Nanofab New User Onboarding

Checklist for new internal-UCSB lab users.

This is after you have done the Lab Orientation with Mike Silva.

You should already have a UCSB NetID, signupmonkey login and - contact Claudia and Brian if you have issues with these.

If you are the first user in your research group to use the NanoFab

• Take a blue-tote from the gowning room, write your GROUP name and YOUR name on all sides of the box with permanent marker.
• Place the tote on the "NNIN-Industrial" space near the windows.
• Contact Bill Millerski for a new shelf space for your research group.

• Contact Luis Zuzunaga to get a new space for photoresist storage in the Bay 6 PR cabinet.

All new users

• Contact Peder Lenvik for a new nametag. This will be placed on the metal table outside the gowning room - please pick it up at your convenience.

Supplies you will need

If your group uses the lab, you likely already have many of these.

• Glassware - beakers and dishes for chemicals, such as
  • Solvents (Acetone / Isopropanol / Photoresist strippers)
  • Developer + Water
  • Acids/Bases + Water
    • Watchglass lids
  • Choose glassware large enough for your wafer/piece sizes, including extra space for dippers baskets etc.
  • Have 2-3 extra just in case
  • For the most part, you can re-use glassware for multiple chemicals, just clean after use and re-label appropriately when needed.
• Tweezers - choose the right size/type for your sample sizes.
  • Metal and Plastic-tipped tweezers
  • If you're using full wafers, we recommend 4-inch wafer tweezers. High-temp PEEK-tipped tweezers are very good for reducing particulates/chipping.
• Computer/tablet - these can be brought into the lab by wiping down in the gowning room. No Cloth cases - only plastic/metal/glass please!
• Wafers/substrates, and containers such as wafer trays/cases.
• Pens - permanent marker recommended for marking glassware. No particle-generating utensils (pencils)

Most other required supplies are provided by the lab. (Such as photoresists, developers, acids/bases, metals for evaporation/sputter, cleanroom-compatible notebooks).