Become a User: Access to World-Class Facilities
The Singh Center supports nanotechnology innovation by providing easily accessible fabrication, characterization and measurement of nanomaterials and devices in the heart of Philadelphia under one roof for scientists and researchers. The Singh Center for Nanotechnology houses three (3) core facilities for the School of Engineering and Applied Science, which are managed by our expert staff to train users on our instrumentation and tools:
- Quattrone Nanofabrication Facility (cleanroom, lithography, deposition, etch, metrology/inspection, packaging, microfluidics foundry, micromachining lasers),
- Nanoscale Characterization Facility (electron microscopes and ion beam), and the
- Scanning and Local Probe Facility (AFM, STM, confocal microscopy and local probe station).
Before receiving training for any of our tools or instruments, you must become a user. By becoming a user, you will have access to NEMO, our online tool/lab reservation and billing system. Through NEMO, you will be able to request training and reserve tools. Please follow the instructions below to learn how to become a user for one of our three core facilities. If you have any questions about onboarding, project setup, PennCard access, please contact admin@nano.upenn.edu.
Access to the Quattrone Nanofabrication Facility (QNF)
To gain access to the QNF cleanroom go to Access to the Quattrone Nanofabrication Facility
Access to Nanoscale Characterization Facility (NCF) and Scanning and Local Probe (SLPF)
- If you are new to the Singh Center, submit an access request to get started. Before requesting access, you may contact the staff below if you have any questions. When you have successfully been onboarded by our admin (admin@nano.upenn.edu), you will have access to NEMO, our online tool/lab reservation and billing system. Through NEMO, you will be able to request training and reserve tools.
- For external users, you may need to complete an external user agreement if one does not already exist for your organization.
- NOTE: If you are an existing Singh Center user, you do not need to submit another access request unless you are an internal user and need to submit a new 26-digit budget code to create a new project.
- Required Signatures: Our admin will send a form via DocuSign for signature.
- Internal Users: Your PI and Grants Manager must sign the document and provide a 26-digit budget code for internal billing purposes.
- External Users: A PI signature and invoicing contact information is only needed.
- Contact the facility to discuss project feasibility and for design assistance.
- Scanning & Local Probe Facility: Matt Brukman (AFM, STM, Confocal, Local Probe)
- Nanoscale Characterization Facility: Doug Yates (TEMs) or Jamie Ford (SEMs/FIB)
- Request training through NEMO by clicking the training icon on the landing page.
Access to the Property Measurement Facility
Contact propertymeasuregroup@nano.upenn.edu to discuss project feasibility and for design assistance.
