Rapid Nanoscale Quality Assurance for Net Zero Manufacturing

我们(布里斯托尔纳米动力公司，BND)是一家科学仪器制造商，专门为研究纳米科学或创造纳米技术的学术研究人员定制高倍率显微镜。我们开发了一种独特的英国技术，使显微镜的帧速率提高了1000倍。这种动态扫描探针显微镜(D-SPM)提供了对纳米结构和纳米缺陷的大面积纳米级映射，并有可能从面向学术机构的小规模销售跃升到大型高增长行业，如2D材料制造、半导体器件甚至电池技术。我们知道这种潜力的存在，因为我们的学术合作伙伴关系创造了令人信服的数据，表明我们可以提供行业所需的高样本吞吐量。但最重要的是，我们知道我们可以帮助他们解决电池技术中一些最关键的安全和寿命问题-因为与他们目前的显微镜不同，我们的显微镜可以在电池故障发生时原位观察和测量电池故障机制的纳米级起源，如树枝状结构(负责召回价值53亿美元的三星Galaxy Note 7)。在这个项目中，我们将与一名具有为工业和大型企业设计工作流程、服务和系统的经验的设计行业专业人士合作。他们将支持BND获得对潜在客户的战略理解。对于这个项目，我们将专注于与我们现有的学术客户相邻的领域的公司。尤其是那些致力于实现Net Zero目标的公司，例如使用纳米技术开发新的电池技术和2D材料，以提高产品的效率和可持续性。这种方法将加深我们对客户业务、他们的用户、需求和痛点的理解，因此我们可以构建利用我们的核心技术来满足他们的测量需求的解决方案，最重要的是：提供一个无缝集成到他们现有工作流程中进行分析、维护和培训的解决方案。至关重要的是，我们还将启动一个致力于可用性和自动化分析的工作流。在这种速度、样本量或分辨率下，任何地方的其他SPM都无法做到我们所能做到的。没有其他SPM可以提供我们所能提供的自动化水平。但是，我们需要这个项目来支持我们未来的路线图，并将这项技术带到Net Zero行业。

We (Bristol Nano Dynamics, BND) are a scientific instrument manufacturer specialising in bespoke high-magnification microscopes for academic researchers studying nanoscience or creating nanotechnology.We have developed a unique UK-based technology that offers a thousand-fold increase in the frame rate of the microscope. This Dynamic Scanning Probe Microscope (D-SPM) offers large-area nanoscale mapping of nanostructures and nanodefects and has the potential to jump from small scale sales to academic institutions to large high-growth industries such as 2D materials manufacture, semiconductor devices and even battery technologies. We know that this potential exists because our academic partnerships have created compelling data showing we can provide the high sample throughput needed by industry. But, most importantly, we know we can help them solve some of the most critical safety and longevity questions in battery technology - because unlike their current microscopes, ours can observe and measure the nanoscale origins of battery failure mechanisms, like dendrite formation (responsible for the $5.3 billion recall of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7) in-situ, while they happen.In this project, we will partner with a design industry professional who has experience designing workflows, services and systems for industry and large enterprise. They will support BND in gaining a strategic understanding of potential customers. For this project, we will focus on companies in fields adjacent to our existing academic customers. Specifically those working towards Net Zero goals, e.g. using nanotechnology to develop new battery technologies and 2D materials for improved product efficiency and sustainability.This approach will deepen our understanding of customer businesses, their users, needs, and pain points, so we can construct solutions that exploit our core technology to meet their measurement needs and most importantly: provide a solution that seamlessly integrates into their existing workflows for analysis, maintenance, and training.Crucially, we will also spin-up a workstream dedicated to usability and automated analysis. No other SPM anywhere can do what we can, at the speed, sample size or resolution. No other SPM can offer the level of automation we can either. But, we need this project to support our future road-map and bring this technology to Net Zero industries.