Alcorix

Alcorix Co. is an American micro- and nanofabrication company headquartered in Plainfield, Illinois, in the United States. It was founded in 2014 by Dr. Nicolaie "Mike" Moldovan, a physicist who had previously worked as a senior scientist and MEMS lead at Advanced Diamond Technologies and as a research assistant professor at Northwestern University and assistant physicist at Argonne National Laboratory. The company was created with the stated mission of developing innovative, powerful devices that push the limits of resolution and precision, and of bringing advances in micro- and nanofabrication into industry. Alcorix specializes in advanced micro-components and devices with sub-micron scale performance and rapid production. Its product portfolio centers on X-ray micro-optics and related nanoscale accessories. Available products include a range of X-ray focusing refractive devices that can focus X-rays as small as 0.8 micrometers in the 10 keV to 100 keV energy range, along with beam blockers, resolution targets and pinhole apertures. The company describes itself as a market leader in solutions that can focus below 100 nm for very high energy X-rays above 10 keV, and it is developing zone plates and multilayer Laue lenses intended to focus below 10 nm. Beyond X-ray optics, Alcorix develops and offers nanoscience accessories such as microprobes, microsensors and microfluidic devices. Products under development include vortex mirrors, advanced TEM grids, brain-implant probes, high-pressure cells and other microfabricated tools. Many of these devices can be customized for specific configurations, including chip size and shape, membrane plating removal, pinhole aperture shape and thickness, and other parameters. Alcorix positions itself as a small, client-focused firm that works closely with companies and research groups to balance functionality, microfabrication capability and funding level. Its devices are intended to enable advances in semiconductors, geology, materials science, applied physics, medicine and bioengineering. The company emphasizes quality and precision and maintains a hand-picked team of scientists and innovators. It operates primarily by serving research and industrial customers who need custom nanodevices and ultra-precision components.

Alcorix Co. was founded in 2014 by Dr. Nicolaie "Mike" Moldovan, a physicist whose career combined academic research, national-laboratory science and industrial MEMS development. Before founding Alcorix, Moldovan served as a Senior Scientist and MEMS Lead Scientist at Advanced Diamond Technologies from 2006 to 2016, where he developed and brought more than 20 products to market. Earlier in his career he was a Research Assistant Professor at Northwestern University from 2002 to 2006 and an Assistant Physicist at Argonne National Laboratory from 1998 to 2002. He earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Bucharest in Romania and has authored over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles, received two R&D 100 awards, and filed 19 patent applications, seven of which were granted. He has also been featured in Marquis Who's Who. Moldovan founded Alcorix with the mission of creating superior microfabrication products for fellow scientists and of developing innovative, powerful devices that push the limits of resolution. The company was established in Plainfield, Illinois, in the United States, and built its business around ultra-precision micro- and nanofabrication. From its early years, Alcorix focused on X-ray micro-optics and related nanoscale accessories, developing a proprietary portfolio of novel devices, techniques and processes intended to deliver a new level of ultra-precision and accuracy. The company's product line grew to include X-ray focusing refractive devices capable of focusing as small as 0.8 micrometers in the 10 keV to 100 keV range, beam blockers, resolution targets and pinhole apertures. Alcorix also began developing more advanced optics such as zone plates and multilayer Laue lenses designed to focus below 10 nm, and it positioned itself as a market leader in solutions that can focus below 100 nm for very high energy X-rays above 10 keV. Alongside its X-ray optics, the company developed nanoscience accessories including microprobes, microsensors and microfluidic devices, with additional products such as vortex mirrors, advanced TEM grids, brain-implant probes and high-pressure cells under development. Alcorix has maintained a small-firm identity, emphasizing close collaboration with clients to balance functionality, microfabrication capabilities and funding levels. Its devices are marketed to enable advances in semiconductors, geology, materials science, applied physics, medicine and bioengineering. The company continues to operate as a private, founder-led business headquartered in Plainfield, Illinois.

• 2014

  Alcorix Co. is founded by Dr. Nicolaie "Mike" Moldovan in Plainfield, Illinois, United States.

• Alcorix develops and offers X-ray focusing refractive devices focusing as small as 0.8 μm in the 10 keV–100 keV range.

• Alcorix begins developing zone plates and multilayer Laue lenses intended to focus below 10 nm.

A small, client-focused ultra-precision micro- and nanofabrication firm serving research groups and industry with customizable, high-resolution X-ray optics and nanoscale devices.

• X-ray focusing refractive devices

  X-ray micro-optics that focus as small as 0.8 μm in the 10 keV–100 keV range.

• Beam blockers

  Blocking filters for low spatial frequencies, made of an absorbing gold cylinder on a transparent membrane; available in standard and custom configurations.

• Resolution targets

  Reference line patterns with well-defined spacings and thicknesses, including Cartesian- and Polar-coordinate micrometer-scale patterns, used to measure imaging system resolution.

• Pinhole apertures

  Apertures that shape the beam or filter low spatial frequencies in X-ray optics, with diameters from hundreds or tens of micrometers down to a few micrometers.

• Microprobes, microsensors and microfluidic devices

  Nanoscience accessories for detecting, discriminating, imaging, manipulating and delivering materials at small size scales.

• Vortex mirrors, advanced TEM grids, brain-implant probes and high-pressure cells

  Products under development at Alcorix.

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