About NanoSonic
Nanosonic specializes in the design and manufacture of innovative materials, especially new materials that are currently unavailable in the commercial market. We develop revolutionary new molecular self-assembly processes that allow the controlled synthesis of material structure at the nanometer level. We also manufacture new materials that are designed with novel and useful engineering constitutive behaviors. Most of our materials are developed using a process that is environmentally benign.
NanoSonic has exclusively licensed patents covering electrostatic self-assembly (ESA) processing and use from Virginia Tech, the state’s leading research university. We have also established an intellectual property portfolio to enable process, material and device commercialization, as well as created a "library" of such self-assembled materials.
Our award-winning, high-tech company was founded by Richard Claus, Ph.D., an expert in advanced materials and structures who won the Optical Engineering Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002. In 2006, NanoSonic was ranked as the overall leader in a 13-state study of the strength of the nanotechnology industry. With 18 patents granted, we were also named to NASA’s Nano50.
NanoSonic’s staff is comprised of more than 70 research scientists, engineers, chemists, designers and fabricators. We work with all different sizes and types of companies and organizations, and clients include NASA, the U.S. Department of Defense and the National Science Foundation. Our work covers the entire range of product development from research through design and development to manufacturing and then commercialization of products such as nanomaterials, sensors and systems.
The company is based in Giles County, Virginia, USA, and was established in 1998 in cooperation with nearby Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., and the State of Virginia. NanoSonic is a privately-held Delaware C-Corporation.
Sensor Fabrication
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NanoSonic self-assembles two-dimensional sensor and thin film transistor (TFT) arrays that consist of rows and columns of sensor elements and TFTs at each sensor element location. ©2011 NanoSonic, Inc. |
Facilities
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NanoSonic's green building includes laboratories with hoods that operate automatically for greater energy efficiency such as this darkroom. ©2011 NanoSonic, Inc./R. Rogers |
Appalachian Region
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Sunrise from NanoSonic reveals the beauty of the Appalachian Mountains in Giles County, Virginia - one of the many reasons that nearby Blacksburg, Virginia, was selected as the 2011 Best Place to Raise Kids in the US by Business Week. ©2011 NanoSonic/R. Rogers |
