Cleanroom

Actively pursuing Louisville Research Core designation

About Us

The Cleanroom is a 10,000 square foot cleanroom facility providing nanofabrication and microfabrication equipment and services for academic and industry researchers.

The Cleanroom is a core component of the Micro/Nano Technology Center (MNTC).

Services and Instruments

All equipment listed here is available for trained autonomous research or as a staff-performed service.

MNTC Instrument List 
ABM Aligner Molecular Vapor Deposition 
Acid Wet Bench Oxford PECVD 
Anneal Furnace Oxidation/Trash Furnace 
Ball BonderParylene System
Beneq Atomic Layer Deposition Photoresist Spinner
Blue M ovenPDMS Spinner 
Critical Point DryerRapid Thermal Annealing 
Dektak Profilometer Rapid Thermal Processing 
Diffusion Furnace RCA Clean Bench 
Disco Dicing Saw*Suss Mask Aligner 
DRIE - Oxford Suss Wafer Bonder 
Filmetrics Technics Sputterer 
Flip Chip Bonder Toho Stress Measurement 
Heidelberg 66DWLFS - Low Resolution Mask writing Trion Metal Etcher 
Heidelberg 66DWLFS - Specialty Mask WritingUltrasonic Bath 
HF Vapor Etch Vase Ellipsometer 
HF-8 Asher Wedge Bonder
High Speed Camera Xactix 
KOH/TMAH Wet Bench YES Image Reversal Oven 
Lesker E-beam Evaporator YES Polyimide Oven 
Lesker PVD 75 Zeiss Optical Microscope 
March RIE Zygo Optical Interferometer 

*Available as a service only, no autonomous use

Serving

  • UofL Researchers
  • External-Academic
  • External-Industry

Core Acknowledgement

Researchers are strongly encouraged to acknowledge the use of this core facility in publications and presentations. Doing so documents the role of shared infrastructure in advancing UofL research and supports the core’s continued operation and growth. 

Consider using the suggested language below when making acknowledgements in your work:

This [publication, project, or research] was made possible, in part, by the Micro/Nano Technology Center Cleanroom [RRID:SCR_025359] at the University of Louisville. 

Core Personnel

Sung Jin Kim
Director, MNTC

Ana Sanchez Galiano
Associate Director

Michael Martin
Manager

Curt McKenna
Engineer Senior Researcher (Operations Manager, Facilities)

Jasmin Beharic
Engineering Senior Researcher

James D Morris
Engineering Senior Researcher

Margaret Lucas
Dept. Coordinator II

Cleanroom

Micro/Nano Technology Center (MNTC), Speed School of Engineering

Website about

Location

Shumaker Research Building, Room 122