[labnetwork] Nanoscribe consumables

[Jacob Trevino]

Hi all,

We have had a system for almost 2 years now and we now make our own substrates and it works just fine. We buy fused silica wafers at the correct thickness and dice them into the predefined dimensions, according to the substrate holder parameters defined by Nanoscribe. Also, for those applications where it is needed, we sputter a few nm of ITO or PECVD SiN on them to get the index contrast needed (this is dependent on the resist and mode you are running in).

The software is preprogrammed to look for the substrate/resist interface in a certain range determined by the holder and position you chose, so the thickness does matter. I have a PDF I can supply if needed that gives you parameters for each particular holder/position combo. It wasn't provided at the time of installation, but only after asking many times (maybe this is different now).

Its still a young technology, so there are many tricks of trade to learn as an owner, but it certainly is a fun and interesting system with amazing capabilities.

Best,
Jacob



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Jacob Trevino, PhD

NanoFabrication Facility Director | Research Associate Professor

CUNY Advanced Science Research Center

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From: "N . Shane Patrick" <patricns at uw.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 5:28 PM
To: Abelev, Esta
Cc: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu
Subject: Re: [labnetwork] Nanoscribe consumables

Hello Esta,

We have a relatively recent installation of one of these tools ourselves, and while here for setup the representative basically recommended microscope cover slides could be used if you want to do things on the cheap. The biggest issue is to ensure they are as clean as possible to help ensure adhesion to the substrate. I could also imagine issues with flatness and glass purity if those are issues for your project.

Please note, however, this is all hearsay on my part, as we haven't had to procure any of these ourselves at this point.

N. Shane Patrick
Research Engineer, Washington Nanofabrication Facility (WNF)
National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI)
University of Washington
Fluke Hall 132, Box 352143
(206) 221-1045
patricns at uw.edu<mailto:patricns at uw.edu>
http://www.wnf.washington.edu/

On Jan 24, 2018, at 11:51 AM, Abelev, Esta <eabelev at pitt.edu<mailto:eabelev at pitt.edu>> wrote:

Dear Colleagues,

New Nanoscribe system was recently installed in our facility. It is quite expansive to buy the glass substrates from the Nanoscribe (~7$ for plate) does anyone found a cheaper source, please advise.

Best, Esta

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Esta Abelev, PhD
Technical Director, Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering
University of Pittsburgh | 3700 O'Hara Street | 636| Pittsburgh, PA 15261
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