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Access to Nanofabrication Technology
It takes a lot of chemistry to make a computer chip. Here a NanoFab user is working with acids while wearing the proper personal protective equipment (PPE).
The NIST Nanofabrication Facility, or “NanoFab,” is like a machine shop of the 21st century for high-tech U.S. industries. It provides researchers from industry, academia and other government laboratories with rapid access to state-of-the-art nanotechnology fabrication and measurement tools for applications in nanoelectronics, photonics, microelectromechanical systems and nano-biotechnology.
NIST technical experts help NanoFab users make the most of its unique ability to process and characterize a wide range of nanoscale materials, structures and devices, from standard techniques such as thin film deposition and wet etching to more exotic, high-accuracy technologies such as electron beam lithography.
The NanoFab allows industry researchers to easily modify nanofabrication processes and to rapidly improve materials and devices, helping to improve American competitiveness by speeding the transition of industrial research to production.
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