Norcada is a nano-MEMS and photonics product company with specialization in development and manufacturing of MEMS devices and mid-IR DFB lasers utilized in a wide range of industrial and scientific applications. Founded in 2001, Norcada designs and manufactures novel products in state-of-the-art MEMS and photonics fabrication facilities in Edmonton, Alberta, home to a major nanotechnology cluster in Canada. Norcada nano-MEMS products include thin film devices, MEMS heating, electrochemistry and liquid cells for electron and X-ray microscopy, electron and X-ray transmission windows, X-ray tomography chips, as well as nanopore devices for bio-analysis, genomics and proteomics.
Norcada NanoPores and NanoPore-Ready Membranes
Norcada NanoPore-embedded devices combine our membrane technology with our high-accuracy nanofabrication to provide devices designed for Genomics, Proteomics and other NanoPore applications. NanoPore devices are available with translocation pores as small as 3nm dia.
Our Nanopore-Ready platform offers a SiNx membrane optimized for NanoPore fabrication processes including Dielectric Breakdown (CDB), Helium/ Gallium Focused Ion Beam (HIM / FIB), and more. Norcada’s controlled manufacturing, quality control and packaging processes tailor the SiNx membranes to have a smooth surface finish, with tightly controlled thickness and uniformity.
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MEMS Technology and Custom Fabrication
Norcada provides custom design and fabrication of our scientific MEMS devices to match your specific experiment designs. Norcada's state-of-the-art cleanroom includes tools such as High-Resolution UV Lithography, E-Beam Lithography, LPCVD, PECVD, ALD, wet and dry etching (DRIE), cleanroom singulation and more.
Norcada has also developed MEMS design and fabrication capabilities for a wide range of industrial applications over the years. We take a concept from design to prototype demonstration and small volume MEMS production in an effective and efficient manner. Please contact us for more information regarding our custom device fabrication services.
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In-Situ Holders
Norcada designs and manufactures In-Situ Heating, Heating+Gas (Catalysis), Liquid Cell, and Electrochemistry holders and MEMS chips for all Electron and X-ray microscopy equipment and beamlines.
Our heating holders are made specifically for each SEM microscope or chamber design, while the chips are made to be cross-compatible. Many of our customers can use our MEMS chips for correlative analysis between SEMs and/or TEMs, and even X-ray microscopy or spectroscopy stations.
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