Facility Updates

During the COVID-19 pandemic, gowning procedures for the MIT.nano cleanrooms have changed to include a few additional steps to ensure the safety of all researchers. This video shows how to properly gown up and enter the MIT.nano cleanroom, as well as how to degown and exit when you're finished.

The new SAMCO ICP etcher has arrived and was brought into the MIT.nano cleanroom. This etcher was purchased through funding from the Lord Foundation and the combination of fluorine, chlorine and bromine chemistry will provide broad etching capabilities for exploratory materials.

MIT.nano asked on Labnetwork about laser micromachining and received many great suggestions on vendors and services. See the list with links in this post.

Following up on Fab.nano tool updates from last week, MIT.nano staff report on the latest information, as of August 21, in this post.

We are able to get new users into the lab, but COVID-19 precautions have made some trainings more challenging or lowered the throughput. Thus, we’re in the middle of changing our orientations and make trainings more scalable.

Updates on gowning procedures and availability for Fab-12 and Fab-39.

Last week several users wrote in requesting tool status. Here is a quick list of important tools and their timelines. 

MIT.nano is looking to explore new feedback mechanisms for Fab.nano, both in bldg. 12 and 39. Every Wednesday evening (6-7pm), MIT.nano staff will host a 1-hour combination of “small comment session” and “social” hour.

The bulkhead work on the new HMDS oven has been completed, and next week the installation will be completed before starting up the system.