Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility

All the benches in the BION are alarming. Facilities has been notified. Please do not use the benches until further notice.

Due to the chemical hazard in room 1461 the BION will only be available from 8am – 7:30pm Monday – Friday until the hazard can be removed. Tentative date of removal is the 23rd.

Dear Users,

You will notice caution tape has been put up near the BiON. This is due to a chemical hazard in room 1461 in which a peroxide crystal was formed. Currently it is contained in our flammable cabinet and access to the room is off limits. Due to the hazard, we are asking that users halt after hours and weekend use of the BiON cleanroom until 8/23/16, as this is when the hazard team will arrive to dispose of this material. We have requested an earlier expedited date, but as of now they will arrive on 8/23/16. We will keep users posted as we learn more.

Thank you for your cooperation!

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The HF room in the BION will be closed today as we will be doing maintenance on the Dicing Saw.

Equipment/process training will now take place on Mondays. You will still  put in a training request through the website, then we will schedule the training for the following Monday.

Be advised, Central Plant has scheduled a shutdown of the processed chilled water system this weekend. This will effect the INRF and BION cleanrooms. Most of the equipment other than lithography equipment will be down this Saturday and Sunday.

Monday is the 4h of July and a campus Holiday. There will be no office or lab staff and you will need afterhours access. Plan accordingly.

Have a great weekend!

HF & Inorganic rooms will be close tomorrow (7/1) and Tuesday (7/5) in the morning until 12pm. No staff will be in the lab during that time and to err on the side of caution we will have those rooms closed.

There are way too many poly containers with various etchants being stored underneath the bench in the Metal Etch room. Please come in and review if these are still needed/expired and dispose of them accordingly. If they are still in use please make sure they are labeled and have a current date.

Tomorrow morning at approximately 8am facilities will be adding a new N2, lab air and vacuum line to the room for the dicing saw. We don’t expect there to be any downtime but just pay attention when working in there to make sure everything is working properly. Ill post again if there are any updates.