Facility Updates

Last week Air Control visited MIT.nano to replace the discontinued CEE spinners with the follow-up Apogee brand versions, as well as make repairs to the acid small-tanks hood.

Read more in this update.

Fun fact! MIT.nano has 3,200 cleanroom garments (hoods, boots, suits, frocks), of which 1,037 are bunnysuits. See more statistics including a chart of bunny suit usage in this update!

Based on user feedback, MIT.nano is significantly modifying the wet bench work policies, effective January 12, 2023.  Read a draft of the new policy and guidance in this update, and join the Q&A session on Jan. 11 to learn more.

The labs in Building 12 will be closed on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, from 5:00AM to approximately 3:00PM for mechanical week.

Read more in this update.

Fab.nano will be closed for users on Tuesday, January 10, from about 6:00 a.m. to around 3:00 p.m. for a major software upgrade to the building management system (BMS).

After October 1st, samples still stored in Fab-39 (TRL/ICL/EML) will be removed.

Pieces and broken wafers will be discarded, intact 4" and 6" wafers will be sent out for reclaim to help us offer lower-cost test wafers to the community. If you don’t need your old samples, leave them in 39 and they will find good re-use. Otherwise, please pick them up by Friday, September 30.

MIT.nano users should check their email for the weekly digest containing the new rates for evaporators, effective August 1st. Tool use rates themselves are lowered, while precious metal rates are updated to reflect recent purchase prices of metals.

Read more in this update.

The new Temescal evaporator is nearly ready for operation and training at MIT.nano! It accommodates 8” wafers and has eight large material pockets. Read more in this update.