Positioning in the Quantum Industry Chain: Quantum NIL Seeks Insights from Global Masters
Business & International Collaboration - 2025-11-07
Sean Lin, CEO of Quantum NIL, is actively connecting with the international community to advance Taiwan’s role in the emerging quantum industry chain. To deepen international collaboration and technological integration, Sean Lin recently visited the United States to exchange ideas with leading scholars. During the trip, he sought valuable insights from distinguished experts, combining Quantum NIL’s expertise in Nanoimprint Lithography (NIL) to jointly develop next-generation high-precision biochip manufacturing solutions. Photo taken during a visit to Harvard University’s Department of Chemistry.
Deepening International Cooperation and Technological Integration — Visit to the United States
To strengthen international partnerships and technological synergies, Quantum NIL continues to actively seek collaborators in the field of Nanoimprint Lithography (NIL). Recently, CEO Sean Lin traveled to the United States to engage with and learn from two world-renowned professors—George Whitesides of Harvard University and Robert Langer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
According to Sean Lin, Professor Whitesides is the pioneer of Soft Lithography and an authority in nanomaterials, microfluidics, and glycochemistry synthesis. A trailblazer in nanotechnology, he was also the doctoral advisor of former Academia Sinica President Chi-Huey Wong.
Sean Lin and Harvard University Professor George Whitesides, a pioneer in global nanotechnology.
Professor Langer, on the other hand, is a world authority in drug delivery and tissue engineering, and a co-founder of Moderna, the company behind the COVID-19 vaccine. Sean Lin stated that Quantum NIL will continue to engage with both internationally renowned scholars and leverage its NIL process expertise to co-develop next-generation high-precision biochip fabrication solutions.
Enhancing Quantum Photonics Processes — Positioning in the Industry Chain
Located in Zhunan Science Park, Quantum NIL has been dedicated to quantum technologies for many years. The company actively aligns itself with international innovation trends, driving the growth of Taiwan’s startups in the future quantum industry chain. Under Sean Lin’s leadership, the team has focused on photonic crystal materials research for over two decades, establishing a solid technical foundation through extensive research experience both domestically and abroad, while advancing applications in the quantum field.
Amid global momentum in quantum technology and customized advanced processing, Quantum NIL continues to refine its process capabilities in the quantum photonics industry. The company has expanded applications in data centers, augmented reality (AR) glasses, metalens, and biochips—helping propel Taiwan’s manufacturing sector toward the global quantum technology arena.
Nanoimprint Process Technology — Clearer Quantum Applications
Sean Lin highlighted that quantum technologies and applications are rapidly emerging across the world’s advanced technology sectors. With the rise of AI chips, AR glasses, and metalens entering commercial markets, Nanoimprint Lithography has become a key pathway to realizing quantum applications, further clarifying potential use cases.
Sean Lin with Professor Robert Langer of MIT, a global authority in drug delivery and tissue engineering, and co-founder of Moderna.
Quantum NIL specializes in high-precision processing of wafer-level compound semiconductor materials, offering complete process solutions encompassing deposition, etching, and alignment. Centered on Nanoimprint Lithography, the company continues to actively promote the advancement of quantum-related applications.
All-Optical Transmission — Rapid Growth of Next-Generation Data Center Architectures
Sean Lin, who possesses deep insight into the global technology ecosystem and competitive dynamics, emphasized the impact of international technological powerhouses on industrial development. He noted that Taiwan currently accounts for approximately 95% of global advanced chip production capacity. However, as the international community grows increasingly aware of the risks of over-concentrated manufacturing, diversified strategies for production and solution deployment have become essential.
Among these, next-generation data center architectures based on all-optical transmission are developing rapidly. Such systems will enable ultra-high bandwidth, faster speeds, smaller sizes, and reduced power consumption and heat generation. Lasers remain the mainstream light source technology, while MicroLED also show great potential. Quantum NIL’s target customers align with these applications, positioning the company as a core player in the emerging industrial value chain.
Commercialization of Quantum Technology — Unlocking Broader Applications
According to Sean Lin, next-generation chip manufacturing has now entered the Angstrom era, where advanced semiconductor processes such as 3D stacking are being developed to challenge and transcend the limits of Moore’s Law. However, these processes face challenges in power consumption, heat dissipation, and computational efficiency. The commercialization of quantum technologies is expected to optimize existing design frameworks, opening new opportunities across electronics, optics, and computing architectures in the years to come.
