Shared Facilities

The microfabrication facility, run by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC Davis, is available to CPIMA members via subcontract.

A Brookhaven Instruments quasi-elastic light scattering apparatus is available for materials characterization at Stanford.

Two surface plasmon spectrometers are available for surface characterization at UC Davis. These instruments are available for use by regular users.

A Woollam spectroscopic ellipsometer is available at UC Davis for characterization of films and surfaces. This instrument is available for use by regular users.

A near field scanning optical microscope (NSOM) is located at UC Davis. This instrument is available for use by regular users.

A Digital Instruments MultiMode atomic force microscope/scanning tunneling microscope (AFM/STM) is located at UC Davis. This instrument is available for use by regular users.

Access to major nanofabrication facilities of the Stanford Center for Integrated Systems is provided to CPIMA members.

A Millipore Nanopure water system produces ion-free water for use in materials processing, cleaning, and film fabrications.

A Technics Micro RIE 800-II parallel plate electrode plasma etcher is available for substrate and materials cleaning. This plasma etcher is dedicated to use with organic materials.

A Gabler Labor Instrumente Plasma Prep5 plasma cleaner is available for substrate cleaning before and during processing. This system can generate plasmas with air, oxygen, argon, or any other non-reactive gas. Organic samples may not be used in this system.