American Elements supplies a comprehensive range of materials to the electronics industry, including deposition materials, optical and semiconductor materials, rare earth elements and compounds, nanostructured materials, and ultra high purity/MBE-grade metals, alloys, and compounds. We can provide raw, refined, and precursor forms of almost any material used in electronics manufacturing, including dielectrics (including specialized high-k and low-k materials), metals, semiconductors, transparent conductive oxides, and protective coatings.

With years of experience meeting the needs of electronics manufacturers and designers, American Elements is sensitive to the special concerns unique to this industry. Our ISO 9001 certified production facilities guarantee quality and lot-to-lot consistency.

Innovation Case Study #8: American Elements Aids Intel in Creating a Novel Dielectric Coating

#8: American Elements Aids Intel in Creating a Novel Dielectric Coating


The Challenge

Intel researchers were exploring ways to further miniaturize the antennas used in mobile devices. One barrier to further minimization is the dielectric coating's ability to shorten the wavelength.

The Innovation

Intel turned to American Elements to produce an oxide-passivated cobalt nanoparticle that could be dispersed in an epoxy and coated on the antenna.

The Result

The results were reported in 2014 in the Journal of Electronic Materials in an article entitled “Cobalt-Polymer Nanocomposites for Miniaturized Antennas” which found that the new material “enhanced frequency stability” leading to further miniaturization.
Below is merely a selection of the full catalog of Electronics products that American Elements manufactures. If you do not see a material you're looking for listed, please search the website or contact customerservice@americanelements.com.

Selected Products Supplied to the Electronics Industry

(3,3-Dimethyl-1-butyne)dicobalt Hexacarbonyl (5N) 99.999% Aluminum Oxide Powder (5N) 99.999% Boron Oxide (5N) 99.999% Germanium(IV) Sulfide
(5N) 99.999% Indium(I) Iodide Powder (5N) 99.999% Silicon Oxide (6N) 99.9999% Bismuth Metal (6N) 99.9999% Copper Metal
(6N) 99.9999% Selenium Metal (6N) 99.9999% Tellurium Metal (6N) 99.9999% Tin Metal (6N5) 99.99995% Aluminum Metal
(7N) 99.99999% Cadmium Metal (7N5) 99.999995% Arsenic Metal (8N) 99.999999% Gallium Ingot (8N) 99.999999% Mercury Liquid
(t-Butylimido)tris(diethylamino)niobium(V) 3-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane 3D Printing Graphene Ink 6-(Ferrocenyl)hexanethiol
Aluminium Gallium Indium Phosphide Aluminum Alloy 1350 Aluminum Copper Silicon Sputtering Target Aluminum Gallium Nitride (AlGaN)
Aluminum Ink Aluminum Magnesium Boride Aluminum Magnesium Boride Sputtering Target Aluminum Nitride Sputtering Target
Aluminum Nitride Wafer Aluminum Oxide Paste Aluminum Oxide Single Crystal Substrate Aluminum Oxide Sputtering Target
Aluminum Paste Aluminum Silicate Dihydrate Aluminum Silicon Alloy Aluminum Silicon Copper Sputtering Target
Aluminum Silicon Sputtering Target Aluminum Silver Alloy Aluminum Silver Foil Aluminum Silver Sputtering Target
Aluminum Single Crystal Aluminum Sputtering Target Aluminum Tantalum Sputtering Target Aluminum Wafer
Aluminum-doped Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle Ink Amorphous Silicon Arsenic Monophosphide ATO Sputtering Target
Barium Ferrite Barium Hydroxide Barium Titanate(IV) Barium Zirconate Titanate (BZT)
Beryllium Fluoride Beryllium Nickel Alloy Bis(10-hydroxybenzo[h]quinolinato)beryllium Bis(8-hydroxy-2-methylquinoline)-(4-phenylphenoxy)aluminum
Bis(diethylamino)silane Bis(N,N'-di-i-propylacetamidinato)cobalt(II) Bis(t-butylamino)silane Bismuth Hexafluoroacetylacetonate
Bismuth Telluride Bismuth Telluride Nanoparticles / Nanopowder Bismuth Tin Nanoparticles / Nanopowder Bismuth Zinc Niobate Sputtering Target
Bis[2-(4,6-difluorophenyl)pyridinato-C2,N](picolinato)iridium(III) Black Phosphorus Boron Arsenide Boron Nitride
Cadmium Selenide Cadmium Sulfide Cadmium Sulfide Nanoparticles / Nanopowder Cadmium Telluride
Calcium Cyclohexanebutyrate Carbon Graphite Ink Carbon Nanotube Arrays Carbon Nanotube Ink
Carbon Nanotubes Carbonyl Iron Powder Cerium(IV) Silicate Chromium-coated Tungsten Wire
Cobalt Palladium Alloy Cobalt Palladium Alloy Sputtering Target Copper Aluminum Sputtering Target Copper Cadmium Alloy
Copper Cadmium Tin Alloy Copper Conductor Paste Copper Gallium Selenide Copper Gallium Selenide Sputtering Target
Copper Gallium Telluride Copper Germanium Selenide Copper Indium Sulfide Granules Copper Indium Sulfide Nanoparticles
Copper Indium Sulfide Sputtering Target Copper Ink Copper Nickel Tin Alloy Copper Nickel Tin Alloy Sputtering Target
Copper Oxide Nanoparticle Ink Copper Sputtering Target Copper Sulfate Solution Copper Tin Alloy Spherical Powder
Copper Tin Silver Alloy Copper Wafer Copper(II) Oxide Nanoparticle Dispersion Cyclopentadienylindium(I)
Diammineplatinum(II) Nitrite Solution Dicarbonylcyclopentadienyl Cobalt(I) Diisopropyl Telluride Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Fused Quartz Sputtering Target Gadolinium Nickel Oxide Sputtering Target Gallium Antimonide Single Crystal Substrate Gallium Antimonide Wafer
Gallium Arsenide Single Crystal Substrate Gallium Arsenide Wafer Gallium Indium Eutectic Gallium Indium Tin Alloy
Gallium Nitride Wafer Gallium Phosphide Nanodispersion Gallium Phosphide Single Crystal Substrate Gallium Tin Alloy
Germanium Antimonide Germanium Antimony Selenide Germanium Antimony Telluride Germanium Gallium Alloy
Germanium Silicide Germanium Single Crystal Germanium Sulfide Ge2S3 Germanium Wafer
Germanium(II) Selenide Germanium(II) Selenide Sputtering Target Germanium(IV) Selenide Germanium(IV) Sulfide
Gold Antimony Sputtering Target Gold Copper Palladium Alloy Gold Copper Sputtering Target Gold Germanium Nickel Sputtering Target
Gold Germanium Sputtering Target Gold Nanoparticle Dispersion Gold Nanoparticles Gold Nickel Palladium Alloy
Gold Palladium Alloy Gold Palladium Sputtering Target Gold Platinum Alloy Gold Platinum Foil
Gold Platinum Sputtering Target Gold Silicon Sputtering Target Gold Silver Palladium Alloy Gold Sputtering Target
Gold Tin Alloy Gold Tin Sputtering Target Gold Wafer Gold-Coated Silicon Wafer
Gold-coated Tungsten Wire Graphene Graphene Dispersion Hafnium Carbonitride
Indium Arsenide Indium Arsenide Sputtering Target Indium Arsenide Wafer Indium Bismuth Tin Alloy
Indium Bismuth Tin Powder Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide Indium Oxide/Tin Oxide Indium Phosphide Wafer
Indium Single Crystal Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) Indium Tin Oxide Sputtering Target Indium Tin Sputtering Target
Indium Wafer Indium Zinc Oxide (IZO) Indium Zinc Oxide Sputtering Target InPb
Iron Germanium Alloy Iron Germanium Alloy Sputtering Target Kovar Alloy Kovar Powder
Lanthanum Aluminum Oxide Single Crystal Substrate Lanthanum Bromide Doped with Cerium Lanthanum Iron Oxide Lanthanum Iron Oxide Sputtering Target
Lead Magnesium Niobate Lead Magnesium Niobate Sputtering Target Lead Selenide Telluride Lead Selenide Telluride Sputtering Target
Lead Telluride Lithium Niobate Wafer Lithium Tantalate Wafer LSAT Single Crystal Substrate
Magnesium Aluminate Single Crystal Substrate Magnesium Oxide Single Crystal Substrate Magnesium Oxide Wafer Magnesium Single Crystal
Magnesium Wafer Mercury Cadmium Telluride Wafer Mercury Liquid Methyltrichlorosilane
Molybdenum Copper Wafers Molybdenum Diselenide Crystal Molybdenum Selenide Flakes Molybdenum Sulfide
Molybdenum Telluride Molybdenum Telluride Crystal Molybdenum(IV) Selenide Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Neodymium Nickel Oxide Sputtering Target Nickel Cermet Nickel Copper Sputtering Target Nickel Ink
Nickel Paste Nickel Silicide Nickel Silicide NiSi2 Nickel Tungsten Sputtering Target
Nickel(II) Sulfamate Hydrate Niobium Powder Palladium Nickel Alloy Palladium Nickel Alloy Sputtering Target
Palladium Nickel Gauze Palladium Nickel Powder Palladium Single Crystal Pentakis(dimethylamino)niobium(V)
Phosphor Bronze Phosphor Bronze Powder Phosphorus Pentasulfide Phosphorus(III) Chloride
Phosphorus-Arsenic Alloy Platinum Coated Silicon Wafer Platinum Conductor Paste Platinum Gold Crucible
Platinum/Gold Conductor Paste Polycrystalline Silicon PZT (Lead Zirconate Titanate) Reduced Graphene Oxide
Rhenium Disulfide Crystal Sapphire Wafer Silicon Aluminum Oxide Sputtering Target Silicon Aluminum Rotatable Sputtering Target
Silicon Carbide Silicon Carbide Wafer Silicon Chips Silicon Germanium Indium Arsenic Selenide Sputtering Target
Silicon Germanium Sputtering Target Silicon Metal Silicon Nitride Fiber Silicon Nitride Foil
Silicon Nitride Nanofiber Silicon Oxide Foil Silicon Oxide Wafer Silicon Phosphide
Silicon Phosphide Sputtering Target Silicon Sputtering Target Silicon Wafer, Boron-doped Silicon-Germanium Alloy
Silver Acetate Silver Aluminum Sputtering Target Silver Cadmium Oxide Silver Carbon Paste
Silver Carbonate Silver Carbonate Nanoparticles Silver Chloride Ink Silver Coated Copper Powder
Silver Copper Alloy Silver Copper Ink Silver Copper Sputtering Target Silver Ink
Silver Nanoparticle Ink Silver Nanoparticles Silver Palladium Ink Silver Platinum Nanoparticles / Nanopowder
Silver Rhenium Alloy Silver Sputtering Target Silver Tin Sputtering Target Silver-Coated Silicon Wafer
Silver-Zinc Oxide Silver-Zinc Oxide Sputtering Target Single-walled Carbon Nanotube (SWCNT) Dispersion Strontium Aluminum Niobium Oxide
Strontium Aluminum Tantalum Oxide Strontium Bismuth Tantalate Strontium Bismuth Tantalate Sputtering Target Strontium Titanate Single Crystal Substrate
Tantalum Disilicide Sputtering Target Tantalum Powder Tetrabutyl Orthosilicate Tetrakis(diethylamino)zirconium
Thallium(I) Hexafluoroacetylacetonate Thulium Iron Garnet Tin Bismuth Zinc Alloy Tin Bismuth Zinc Powder
Tin Copper Alloy Tin Silver Copper Alloy Tin Silver Copper Nanoparticles Tin Sputtering Target
Tin(IV) Isopropoxide Tin(IV) Isopropoxide Isopropanol Adduct Titanium Dioxide Paste Titanium Disulfide Crystal
Titanium(IV) Oxide, Rutile Single Crystal Substrate Tri-tert-butylgallium Triethylindium Triisopropylgallium
Trimethyl(phenyl)tin Trimethyl(phenylethynyl)tin Trimethylaluminum Trimethylgallium
Trimethylindium Tris(diethylamido)(tert-butylimido)tantalum(V) Tris(dimethylamido)antimony(III) Tris(ethylmethylamido)(tert-butylimido)tantalum(V)
Tris[2-(4-n-hexylphenyl)quinoline)]iridium(III) Tungsten Nitride (WN) Tungsten Oxide Nanoparticle Ink Tungsten Sulfide
Vanadyl 2,11,20,29-tetra-tert-butyl-2,3-naphthalocyanine Vanadyl 2,3-naphthalocyanine Vanadyl 3,10,17,24-tetra-tert-butyl-1,8,15,22-tetrakis(dimethylamino)-29H,31H-phthalocyanine Vanadyl Phthalocyanine
Vitreous Carbon Foam Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle Ink Zirconium Oxide Paste Zirconium Oxide Powder