Boise Technology, Inc. performs fundamental research, leading to commercially profitable products. The firm's current focus in the laboratory is the characterization of the physical and chemical processes that influence the reactivity of solid and liquid surfaces. Studies are being performed to investigate liquid/liquid, vapor/liquid, liquid/solid, and vapor/solid phase boundaries. We work in a small informal setting, similar to that found in an academic research group.The firm has a research facility in with an ultrafast laser laboratory and a chemistry laboratory