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Pritzker Nanofabrication Facility

Pritzker Nanofabrication Facility

    William Eckhardt Research Center (ERC)
    5640 S. Ellis Ave., Lower Level 1
    Chicago, IL 60637
    773-834-3548

    The Facility

    • The Pritzker Nanofabrication Facility, completed in 2015, is a major research facility at the University of Chicago. This core facility is focused on supporting basic science, applied research, research and development, and prototype production using micro and nanofabrication.
    • Composed primarily of a 10,000 square foot, ISO class 5 cleanroom, maintaining less than 100 particles larger than 0.5 microns in each cubic foot of air space.
    • Located in the William Eckhardt Research Center, a 277,000 gross square foot building, named after University of Chicago alumnus William Eckhardt, at the heart of the University of Chicago’s new ‘North Science Quadrangle’.
    • In partnership with Northwestern University is part of the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) and is open to all properly trained users through a fee for use structure. For further details see getting starting and read about our rates.

    The Equipment

    • Advanced electron beam lithography systems
    • I-line optical stepper
    • Direct write lithograpy capable of handling piece parts to 150 mm wafers
    • Physical vapor deposition tools including sputtering systems, electron beam evaporators, and a thermal evaporator
    • Plasma etching systems configured for both chlorine and fluorine based etching
    • Inspection tools including scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and high performance optical microscope
    • Profilometry, ellipsometry, thin film interferomety and stress
    • Probe station
    • A 150 mm capable dicing saw
    • Full Equipment List

    Our Goals

    • To provide high functioning advanced lithographic processing of both soft and hard materials
    • To accommodate users interested both in processing unusual types, shapes, and sizes of substrate as well as more conventional wafer based processing
    • To help train users and to help develop specific processes

    http://pnf.uchicago.edu/