Fab Blog

Anti-Gravity Lunch Area
Wed, 06/26/2019


Outside the building, you can find the anti-gravity lunch...

Tool view from inside the chase
Wed, 06/26/2019


The new plasma etcher, viewed from inside the chase. Almost the entire tool plus support equipment (like pumps)...

Plasma etcher
Tue, 06/25/2019


Our new fluorine-chemistry plasma etcher, seen from the user-side in the cleanroom. Almost the entire machine is located...

Views from the Cleanroom
Mon, 06/17/2019


Inside the level 1 cleanroom, looking out into the MIT.nano West Lobby...

Lifting things
Fri, 06/14/2019


Support equipment like pumps can be pretty heavy, and requires some serious lifting equipment to put into place (like this yellow...

A Huge Oven
Thu, 06/13/2019


This large oven is for curing polymers for microfluidics, like PDMS. It's huge! The telephone inside is just for size comparison... :-)

Trashbins are here
Wed, 06/12/2019


Even inside a cleanroom one generates trash! Here we're getting ready to position trashbins throughout the lab, so we can collect non-...

Wipedown Marathon
Tue, 06/11/2019


Any equipment or cleanroom furniture needs to be wiped down before it enters, including this pile of gowning rack hangers... which...

Counting Particles
Mon, 06/10/2019


Demonstrating the portable particle counter (readings below are 0.5um particles and larger) in 4 quick experiments - which shows how...

SAMCO PECVD Install
Fri, 06/07/2019


Gas lines are being installed on the new SAMCO PECVD. The space around it is quickly filling up with pumps, gas...