Keithley and CNSI Form Nanotechnology Measurement Partnership

By DE Editors

September 24, 2007 — Keithley Instruments, Inc. (Cleveland, OH) announced a new partnership with The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA. The partnership is designed to support research collaboration in the pursuit of nanotechnology and nanoscience solutions for the semiconductor industry's next generation instrumentation and measurement requirements.

Keithley and the CNSI will share research information to further the understanding of nanotechnology and nanoelectronic technologies. Keithley will join the CNSI Partners Program at the Associate Level. The CNSI Partners Program was designed to support the Institute's efforts to cultivate collaborations with companies interested in supporting its mission to enable rapid commercialization of discoveries in nanosystems.

A variety of Keithley instrumentation, such as the Model 4200-SCS Semiconductor Characterization System used in nanotech research facilities worldwide, will be used for collaborative research in the WIN/FENA lab space at the CNSI facility. The Western Institute of Nanoelectronics (WIN), a center within the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI), together with the center on Functional Engineered Nano Architectonics (FENA).

The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) is a multidisciplinary research center at UCLA whose mission is to encourage university-industry collaboration and to enable the rapid commercialization of discoveries in nanosystems.

For more information, contact Keithley Instruments, Inc.

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