CORK, Ireland -- Start-up NanoComms Ltd. is developing what it describes as a scalable production process for making complex components in polymer materials. These components can be engineered to perform electronic, photonic, mechanical and fluidic functions, the company claimed.
In the area of photonics NanoComms has started offering a range of optical components including couplers, splitters and coarse wavelength division multiplexers (CWDMs) in multi-mode and single-mode formats for both the data communications and telecommunications markets.
The company has developed a process to fabricate metal masters for polymer replication processes such as hot embossing or injection molding. And a key feature of this process is the ability to realize multilevel high aspect ratio microstructures with a smooth surface finish.
Feature sizes from microns to millimeters are possible, with surface roughness better than 50 nanometers, making this technology suitable for photonic applications, the company said.
The metal masters can be fabricated to customer specifications and are suitable for volume polymer manufacturing processes. Likely application areas of this technology include fluidic and photonic microsystems, the company said.
The company is backed by Mentor Capital, Street Capital and the Ireland's National Microelectronics Reserch Centre.
