Rates

Effective Date: July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010

FEI Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) Tecnai - F20

• For internal users – equip rate $60/hr, and operation/service rate $60/hr
• For outside academic users – equip rate $69/hr and operation/service rate $69/hr
• For industry users – equip rate $250/hr and operation/service rate$110/hr
• To encourage industry users to purchase TEM time slots in advance, we will provide quarterly fee at $5000/quarter for maximum 40 hours usage and at $10,000/quarter for maximum 80 hours usage.

FEI Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) XL Siron

• For internal users - equip rate $35/hr, and operation/service rate $60/hr
• For outside academic users - equip rate $40/hr and operation/service rate $69/hr
• For industry users - equip rate $150/hr and operation/service rate$110/hr
• To encourage industry users to purchase SEM time slots in advance, we will provide quarterly fee at $3000/quarter for maximum 40 hours usage and at $6000/quarter for maximum 80 hours usage.

Zeiss Confocal/Multimode AFM/ Dimension 3100/ Bioscope/ Renishaw Raman Microscope/ Biacore SPR/ Oxford OpAL ALD/ Microtome and Diamond Saw

• For internal users - equip rate $20/hr and operation/service rate $60/hr
• For outside academic users - equip rate $24/hr and operation/service rate $69/hr
• For industry users - equip rate $69/hr and operation/service rate$110/hr
• To encourage industry users to purchase SEM time slots in advance, we will provide quarterly fee at $1400/quarter for maximum 40 hours usage and at $2800/quarter for maximum 80 hours usage.

Micro- and Nanofabrication

The NTUF provides a modern photolithography/soft-lithography workshop to assist exploration of non-conventional micro- and nanofabrication approaches in support of research projects.  The facilities incorporate a project based portfolio for fabrication methods, expert assistance on customer designed experiments and flat rate workshop for members.

Routine fabrication processes include:

• Rapid prototyping training to fabricate masters of patterned photoresists with feature sizes greater than 20 microns
• PDMS fabrication training that includes surface treatment of masters, PDMS casting, removal of PDMS from masters
• Microcontact Printing training that includes printing of self-assembly monolayer, proteins, and other materials
• Solvent Assisted Microcontact Molding (SAMIM) training that includes molding of micro- and nano-patterns in photoresist and e-beam resist
• Service on customer designed soft lithographic experiments

Additional hosted services include:

• Thermal evaporation of gold on silicon, glass, or mica (up to 50 nm $60, 50-100 nm $80, 100-150 nm $120)
• Thermal evaporation of silver on silicon, glass, or mica (please inquire)
• Oxygen plasma cleaner training ($30)
• Purchase of PDMS masters (master I and master II) ($100 per master)
• Purchase of PDMS stamps (master I and master II) (please inquire)

Service rate:

• For internal users – flat rate access to workshop $100/month
• For outside academic users – flat rate access to workshop $116/month
• For industry users – flat rate access to workshop $300/month
• For internal users – service rate $60/hr
• For outside academic users – service rate $69/hr
• For industry users – service rate $110/hr

Workshop tools include:

• SCS programmable spin coater
• Programmable hotplates
• Photolithography system with UV exposure and power regulation
• Contact mask aligner for photoresist exposure
• Programmable oven
• Surface treatment of master
• Oxygen plasma cleaner
• Thinky mixer
• PDMS casting
• DI water system