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the Wake Forest University - Nano and Quantum Technologies Laboratory
NanoteQ
The Organic Device Fabrication Lab
ORG
Adjacent to RM98 (the cleanroom) is the Organic Device Fabrication Lab. This lab provides the specialized instruments necessary for construction of state-of-the-art organic devices in an ISO 7, class 10,000 clean space. The facility is setup for both small molecule and polymer device fab.
Lab Manager: Dr. Swathi Kadaba
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Glass cutting setups for preparation of glass/ITO/FTO substrates used in transparent devices
Automated draw blades for large scale thin films. These systems give access to intermediate thickness' in polymer films
SCS P6700 programmable spinner
Chemat mini spinner for use in glove box
Metal evaporator with cryoshield and diffusion pump. Multiple metal sources. Edwards E308A
Glovebox: Our fabrication box has a turbo pumped evaporator mounted inside plus spinners, hotplates, scales for organic device builds
Spray deposition system using airbrushes.
Chemat draw tower for fiber coatings
Probe and bath ultrasonic stations for mixing
FUJI DIMATIX electronics printer with pL heads.
Organics dedicated thermal evaporator. Denton 502 refurbished by NanoFabrik specifically for use with organic devices
Thermo Scientific vacuum oven
Biotage flash chromatography
scales/balances, Mettler Toledo
TGA Perkin Elmer
UV-Vis Perkin Elmer lambda 2. This is an older system which works well but is scheduled for replacement shortly.
The Glovebox
The fabrication glovebox is based on a VAC Dri-Lab that has been refurbished and upgraded to include an evaporator and a variety of environmental monitors + a whole lot of fabrication goodies. Nearly any kind of device can be built in the system. REGEN MANUAL and SYSTEM MANUAL.
Thin Film Metrology
AlphaStep IQ system profilometer
Gaertner ellipsometer
Inverted Zeiss with dark field
Organics Cleanrooms
An Organics Cleanroom is setup very differently from RM98 (one for semiconductors). Its purpose requires the use of chemicals (solvents, reagents) that would normally not be permitted in RM98. Protocols within the room are also a little different. Since the class of such facilities is typically lower than that required for nanoscale devices, a full gowning is not required, much of the work is done in glove boxes where the atmosphere can be better controlled, and of course there are fume hood everywhere!
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To use the Organics cleanroom facility you must be cleared through the lab manager and this is a different process than for RM98. To learn more contact: SwathiK@wfu.edu
Link to the Organic and Green Technologies Groups at Wake