Pritzker Nanofabrication Facility

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/