| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Nanotechnology Advanced Materials Consumer electronics Displays Batteries |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Founder(s) | Larry Bock |
| Headquarters | Nanosys 2625 Hanover Street Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Jason Hartlove (President and CEO) John Page (CFO) |
| Products |
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| Employees | 100 |
| Website | www.nanosysinc.com |
Nanosys is a nanotechnology company located in Palo Alto, California founded in 2001.[1]
Nanosys, Inc (Palo Alto) designs products based on a technology platform that incorporates high performance inorganic nanostructures. Its technology, products, and processes are covered by over 750 patents and patent applications that address a wide range of industries including LED backlighting, LED general lighting, power (batteries and fuel cells), medical applications, next generation NAND Flash memories, Solar, Flat Panel Display driver transistors, and specialized nano-surface coatings (super-hydrophobic, super-adhesive, super-hydrophilic, super-hemostatic).
Currently, Nanosys is focused on commercializing its quantum dot and silicon composite anode materials for the LED LCD and lithium ion battery industries.
Nanosys was founded by Larry Bock and Drs. Charles Lieber and Paul Alivisatos. They were subsequently joined by Drs Steve Empedocles and Wally Parce and Mr. Calvin Chow.
Major funders of the company include Venrock Associates, Samsung, Arch Venture Partners, Intel, El Dorado Ventures, Polaris Venture Partners, Prospect Ventures, Harris & Harris Group, Lux Capital, Kodak, and Wasatch Advisors.[2]
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Nanosys Quantum Dot Enhancement Film, or QDEF, is an optical film component for LED driven LCD displays. Based on Nanosys’ proprietary high efficiency Quantum Dot Phosphors, QDEF enables a new level of LCD display performance by providing a high quality, tri-color white light from a standard blue LED light source. Larger than a water molecule, but smaller than a virus, these tiny phosphors convert blue light from a standard Gallium Nitride (GaN) LED into different wavelengths based upon their size. Larger dots emit longer wavelengths (red), while smaller dots emit shorter wavelengths (green). Blending together a mix of dot colors allows Nanosys to precisely engineer a new spectrum of light to customer specifications.[3]
Designed to replace the functionality of a diffuser sheet while actively converting color, QDEF can be added to an LCD's film stack with little change in overall thickness or manufacturing process (see Fig 1 at right)
QDEF was announced on May 17, 2011 at the Society for Information Display (SID) Display Week tradeshow.[4][5]
Announced just after CES in January 2010 as part of a commercial agreement with Korean consumer electronics manufacturer and LG subsidiary LG Innotek[6][7] The quantum rail is a glass capillary optical component containing red and green quantum dots that is inserted between the LEDs and the lightguide panel (LGP) of an LED LCD display in manufacturing to improve color gamut.
Society for Information Display Best in Show 2011: Small booth category[8]
Silicon Valley Business Journal Emerging Technology Awards: Winner, life sciences[9]
Wall Street Journal 2010 Technology Innovation Awards: Runner up, semiconductors[10]