Nanotechnology is the science and technology of materials at the nanometer scale. It refers to the emerging set of tools, techniques and unique applications involving the structure and composition of materials at the near-atomic, or nanometer level. A nanometer (nm) is a unit of length equivalent to a billionth of a meter, or a millionth of a millimeter.
Many of the PIDC’s existing products are constructed at the molecular scale and include nanomaterials. Depending on the application, PIDC’s nanomaterials are often incorporated into a wide variety of dry powders, coatings, films, pastes and inks as well as other liquid dispersions or solid forms that are used in a broad range of markets.
PIDC has capabilities to tailor particle size, shape, and chemical composition to suit a customer's specific requirements. This enables combinations of inorganic particles with each other or with organic materials to form alloys, blends, mixtures, or composites.