Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility

Facilities will be performing exhaust maintenance this weekend therefor the BION cleanroom will be closed.

NOTE: There will also be a High Temp water shutdown in both facilities this weekend so there will be no heat in the buildings.

Due to Facilities Management generator testing this morning the SEM is down. Jake will have a look at it when he arrives. We will post when it is back up.

The BION will be closed this Saturday (02/07).  Facilities is scheduled to make belt replacements and bearing lubrication on all exhaust fans on the roof of Cal IT-2. This will affect the Fume Hoods in cleanroom. If you plan on coming in on Sunday please call Jake on his cell beforehand to make sure everything is operational.

Yesterday we had an incident in the BION due to someone placing a nylon wafer cassette in the dehydration oven which set off a smoke detector and caused the fire department to respond.
Users need to pay close attention when placing objects in or on top of the hot plates and ovens. If you have any questions please contact staff. The oven has been tagged out until it can be cleaned.

Ebeam 1 will be down tomorrow (01/28)

Mark 50 will be down Next Tuesday (02/05)

We are waiting on a new lamp that was back ordered. We anticipate the lamp to be in around the 30th.

The SEM will be undergoing an upgrade today and will be unavailable until further notice. We don’t see this taking longer than a day or do. We will keep you updated.

Jake will be working on the CDO so the STS and Plasmatherm will be down until late Friday. We will let you know if there are any changes.

The dry pump for the STS experienced a high temp shut off. Jake is looking into it and we will let you know as soon as its available.

Happy Holidays Cleanroom Users!

The INRF and BiON cleanrooms will remain open with limited access during the holiday break from 12/24/14 – 1/02/15. The front office will be closed.

Both labs will be back to normal operation January 5th.

During this time there will be no staff coverage, no access to wet rooms and only the following equipment/areas will be operable:

• Lithography
• Characterization
• Ebeam Evaporation

If you have a specific need you may discuss with the Lab Manager Jake Hes to see if allowable.