Template:Announcements
Important Announcements
JEOL EBL service
JEOL Service will be here starting Thursday April 7th at ~11am to perform annual maintenance on the EBL system (mainly replacing the objective aperture strip). The tool will be off-line until some point on Friday afternoon. Once it is back up and running, we will let you all know... // John d 10:17, 5 April 2022 (PDT)
MJB Contact Aligner Service
The IR aligner will be unavailable on Tuesday April 5th from 8 am to around 5 pm and the non-IR aligner will be unavailable on Wednesday April 6th from 8 am to around 1pm. // John d 10:48, 4 April 2022 (PDT)
New COVID protocols
Please read the linked letter below (on Wiki) regarding masking policy changes, effective Saturday, March 19.
The nanofab will follow this policy with masks being optional for everyone in all sections of the facility beginning March 19.
All users must adhere to the campus policies as outlined in the letter from Chancellor Yang, including testing where required.
Link: March 16th 2022- Letter from Office of the Chancellor
See the full policies at COVID-19_User_Policies // John d 16:08, 21 March 2022 (PDT)
GCA Stepper Service
The GCA 6300 will be down for service starting at 8:00am April 19, 2022 until April 20, 2022 at 6:00pm.
The Autostep 200 will be down for service from 8:00am to 6:00pm Thursday April 21, 2022 and 8:00am to 6:00pm Friday April 22, 2022. Please plan your processes accordingly. // 14:09, 23 March 2022 (PDT)
LEXT Confocal: DOWN
LEXT Confocal microscope is down, please check email for updates. // John d 16:08, 21 March 2022 (PDT)
DUV Scope: Vis only
The DUV camera on the DUV Microscope has failed, and can not be replaced/repaired. The microscope is up as a digital visible microscope only. // John d 14:08, 23 March 2022 (PDT)
New EBL Rates
Effective Dec.1, 2021, all of our electron beam lithography rates are lowered. The new rates are as follows:
Industrial Users: $405/hour
UC Academic Users: $126/hour
Non-UC Academic Users: $150/hour
UCSB CNSI Incubator USers: $260/hour
//Thibeault 12:21, 9 December 2021 (PST)