From bob.geil at unc.edu Mon Mar 2 12:03:51 2020 From: bob.geil at unc.edu (Geil, Bob) Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 17:03:51 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] TEM Training and certification Message-ID: At UNC-Chapel Hill, we recently installed a ThermoFisher Talos F200X. New users meet one-on-one with electron microscopy staff at least a couple of times before they can operate independently. I'm interested in how other facilities handle training/certification on higher end systems such as TEMs at university core facilities. Our approach is not very standardized and a baseline for competence has not really been determined. There is a lot of room for improvement here.... Thanks in advance for your feedback. Bob -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Set objectives and work independently on large, moderately complex projects or assignments involving operation of a Nanotechnology facility. This involves building automation systems that operates complex air handling units connected to HEPA and ULPA filtration for semiconductor ISO 3 class cleanrooms. Working with precision heating and cooling systems that serves the centers multiple Nano-research laboratories and research equipment. A strong understanding of industrial power distribution and power quality criteria. Knowledge of electromagnetic interference monitoring and seismic vibration monitoring techniques are important to maintain Nanotechnology facility design. Experience in semiconductor fabrication involving chemical/environmental treatment systems or similar facilities is a significant advantage. Click the link below to see the details of the position. https://career8.successfactors.com/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=9924&company=purdueuniv&username Best Regards, Mark Voorhis Building Manager Purdue University Birck Nanotechnology Center Office: (765) 494-3036 [Purdue_University-150_Years_of_Giant_Leaps] www.purdue.edu/giantleaps -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From feargal.nolan at tyndall.ie Wed Mar 4 06:57:21 2020 From: feargal.nolan at tyndall.ie (Feargal Nolan) Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 11:57:21 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] Exciting Semiconductor Maintenance Job Opportunity in Ireland Message-ID: To Whom it may concern, We have an opening for a Senior Maintenance Engineer in Ireland. We are Irelands largest ICT Semiconductor Research Centre and are currently undergoing a substantial equipment replacement programme. We are located in the south of the country in the heart of Cork city. Cork is Irelands second city and has all the expected and associated amenities and infrastructure. For details of the post and application instructions please click on the following link. https://www.tyndall.ie/fn-1-senior-maintenance-engineer-_senior-technical-officer International relocation package available. Please feel free to contact me for any queries you might have. 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If you have already registered and the situation warrants a change, everyone that has currently paid for registration will be fully refunded. Thank you very much for your understanding. Daniel C. Christensen Laboratory Manager Nanoscale Fabrication Center University of Wisconsin-Madison -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karlb at uw.edu Mon Mar 9 18:30:21 2020 From: karlb at uw.edu (Karl F. Bohringer) Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 22:30:21 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] WNF hiring equipment service engineer In-Reply-To: <1240EB81-FE9F-4910-B880-96F909B933E3@uw.edu> References: <1240EB81-FE9F-4910-B880-96F909B933E3@uw.edu> Message-ID: The Washington Nanofabrication Facility (wnf.uw.edu) is hiring an equipment service engineer. Detailed job descriptions and instructions for applying can be found here. Please feel free to distribute among your networks. We greatly appreciate your help getting the word out! --- The WNF is the largest publicly accessible cleanroom in the Pacific Northwest and a key facility of the NSF-supported National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure network (www.nnci.net). The facility houses about 100 instruments covering a wide range of nanofabrication capabilities, including direct-write, contact, i-line, and e-beam lithography, extensive thin film processing, and back-end capabilities. The WNF supports academic as well as industrial users, ranging from start-ups to major corporations. The WNF is operated by a team of about 10 technical and administrative staff members. Equipment Service Engineer The Fabrication/Equipment Service Engineer will be responsible for equipment troubleshooting, facilities infrastructure monitoring and support, baseline process monitoring, tool ownership, and executing contract manufacturing efforts. Apply here! Karl F. B?hringer, Ph.D. Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Bioengineering Director, Nano-engineered Systems Institute (NanoES) Site Director, National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) University of Washington Campus Box 352500 Seattle, WA 98195-2500, USA karlb at uw.edu nano.uw.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cekendri at mtu.edu Tue Mar 10 09:07:08 2020 From: cekendri at mtu.edu (Chito Kendrick) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 09:07:08 -0400 Subject: [labnetwork] MTU hiring a director for characterization facility Message-ID: The current director of the characterization facility (ACMAL) is retiring and the job posting has just gone up: https://www.employment.mtu.edu/cw/en-us/job/492324 Please feel free to distribute to interested parties. Chito Kendrick -- Chito Kendrick Ph.D. Managing Director of the Microfabrication Facility Research Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Michigan Technological University Room 436 M&M Building 1400 Townsend Dr. Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295 814-308-4255 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mtang at stanford.edu Tue Mar 10 13:19:51 2020 From: mtang at stanford.edu (Mary Tang) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 10:19:51 -0700 Subject: [labnetwork] Lab operations with COVID-19 considerations Message-ID: <19bbed47-c446-eaf8-3d61-81586a665722@stanford.edu> Dear all- The Bay area is a hot spot for COVID-19, and recent events have prompted Stanford to cancel classes, seminars, and large gatherings for the next several weeks.? While those who can are encouraged to work from home, regular university research and administrative operations continue, like our Nanofab.? ? I expect that many of you are in the same boat or are heading this way as well.?? Presuming all our staff and researchers observe the standard precautions (conscientious hygiene practices, self-quarantine for illness or suspected exposure), what other kinds of considerations or precautions should we take into account for lab operations??? JD and I have exchanged emails and decided to draw on the collective wisdom of our community by soliciting your inputs.? Some of our initial thoughts: 1.? Social distancing.? We think the cleanroom environment, with laminar flow and lab dress, are in good keeping with hygiene practices.? Researchers wear safety glasses, gloves, and in many cases, face masks, which minimizes person-to-person contamination.? Any aerosols or dried aerosol particles from coughing or sneezing should be swept downward and away with laminar flow.? Equipment is large, so most people are not likely to be working within the recommended 6' of social distance of each other.? In general, it seems a cleanroom fab would be one of the better places to be working during these times. Nonetheless, at Stanford we're allowing staff who can to take days to work from home (great time to catch up on documentation!) and have put a hold on meeting and conference planning. 2.? Contaminated surfaces.? 70% alcohol available at PPE stations and in the lab to encourage people to wipe down shared items (face shields, keyboards).? Bagging suits so they don't touch each other.? Yet more reminders to change gloves frequently. 3.? Continuity plan. We have also been asked to provide the University with our "continuity plan" describing what, if anything, would be needed to protect research assets beyond power and campus utilities.? For us, I think this would be basically a variation on our Winter Closure practices. The main difference would be that our lab community would have perhaps 24 hours versus the usual several months' notice; we should provide a heads-up to researchers so they can plan accordingly. Otherwise, it's business as usual in terms of meeting and training researchers, meeting with faculty, staff meetings, etc. Still, these are serious times.? We want to hope for the best (business as usual) and yet be prepared for the worst.? JD and I would welcome your thoughts. Thanks, all - Mary -- Mary X. Tang, Ph.D. Stanford Nanofabrication Facility Paul G. Allen Building, Rm 141 420 Via Palou Mall Stanford, CA 94305 (650)723-9980 mtang at stanford.edu https://snf.stanford.edu From kckeenan at seas.upenn.edu Tue Mar 10 13:34:25 2020 From: kckeenan at seas.upenn.edu (Kyle Keenan) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 13:34:25 -0400 Subject: [labnetwork] Karl Suss HR 100 scribing tool Message-ID: FREE to a good home: Karl Suss HR 100 scribing tool in good condition (see attached pic). Taker agrees to provide a prepaid UPS shipping label, once shipping weight and dimensions are determined. Please contact me if interested. Thank you, -- Kyle Keenan Laboratory Manager Quattrone Nanofabrication Facility University of Pennsylvania P: 215-898-7560 F: 215-573-4925 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_8324.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 1275675 bytes Desc: not available URL: From sandrine at umich.edu Tue Mar 10 14:24:05 2020 From: sandrine at umich.edu (Sandrine Martin) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 14:24:05 -0400 Subject: [labnetwork] COVID-19 Plans? Message-ID: Dear all, Many of you may have been asked for - or are already thinking about - plans to manage the situation in our shared facilities in light of the COVID-19 (corona virus) situation. I'm curious about what, if anything, you have implemented or planned so far... Here at the Univ of Michigan LNF, we have not made any big changes at this point but here are the steps that we have taken or planned: - we've added daily cleaning of all shared surfaces accessed when people have no gloves (computer room, conference room etc) and provided antibacterial wipes in these areas; - we are planning to add the ability to wash hands (or access hand sanitizer) at the entrances to our lab spaces and more strictly enforcing the "first put gloves on before doing anything else" rule; - we are developing protocols that would avoid the current practice of cleanroom garment bags being potentially passed on from one user to the next (cleanroom garments are never shared and sent to the laundry every week, and face masks, bouffant caps and gloves are disposed of at every lab exit). - we are supporting staff telecommuting for the (few) duties that can be done remotely. This could be expanded if needed but would start impacting the level of lab operations and services provided to our community; Any thoughts or other ideas/concerns? Thanks Sandrine -- Sandrine Martin, Ph.D. University of Michigan LNF Managing Director 1246D EECS, 1301 Beal Ave Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Cell 734-277-2365 Fax 734-647-1781 www.LNF.umich.edu @LurieNanofab -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nclay at upenn.edu Wed Mar 11 00:50:14 2020 From: nclay at upenn.edu (Noah Clay) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:50:14 -0400 Subject: [labnetwork] COVID-19 Plans? Message-ID: <91CE1531-2915-4723-B3B3-A5F1D08F052D@upenn.edu> Hi Sandrine, At Penn, if our administration asks that we make accommodations for staff to support operations, we?re going to split the into two teams that don?t overlap: Team A will work M-W-F week 1 and T-Th on week 2 - and so on... Team B will work T-Th on week 1 and M-W-F on week 2 - and so on... Some equipment will be slower to repair, but we?ll hopefully minimize the chance of cross-contaminating each other ;-) Best, Noah Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 10, 2020, at 19:45, Sandrine Martin wrote: > From schweig at umich.edu Wed Mar 11 10:51:30 2020 From: schweig at umich.edu (Dennis Schweiger) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 10:51:30 -0400 Subject: [labnetwork] job posting for facilities engineer(s) in Michigan Message-ID: Good morning all, I have great news for any of you that might be considering a relocation to fabulous Michigan, and the Ann Arbor area. The University of Michigan Lurie Nanofabrication Facility (LNF) has two openings for engineers within our Infrastructure group. The candidates would be expected to become extremely familiar with the LNF building systems that include, but are not limited to; Gas delivery, Gas detection and Life Safety, DI water, Process chilled water, HVAC, Security, Video, Acid waste neutralization, and Power distribution. In addition, the candidate(s) will be responsible for additions to the LNF infrastructure that will improve the capabilities of the LNF laboratory, as well as provide facilities support for the surrounding LNF associated labs. For further details, the following top two link(s) should take you directly to the posting(s). The third link takes you to the UofM jobs posting page. Please be sure to follow the directions on the posting pages for submitting your information. https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/185325/engineer_in_research_intermediate_-_lnf_infrastructure https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/185390/engineer_in_research_senior_intermediate_-_lnf_infrastructure https://careers.umich.edu/search/ Thank you, and please forward this information as you see fit. Dennis Schweiger Facilities Supervisor University of Michigan Lurie Nanofabrication Facility 734.647.2055 Ofc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Bill Flounders UC Berkeley On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 4:46 PM Sandrine Martin wrote: > Dear all, > > Many of you may have been asked for - or are already thinking about - > plans to manage the situation in our shared facilities in light of the > COVID-19 (corona virus) situation. I'm curious about what, if anything, you > have implemented or planned so far... > > Here at the Univ of Michigan LNF, we have not made any big changes at this > point but here are the steps that we have taken or planned: > - we've added daily cleaning of all shared surfaces accessed when people > have no gloves (computer room, conference room etc) and provided > antibacterial wipes in these areas; > - we are planning to add the ability to wash hands (or access hand > sanitizer) at the entrances to our lab spaces and more strictly enforcing > the "first put gloves on before doing anything else" rule; > - we are developing protocols that would avoid the current practice of > cleanroom garment bags being potentially passed on from one user to the > next (cleanroom garments are never shared and sent to the laundry every > week, and face masks, bouffant caps and gloves are disposed of at every lab > exit). > - we are supporting staff telecommuting for the (few) duties that can be > done remotely. This could be expanded if needed but would start impacting > the level of lab operations and services provided to our community; > > Any thoughts or other ideas/concerns? > > Thanks > Sandrine > -- > > Sandrine Martin, Ph.D. > > University of Michigan > > LNF Managing Director > > 1246D EECS, 1301 Beal Ave > > Ann Arbor, MI 48109 > > Cell 734-277-2365 > > Fax 734-647-1781 > > www.LNF.umich.edu > > @LurieNanofab > _______________________________________________ > labnetwork mailing list > labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kckeenan at seas.upenn.edu Wed Mar 11 12:14:54 2020 From: kckeenan at seas.upenn.edu (Kyle Keenan) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:14:54 -0400 Subject: [labnetwork] Karl Suss HR 100 scribing tool In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello All, This item has been claimed. Thanks for your interest. I'll let you know if anything changes. Stay tuned for a couple of other smaller, lab-related items. Thanks, Kyle On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 1:34 PM Kyle Keenan wrote: > FREE to a good home: > > Karl Suss HR 100 scribing tool in good condition (see attached pic). Taker > agrees to provide a prepaid UPS shipping label, once shipping weight and > dimensions are determined. Please contact me if interested. > > Thank you, > -- > Kyle Keenan > > Laboratory Manager > Quattrone Nanofabrication Facility > University of Pennsylvania > P: 215-898-7560 > F: 215-573-4925 > -- Kyle Keenan Laboratory Manager Quattrone Nanofabrication Facility University of Pennsylvania P: 215-898-7560 F: 215-573-4925 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bli at pendar.tech Wed Mar 11 13:43:04 2020 From: bli at pendar.tech (Biao Li) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 17:43:04 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] InSb deposition service Message-ID: Hi All, Is there any place to deposit InSb? 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URL: From julia.aebersold at louisville.edu Wed Mar 11 14:05:46 2020 From: julia.aebersold at louisville.edu (Aebersold,Julia W.) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 18:05:46 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] COVID-19 Plans? In-Reply-To: <91CE1531-2915-4723-B3B3-A5F1D08F052D@upenn.edu> References: <91CE1531-2915-4723-B3B3-A5F1D08F052D@upenn.edu> Message-ID: Were going to do a similar approach at u of Louisville. Staggered schedules with a skeleton crew. The university just extended spring break a week and went to online classes until April 5th. Cheers! Julia Aebersold, Ph.D. Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center University of Louisville 2210 South Brook Street Shumaker Research Building, Room 233 Louisville, KY 40292 (502) 852-1572 http://louisville.edu/micronano/ ________________________________ From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu on behalf of Noah Clay Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 12:50:14 AM To: Sandrine Martin ; labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: Re: [labnetwork] COVID-19 Plans? Hi Sandrine, At Penn, if our administration asks that we make accommodations for staff to support operations, we?re going to split the into two teams that don?t overlap: Team A will work M-W-F week 1 and T-Th on week 2 - and so on... Team B will work T-Th on week 1 and M-W-F on week 2 - and so on... Some equipment will be slower to repair, but we?ll hopefully minimize the chance of cross-contaminating each other ;-) Best, Noah Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 10, 2020, at 19:45, Sandrine Martin wrote: > _______________________________________________ labnetwork mailing list labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmtl.mit.edu%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo.cgi%2Flabnetwork&data=02%7C01%7Cjulia.aebersold%40louisville.EDU%7Cdf13a070ade7496c20b708d7c5b32807%7Cdd246e4a54344e158ae391ad9797b209%7C0%7C0%7C637195245580439099&sdata=31iHxtoFsJ8J58v9HFxmlpl17SO6a%2FiEcszbHOftOdQ%3D&reserved=0 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From codreanu at udel.edu Thu Mar 12 10:02:37 2020 From: codreanu at udel.edu (Iulian Codreanu) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 10:02:37 -0400 Subject: [labnetwork] COVID-19 Plans? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <50349d14-da37-88f7-0254-a22ed752e3a1@udel.edu> UDel has decided to suspend classes for the rest of the week and start spring break next week (two weeks earlier). Classes will be offered online starring March 23rd. The campus remains open and research is, for the most part, to proceed as normal until further notice. The NanoFab, like other shared facilities, is tasked with continuing operations as long as the University stays open. In addition to encouraging improved personal hygiene an instituting more frequent wiping down of the gowning area benches, door handles, etc. and shared items in the lab, we are asking the users to put gloves on before they enter the gowning room. The 2nd pair of gloves is put on before entering the cleanroom. iulian Codreanu, Ph.D. Director, Nanofabrication Facility University of Delaware Harker ISE Lab, Room 163 221 Academy Street Newark, DE 19716 302-831-2784 http://udnf.udel.edu On 3/11/2020 11:53 AM, Albert William (Bill) Flounders wrote: > Our response is quite similar - focus upon the shared spaces, improve > hygiene, raise awareness. > Increased wipedowns of common spaces and equipment especially the > gowning room terminals and all phones. > Reminders also sent regarding stigma and discrimination: > https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/related-stigma.html > > Though the campus has suspended most in-person classes, the campus > (thus far) is not closing. > Campus buildings remain open, and many campus operations proceed as > normal. > As a research support operation, the Berkeley NanoLab remains open. > > Bill Flounders > UC Berkeley > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 4:46 PM Sandrine Martin > wrote: > > Dear all, > > Many of you may have been asked for - or are already thinking > about - plans to manage the situation in our shared facilities in > light of the COVID-19 (corona virus) situation. I'm curious about > what, if anything, you have implemented or planned so far... > > Here at the Univ of Michigan LNF, we have not made any big changes > at this point but here are the steps that we have taken or planned: > - we've added daily cleaning of all shared surfaces accessed when > people have no gloves (computer room, conference room etc) and > provided antibacterial?wipes in these areas; > - we are planning to add the ability to?wash hands (or access hand > sanitizer) at the entrances to our lab spaces and more strictly > enforcing the "first put gloves on before doing anything else" rule; > - we are developing protocols that would avoid the current > practice of cleanroom garment bags being potentially passed on > from one user to the next (cleanroom garments are never shared and > sent to the laundry every week, and face masks, bouffant caps and > gloves are disposed of at every lab exit). > - we are supporting staff telecommuting for the (few) duties that > can be done remotely. This could be expanded if needed but would > start impacting the level of lab operations and services provided > to our community; > > Any thoughts or other ideas/concerns? > > Thanks > Sandrine > -- > > Sandrine Martin, Ph.D. > > University of Michigan > > LNF Managing Director > > 1246D EECS, 1301 Beal Ave > > Ann Arbor, MI 48109 > > Cell 734-277-2365 > > Fax 734-647-1781 > > www.LNF.umich.edu > > @LurieNanofab > > _______________________________________________ > labnetwork mailing list > labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork > > > _______________________________________________ > labnetwork mailing list > labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lvchang at Central.UH.EDU Thu Mar 12 11:44:57 2020 From: lvchang at Central.UH.EDU (Chang, Long) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 15:44:57 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] COVID-19 Plans? In-Reply-To: References: <91CE1531-2915-4723-B3B3-A5F1D08F052D@upenn.edu> Message-ID: <75F37A7E-CCE8-4CF9-B9BD-1483BD181243@cougarnet.uh.edu> Hi All, We are doing a similar thing at the University of Houston, see attached. I also try to educate the students because they need to take this problem seriously. At UH, faculties are given ?guidance? for the outbreak response. I expect most will choose productivity over safety. Best, Long On Mar 11, 2020, at 1:05 PM, Aebersold,Julia W. > wrote: Were going to do a similar approach at u of Louisville. Staggered schedules with a skeleton crew. The university just extended spring break a week and went to online classes until April 5th. Cheers! Julia Aebersold, Ph.D. Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center University of Louisville 2210 South Brook Street Shumaker Research Building, Room 233 Louisville, KY 40292 (502) 852-1572 http://louisville.edu/micronano/ ________________________________ From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu > on behalf of Noah Clay > Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 12:50:14 AM To: Sandrine Martin >; labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > Subject: Re: [labnetwork] COVID-19 Plans? Hi Sandrine, At Penn, if our administration asks that we make accommodations for staff to support operations, we?re going to split the into two teams that don?t overlap: Team A will work M-W-F week 1 and T-Th on week 2 - and so on... Team B will work T-Th on week 1 and M-W-F on week 2 - and so on... Some equipment will be slower to repair, but we?ll hopefully minimize the chance of cross-contaminating each other ;-) Best, Noah Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 10, 2020, at 19:45, Sandrine Martin > wrote: > _______________________________________________ labnetwork mailing list labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmtl.mit.edu%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo.cgi%2Flabnetwork&data=02%7C01%7Cjulia.aebersold%40louisville.EDU%7Cdf13a070ade7496c20b708d7c5b32807%7Cdd246e4a54344e158ae391ad9797b209%7C0%7C0%7C637195245580439099&sdata=31iHxtoFsJ8J58v9HFxmlpl17SO6a%2FiEcszbHOftOdQ%3D&reserved=0 _______________________________________________ labnetwork mailing list labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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BTW, hello to my old buddy who's on the bcc thread. Mario On 2020-03-11 10:43 a.m., Biao Li wrote: Hi All, Is there any place to deposit InSb? Cheers, Biao Li Senior Scientist Pendar Technologies, LLC 30 Spinelli Place, Cambridge MA 02138 Email: bli at pendar.tech Phone: (O) 617.945.2214 (C) 857.540.2626 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message contains confidential/business sensitive information and is intended only for the individual(s) addressed in the message. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute, or copy this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that disclosing, distributing, or copying this e-mail is strictly prohibited. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual(s) addressed in the message. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute, or copy this e-mail. 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Since the MBE lab is not a ASU user facility any work would have to be performed under a grant or a sponsored research contract. Thanks, Shane From: Beaudoin, Mario Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 3:34 PM To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: Re: [labnetwork] InSb deposition service Biao, I added a bcc to someone who may be able to do it. I'll let him respond if he thinks he can help. BTW, hello to my old buddy who's on the bcc thread. Mario On 2020-03-11 10:43 a.m., Biao Li wrote: Hi All, Is there any place to deposit InSb? Cheers, Biao Li Senior Scientist Pendar Technologies, LLC 30 Spinelli Place, Cambridge MA 02138 Email: bli at pendar.tech Phone: (O) 617.945.2214 (C) 857.540.2626 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message contains confidential/business sensitive information and is intended only for the individual(s) addressed in the message. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute, or copy this e-mail. 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Best regards, Baolai ******************************* Baolai Liang, Ph.D. Technical Director, Integrated Nanomaterials Lab (INML) California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) University of California, Los Angeles 570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 Phone: (310) 983-3116 Email: bliang at cnsi.ucla.edu Website: http://inml.cnsi.ucla.edu/pages/ ******************************** ________________________________________ From: Stieg, Adam Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2020 5:27 PM To: Shane Johnson Cc: Beaudoin, Mario; labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu; Liang, Baolai Subject: Re: [labnetwork] InSb deposition service Hi All, The Integrated Nanomaterials Laboratory is a shared facility in the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA that provides MBE services to both academia and industry. I have cc?ed the facility director, Dr. Baolai Liang, here as a resource for growth of InSb. Please feel free to contact him. Best, Adam Adam Stieg, Ph.D. Associate Director California NanoSystems Institute UCLA On Mar 12, 2020, at 13:52, Shane Johnson wrote: ? We have the capability to grow InSb on InSb and other III-V substrates by MBE. Not sure what you have in mind? Since the MBE lab is not a ASU user facility any work would have to be performed under a grant or a sponsored research contract. Thanks, Shane From: Beaudoin, Mario Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 3:34 PM To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: Re: [labnetwork] InSb deposition service Biao, I added a bcc to someone who may be able to do it. I'll let him respond if he thinks he can help. BTW, hello to my old buddy who's on the bcc thread. Mario On 2020-03-11 10:43 a.m., Biao Li wrote: Hi All, Is there any place to deposit InSb? Cheers, Biao Li Senior Scientist Pendar Technologies, LLC 30 Spinelli Place, Cambridge MA 02138 Email: bli at pendar.tech Phone: (O) 617.945.2214 (C) 857.540.2626 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message contains confidential/business sensitive information and is intended only for the individual(s) addressed in the message. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute, or copy this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that disclosing, distributing, or copying this e-mail is strictly prohibited. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual(s) addressed in the message. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute, or copy this e-mail. 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My advise to you is to prepare for the same for your labs, and to prepare for faculty who strongly disagree. These are extraordinary times. Our leadership must be willing to take actions for public health reasons first and work on the mitigation later. It is understandable that this ruffles many feathers, but we must practice empathy and kindness to all. Hang in there, it's a bumpy ride. -- Jasper Nijdam Technical Manager GNuLab, Georgetown University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mpleil at unm.edu Sun Mar 15 10:51:41 2020 From: mpleil at unm.edu (Matthias Pleil) Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 14:51:41 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] COVID-19 Plans In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: Hello Labnetwork Team, The University of New Mexico's MTTC Cleanroom will be shutting down for three weeks starting on Tuesday, March 17th. This is in line with the Governor's health state of emergency order. The attached file is a copy of what we sent to our lab users. Kind Regards, Matthias Pleil, Ph.D. Research Professor & Lecturer III of Mech. Eng - UNM UNM MTTC Cleanroom Manager PI - Support Center for Microsystems Education Find great curriculum at: www.scme-support.org (505)272-7157 Join the MNTeSIG Team at www.mntesig.net [cid:1f8d8b50-7e41-442f-8c50-3c2bf6f65f67] ________________________________ From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu on behalf of Jasper Nijdam Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2020 3:19 PM To: Sandrine Martin Cc: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: Re: [labnetwork] COVID-19 Plans? UNM-IT Warning: This message was sent from outside of the LoboMail system. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. (2.3) Heho All, Thanks for sharing all the tips. However, after going virtual for teaching for the remainder of the semester, Georgetown is putting in effect social distancing for all members of our community. I'm summarizing a bunch of policy documents here in a few words, but the point is that there will be no more gatherings of Georgetown folks, on and off campus. This includes shutting down on-campus research (with a very few exceptions for our animal facilities - we can't let the animals starve). They're still working on the details so policy statements are flying around as we speak. So, with a heavily heart, we've put GNuLab in hibernation. My advise to you is to prepare for the same for your labs, and to prepare for faculty who strongly disagree. These are extraordinary times. Our leadership must be willing to take actions for public health reasons first and work on the mitigation later. It is understandable that this ruffles many feathers, but we must practice empathy and kindness to all. Hang in there, it's a bumpy ride. -- Jasper Nijdam Technical Manager GNuLab, Georgetown University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Have any of the other UC campuses faced this decision yet and if so, was the Cleanroom operation deemed "essential"? We are asking our PI's this question but my suspicion is their work will all be considered "essential" to them. What criteria if any have you used to make this determination and what has been decided about continuing Cleanroom operations or not has been made at your campus? Thank you in advance and please be safe! Mark Heiden NanoFab Cleanroom Manager University of California, Riverside 951-827-2551 https://nanofab.ucr.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From derose at caltech.edu Sun Mar 15 18:39:17 2020 From: derose at caltech.edu (DeRose, Guy A.) Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 22:39:17 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] Changes in shared facility operations Message-ID: <8561F697-5068-495C-A03A-DF99CE62AED5@contoso.com> Hello Labnetwork colleagues, With all of the changes that are rapidly taking place these days, we hear about institutions including ours going to remote lectures, limiting how many researchers are working in individual faculty labs to spread people out, remote laboratory classes, administrative staff working from home / telecommuting, etc., but nothing that I have seen is addressing the situation that many of us on this mailing list are in, which is the area of shared user facilities. I thought this list could be a good resource for us to share our experiences and updated practices (kind of like a roundtable that might take place at a UGIM meeting). These policies are changing rapidly, but I thought this forum would be a good place to discuss best practices and examples. The official policies and response to COVID-19 at The California Institute of Technology (Caltech), can be found at this link, and I do NOT speak for Caltech. What I will report here is what my staff and I are implementing at the Kavli Nanoscience Institute (KNI) shared user facility while following Caltech?s and other official guidelines. This list is not exhaustive, but in addition to the regular practices that have always been in place. Facility cleaning/disinfecting In order to provide more effective sanitation, the cleaning spray bottles are now filled with 70% isopropyl alcohol (IPA), 30% deionized (DI) water, instead of 50/50. Staff will wipe down door handles, badge readers, terminals, gowning benches, and other surfaces at least daily with IPA spray on a wipe, and all lab users are encouraged to wipe down any surface they think needs cleaning. All users have been instructed to wipe the inside of the face shields with IPA on a Texwipe before and after using the face shield. Personal cleanliness When leaving the cleanroom, users are encouraged to keep their clean gloves on to the point where they leave the sub-basement (lab) level of the building to avoid touching door handles and elevator buttons. Users are encouraged to wash their hands before and after using the cleanroom, and door-free access to sinks is available. Single-use paper towels are available outside of the entrance door for users to enter without touching the door handle. Users are instructed to not touch the hoods, gowns, or boots with bare (un-gloved) hands. Cleanroom garments are to be hung up so that the hoods of adjacent suits do not touch (front of one is next to the back of the adjacent suit). Social Distancing Only one person at a time is allowed to go through the air shower in either direction. Our Engineering and Applied Science division is advising that staff work from home where possible, and we have adopted a plan to minimize the number of cleanroom technical staff on campus and in the lab at a time. As Caltech HR policies change, we will adapt. We are working on ways to hold remote staff meetings through Zoom or something similar. These are the highlights of what we are doing today, but could change at any time based on directions from above. I am trying to provide frequent updates to our lab members, staff, faculty director, and administration. Would anyone else like to share? Best regards, Guy Guy DeRose, PhD, Member of the Professional Staff Associate Director of Technical Operations, Kavli Nanoscience Institute California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA (O) 1-626-395-3423 (M) 1-626-676-8529 http://kni.caltech.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tbritton at criticalsystemsinc.com Sun Mar 15 21:06:31 2020 From: tbritton at criticalsystemsinc.com (Tom Britton) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 01:06:31 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] COVID-19 Plans? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Well written Jasper. Good luck to everyone. Hopefully this will be short lived. On a positive note. I had conversations with manufacturing friends in China Friday, and they said the worst is over and are rapidly getting back to normal over there. The factories in Fujian are all back and running. I see this as good news that this virus can quickly pass. All the best, Tom Tom Britton Director of Sales Critical Systems, Inc. Direct: 208.890.1417 Office: 877.572.5515 Skype: tombrittoncsi www.CriticalSystemsInc.com [logo for email signature png] From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu On Behalf Of Jasper Nijdam Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2020 3:20 PM To: Sandrine Martin Cc: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: Re: [labnetwork] COVID-19 Plans? Heho All, Thanks for sharing all the tips. However, after going virtual for teaching for the remainder of the semester, Georgetown is putting in effect social distancing for all members of our community. I'm summarizing a bunch of policy documents here in a few words, but the point is that there will be no more gatherings of Georgetown folks, on and off campus. This includes shutting down on-campus research (with a very few exceptions for our animal facilities - we can't let the animals starve). They're still working on the details so policy statements are flying around as we speak. So, with a heavily heart, we've put GNuLab in hibernation. My advise to you is to prepare for the same for your labs, and to prepare for faculty who strongly disagree. These are extraordinary times. Our leadership must be willing to take actions for public health reasons first and work on the mitigation later. It is understandable that this ruffles many feathers, but we must practice empathy and kindness to all. Hang in there, it's a bumpy ride. -- Jasper Nijdam Technical Manager GNuLab, Georgetown University This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited.'. 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Vendors will be able to get refunds or "let it ride" for 2021. Please be patient regarding refunds as the persons that would do that are most likely not at work and may have difficulty performing those actions quickly. Stay safe Everyone. See you on the Other side! Dan Christensen and Jerry Hunter Madison, WI, USA Daniel C. Christensen Laboratory Manager Nanoscale Fabrication Center University of Wisconsin-Madison -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From price.798 at osu.edu Thu Mar 19 10:08:01 2020 From: price.798 at osu.edu (Price, Aimee) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:08:01 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] Fabrication Training Materials Message-ID: All, I'm looking for basic training materials, videos, etc. on fabrication/metrology/analytical techniques for newer cleanroom users (undergraduate and early graduate student level). I had thought I'd seen that the NNCI/NNIN had materials somewhere but I can't find them. Does anyone have a go to stockpile of training materials that can be viewed online? Thank you and I hope that you all are managing your way through this unprecedented time. Stay safe! Best, Aimee Bross Price Sr. Research Associate The Ohio State University Nanotech West Lab Institute for Materials Research 1381 Kinnear Road Suite 100 Columbus, OH 43212 614-292-2753 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From orad at reshef.ca Thu Mar 19 11:50:16 2020 From: orad at reshef.ca (Orad Reshef) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:50:16 -0400 Subject: [labnetwork] Fabrication Training Materials In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Aimee, After I defended, I wrote a book chapter that I have been sharing with all of my new students: http://reshef.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2017-Reshef-Introduction-to-Nanofabrication.pdf I think it's a good "dummy's guide" to getting you started. It doesn't go in-depth on any one topic but explains the general idea. I would actually appreciate it anyone who read it would send me any feedback you might have on it as well. If something is wrong, or sorely missing for example. Best, Orad Orad Reshef, PhD Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Universit? d?Ottawa | University of Ottawa boydnlo.ca | reshef.ca On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 11:40 AM Price, Aimee wrote: > All, > > I?m looking for basic training materials, videos, etc. on > fabrication/metrology/analytical techniques for newer cleanroom users > (undergraduate and early graduate student level). I had thought I?d seen > that the NNCI/NNIN had materials somewhere but I can?t find them. > > > > Does anyone have a go to stockpile of training materials that can be > viewed online? > > > > Thank you and I hope that you all are managing your way through this > unprecedented time. Stay safe! > > > > Best, > > Aimee Bross Price > > > > Sr. Research Associate > > The Ohio State University > > Nanotech West Lab > > Institute for Materials Research > > 1381 Kinnear Road > > Suite 100 > > Columbus, OH 43212 > > 614-292-2753 > > > _______________________________________________ > labnetwork mailing list > labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From adam.neal.3 at us.af.mil Thu Mar 19 11:49:17 2020 From: adam.neal.3 at us.af.mil (NEAL, ADAM T DR-02 USAF AFMC AFRL/RXAN) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:49:17 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] Angstrom Engineering Message-ID: Labnetwork, My organization is considering purchase of a metallization tool (electron-beam evaporation and pulsed DC sputtering combination) from Angstrom Engineering (angstromengineering.com), and I wanted to solicit feedback from list members who have experience with Angstrom's tools. In addition to general feedback, I'm also looking for information on the following from any list members who have used or maintained Angstrom's e-beam evaporation or sputtering tools: 1. Do you and your users have a successful track record of performing electron-beam evaporation and liftoff with Angstrom tools, including PMMA resist? We have been quoted for a "Nebula" chamber, so I'd love to hear from anyone who has direct experience with that chamber geometry. 2. What has your experience been like with Angstrom's customers service? 3. What is your experience of the control/automation software on the system? Once the sample is loaded, can how much user intervention is required if a recipe is already developed? Please send your feedback directly to me at adam.neal.3 at us.af.mil;adam.t.neal at gmail.com. Thank you in advance for any feedback you can provide. Adam T. 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Gottfried, Ph.D. Deputy Director, NNCI Coordinating Office Principal Research Scientist, Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology Georgia Institute of Technology ________________________________ From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu on behalf of Price, Aimee Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 10:08 AM To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: [labnetwork] Fabrication Training Materials All, I?m looking for basic training materials, videos, etc. on fabrication/metrology/analytical techniques for newer cleanroom users (undergraduate and early graduate student level). I had thought I?d seen that the NNCI/NNIN had materials somewhere but I can?t find them. Does anyone have a go to stockpile of training materials that can be viewed online? Thank you and I hope that you all are managing your way through this unprecedented time. Stay safe! 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Nanotech "Maker's Course" online, free: https://www.coursera.org/learn/nanotechnology Start any time. ??????????????????????????????????? *By Matthias Pliel, UNM/MNTeSIG"* "Silicon wafers": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXk6Uhq74nU (Answer - the left is <100>, the most common orientation we see in our lab. The right is <111>, which is just annoying!) Making MEMS micro-gears: "surface micromachining" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmw65l2HUjw "bulk micromachining": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCiYZd_ddKs ??????????????????????? Individual process steps to accomplish the above (more in depth if you want to go there): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bxf9QRVesQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJElLA8k6Qg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbESGs1XrM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKf0offCyw0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9r0ZBNIq48 Full process flow for a pressure sensor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhBmvnil66M On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 10:30 AM Gottfried, David S < david.gottfried at ien.gatech.edu> wrote: > Aimee: > You can see some of the NNCI technical education materials listed here: > https://www.nnci.net/educational-resources In paticular, there are 2 > online courses, one offered by Stanford and the other by RTNN (Research > Triangle Nanotechnology Network). > > David > > *David S. Gottfried, Ph.D.* > Deputy Director, NNCI Coordinating Office > Principal Research Scientist, Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology > Georgia Institute of Technology > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu > on behalf of Price, Aimee > *Sent:* Thursday, March 19, 2020 10:08 AM > *To:* labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > *Subject:* [labnetwork] Fabrication Training Materials > > > All, > > I?m looking for basic training materials, videos, etc. on > fabrication/metrology/analytical techniques for newer cleanroom users > (undergraduate and early graduate student level). I had thought I?d seen > that the NNCI/NNIN had materials somewhere but I can?t find them. > > > > Does anyone have a go to stockpile of training materials that can be > viewed online? > > > > Thank you and I hope that you all are managing your way through this > unprecedented time. Stay safe! > > > > Best, > > Aimee Bross Price > > > > Sr. Research Associate > > The Ohio State University > > Nanotech West Lab > > Institute for Materials Research > > 1381 Kinnear Road > > Suite 100 > > Columbus, OH 43212 > > 614-292-2753 > > > _______________________________________________ > labnetwork mailing list > labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rnicholl at eng.ucsd.edu Thu Mar 19 16:34:28 2020 From: rnicholl at eng.ucsd.edu (Ryan Nicholl) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:34:28 -0700 Subject: [labnetwork] Fabrication Training Materials In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Aimee , The CNF runs yearly nanofabrication courses for their users. Their 2004 series was posted online (videos and lecture notes): https://www.cnf.cornell.edu/education/nanocourses Ryan Nicholl, Ph.D. Microfabrication Engineer Nano3 Cleanroom Facility University of California, San Diego Office:2405 Atkinson Hall Tel:(858)-822-5663 Email: rnicholl at ucsd.edu On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 8:42 AM Price, Aimee wrote: > All, > > I?m looking for basic training materials, videos, etc. on > fabrication/metrology/analytical techniques for newer cleanroom users > (undergraduate and early graduate student level). I had thought I?d seen > that the NNCI/NNIN had materials somewhere but I can?t find them. > > > > Does anyone have a go to stockpile of training materials that can be > viewed online? > > > > Thank you and I hope that you all are managing your way through this > unprecedented time. Stay safe! > > > > Best, > > Aimee Bross Price > > > > Sr. Research Associate > > The Ohio State University > > Nanotech West Lab > > Institute for Materials Research > > 1381 Kinnear Road > > Suite 100 > > Columbus, OH 43212 > > 614-292-2753 > > > _______________________________________________ > labnetwork mailing list > labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From repemc at rit.edu Thu Mar 19 16:51:58 2020 From: repemc at rit.edu (Robert Pearson) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 20:51:58 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] Fabrication Training Materials In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Aimee, The RIT undergraduate BS degree program in Microelectronic Engineering has many resources that you might be interested in using. We have been teaching microfabrication lectures and labs since 1982 and have offered our Master of Engineering in Microelectronic Manufacturing Engineering entirely on-line since 1995. I suggest that you contact both our program director, Dr. Sean Rommel and our faculty lab director Dr. Karl Hirschman. The founder of our program, IEEE Fellow, Dr. Lynn Fuller also has a wealth of information on his website and get thousands of hits per month. https://people.rit.edu/lffeee/ You may also look up Joe McGlone who is a PhD student at Ohio State. He is an alum of our program. He could give you some insights on what he learned from our curriculum. Regards, Rob [rob_image_2012] Robert E. Pearson, PhD Electrical & Microelectronic Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester NY 14623 (585) 475-2923 voice robert.pearson at rit.edu http://people.rit.edu/~repemc/ From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu On Behalf Of Price, Aimee Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 10:08 AM To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: [labnetwork] Fabrication Training Materials All, I'm looking for basic training materials, videos, etc. on fabrication/metrology/analytical techniques for newer cleanroom users (undergraduate and early graduate student level). I had thought I'd seen that the NNCI/NNIN had materials somewhere but I can't find them. Does anyone have a go to stockpile of training materials that can be viewed online? Thank you and I hope that you all are managing your way through this unprecedented time. Stay safe! 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Both are used for liftoff including pmma. We did have few issues of pmma blistering during Pt deposition but it was resolved after adjusting the beam sweep parameters. 2. The customer service is excellent. Very responsive and helpful. 3. Both of our tools have different GUIs (one is newer than the other) but both do a great job. Most users don?t even look into the chamber during deposition and I can not recall the last time we had a problem. We do have a procedure of weekly chamber maintenance where the crucibles are checked and filled. Best, Youry On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 4:18 PM NEAL, ADAM T DR-02 USAF AFMC AFRL/RXAN < adam.neal.3 at us.af.mil> wrote: > Labnetwork, > > > > My organization is considering purchase of a metallization tool > (electron-beam evaporation and pulsed DC sputtering combination) from > Angstrom Engineering (angstromengineering.com), and I wanted to solicit > feedback from list members who have experience with Angstrom?s tools. In > addition to general feedback, I?m also looking for information on the > following from any list members who have used or maintained Angstrom?s > e-beam evaporation or sputtering tools: > > > > 1. Do you and your users have a successful track record of > performing electron-beam evaporation and liftoff with Angstrom tools, > including PMMA resist? We have been quoted for a ?Nebula? chamber, so I?d > love to hear from anyone who has direct experience with that chamber > geometry. > > 2. What has your experience been like with Angstrom?s customers > service? > > 3. What is your experience of the control/automation software on > the system? Once the sample is loaded, can how much user intervention is > required if a recipe is already developed? > > > > Please send your feedback directly to me at > adam.neal.3 at us.af.mil;adam.t.neal at gmail.com > . > Thank you in advance for any feedback you can provide. > > > > Adam T. Neal, Ph.D. > > Research Electrical Engineer > > Acting Research Team Lead > > Agile RF Electronics Team > > Materials and Manufacturing Directorate > > Air Force Research Laboratory > > E-mail: adam.neal.3 at us.af.mil;adam.t.neal at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > labnetwork mailing list > labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From usha at stanford.edu Fri Mar 20 10:42:26 2020 From: usha at stanford.edu (Usha Raghuram) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 14:42:26 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] Fabrication Training Materials In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: Hi Aimee, Here are the links to some of the NNCI site information. https://www.nnci.net/technical-resources https://www.nnci.net/working-groups Working Groups | NNCI This NNCI Technical Working Group has been established to share information about the proven techniques and unique capabilities of the NNCI member sites in the area of photolithography.Our scope includes all mask-based, interference, and direct-write techniques and tools that use photons to form a pattern. www.nnci.net Stanford also offers online training material through nano at stanford. You can also access more educational material at Stanford Nanofabrication Facility (SNF) and Stanford Nanoshared Facilities (SNSF). Here are the link to the online courses and material from SNF/SNSF sites. https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:StanfordOnline+ENGRX0001+1T2020/course/ https://snfexfab.stanford.edu/ https://snsf.stanford.edu/ Stanford Nano Shared Facilities | Stanford University About SNSF. The Stanford Nano Shared Facilities (SNSF) include some of the most advanced nanoscale patterning and characterization equipment available. snsf.stanford.edu Stanford Nanofabrication Facility The Stanford Nanofabrication Facility serves academic, industrial, and governmental researchers across the U.S. and around the globe. More than a lab, it's a vibrant research community. snfexfab.stanford.edu Course | ENGRX0001 | edX Like edX on Facebook; Follow edX on Twitter; Follow edX on LinkedIn; Follow edX on Instagram; Subscribe to the edX subreddit ? 2020 edX Inc. All rights reserved. courses.edx.org Regards, Usha Usha Raghuram, Ph.D. Stanford Nanofabrication Facility Stanford, CA ________________________________ From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu on behalf of Robert Pearson Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 1:51 PM To: Price, Aimee ; labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Cc: Sean L Rommel Subject: Re: [labnetwork] Fabrication Training Materials Hello Aimee, The RIT undergraduate BS degree program in Microelectronic Engineering has many resources that you might be interested in using. We have been teaching microfabrication lectures and labs since 1982 and have offered our Master of Engineering in Microelectronic Manufacturing Engineering entirely on-line since 1995. I suggest that you contact both our program director, Dr. Sean Rommel and our faculty lab director Dr. Karl Hirschman. The founder of our program, IEEE Fellow, Dr. Lynn Fuller also has a wealth of information on his website and get thousands of hits per month. https://people.rit.edu/lffeee/ You may also look up Joe McGlone who is a PhD student at Ohio State. He is an alum of our program. He could give you some insights on what he learned from our curriculum. Regards, Rob [rob_image_2012] Robert E. Pearson, PhD Electrical & Microelectronic Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester NY 14623 (585) 475-2923 voice robert.pearson at rit.edu http://people.rit.edu/~repemc/ From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu On Behalf Of Price, Aimee Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 10:08 AM To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: [labnetwork] Fabrication Training Materials All, I?m looking for basic training materials, videos, etc. on fabrication/metrology/analytical techniques for newer cleanroom users (undergraduate and early graduate student level). I had thought I?d seen that the NNCI/NNIN had materials somewhere but I can?t find them. Does anyone have a go to stockpile of training materials that can be viewed online? Thank you and I hope that you all are managing your way through this unprecedented time. Stay safe! Best, Aimee Bross Price Sr. Research Associate The Ohio State University Nanotech West Lab Institute for Materials Research 1381 Kinnear Road Suite 100 Columbus, OH 43212 614-292-2753 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 124773 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From shimonel at savion.huji.ac.il Fri Mar 20 11:00:29 2020 From: shimonel at savion.huji.ac.il (Shimon Eliav) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 15:00:29 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] Angstrom Engineering In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Adam, We have just installed a new evaporation system from Angstrom. It is a "Quantum Series" machine. We did a quite long selection process and Angstrom was chosen with clear advantages over the five other consulted companies: * The technical level of the Angstrom staff: every question, every issue, was immediately explained and elaborated in such a way that we understood they are serious people and knew what they are doing. * The quality of the offered items: their proposal had the best combination of parts and the best solution to our application. * Price: there was a long negotiation around our tight budget and they manage to accommodate to it. * After the PO: they didn't change. They continued in the same way they were in the beginning of the process. It doesn't happen always: I saw a lot of companies that after the PO they change their way and then you understand with who you are making business. * Acceptance Test & Delivery: everything smoothly done according to the schedule. * Service: Angstrom has a very good representative here in Israel and the remote service also works fine. The small problems we had up to now were solved quite fast. Regarding lift-off process using PMMA, we perform it regularly. At high deposition rates, like 10A/sec, we experienced some blistering, but once it was reduced to 5A/sec, the problem was solved. The system automation works just fine: once a recipe is loaded, it runs without any user intervention. I hope it can help. Feel free for any other question. Good luck, Shimon Eliav The Unit for Nano Fabrication The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem - ISRAEL From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu [mailto:labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu] On Behalf Of NEAL, ADAM T DR-02 USAF AFMC AFRL/RXAN Sent: Thursday, 19 March 2020 17:49 To: Fab Network Subject: [labnetwork] Angstrom Engineering Labnetwork, My organization is considering purchase of a metallization tool (electron-beam evaporation and pulsed DC sputtering combination) from Angstrom Engineering (angstromengineering.com), and I wanted to solicit feedback from list members who have experience with Angstrom's tools. In addition to general feedback, I'm also looking for information on the following from any list members who have used or maintained Angstrom's e-beam evaporation or sputtering tools: 1. Do you and your users have a successful track record of performing electron-beam evaporation and liftoff with Angstrom tools, including PMMA resist? We have been quoted for a "Nebula" chamber, so I'd love to hear from anyone who has direct experience with that chamber geometry. 2. What has your experience been like with Angstrom's customers service? 3. What is your experience of the control/automation software on the system? Once the sample is loaded, can how much user intervention is required if a recipe is already developed? Please send your feedback directly to me at adam.neal.3 at us.af.mil;adam.t.neal at gmail.com. Thank you in advance for any feedback you can provide. Adam T. Neal, Ph.D. Research Electrical Engineer Acting Research Team Lead Agile RF Electronics Team Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Air Force Research Laboratory E-mail: adam.neal.3 at us.af.mil;adam.t.neal at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k.luongo at gmail.com Fri Mar 20 14:23:09 2020 From: k.luongo at gmail.com (Kevin luongo) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 14:23:09 -0400 Subject: [labnetwork] Angstrom Engineering In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Neal, University of Miami has 2 tools from Angstrom Engineering, 1. 3gun sputter system 2. 6pocket Ebeam with 2 thermal I can not say enough about their customer service. They have altered our software on the fly as well as sent us wire harnesses to change the configuration of our tool upon request for a very reasonable fee. The tools are robust. https://bionium.miami.edu/ https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=ABLNvseuQgQ Best regards, Kevin On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 7:50 PM Youry Borisenkov wrote: > Dear Neal, > We have 2 angstrom tools in our cleanroom > http://cni.columbia.edu/equipment-list > 1. I?m not sure about the chamber type, I was not present during the > purchasing process. One of the tools has e-beam, sputter, thermal and > plasma pre-deposition clean capabilities. The other is a low (10^-9 torr) > vacuum e-beam. Both are used for liftoff including pmma. We did have few > issues of pmma blistering during Pt deposition but it was resolved after > adjusting the beam sweep parameters. > 2. The customer service is excellent. Very responsive and helpful. > 3. Both of our tools have different GUIs (one is newer than the other) but > both do a great job. Most users don?t even look into the chamber during > deposition and I can not recall the last time we had a problem. We do have > a procedure of weekly chamber maintenance where the crucibles are checked > and filled. > > Best, > Youry > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 4:18 PM NEAL, ADAM T DR-02 USAF AFMC AFRL/RXAN < > adam.neal.3 at us.af.mil> wrote: > >> Labnetwork, >> >> >> >> My organization is considering purchase of a metallization tool >> (electron-beam evaporation and pulsed DC sputtering combination) from >> Angstrom Engineering (angstromengineering.com), and I wanted to solicit >> feedback from list members who have experience with Angstrom?s tools. In >> addition to general feedback, I?m also looking for information on the >> following from any list members who have used or maintained Angstrom?s >> e-beam evaporation or sputtering tools: >> >> >> >> 1. Do you and your users have a successful track record of >> performing electron-beam evaporation and liftoff with Angstrom tools, >> including PMMA resist? We have been quoted for a ?Nebula? chamber, so I?d >> love to hear from anyone who has direct experience with that chamber >> geometry. >> >> 2. What has your experience been like with Angstrom?s customers >> service? >> >> 3. What is your experience of the control/automation software on >> the system? Once the sample is loaded, can how much user intervention is >> required if a recipe is already developed? >> >> >> >> Please send your feedback directly to me at >> adam.neal.3 at us.af.mil;adam.t.neal at gmail.com >> . >> Thank you in advance for any feedback you can provide. >> >> >> >> Adam T. Neal, Ph.D. >> >> Research Electrical Engineer >> >> Acting Research Team Lead >> >> Agile RF Electronics Team >> >> Materials and Manufacturing Directorate >> >> Air Force Research Laboratory >> >> E-mail: adam.neal.3 at us.af.mil;adam.t.neal at gmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> labnetwork mailing list >> labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu >> https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork >> > _______________________________________________ > labnetwork mailing list > labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork > -- Kevin Luongo BioNIUM University of Miami -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Stay well and best regards, Mark Mark Weiler Manager, Equipment & Facilities Claire and John Bertucci Nanotechnology Laboratory Electrical and Computer Engineering | Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 T: 412.268.2471 F: 412.268.3497 www.ece.cmu.edu nanofab.ece.cmu.edu On Mar 21, 2020, at 12:03, Daniel Christensen > wrote: Dear Labnetwork Community, In these trying times there are things we can do to help. I contacted my EHS people to let them know about the inventory of cleanroom gloves that I have on hand. They just informed me that they will be coming on Tuesday to get these gloves and transport them to the health care workers on the front lines of COVID-19. So the 30,000 individual gloves that I have stocked will be moving on to the local Hospitals. I am happy to know that we could do something to help. If you have large inventories of gloves, please consider you community needs. Thanks, and stay safe. 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Best, stay safe and be well! -JD (CNS, Harvard) From: on behalf of Daniel Christensen Date: Saturday, March 21, 2020 at 12:01 PM To: "labnetwork at mtl. Network" Subject: [labnetwork] Transfer your Cleanroom gloves for Health care workers Dear Labnetwork Community, In these trying times there are things we can do to help. I contacted my EHS people to let them know about the inventory of cleanroom gloves that I have on hand. They just informed me that they will be coming on Tuesday to get these gloves and transport them to the health care workers on the front lines of COVID-19. So the 30,000 individual gloves that I have stocked will be moving on to the local Hospitals. I am happy to know that we could do something to help. If you have large inventories of gloves, please consider you community needs. Thanks, and stay safe. Dan C -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bill_flounders at berkeley.edu Sat Mar 21 15:03:07 2020 From: bill_flounders at berkeley.edu (Albert William (Bill) Flounders) Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:03:07 -0700 Subject: [labnetwork] Transfer your Cleanroom gloves for Health care workers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dan et al., We have also made an inventory of all our PPE and provided it to the campus health care center for evaluation. We will make available any items they deem useful. I offer a note of caution. Evaluate your clean room suits with care; check the spec sheet. Our disposable clean room suits are a breathable material that is not designed to provide protection against pathogens or toxic particulates. It is important that the specifications are known and evaluated. We do not want to transfer items that provide any false sense of security. Bill Flounders UC Berkeley NanoLab On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 9:03 AM Daniel Christensen wrote: > Dear Labnetwork Community, > > > > In these trying times there are things we can do to help. I contacted my > EHS people to let them know about the inventory of cleanroom gloves that I > have on hand. They just informed me that they will be coming on Tuesday to > get these gloves and transport them to the health care workers on the front > lines of COVID-19. So the 30,000 individual gloves that I have stocked > will be moving on to the local Hospitals. > > > > I am happy to know that we could do something to help. If you have large > inventories of gloves, please consider you community needs. > > > > Thanks, and stay safe. > > > > Dan C > > > _______________________________________________ > labnetwork mailing list > labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sandrine at umich.edu Sat Mar 21 16:30:15 2020 From: sandrine at umich.edu (Sandrine Martin) Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 13:30:15 -0700 Subject: [labnetwork] Transfer your Cleanroom gloves for Health care workers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: All We did the same at U Michigan and indeed it took a lot of back and forth to translate nanofab characteristics into medical characteristics. We had to go back to manufacturers specs/data sheets. Some things worked and done didn?t.... Good luck to everybody! --- Sandrine Martin On Mar 21, 2020, at 15:03, Albert William (Bill) Flounders < bill_flounders at berkeley.edu> wrote: Dan et al., We have also made an inventory of all our PPE and provided it to the campus health care center for evaluation. We will make available any items they deem useful. I offer a note of caution. Evaluate your clean room suits with care; check the spec sheet. Our disposable clean room suits are a breathable material that is not designed to provide protection against pathogens or toxic particulates. It is important that the specifications are known and evaluated. We do not want to transfer items that provide any false sense of security. Bill Flounders UC Berkeley NanoLab On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 9:03 AM Daniel Christensen wrote: > Dear Labnetwork Community, > > > > In these trying times there are things we can do to help. I contacted my > EHS people to let them know about the inventory of cleanroom gloves that I > have on hand. They just informed me that they will be coming on Tuesday to > get these gloves and transport them to the health care workers on the front > lines of COVID-19. So the 30,000 individual gloves that I have stocked > will be moving on to the local Hospitals. > > > > I am happy to know that we could do something to help. If you have large > inventories of gloves, please consider you community needs. > > > > Thanks, and stay safe. > > > > Dan C > > > _______________________________________________ > labnetwork mailing list > labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork > _______________________________________________ labnetwork mailing list labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gary.spinner at ien.gatech.edu Sat Mar 21 19:56:16 2020 From: gary.spinner at ien.gatech.edu (Spinner, Gary) Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 23:56:16 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] Transfer your Cleanroom gloves for Health care workers In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: Hi Sandrine, Can you please share with the group what supplies worked? I am sure we all are using similar laboratory supplies. If the supplies have already been vetted, this could reduce the amount of time it takes to determine supplies that are suitable for medical applications. We have just received a request for garments, facemasks, gloves, and bouffant caps. Thanks, Gary Spinner - Sr. Asst. Dir-Research Ops The Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology at Georgia Tech 345 Ferst Drive, Atlanta GA, 30332 404.385.5252 | spinner at gatech.edu ________________________________ From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu on behalf of Sandrine Martin Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2020 4:30 PM To: Albert William (Bill) Flounders Cc: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu ; Daniel Christensen Subject: Re: [labnetwork] Transfer your Cleanroom gloves for Health care workers All We did the same at U Michigan and indeed it took a lot of back and forth to translate nanofab characteristics into medical characteristics. We had to go back to manufacturers specs/data sheets. Some things worked and done didn?t.... Good luck to everybody! --- Sandrine Martin On Mar 21, 2020, at 15:03, Albert William (Bill) Flounders > wrote: Dan et al., We have also made an inventory of all our PPE and provided it to the campus health care center for evaluation. We will make available any items they deem useful. I offer a note of caution. Evaluate your clean room suits with care; check the spec sheet. Our disposable clean room suits are a breathable material that is not designed to provide protection against pathogens or toxic particulates. It is important that the specifications are known and evaluated. We do not want to transfer items that provide any false sense of security. Bill Flounders UC Berkeley NanoLab On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 9:03 AM Daniel Christensen > wrote: Dear Labnetwork Community, In these trying times there are things we can do to help. I contacted my EHS people to let them know about the inventory of cleanroom gloves that I have on hand. They just informed me that they will be coming on Tuesday to get these gloves and transport them to the health care workers on the front lines of COVID-19. So the 30,000 individual gloves that I have stocked will be moving on to the local Hospitals. I am happy to know that we could do something to help. If you have large inventories of gloves, please consider you community needs. Thanks, and stay safe. Dan C _______________________________________________ labnetwork mailing list labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork _______________________________________________ labnetwork mailing list labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sandrine at umich.edu Sat Mar 21 22:03:42 2020 From: sandrine at umich.edu (Sandrine Martin) Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 19:03:42 -0700 Subject: [labnetwork] Transfer your Cleanroom gloves for Health care workers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Gary and everybody For us, here is what we heard back: - earloop face masks worked but not the type that ties behind the head - our swabs did not work. I didn?t have complete specs for all of the models we have so maybe there is still hope there. - tyvek gowns were accepted - IPA (100%) worked - the face shields (for wet bench work) and safety glasses that we had in stock worked for them. Thanks --- Sandrine Martin On Mar 21, 2020, at 19:56, Spinner, Gary wrote: Hi Sandrine, Can you please share with the group what supplies worked? I am sure we all are using similar laboratory supplies. If the supplies have already been vetted, this could reduce the amount of time it takes to determine supplies that are suitable for medical applications. We have just received a request for garments, facemasks, gloves, and bouffant caps. Thanks, *Gary Spinner - Sr. Asst. Dir-Research Ops* The Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology at Georgia Tech 345 Ferst Drive, Atlanta GA, 30332 404.385.5252 | spinner at gatech.edu ------------------------------ *From:* labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu on behalf of Sandrine Martin *Sent:* Saturday, March 21, 2020 4:30 PM *To:* Albert William (Bill) Flounders *Cc:* labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu ; Daniel Christensen < dcchrist at wisc.edu> *Subject:* Re: [labnetwork] Transfer your Cleanroom gloves for Health care workers All We did the same at U Michigan and indeed it took a lot of back and forth to translate nanofab characteristics into medical characteristics. We had to go back to manufacturers specs/data sheets. Some things worked and done didn?t.... Good luck to everybody! --- Sandrine Martin On Mar 21, 2020, at 15:03, Albert William (Bill) Flounders < bill_flounders at berkeley.edu> wrote: Dan et al., We have also made an inventory of all our PPE and provided it to the campus health care center for evaluation. We will make available any items they deem useful. I offer a note of caution. Evaluate your clean room suits with care; check the spec sheet. Our disposable clean room suits are a breathable material that is not designed to provide protection against pathogens or toxic particulates. It is important that the specifications are known and evaluated. We do not want to transfer items that provide any false sense of security. Bill Flounders UC Berkeley NanoLab On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 9:03 AM Daniel Christensen wrote: Dear Labnetwork Community, In these trying times there are things we can do to help. I contacted my EHS people to let them know about the inventory of cleanroom gloves that I have on hand. They just informed me that they will be coming on Tuesday to get these gloves and transport them to the health care workers on the front lines of COVID-19. So the 30,000 individual gloves that I have stocked will be moving on to the local Hospitals. I am happy to know that we could do something to help. If you have large inventories of gloves, please consider you community needs. Thanks, and stay safe. Dan C _______________________________________________ labnetwork mailing list labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork _______________________________________________ labnetwork mailing list labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From agregg at amts.com Sat Mar 21 22:48:00 2020 From: agregg at amts.com (Abbie Gregg) Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 02:48:00 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] PPE for Donation Re: Transfer your Cleanroom gloves for Health care workers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Awesome, hope more nanofabs will do the same. Abbie Gregg Chief Technology Officer Office: (480) 446-8000 xt 107 | Direct: (480) 530-0403 Cell: (480) 577-5083 Email: agregg at amts.com AM Technical Solutions, 1501 West Fountainhead Parkway, Suite 130 ,Tempe, AZ 85282 [cid:image001.png at 01D5FFB9.9FA8A540] Please check out the full range of our services at: Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | www.amts.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: All information contained in or attached to this email constitutes confidential information belonging to AM Technical Solutions, Inc., its affiliates and subsidiaries and/or its clients. This email and any attachments are proprietary and/or confidential and are intended for business use of the addressee(s) only. All other uses or disclosures are strictly prohibited. If the reader is not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that the perusal, copying or dissemination of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender, and delete all copies of this message and its attachments immediately. . From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu On Behalf Of Deng, Jiangdong Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2020 10:51 AM To: Daniel Christensen ; labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: [labnetwork] PPE for Donation Re: Transfer your Cleanroom gloves for Health care workers Hi, Dan, thanks for the message! Yes, that will definitely give some help to the medical frontline. CNS closed all the lab (including the cleanroom) to users last Wednesday (3/18). At the same day, we collected the first load of PPE supplies (around 15 cases/boxes of gloves, Tyvek gowns, shoe covers, goggles..) to donate to hospitals. We may continue downsizing our inventory, and hope to provide more support to the medical side. Best, stay safe and be well! -JD (CNS, Harvard) From: > on behalf of Daniel Christensen > Date: Saturday, March 21, 2020 at 12:01 PM To: "labnetwork at mtl. Network" > Subject: [labnetwork] Transfer your Cleanroom gloves for Health care workers Dear Labnetwork Community, In these trying times there are things we can do to help. I contacted my EHS people to let them know about the inventory of cleanroom gloves that I have on hand. They just informed me that they will be coming on Tuesday to get these gloves and transport them to the health care workers on the front lines of COVID-19. So the 30,000 individual gloves that I have stocked will be moving on to the local Hospitals. I am happy to know that we could do something to help. If you have large inventories of gloves, please consider you community needs. Thanks, and stay safe. Dan C -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 7737 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From jeanne.guo at rice.edu Sun Mar 22 01:22:59 2020 From: jeanne.guo at rice.edu (Jing Guo) Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 00:22:59 -0500 Subject: [labnetwork] Transfer your Cleanroom gloves for Health care workers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <615A9969-88BB-431F-A90D-7D52539CCA13@rice.edu> All, I did some research about cleanroom PPE and medical PPE. Here is what I found and it may be useful when we try to donate to health care workers and the medical frontline. 1. Coverall The protection level of Tyvek 400 (cleanroom coverall) is lower than Tyvek 600 & 800 (medical use). Here is the information from Dupont website Tyvek? 400 garments are composed of flash spun high density polyethylene which creates a unique, nonwoven material available only from DuPont. Tyvek? 400 provides an ideal balance of protection, durability and comfort of any limited use fabric technology. Tyvek? 400 fabric offers an inherent barrier against particles (down to 1.0 micron in size). Protection is built into the fabric itself; there are no films or laminates to abrade or wear away. Tyvek? 400 fabric's durability advantage over microporous film fabrics delivers consistently better barrier, even after wear and abrasion. Applications include: lead and asbestos abatement/remediation, general maintenance/operations, spray painting, general clean-up. Tyvek? 800 garments combine resistance to low-concentration, water-based, inorganic chemicals (even under pressure) with the strength and durability of Tyvek? thanks to an innovative fabric technology and enhanced garment design. Developed to our highest standards, Tyvek? 800 coveralls are soft, comfortable and lightweight without compromising their level of durability. They are now available with serged and over-taped seams that provide the performance of Type 3/4/5/6 garments, which have been tested to standards against pressurized liquids, heavy liquid aerosols and airborne solid particles. The coveralls provide an effective barrier against many water-based inorganic chemicals in low concentration and particles (down to 1.0 micron in size), as well as oil repellency. Tyvek? 800 coveralls are suitable for applications such as industrial cleaning, chemical packaging and redistribution, waste treatment and disposal, and environmental remediation. Tyvek? 800 Type 3/4/5/6 coveralls offer the following safety and comfort benefits The best coverall for medical frontline is Tyvek 800 especially on the resistance to penetration by blood and body fluids. But if the medical supply become more urgent, at least Tyvek 400 can provide general protection for nurses, doctors and health care workers who don?t have the highest risk to get contaminated by COVID-19. One more layer is much better than nothing. 2. Mask Cleanroom masks should be comparable as the surgical masks. As disposal masks we should try to help as much as we can. 4. Gloves Cleanroom gloves should be good enough for medical use to prevent the contact to virus. 5. Goggles & face shield Goggles and face shields are the equipment can be reused. After use, wipe and sanitize it, then all of them should be good for the next use. The required amount for one hospital/institute of goggles and face shield should be easy to calculate. Hope the info above can at least reduce the confusion when we try to donate/help the local hospital. Stay safe!!! -Jing --------------------------------------- Jing Guo Ph.D. Research Scientist SEA Cleanroom (SST 017) Rice University Houston, TX jeanne.guo at rice.edu 713-348-8227 > On Mar 21, 2020, at 3:30 PM, Sandrine Martin wrote: > > All > > We did the same at U Michigan and indeed it took a lot of back and forth to translate nanofab characteristics into medical characteristics. We had to go back to manufacturers specs/data sheets. Some things worked and done didn?t.... > > Good luck to everybody! > > --- > Sandrine Martin > > On Mar 21, 2020, at 15:03, Albert William (Bill) Flounders > wrote: > >> Dan et al., >> We have also made an inventory of all our PPE and provided it to the campus >> health care center for evaluation. We will make available any items they deem useful. >> >> I offer a note of caution. Evaluate your clean room suits with care; check the spec sheet. >> Our disposable clean room suits are a breathable material that is not designed to provide >> protection against pathogens or toxic particulates. It is important that the specifications >> are known and evaluated. We do not want to transfer items that provide any false sense of security. >> >> Bill Flounders >> UC Berkeley NanoLab >> >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 9:03 AM Daniel Christensen > wrote: >> Dear Labnetwork Community, >> >> >> >> In these trying times there are things we can do to help. I contacted my EHS people to let them know about the inventory of cleanroom gloves that I have on hand. They just informed me that they will be coming on Tuesday to get these gloves and transport them to the health care workers on the front lines of COVID-19. So the 30,000 individual gloves that I have stocked will be moving on to the local Hospitals. >> >> >> >> I am happy to know that we could do something to help. If you have large inventories of gloves, please consider you community needs. >> >> >> >> Thanks, and stay safe. >> >> >> >> Dan C >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> labnetwork mailing list >> labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu >> https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork >> _______________________________________________ >> labnetwork mailing list >> labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu >> https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork > _______________________________________________ > labnetwork mailing list > labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From julia.aebersold at louisville.edu Mon Mar 23 12:58:07 2020 From: julia.aebersold at louisville.edu (Aebersold,Julia W.) Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 16:58:07 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] University of Louisville MNTC Facility is open Message-ID: Hello everyone! With the support of our administration the Micro/Nano Technology Center at the University of Louisville will remain open. If you have clients that need processing, imaging, metrology performed that are within our capabilities then our staff can perform remote processing. Inquiries can be sent to the following link and you should receive a response within 24 hours. http://louisville.edu/micronano/contact-us Note we are primarily a MEMS facility, if you have stringent CMOS processing needs then we may need to have further discussions. To check out our capabilities please go to the links below. http://louisville.edu/micronano/equipment-capabilities Cheers! Julia Aebersold, Ph.D. Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center University of Louisville Shumaker Research Building, Room 233 2210 South Brook Street Louisville, KY 40292 (502) 852-1572 http://louisville.edu/micronano/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 12:58 PM To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: [labnetwork] University of Louisville MNTC Facility is open Hello everyone! With the support of our administration the Micro/Nano Technology Center at the University of Louisville will remain open. If you have clients that need processing, imaging, metrology performed that are within our capabilities then our staff can perform remote processing. Inquiries can be sent to the following link and you should receive a response within 24 hours. http://louisville.edu/micronano/contact-us Note we are primarily a MEMS facility, if you have stringent CMOS processing needs then we may need to have further discussions. To check out our capabilities please go to the links below. http://louisville.edu/micronano/equipment-capabilities Cheers! 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With the support of our administration the Micro/Nano > Technology Center at the University of Louisville will remain open.? > If you have clients that need processing, imaging, metrology performed > that are within our capabilities then our staff can perform remote > processing.? Inquiries can be sent to the following link and you > should receive a response within 24 hours. > > http://louisville.edu/micronano/contact-us > > Note we are primarily a MEMS facility, if you have stringent CMOS > processing needs then we may need to have further discussions.? To > check out our capabilities please go to the links below. > > http://louisville.edu/micronano/equipment-capabilities > > Cheers! > > Julia Aebersold, Ph.D. > > Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center > > University of Louisville > > Shumaker Research Building, Room 233 > > 2210 South Brook Street > > Louisville, KY? 40292 > > (502) 852-1572 > > http://louisville.edu/micronano/ > > > _______________________________________________ > labnetwork mailing list > labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From julia.aebersold at louisville.edu Tue Mar 24 11:48:27 2020 From: julia.aebersold at louisville.edu (Aebersold,Julia W.) Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 15:48:27 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] University of Louisville MNTC Facility is open In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We are taking measures to significantly limit the number of folks in our facility and only 2 in the gowning room at the same time. Our EVPRI also deemed us as essential. Cheers! Julia Aebersold, Ph.D. Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center University of Louisville Shumaker Research Building, Room 233 2210 South Brook Street Louisville, KY 40292 (502) 852-1572 http://louisville.edu/micronano/ From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu [mailto:labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu] On Behalf Of Quinn Leonard Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 10:54 AM To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: Re: [labnetwork] University of Louisville MNTC Facility is open For the health and safety of your staff, your lab members, and your whole community, I hope this decision proves to be correct. Quinn Leonard Nanoscale Fabrication Center University of Wisconsin On 3/23/2020 11:58 AM, Aebersold,Julia W. wrote: Hello everyone! With the support of our administration the Micro/Nano Technology Center at the University of Louisville will remain open. If you have clients that need processing, imaging, metrology performed that are within our capabilities then our staff can perform remote processing. Inquiries can be sent to the following link and you should receive a response within 24 hours. http://louisville.edu/micronano/contact-us Note we are primarily a MEMS facility, if you have stringent CMOS processing needs then we may need to have further discussions. To check out our capabilities please go to the links below. http://louisville.edu/micronano/equipment-capabilities Cheers! Julia Aebersold, Ph.D. Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center University of Louisville Shumaker Research Building, Room 233 2210 South Brook Street Louisville, KY 40292 (502) 852-1572 http://louisville.edu/micronano/ _______________________________________________ labnetwork mailing list labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lvchang at Central.UH.EDU Tue Mar 24 12:32:37 2020 From: lvchang at Central.UH.EDU (Chang, Long) Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 16:32:37 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] University of Louisville MNTC Facility is open In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Guys, Houston just got ordered to stay at home as much as possible effective at noon today. I was not able to convince our admins about the severity of the virus, so we are to remain open. Fortunately, as of today, all faculty have voluntarily stopped their research for the safety of their students. Cases are increasing exponentially in New York, see case map from NYTimes attached. Considering lack of test kits, these numbers significantly underestimate the actual number of infected. We should do our part and distance ourselves to protect our community from experiencing this pandemic like China, Italy, Iran, France, Switzerland, UK, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, and on and on. Best, Long [cid:86A1967D-99E0-4B0D-8BF0-8183847D114E at serc.dhcp.e.uh.edu] On Mar 24, 2020, at 9:54 AM, Quinn Leonard > wrote: For the health and safety of your staff, your lab members, and your whole community, I hope this decision proves to be correct. Quinn Leonard Nanoscale Fabrication Center University of Wisconsin On 3/23/2020 11:58 AM, Aebersold,Julia W. wrote: Hello everyone! With the support of our administration the Micro/Nano Technology Center at the University of Louisville will remain open. If you have clients that need processing, imaging, metrology performed that are within our capabilities then our staff can perform remote processing. Inquiries can be sent to the following link and you should receive a response within 24 hours. http://louisville.edu/micronano/contact-us Note we are primarily a MEMS facility, if you have stringent CMOS processing needs then we may need to have further discussions. To check out our capabilities please go to the links below. http://louisville.edu/micronano/equipment-capabilities Cheers! Julia Aebersold, Ph.D. Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center University of Louisville Shumaker Research Building, Room 233 2210 South Brook Street Louisville, KY 40292 (502) 852-1572 http://louisville.edu/micronano/ _______________________________________________ labnetwork mailing list labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I found this website which is very useful in terms of connecting directly to healthcare centers in need, filtered by geography. https://www.donateppe.org/ Best MC -- *MC O'Connor* *Communications Director* *Mobile: +1 415 497 0568* *Website | LinkedIn * *(She/Her/Hers)* On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 5:42 AM Jing Guo wrote: > All, > > I did some research about cleanroom PPE and medical PPE. Here is what I > found and it may be useful when we try to donate to health care workers and > the medical frontline. > > 1. Coverall > The protection level of Tyvek 400 (cleanroom coverall) is lower than Tyvek > 600 & 800 (medical use). > Here is the information from Dupont website > > Tyvek? 400 garments are composed of flash spun high density polyethylene > which creates a unique, nonwoven material available only from DuPont. > Tyvek? 400 provides an ideal balance of protection, durability and comfort > of any limited use fabric technology. Tyvek? 400 fabric offers an inherent > barrier against particles (down to 1.0 micron in size). Protection is built > into the fabric itself; there are no films or laminates to abrade or wear > away. Tyvek? 400 fabric's durability advantage over microporous film > fabrics delivers consistently better barrier, even after wear and abrasion. > Applications include: lead and asbestos abatement/remediation, general > maintenance/operations, spray painting, general clean-up. > > Tyvek? 800 garments combine resistance to low-concentration, water-based, > inorganic chemicals (even under pressure) with the strength and durability > of Tyvek? thanks to an innovative fabric technology and enhanced garment > design. Developed to our highest standards, Tyvek? 800 coveralls are soft, > comfortable and lightweight without compromising their level of durability. > They are now available with serged and over-taped seams that provide the > performance of Type 3/4/5/6 garments, which have been tested to standards > against pressurized liquids, heavy liquid aerosols and airborne solid > particles. The coveralls provide an effective barrier against many > water-based inorganic chemicals in low concentration and particles (down to > 1.0 micron in size), as well as oil repellency. Tyvek? 800 coveralls are > suitable for applications such as industrial cleaning, chemical packaging > and redistribution, waste treatment and disposal, and environmental > remediation. Tyvek? 800 Type 3/4/5/6 coveralls offer the following safety > and comfort benefits > > The best coverall for medical frontline is Tyvek 800 especially on the > resistance to penetration by blood and body fluids. > But if the medical supply become more urgent, at least Tyvek 400 can > provide general protection for nurses, doctors and health care workers > who don?t have the highest risk to get contaminated by COVID-19. One more > layer is much better than nothing. > > 2. Mask > Cleanroom masks should be comparable as the surgical masks. As disposal > masks we should try to help as much as we can. > > 4. Gloves > Cleanroom gloves should be good enough for medical use to prevent the > contact to virus. > > 5. Goggles & face shield > Goggles and face shields are the equipment can be reused. After use, wipe > and sanitize it, then all of them should be good for the next use. The > required amount for one hospital/institute of goggles and face shield > should be easy to calculate. > > Hope the info above can at least reduce the confusion when we try to > donate/help the local hospital. > > Stay safe!!! > > > > -Jing > --------------------------------------- > Jing Guo Ph.D. > Research Scientist > SEA Cleanroom (SST 017) > Rice University > Houston, TX > jeanne.guo at rice.edu > 713-348-8227 > > > > > > > > On Mar 21, 2020, at 3:30 PM, Sandrine Martin wrote: > > All > > We did the same at U Michigan and indeed it took a lot of back and forth > to translate nanofab characteristics into medical characteristics. We had > to go back to manufacturers specs/data sheets. Some things worked and done > didn?t.... > > Good luck to everybody! > > --- > Sandrine Martin > > On Mar 21, 2020, at 15:03, Albert William (Bill) Flounders < > bill_flounders at berkeley.edu> wrote: > > Dan et al., > We have also made an inventory of all our PPE and provided it to the > campus > health care center for evaluation. We will make available any items they > deem useful. > > I offer a note of caution. Evaluate your clean room suits with care; check > the spec sheet. > Our disposable clean room suits are a breathable material that is not > designed to provide > protection against pathogens or toxic particulates. It is important that > the specifications > are known and evaluated. We do not want to transfer items that provide any > false sense of security. > > Bill Flounders > UC Berkeley NanoLab > > > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 9:03 AM Daniel Christensen > wrote: > >> Dear Labnetwork Community, >> >> >> >> In these trying times there are things we can do to help. I contacted my >> EHS people to let them know about the inventory of cleanroom gloves that I >> have on hand. They just informed me that they will be coming on Tuesday to >> get these gloves and transport them to the health care workers on the front >> lines of COVID-19. So the 30,000 individual gloves that I have stocked >> will be moving on to the local Hospitals. >> >> >> >> I am happy to know that we could do something to help. 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I have to say, our Governor has jumped on this - as you can see from our numbers - thanks for the map! Stay Calm and Carry On! Kind Regards, Matthias Pleil, Ph.D. Research Professor & Lecturer III of Mech. Eng - UNM UNM MTTC Cleanroom Manager PI - Support Center for Microsystems Education Find great curriculum at: www.scme-support.org (505)272-7157 Join the MNTeSIG Team at www.mntesig.net [cid:e0bfbf39-0b0a-4bf2-97e5-dead1b27393c] ________________________________ From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu on behalf of Chang, Long Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 10:32 AM To: Quinn Leonard Cc: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: Re: [labnetwork] University of Louisville MNTC Facility is open UNM-IT Warning: This message was sent from outside of the LoboMail system. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. (2.3) Hi Guys, Houston just got ordered to stay at home as much as possible effective at noon today. I was not able to convince our admins about the severity of the virus, so we are to remain open. Fortunately, as of today, all faculty have voluntarily stopped their research for the safety of their students. Cases are increasing exponentially in New York, see case map from NYTimes attached. Considering lack of test kits, these numbers significantly underestimate the actual number of infected. We should do our part and distance ourselves to protect our community from experiencing this pandemic like China, Italy, Iran, France, Switzerland, UK, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, and on and on. Best, Long [cid:86A1967D-99E0-4B0D-8BF0-8183847D114E at serc.dhcp.e.uh.edu] On Mar 24, 2020, at 9:54 AM, Quinn Leonard > wrote: For the health and safety of your staff, your lab members, and your whole community, I hope this decision proves to be correct. Quinn Leonard Nanoscale Fabrication Center University of Wisconsin On 3/23/2020 11:58 AM, Aebersold,Julia W. wrote: Hello everyone! With the support of our administration the Micro/Nano Technology Center at the University of Louisville will remain open. If you have clients that need processing, imaging, metrology performed that are within our capabilities then our staff can perform remote processing. Inquiries can be sent to the following link and you should receive a response within 24 hours. http://louisville.edu/micronano/contact-us Note we are primarily a MEMS facility, if you have stringent CMOS processing needs then we may need to have further discussions. To check out our capabilities please go to the links below. http://louisville.edu/micronano/equipment-capabilities Cheers! 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[cid:image001.jpg at 01D601ED.F2729200] Thank you very much, Abbie Gregg Chief Technology Officer Office: (480) 446-8000 xt 107 | Direct: (480) 530-0403 Cell: (480) 577-5083 Email: agregg at amts.com AM Technical Solutions, 1501 West Fountainhead Parkway, Suite 130 ,Tempe, AZ 85282 [cid:image002.png at 01D601ED.F2729200] Please check out the full range of our services at: Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | www.amts.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: All information contained in or attached to this email constitutes confidential information belonging to AM Technical Solutions, Inc., its affiliates and subsidiaries and/or its clients. This email and any attachments are proprietary and/or confidential and are intended for business use of the addressee(s) only. All other uses or disclosures are strictly prohibited. If the reader is not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that the perusal, copying or dissemination of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender, and delete all copies of this message and its attachments immediately. . From: Michael Weiss Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 9:52 PM To: Abbie Gregg Cc: Hillary Zieve ; Kelly McAndrew ; Michael Mcandrew Subject: Re: Donating PPE to CHOC Thank you! Sent from my iPhone On Mar 23, 2020, at 9:07 PM, Abbie Gregg > wrote: ? Hi Doctor Weiss, Nice to meet you by email also! I am working with some of our AMTS executives regarding finding/sourcing PPE and garments that we can donate. Thanks for letting me know what you need. I will let you know what I find out about the PPE shortly. Best Regards, Abbie Gregg Chief Technology Officer Office: (480) 446-8000 xt 107 | Direct: (480) 530-0403 Cell: (480) 577-5083 Email: agregg at amts.com AM Technical Solutions, 1501 West Fountainhead Parkway, Suite 130 ,Tempe, AZ 85282 Please check out the full range of our services at: Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | www.amts.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: All information contained in or attached to this email constitutes confidential information belonging to AM Technical Solutions, Inc., its affiliates and subsidiaries and/or its clients. This email and any attachments are proprietary and/or confidential and are intended for business use of the addressee(s) only. All other uses or disclosures are strictly prohibited. If the reader is not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that the perusal, copying or dissemination of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender, and delete all copies of this message and its attachments immediately. . From: Michael Weiss > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 8:53 PM To: Hillary Zieve > Cc: Abbie Gregg > Subject: Re: Donating PPE to CHOC Thank you, Hillary. Abbie- nice to meet you. I am a big fan of your daughter,?you should be very proud! With respect to the personal protective equipment, please let me know what you guys have and we can discuss how we might be able to use it. We are definitely in need of masks gloves and gowns. Very generous of you to offer and I look forward to hearing from you, Mike Sent from my iPhone On Mar 23, 2020, at 8:48 PM, Hillary Zieve > wrote: ? Hi Mike and Abbie (Mom), I would like to virtually introduce you two. Abbie is the Chief Technical Officer at AM Technical Solutions, a large tech, construction, design company that works with many clean room labs. They may have some PPE to donate, and Mike, I hope you can help connect my mom to the powers that be so CHOC can benefit. Thank you! Hillary Zieve, MD, FAAP General Pediatrician, CHOC Medical Group UC Irvine, Dept of Pediatrics, HS Assistant Clinical Professor UCI - CHOC Pediatric Residency Program, Associate Program Director Email: hzieve at choc.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- This email message and any files transmitted are sent with confidentiality in mind and contain privileged or copyright information. You must not present this message to another party without gaining permission from the sender. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy, distribute or use this email or the information contained in it for any purpose other than to notify Children's Hospital of Orange County. 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Please help if possible. Abbie Gregg Chief Technology Officer Office: (480) 446-8000 xt 107 | Direct: (480) 530-0403 Cell: (480) 577-5083 Email: agregg at amts.com AM Technical Solutions, 1501 West Fountainhead Parkway, Suite 130 ,Tempe, AZ 85282 [cid:image001.png at 01D601EF.740FC390] Please check out the full range of our services at: Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | www.amts.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: All information contained in or attached to this email constitutes confidential information belonging to AM Technical Solutions, Inc., its affiliates and subsidiaries and/or its clients. This email and any attachments are proprietary and/or confidential and are intended for business use of the addressee(s) only. All other uses or disclosures are strictly prohibited. If the reader is not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that the perusal, copying or dissemination of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender, and delete all copies of this message and its attachments immediately. . From: Alysa Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 10:50 PM To: Abbie Gregg Cc: Kelly McAndrew ; Michael Mcandrew Subject: Re: LA PPE Sourcing Dear Abbie, Thank you for reaching out thanks to Meredith's introduction. This is incredibly generous of you to want to help get PPE to medical professionals right now. My brother and my sister in law are both MDs at major hospitals Intensive Care Units (ICU) in the Los Angeles area, and they desperately need PPE and garments to keep themselves, their patients, and their families safe during this outbreak. The shortages are real, and the risks for medical teams working without PPE are immense. Many doctors and nurses in their hospitals are already out sick with coronavirus, and it will amplify the public health disaster if skilled medical workers keep getting sick, as we're seeing in Italy already. I can organize hand-offs to USC Keck Hospital and possibly UC Irvine and Cedars-Sinai in LA through the network of doctors I'm in touch with on the front lines. I'm already doing a small grassroots drop-off this week at USC Keck Hospital. But if we can tap into your network of cleanroom construction workers for another drop-off in the coming days, that would be incredible! Next steps would be: - You all can let me know the approximate amount and types of PPE available to donate, once you determine that. - I will help arrange well-coordinated, small scale drop-offs at hospital(s) from multiple sources, or consolidate the PPE from your sources for a single drop off at hospital(s). This depends in part on how much is available and where it's located. If it's spread farther in a large network, we could consider engaging a group like https://www.donateppe.org/ to help distribute. But ideally we can keep this even more direct to the local hospitals where I'm helping with donations. Please let me know what you all come up with and know that even the act of reaching out means the world to me and the people on the front lines right now. I can also be reached anytime this week at 347-693-3564. Thank you, Alysa [Image removed by sender.]? On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 3:40 PM Abbie Gregg > wrote: Hi Alysa, My name is Abbie Gregg, a friend and business associate of Meredith Bostwick. I have put the word out to my Executive Management ( https://amts.com/about/corporate-executive-team/) this afternoon and we will be reaching out to our entire company of 500 people in the cleanroom construction field to tell them that we are Interested in any surplus PPE and cleanroom garments that they can spare from jobsites or inventory. Please let me know the exact next steps to help get you what you need in Los Angeles for community hospitals and medical response teams. Please call or email me any time. Best Regards, Abbie Gregg Chief Technology Officer Office: (480) 446-8000 xt 107 | Direct: (480) 530-0403 Cell: (480) 577-5083 Email: agregg at amts.com AM Technical Solutions, 1501 West Fountainhead Parkway, Suite 130 ,Tempe, AZ 85282 [cid:image001.png at 01D601EF.740FC390] Please check out the full range of our services at: Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | www.amts.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: All information contained in or attached to this email constitutes confidential information belonging to AM Technical Solutions, Inc., its affiliates and subsidiaries and/or its clients. This email and any attachments are proprietary and/or confidential and are intended for business use of the addressee(s) only. All other uses or disclosures are strictly prohibited. If the reader is not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that the perusal, copying or dissemination of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender, and delete all copies of this message and its attachments immediately. . From: Meredith Bostwick-Lorenzo Eiroa > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 10:50 AM To: Abbie Gregg > Cc: alysanahmias at gmail.com Subject: Re: LA PPE Sourcing Abbie Thank you for the speedy reply and all of this invaluable information! First of all, I am glad to hear you are in good health, and will be thinking of you family at this time. I'm sure Alyssa will opine on her work, but I'm sure she would also be grateful if you could share her work with your group as well. Thank you again for this, and be well. Hopefully the world will see the light of day after all of this sooner rather than later! 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As everybody can read.globally we just passed he 400K infection mark in just a few days from 300K . Exponential at work here. Be prudent and be well ALL ! Best Regards- Yianni Cell # 443.254.5423 Ofc.# 301.881.2450 Autosamdri-931 CPD Microscopy Today Innovation Award Winner ...45 years of Innovation and Quality... www.tousimis.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail transmission, and any documents, files or previous e-mail messages attached to it, may contain confidential information that is legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, or a person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of any of the information contained in or attached to this message is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify us by reply e-mail at ytousimis at tousimis.com or by telephone at (301) 881-2450, and destroy the original transmission and its attachments without reading them or saving them to any memory device. Thank you From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu On Behalf Of Chang, Long Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 12:33 PM To: Quinn Leonard Cc: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: Re: [labnetwork] University of Louisville MNTC Facility is open Hi Guys, Houston just got ordered to stay at home as much as possible effective at noon today. I was not able to convince our admins about the severity of the virus, so we are to remain open. Fortunately, as of today, all faculty have voluntarily stopped their research for the safety of their students. Cases are increasing exponentially in New York, see case map from NYTimes attached. Considering lack of test kits, these numbers significantly underestimate the actual number of infected. We should do our part and distance ourselves to protect our community from experiencing this pandemic like China, Italy, Iran, France, Switzerland, UK, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, and on and on. Best, Long On Mar 24, 2020, at 9:54 AM, Quinn Leonard > wrote: For the health and safety of your staff, your lab members, and your whole community, I hope this decision proves to be correct. Quinn Leonard Nanoscale Fabrication Center University of Wisconsin On 3/23/2020 11:58 AM, Aebersold,Julia W. wrote: Hello everyone! With the support of our administration the Micro/Nano Technology Center at the University of Louisville will remain open. If you have clients that need processing, imaging, metrology performed that are within our capabilities then our staff can perform remote processing. 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I found this > website which is very useful in terms of connecting directly to healthcare > centers in need, filtered by geography. > > https://www.donateppe.org/ > > Best > MC > > -- > > *MC O'Connor* > > > > *Communications Director* > > *Mobile: +1 415 497 0568* > > *Website | LinkedIn > * > > > *(She/Her/Hers)* > > On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 5:42 AM Jing Guo wrote: > >> All, >> >> I did some research about cleanroom PPE and medical PPE. Here is what I >> found and it may be useful when we try to donate to health care workers and >> the medical frontline. >> >> 1. Coverall >> The protection level of Tyvek 400 (cleanroom coverall) is lower than >> Tyvek 600 & 800 (medical use). >> Here is the information from Dupont website >> >> Tyvek? 400 garments are composed of flash spun high density polyethylene >> which creates a unique, nonwoven material available only from DuPont. >> Tyvek? 400 provides an ideal balance of protection, durability and comfort >> of any limited use fabric technology. Tyvek? 400 fabric offers an inherent >> barrier against particles (down to 1.0 micron in size). Protection is built >> into the fabric itself; there are no films or laminates to abrade or wear >> away. Tyvek? 400 fabric's durability advantage over microporous film >> fabrics delivers consistently better barrier, even after wear and abrasion. >> Applications include: lead and asbestos abatement/remediation, general >> maintenance/operations, spray painting, general clean-up. >> >> Tyvek? 800 garments combine resistance to low-concentration, water-based, >> inorganic chemicals (even under pressure) with the strength and durability >> of Tyvek? thanks to an innovative fabric technology and enhanced garment >> design. Developed to our highest standards, Tyvek? 800 coveralls are soft, >> comfortable and lightweight without compromising their level of durability. >> They are now available with serged and over-taped seams that provide the >> performance of Type 3/4/5/6 garments, which have been tested to standards >> against pressurized liquids, heavy liquid aerosols and airborne solid >> particles. The coveralls provide an effective barrier against many >> water-based inorganic chemicals in low concentration and particles (down to >> 1.0 micron in size), as well as oil repellency. Tyvek? 800 coveralls are >> suitable for applications such as industrial cleaning, chemical packaging >> and redistribution, waste treatment and disposal, and environmental >> remediation. Tyvek? 800 Type 3/4/5/6 coveralls offer the following safety >> and comfort benefits >> >> The best coverall for medical frontline is Tyvek 800 especially on the >> resistance to penetration by blood and body fluids. >> But if the medical supply become more urgent, at least Tyvek 400 can >> provide general protection for nurses, doctors and health care workers >> who don?t have the highest risk to get contaminated by COVID-19. One more >> layer is much better than nothing. >> >> 2. Mask >> Cleanroom masks should be comparable as the surgical masks. As disposal >> masks we should try to help as much as we can. >> >> 4. Gloves >> Cleanroom gloves should be good enough for medical use to prevent the >> contact to virus. >> >> 5. Goggles & face shield >> Goggles and face shields are the equipment can be reused. After use, wipe >> and sanitize it, then all of them should be good for the next use. The >> required amount for one hospital/institute of goggles and face shield >> should be easy to calculate. >> >> Hope the info above can at least reduce the confusion when we try to >> donate/help the local hospital. >> >> Stay safe!!! >> >> >> >> -Jing >> --------------------------------------- >> Jing Guo Ph.D. >> Research Scientist >> SEA Cleanroom (SST 017) >> Rice University >> Houston, TX >> jeanne.guo at rice.edu >> 713-348-8227 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mar 21, 2020, at 3:30 PM, Sandrine Martin wrote: >> >> All >> >> We did the same at U Michigan and indeed it took a lot of back and forth >> to translate nanofab characteristics into medical characteristics. We had >> to go back to manufacturers specs/data sheets. Some things worked and done >> didn?t.... >> >> Good luck to everybody! >> >> --- >> Sandrine Martin >> >> On Mar 21, 2020, at 15:03, Albert William (Bill) Flounders < >> bill_flounders at berkeley.edu> wrote: >> >> Dan et al., >> We have also made an inventory of all our PPE and provided it to the >> campus >> health care center for evaluation. We will make available any items they >> deem useful. >> >> I offer a note of caution. Evaluate your clean room suits with care; >> check the spec sheet. >> Our disposable clean room suits are a breathable material that is not >> designed to provide >> protection against pathogens or toxic particulates. It is important that >> the specifications >> are known and evaluated. We do not want to transfer items that provide >> any false sense of security. >> >> Bill Flounders >> UC Berkeley NanoLab >> >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 9:03 AM Daniel Christensen >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Labnetwork Community, >>> >>> >>> >>> In these trying times there are things we can do to help. I contacted >>> my EHS people to let them know about the inventory of cleanroom gloves that >>> I have on hand. They just informed me that they will be coming on Tuesday >>> to get these gloves and transport them to the health care workers on the >>> front lines of COVID-19. So the 30,000 individual gloves that I have >>> stocked will be moving on to the local Hospitals. >>> >>> >>> >>> I am happy to know that we could do something to help. 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Julia Aebersold, Ph.D. Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center University of Louisville 2210 South Brook Street Shumaker Research Building, Room 233 Louisville, KY 40292 (502) 852-1572 http://louisville.edu/micronano/ ________________________________ From: Aebersold,Julia W. Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 12:58 PM To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: University of Louisville MNTC Facility is open Hello everyone! With the support of our administration the Micro/Nano Technology Center at the University of Louisville will remain open. If you have clients that need processing, imaging, metrology performed that are within our capabilities then our staff can perform remote processing. Inquiries can be sent to the following link and you should receive a response within 24 hours. http://louisville.edu/micronano/contact-us Note we are primarily a MEMS facility, if you have stringent CMOS processing needs then we may need to have further discussions. To check out our capabilities please go to the links below. http://louisville.edu/micronano/equipment-capabilities Cheers! Julia Aebersold, Ph.D. Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center University of Louisville Shumaker Research Building, Room 233 2210 South Brook Street Louisville, KY 40292 (502) 852-1572 http://louisville.edu/micronano/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From robert.j.macdon at gmail.com Wed Mar 25 13:09:39 2020 From: robert.j.macdon at gmail.com (Robert MacDonald) Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 13:09:39 -0400 Subject: [labnetwork] University of Louisville MNTC Facility will be closing this Friday at 5 pm until further notice In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <89CD456F-B62D-41B5-89A3-92FCE617144C@gmail.com> The GE microfab remains open for now. We are in upstate NY. We can take requests for four in wafer processing. We have most processes found at university fabs. Obviously work pertaining to CV19 would take priority. Be well and contact me on this email. Thanks, Rob Sent from my iDidntspellcheckit > On Mar 25, 2020, at 10:29 AM, Aebersold,Julia W. wrote: > > This is a rapidly changing situation. Yesterday we received notice from our EVPRI that we will shut down our facilities to help mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Therefore, we will be shutting down at 5 pm this Friday until further notice and evaluating the situation on a weekly basis. Myself and the staff will be working from home and answering e-mail. If you have questions or inquiries on when we will be reopening please feel free to ask. ?? > > Cheers! > > Julia Aebersold, Ph.D. > Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center > University of Louisville > 2210 South Brook Street > Shumaker Research Building, Room 233 > Louisville, KY 40292 > (502) 852-1572 > http://louisville.edu/micronano/ > > > > From: Aebersold,Julia W. > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 12:58 PM > To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > Subject: University of Louisville MNTC Facility is open > > Hello everyone! With the support of our administration the Micro/Nano Technology Center at the University of Louisville will remain open. If you have clients that need processing, imaging, metrology performed that are within our capabilities then our staff can perform remote processing. Inquiries can be sent to the following link and you should receive a response within 24 hours. > > http://louisville.edu/micronano/contact-us > > Note we are primarily a MEMS facility, if you have stringent CMOS processing needs then we may need to have further discussions. To check out our capabilities please go to the links below. > > http://louisville.edu/micronano/equipment-capabilities > > Cheers! > > Julia Aebersold, Ph.D. > Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center > University of Louisville > Shumaker Research Building, Room 233 > 2210 South Brook Street > Louisville, KY 40292 > (502) 852-1572 > > http://louisville.edu/micronano/ > > _______________________________________________ > labnetwork mailing list > labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I just got off the phone with my accountant.Last week, his client , who owns a business, went to see a lawyer as he needed to pay him 1000 Euro.He had a short meeting with the lawyer and paid him.The lawyer fell ill and he died of the virus on Monday.My accountant's client died yesterday, and so did the guy's wife.My accountant was informed by his client's son, who is the only family member left alive at this point, who is undergoing 14 days isolation due to he had been with his parents.The client was 54 ears old and his wife was of similar age. So, I sincerely hope everyone is taking this situation seriously enough. On Wed, 2020-03-25 at 14:29 +0000, Aebersold,Julia W. wrote: > This is a rapidly changing situation. Yesterday we received notice > from our EVPRI that we will shut down our > facilities to help mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus. > Therefore, we will be shutting down at 5 pm this Friday until further > notice and evaluating the situation on a weekly basis. Myself and > the staff will be working from home and answering e-mail. > If you have questions or inquiries on when we will be reopening > please feel free to ask. ?? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > Julia Aebersold, Ph.D. > Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center > University of Louisville > 2210 South Brook Street > Shumaker Research Building, Room 233 > Louisville, KY 40292 > (502) 852-1572 > http://louisville.edu/micronano/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Aebersold,Julia W. > > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 12:58 PM > > To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > > Subject: University of Louisville MNTC Facility is open > > > > > > > Hello everyone! With the support of our administration the > Micro/Nano Technology Center at the University of Louisville will > remain open. If you have clients that need processing, imaging, > metrology performed that are within our capabilities then our staff > can perform remote processing. Inquiries can be sent to the > following link and you should receive a response within 24 hours. > > > > http://louisville.edu/micronano/contact-us > > > > Note we are primarily a MEMS facility, if you have stringent CMOS > processing needs then we may need to have further discussions. 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What many manufacturers are doing these days (an easy retrofit, as well) is to place a mist filter just prior to the pump, which provides a large surface for "wetting out" of any excess precursor, thus allowing this precursor to react into oxide (generally) before entering the pump. This reduces the volume of reactive gases still further, and keeps your pump happy for a longer period. The reaction products coat the filter element, which gets cleaned or changed out every few years. Do you plan to install a commercial system, or a home-made one? Mac Hathaway Senior Process and Systems Engineer Harvard CNS ________________________________ From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu on behalf of Zuzanna A. 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URL: From Aju.Jugessur at Colorado.EDU Mon Mar 30 12:45:52 2020 From: Aju.Jugessur at Colorado.EDU (Aju Jugessur) Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 16:45:52 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] Job opportunity: cleanroom staff position at CU Boulder In-Reply-To: <74294D17-52AC-48AA-A354-2060DCCF6212@colorado.edu> References: <74294D17-52AC-48AA-A354-2060DCCF6212@colorado.edu> Message-ID: <24E264C7-6EAD-4A2C-BF20-6FC41900948F@colorado.edu> Dear all, Hope you are keeping safe. Please find below the updated cleanroom staff position at CU Boulder. This position will remain open until filled. Please share it with anyone who may be interested. https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/COSINC-Facility-Manager/24567 Thanks, Aju Aju Jugessur Ph.D. IEEE Sr. Member Director, Colorado Shared Instrumentation in Nanofabrication and Characterization (COSINC) Discovery Learning Center University of Colorado Boulder | College of Engineering & Applied Science 1111 Engineering Drive ? 1B09 DLC | Boulder, CO 80309-0422 | P: 303.735.5019| F: 303.492.2199 E-mail: aju.jugessur at colorado.edu www.colorado.edu/facility/cosinc E-mail: aju.jugessur at colorado.edu Signature-Strengths: Focus, Activator, Futuristic, Strategic, Achiever (CliftonStrengths) On Mar 3, 2020, at 12:59 PM, Aju Jugessur > wrote: Dear Lab network colleagues, Please find below the link to a job posting within our facility: https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/?jobId=24567&emailCampaignId=168 This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team within COSINC @ CU Boulder and a growing user base with new facilities construction underway. If you know anyone who may be suitable for this position, please share this job posting. Thanks, Regards, Aju Aju Jugessur Ph.D. IEEE Sr. Member Director, Colorado Shared Instrumentation in Nanofabrication and Characterization (COSINC) Engineering Staff Council Member (Communications Committee) Discovery Learning Center University of Colorado Boulder | College of Engineering & Applied Science 1111 Engineering Drive ? 1B09 DLC | Boulder, CO 80309-0422 | P: 303.735.5019| F: 303.492.2199 https://www.colorado.edu/facility/cosinc E-mail: aju.jugessur at colorado.edu Signature-Strengths: Focus, Activator, Futuristic, Strategic, Achiever (CliftonStrengths) _______________________________________________ labnetwork mailing list labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gilheart at rice.edu Mon Mar 30 16:22:47 2020 From: gilheart at rice.edu (Tim Gilheart) Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:22:47 -0500 Subject: [labnetwork] ALD venting precautions In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <342E47ED-DAFA-42A5-9E68-490BE3C84D40@rice.edu> Hi Zuzanna, We have implemented essentially the same solution Mac describes here, and find the pre-pump filter does extend pump operational life. One modification: we have our exhaust routed through a dry scrubber in the new cleanroom here at Rice, which is may not be entirely necessary, but we had a convenient point of connection and capacity to spare. It actually saved us having to run an additional non-scrubbed exhaust header. The exhaust systems are much better than Rice's old facility that I?m sure you remember all too well. Best of luck, -- Tim Gilheart, Ph.D. Research Scientist - Nanofabrication Cleanroom Manager, Shared Equipment Authority (SEA), Rice University Cell: 832-341-5488 | Office: 713-348-3159 | gilheart at rice.edu > On Mar 28, 2020, at 9:08 AM, Hathaway, Malcolm R wrote: > > Hi Zuzanna, > > We vent our exhaust from our fomblin-base pump into our general exhaust (not sure at the moment if it's the solvent or acid-gas exhaust, we're shut down at the moment). > > The volumes of process gas involved are miniscule if your recipe are set up correctly, so that very little abatement is necessary, compared to what one expects for a CVD system. > > What many manufacturers are doing these days (an easy retrofit, as well) is to place a mist filter just prior to the pump, which provides a large surface for "wetting out" of any excess precursor, thus allowing this precursor to react into oxide (generally) before entering the pump. This reduces the volume of reactive gases still further, and keeps your pump happy for a longer period. The reaction products coat the filter element, which gets cleaned or changed out every few years. > > Do you plan to install a commercial system, or a home-made one? > > Mac Hathaway > Senior Process and Systems Engineer > Harvard CNS > From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu on behalf of Zuzanna A. Lewicka > Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 5:47 PM > To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > Subject: [labnetwork] ALD venting precautions > > Dear Labnetwork Community, > > We are trying to get more information about appropriate venting precautions (e.g. proper exhaust abatement system or just heated ALD trap) for Thermal Atomic Layer Deposition System configured for alumina, hafnia and titania on Si, GaAs, and InP substrates. We would appreciate if you could share your experiences and solutions at your facilities. > > Thank you, > Zuzanna Lewicka > > Senior Research Specialist > Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM) Cleanroom > Email: zlewicka at princeton.edu > > > _______________________________________________ > labnetwork mailing list > labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From danielle.bourke at monash.edu Mon Mar 30 17:03:14 2020 From: danielle.bourke at monash.edu (Danielle Bourke) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 08:03:14 +1100 Subject: [labnetwork] Job Opportunity - Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication (MCN), Australia Message-ID: Dear All, We are currently recruiting for our Nanofabrication centre here in Melbourne, Australia. Please see below the link to the advertised role. 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