Nanosensors

The history of NANOSENSORS™ is also the success story of Dr. Olaf Wolter. His research at IBM Sindelfingen (Germany) led to basic technologies necessary for batch processing of silicon AFM cantilever probes. In 1990 Dr. Wolter founded his own company called NANOPROBE. After further path breaking developments NANOPROBE became the first company worldwide to satisfy the emerging need for high quality AFM sensors. In 1992/1993 Dr. Wolter changed not only his name to Ohlsson in the course of his marriage but also the name of the company to NANOSENSORS™. Batch processing technologies were further developed to fulfil the demand of an ever growing AFM / SPM community. The NANSOSENSORS™ silicon AFM probes with an AFM tip radius of less than 10 nm contributed to many scientific breakthroughs. These AFM probes are still famous as 'Wolter-tips' honouring their inventor. Over the years NANOSENSORS™ extended the range of available AFM cantilever geometries. The success of our research driven strategy not only became apparent in NANOSENSORS™ steadily growing business but was also publicly acknowledged by several prizes. At NANOSENSORS™ R&D and production form a close connection ensuring fast implementation of research results. Several cooperations with research institutes and universities in national and international projects will lead to even more innovative tips in the near future, fulfilling the growing requirements of our customers.