Illuminex Corporation develops advanced nanotechnology enabled devices based on our ability to manufacture nanowire(NW) arrays. The company has developed a proprietary platform technology in engineering arrays of vertically aligned nanowires and concentrates its work on developing devices that utilize the unique electrical, optical, and mechanical properties that nanowires exhibit due to their small size. The company is currently developing products for quick assimilation into the thermal management, solar energy, and bio-sensing markets.  The extraordinary physical properties that are manifested in nanowire arrays open up a new world of possibilities for technological innovations to be created by the Illuminex team. Our experienced scientific professionals are constantly turning innovative ideas into nanotechnology realities.

Illuminex has developed reliable processing techniques to engineer nanowire arrays made of many different metallic and semiconducting materials.  Our nanowires can be manufactured directly on a wide variety of substrate types and shapes.  Nanowire technology opens up a new realm of device performance and design at the leading edge of the nanotechnology revolution. Illuminex utilizes nanowires to enable innovative improvements to existing technologies while Illuminex engineers invent extraordinary new product concepts and novel engineering techniques.

Illuminex is currently developing its own product line and providing customers with custom engineered nanowire arrays for their own research and development efforts. The company's experience in nanotechnology processing techniques and application development allows customers to readily engage in the nanotechnology world with confidence.

At Illuminex, we are always open to collaborative prospects and can help customers advance their product technology by utilizing the nanowire advantage. Please explore this website to learn more about Illuminex and nanowire device technology and contact us if you are interested in learning how nanotechnology can impact your business or if you are interested in purchasing nanomaterials for your own research and development efforts.

In nanotechnology, we often find similarities between the structures we engineer in the laboratory and those found in nature. This ability to mimic natural structures is one of the features manifested in the nanoworld that Illuminex uses to look for insight in developing new devices. For example, the picture below shows some ordinary blades of grass and a gold nanowire array. However, for each 10 cm² area of grass there would be 100 billion nanowires compared to only 30-70 blades of grass, and each blade of grass is one million nanowires long.