Xanadu for Anodics

Xanodics LLC, a passive electrical component technology firm in Fayetteville, became a client of the Genesis Technology Incubator in May. Xanodics is actually a virtual client of the incubator because it’s not occupying any space out at the University of Arkansas Engineering Research Center.

The technology involves the use of anodics, or manipulating nano-thin (a 2000th of an inch) film on material such as aluminum or silicon to create a variety of desirable electrical properties. Applications include integrating passive electronic components – capacitors, resistors, and inductors – into layers of film that then may be used in printed circuit boards.

Company founders Len Schaper, a professor of electrical engineering, and Rick Ulrich, a professor of chemical engineering, have a number of patents related to the technology.

Xanodics has a grant from the UA Innovation Incubator worth about $25,000 in services. The firm’s goal is to build a factory in Fayetteville to produce large rolls of its products.