Next weeks weather will be bringing hot and dry conditions again and with that the labs will experience some dry conditions as well. We can control the humidity, to some extent, in the INRF but the BION is out of our hands until they upgrade the humidifiers. If you are working on lithography please look up the manufactures recommended conditions for any of the chemicals you plan to use to ensure your projects are successful.
Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility
Safety glasses are mandatory in the lab especially when handling chemicals. Users caught not wearing proper PPE will be asked to leave the lab and/or possibly lose lab access.
Yesterday we had some users doing lithography in both INRF and BiON and were not getting good results. When we have hot dry weather it is good practice to pay attention to temperature and humidity in both labs. The BiON was at 16% and INRF 30% humidity. We have Temp/Humidity monitors in various rooms throughout the labs.
The INRF & BION lab will be closed this coming Saturday and Sunday for facilities maintenance on the exhaust.
A new training video on the Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) System has been posted to the INRF website. You can view the video by visiting the videos page at:
https://www.inrf.uci.edu/facility/videos/
You can also view the video directly on YouTube:
http://youtu.be/x-YRl0U_u2c
You may also visit the INRF Youtube Channel for additional training videos.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Inrfucirvine/
INRF Staff
If you are using the shared suits in the INRF/BION please use the blue (disposable) booties only. DO NOT take them from other users suits. We are getting complaints from our full time users that their booties/shoecovers are missing. If you are a full time user and need a new suit,booties, or hood please see Ryan in the INRF. DO NOT take them from other users suits.
A new training video has been posted to the INRF website. The training video covers Backside and Topside Alignment using the Karl Suss MA6 Mask Aligner tool.
You can view the video by visiting the videos page at:
https://www.inrf.uci.edu/facility/videos/
You can also view the video directly on YouTube:
Karl Suss MA6 – Backside and Topside Alignment
http://youtu.be/-yZgxPg0FFs
You may also visit the INRF Youtube Channel for additional training videos.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Inrfucirvine/
INRF Staff
The SEM is back up. All users who had access will need to get re-certified as there hes been some changes to standard operating procedure.
We will let you know when it is back up.