Facility Updates

New 24-hour fab user access process

MIT.nano staff are streamlining the signup processes for 24-hour access to the fab. As of July, users can sign up on the nanouser website under Events & Trainings. Read more in this update.

June 26, 2023

Reminders about chemical inventory & requests

This update contains helpful reminders about chemical inventory and requests at MIT.nano. Read more.

June 5, 2023

MIT.nano spinner upgrades complete

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.

May 30, 2023

Broadening samples/materials on RIE-2Chamber-AMAT-P5000

MIT.nano will be opening up the RIE-2Chamber-AMAT-P5000 to samples without metal. Read more in this update.

April 24, 2023

Fun facts: Bunnysuit statistics!

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!

April 18, 2023

New corrosive bench buddy policy; Q&A session Jan. 11

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.

January 9, 2023

Fab.nano closed January 10 for Mechanical Week

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.

January 5, 2023

MIT.nano holiday schedule

MIT has announced a holiday closing period again this year from Monday, December 26, 2022 through Monday, January 2, 2023. Thanks to several staff members who have volunteered and offered to come in to keep the MIT.nano fab open and restocked, the fab will be open on a limited basis. See the schedule in this update.

December 19, 2022

Fab.nano closed Jan. 10, 2023 for mechanical upgrades

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).

November 28, 2022

Last call for Fab 39 samples!

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.

September 23, 2022