NanoKTN has announced the success of one of its members, instrumentation company Mantis Deposition, which develops components and systems for the thin-film coating community.
The company's products are used worldwide in a variety of academic and research applications, with the range of deposition products including component sources (nanoparticle sources, atom sources, ion sources, sputter sources and e-beam evaporators) and flexibly configured deposition systems based on its own UHV deposition components.
Dr Alistair Kean spoke at the NanoKTN's High Performance Thin-Film Coatings conference in late 2010, presenting on the production of nanoparticle coatings for high-performance structural applications.
He also presented the findings from specific projects including Solamon, an EU FP7-funded project that is examining plasmonic light harvesting to increase the efficiency of thin-film photovoltaics.
The NanoKTN's primary aim is to encourage and support organisations to collaborate and share knowledge with key partners in attractive end-user markets to achieve growth of the UK nanotechnology sector.
One of the key methods to ensure networking between key market players is to facilitate interactions through networking and event organisation.
