Training - Nanotechnology at UT Austin

Dr. William Lackowski
Phone: 512-232-3694
E-mail: William Lackowski

The NST building is home to a wide variety of state-of-the-art fabrication and characterization equipment. This specialized equipment is available to all interested parties after successful completion of a hands-on training class. Registration for all of the training classes is available online through the TX Class system. In order to enroll in these classes one needs an UT EID number. Persons not associated with the University of Texas System may obtain at UT EID number by following this link: click here.

Please use the following procedure to receive training for CNM equipment and instrumentation:

* Click on one of the courses listed below to signup for the training classes you would like to take.

Here is a list of current training courses:

Course Number	Course Title	Class Hours	Course Prerequisites
NT201	General Clean Room Procedure for NST	1.00	OH101 OH201
NT203	FEI SEM/FIB Dual Beam Training This course is designed to teach the student how to operate the FEI SEM/FIB located in the NST building. It includes information on operating the electron microscopy and the ion beam portions of the instrument. This course is a prerequisite for using the Zyvex nanomanipulator and the Omniprobe gas injection system.	4.00	OH101 OH201
NT204	Photolithography This course is designed to teach the student the basics of the photolithography equipment located in the NST clean room. Students must take ‘General Clean Room Training’ (NT 201) as a prerequisite for this class. Specifically students will learn how to operate: spin coater, mask aligner, stylus profilometer, and optical inspection scope. Students will be provided with training samples.	3.00	OH101 OH201
NT205	Electron Beam Lithography Training This course is designed to teach the student how to operate the Raith 50 electron beam lithography system located in the NST clean room. This class will include: focusing and stigmating the electron optics, writefield alignment, e-beam resist development and electron scattering. Students will be provided with training samples.	6.00	OH101 OH201
NT209	Thin Film Deposition Training This course is designed to teach the student how to deposit thin films of materials (usually metals) on the CNM shared equipment in the NST building. Deposition techniques include: thermal vapor deposition, e-beam sputtering, and rf magnetron plasma sputtering. For the deposition tools that are located in a glove box one must also take NT 215 ‘Glove Box Training’, and for deposition equipment located in the clean room one must take NT 201 ‘General Clean Room Training.’	2.00	OH101 OH201
NT213	Zyvex Nanomanipulator Training This course is designed to teach the student how to use the Zyvex nanomanipulator this is attached to the FEI dual beam system in the NST building. One must be a proficient user of the FIB before taking this class. NT 203 ‘FIB Training’ is a prerequisite.	4.00	NT203
NT214	Omniprobe FIB Gas Injection Training This course is designed to teach the student how to use the Omniprobe gas injection system mounted to the FIB system in the NST building. The Omniprobe system is capable of depositing up to 4 materials simultaneously using electron or ion beam assisted deposition.	4.00	NT203
NT215	CNM Glove Box Training This course is designed to teach the student how to properly use the glove box systems located in the NST building. The course will teach proper glove box protocol and how to keep the system free of water and oxygen.	3.00	OH101 OH201
NT220	Atomic Force Microscopy DI This course is designed to teach the student how to operate the Digital Instruments Dimension 3000 atomic force microscope in the NST building. Topics covered will include tip and sample mounting, contact mode AFM, tapping mode AFM, tunneling AFM, and image processing. Students can bring their own research samples or they will be provided with training samples.	3.00	OH101 OH201
NT221	Atomic Force Microscopy (Asylum) This course is designed to teach the student how to operate the Asylum MF3D atomic force microscope in the NST building. Topics covered will include tip and sample mounting, contact mode AFM, tapping mode AFM, liquid environment imaging and image processing. Students can bring their own research samples or they will be provided with training samples.	3.00	OH101 OH201
NT223	CNM FT-IR This course is designed to teach the student how to use various CNM characterization tools located in the NST building. Specifically this class will cover the Zeiss inspection scope, Cary UV-Vis spectrometer, and the FT-IR spectrometer.	1.00	OH101 OH201
NT224	CNM Flourimeter Training This course is designed to teach the student how to operate the CNM fluorimeter located in the NST building. Items covered will include: sample preparation, emission scans, excitation scans, and data interpretation.	1.00	OH101 OH201
NT225	CNM Fluorescence Lifetime Training This course is designed to teach the student how to use the ultra fast fluorescence lifetime apparatus located in the NST building.	3.00	OH101 OH201
NT226	CNM Wide-Field Microscope Training This course is designed to teach the student how to properly use the CNM wide-field microscope located in the NST building.	3.00	OH101 OH201
NT227	CNM Electrical Characterization This course is designed to teach the student proper use of the CNM electrical characterization equipment located in the NST building. We have two parametric analyzers and two Suss probe stations for making electrical measurements. Additionally one can also use the Zyvex nanomanipulator as an ultra small probe station. Students wishing to connect electrical characterization equipment to the Zyvex nanomanipulator must take this course as well as NT 203 and NT 213.	1.00	OH101 OH201
NT228	Cary UV-Vis	1.00	OH101 OH201
NT229	Zeiss Inspection Microscope	1.00	OH101 OH201
NT230	Reactive Ion Etching This course is designed to teach the student how to use plasma etching and deposition equipment located in the NST building. Specifically the March 1701 reactive ion etcher will be discussed. This equipment is located inside the NST clean rooms students must take NT 201 ‘General Clean Room Training’ as a prerequisite.	1.00	OH101 OH201
NT231	CNM Ellipsometry Training This course is designed to teach the student how to use the J. A. Wollam spectroscopic ellipsometer located in the NST clean room. Specific topics include: sample alignment, data acquisition, optical model construction and finally regression analysis to adjust model to reflect collected data.	1.00	OH101 OH201
NT233	CNM Dicing Saw Training	2.00	OH101 OH201
NT235	Laboratory for Spectroscopic Imaging	3.00	OH101 OH201
NT240	Liquid Nitrogen Filling	1.00	OH101
NT241	TMI Polymer Characterization Center	3.00
NT242	TMI High Resolution Scanning Electron Microscope	4.00
NT243	TMI X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy	5.00

If a class is full, you may sign up on the waitlist. If someone drops out of the class, you will automatically be informed of your promotion.
You may also show up for the class if you are on the waitlist, but you will not be able to attend if all registered students/participants are in attendance.
* Please show up for the class on time, if you are late you might lose your seat to persons on the waitlist.

It is your responsibility to make sure you get trained for equipment that you would like to use. You are only authorized to use equipment for which you have completed the appropriate training class.