Facility Updates

Garments for both Fab 12 and Fab 39 are being readied for users to return. Gowns will not be shared and will be sent out for laundry every week.

MIT.nano staff presented a user update on May 21, 2020 to discuss the current state of the labs, cleanroom, and equipment; ongoing work; equipment updates; and how the team plans to ramp up following the COVID-19 shutdown.

Christian Monachon, head of applications and product manager of analytical tools at Attolight AG, gave the May MIT.nano tool talk on Cathodoluminescence (CL) spectroscopy for advanced semiconductor science. Watch the video.

Like many of our colleagues at MIT and across the Boston area, we believe it's a shared responsibility to support medical personnel in the COVID-19 fight. MIT.nano is proud to contribute by donating nitrile gloves, shoe covers, Tyvek gear, aprons, safety glasses, & face shields.

The ZEISS GeminiSEM, a field emission scanning electron microscope, has arrived at MIT.nano.

Installation is complete for the Themis Z G3, an ultra-high resolution, aberration corrected, scanning transmission electron microscope that enables low-damage, high-sensitivity imaging and chemical analysis of inorganic and organic materials at the nanoscale in 2D, 3D and 4D. 

The Eni-MIT Solar Frontier Center toolset has moved from 13-3001 and is now fully operational in the MIT.nano cleanroom!

The new MLA-150 maskless aligner is being qualified by Heidelberg engineers during the final stages of the installation! The tool represents a key element of Fab.nano’s optical lithography capabilities.

A glow discharger is now available in the BioPrep space and a plasma cleaner for TEM sample prep is being colocated with the Themis Z Materials S/TEM.

The new MLA-150, a direct-write laser system that can expose UV sensitive photoresist on wafers or masks, has arrived at MIT.nano and we unpacked it today! See the whole process in this nine-image photo story.