Nanotech West is pleased to announce that a new ball bonder (tool code BND05) is now available for use. The system, a WestBond 7700-E-79 Ball-Wedge Bonder, is located in the Metrology Lab, Room 119. Although the system has both wedge and ball bonding capability, the bonder will be primarily configured to perform ball bonding and compliments the wedge bonding capability …
New NTW User Rates Effective July 1, 2018
The following is a list of rates that will go in effect on July 1, 2018. Description OSU Academic Non-OSU Aademic Non-Academic Direct Staff Time $100.00 $100.00 $100.00 Cleanroom Access $60.00 $93.60 $115.00 MICA Lab Access $50.00 $78.00 $100.00 ALN01/ALN02/ALN03 $23.10 $36.04 $46.20 BND01 – EV 520 Bonder $15.00 $23.40 $28.00 EVP01 – Denton 502A Evaporator $35.00 $54.60 $70.00 ETC01 …
NTW Cleanroom Adds Thermal Evaporator for Depositing Indium
Nanotech West is pleased to announce that a new thermal evaporator (tool code EVP05) is now available for use in the NTW Cleanroom. The system, located in the labs core space next to Bay 4, is a Denton 502A thermal evaporator (the same layout and chamber design as EVP01) and has a carousel sized to deposit on three 100mm wafers …
NTW Researcher Heads to COSI to Meet the Next Generation of Nanotechnology Scientists
Earlier this spring Nanotech West Senior Research Associate Dave Hollingshead visited COSI in downtown Columbus to talk with some of the next generation of great scientists and engineers. The COSI Academy program consists of local high school students who are interested in exploring careers in engineering and technology. The group investigated real-world examples based on recent research at NTW and …
IMR Executive Director Steven Ringel Honored as 2018 Distinguished University Professor
Institute for Materials and Manufacturing Research’s executive director, Steven Ringel, was named a 2018 Distinguished University Professor in recognition of his record in teaching, research and scholarly work. It is the highest honor awarded to faculty members, said Bruce McPheron, Ohio State executive vice president and provost, who presented the award on April 9. Ringel is the Neal A. Smith …
MICA Lab Adds New Optical Test Station (PRB08)
Nanotech West is pleased to announced that a new Infrared Single Element Test Station (tool code PRB08) is now available for use in the Mid-Infrared Characterization and Application (MICA) lab (located in Room 117). This flexible setup is capable of a performing a variety of characterization tasks for opto-electronic devices including Dark Current, Spectral Response, and Quantum Efficiency. The backbone …
ICP-RIE System Receives Deep Si (Bosch) Etch Upgrade
Earlier this year NTW acquired and installed a PlasmaTherm 770 ICP-RIE system (tool code ETC05) through collaboration with the AFRL Sensors Directorate at Wright Patterson AFB. Thanks in part to support from the Ohio Sensor and Semiconductor Innovation Platform (OSSIP) program, funded by Ohio Third Frontier and the Ohio Development Services Agency, that system has now been upgraded to provide …
Room 200 Renovation to Install New Nitride MOCVD System Begins
Renovation began this week in NTW’s Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Lab located in Room 200 to prepare for the installation of a new dual-chamber Nitride MOCVD system which was moved into NTW on September 21, 2017. The Agilis MOCVD system manufactured by Agnitron has been enabled by Professor Hongping Zhao (ECE), a Materials and Manufacturing for Sustainability (M&Ms) Discovery …
Energy Storage Lab Adds 32 Cubic Foot Environmental Test Chamber
NTW’s new Energy Storage Lab (located in Room 106 on the first floor) has started its’ buildout with the installation of a large environmental testing chamber (ENV01). While the remainder of the lab will continue to be facilitized over the coming months under the direction of Professors Jung Hyun Kim and Vicky Doan-Nguyen, the environmental chamber is now available for …
NTW Lab Management System Adds Cleanroom Displays
NTW’s Lab Management System (or “swipe” system) has been upgraded to include 43″ display monitors in each bay of the cleanroom. The display in each bay contains some schedule details (current, previous and next user) for each tool located in that bay as well as a list of tools currently in use throughout the rest of the cleanroom. Some displays …