Research collaborator
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Atomic-engineering research, advanced microscopy expertise and the laboratory environment supporting AtomQ’s technical development.
About AtomQ
Building the quantum foundry.
AtomQ was formed to carry atomic manipulation beyond one-off scientific demonstrations and into a scalable engineering discipline.
Our mission
Give engineers control over matter at its most fundamental scale.
Material properties emerge from atomic structure, yet today’s fabrication tools largely stop at the nanometer scale and treat many defects statistically. AtomQ is closing that gap by developing the control systems, fabrication recipes and integration pathways needed to create designed structures atom by atom.
Our aim is to become the manufacturing engine behind a new class of quantum devices and programmable materials.
Our origin
From national-laboratory research to commercial technology.
AtomQ grew from research in electron-beam control and atomic manipulation at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The company is supported through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Innovation Crossroads program, which embeds science-based startups at ORNL to advance laboratory breakthroughs toward the market.
Partners & programs
Built through collaboration.
AtomQ works within a research and commercialization ecosystem that connects atomic-scale science, national-laboratory infrastructure and venture development.
Venture support
University of Tennessee
Commercialization support through the Spark Cleantech Accelerator and Spark Incubator.
Program support
Innovation Crossroads
The U.S. Department of Energy lab-embedded entrepreneurship program supporting the transition from scientific breakthrough to scalable company.
Team & advisors
Deep expertise in electron microscopy and atomic fabrication.
Kevin M. Roccapriore, Ph.D.
Founder & CEO
Kevin is a physicist and electron microscopist whose work centers on programmable beam control, atomic manipulation and connecting engineered defects to useful quantum materials and devices.
Andrew R. Lupini, Ph.D.
External Research Advisor
Andrew is a Senior Research Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and serves as AtomQ’s Innovation Crossroads research principal investigator.
Work with us
Help shape the first generation of engineered atomic devices.
We are building relationships across quantum hardware, materials, photonics, national laboratories and government research.