precision linear stage family, configurable to mult...

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 30 Jul 2024

Highly Dynamic 4DOF Piezo Wafer Stage for Inspection and Metrology, new from PI

Leveraging decades of piezo nanopositioning technology experience, introducing at 2024 Semicon West. Auburn, MA – PI’s newest wafer inspection solution is based on a hybrid kinematics design, combining Piezo...

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 11 Jul 2024

New Wafer Stages and Ultra-Precision Motion Systems at Semicon West, July 9 - 11, in San Francisco, CA

Experience PI’s new piezo wafer stages, granite-based multi-axis systems for thin film metrology, air bearing stages, laser beam steering systems, and sub-nanometer precision piezo stages, backed by decades of nano...

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 25 Jun 2024

New Way for Nanoscale Force Measurement

A groundbreaking study published in Nature Photonics by researchers from Beihang University in China, RMIT University, and other leading institutions such as the Australian National University and the University of Technology Sydney, discovered an innovative method to measure extremely minute forces at the nanoscale in water, expanding scientists' comprehension of the microscopic world.

21 Jun 2024

XYZ Nanopositioning Stage for Scanning and Positioning in Photonics and Microscopy Applications

A compact nanopositioning stage provides fast response and high scanning speed – ideal for fiber alignment and super resolution microscopy applications – new from PI. Auburn, MA – PI’s P-61...

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 11 Jun 2024

Plasmonic Helicoid Nanoparticles for Highly Chiral Light Emission

Researchers from the Institute for Molecular Science and Seoul National University have found that the visible luminescence from chiral gold nanoparticles, when exposed to near-infrared femtosecond pulses, depends on the nanoparticles' chirality. This process achieves high selectivity for either left- or right-handed circularly polarized light.

6 Jun 2024

Piezoceramic Components for Ultrasound Transducer Applications

Composite and lead-free materials – new from PI. Image Credit: PI (Physick Instrumente) LP Auburn, MA – PI, a global leader in piezoelectric materials, piezo actuators and tran...

5 Jun 2024