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Nanosystems Engineers

Tools and Technology


Tools Include:

  • Laboratory safety furnaces (Ashing systems)
  • Laboratory safety furnaces (Atmospheric furnaces)
  • Atomic absorption AA spectrometers (Atomic absorption spectrometers)
  • Scanning probe microscopes (Atomic force microscopes AFM)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Atomic layer deposition ALD systems)
  • Capacitance meters
  • Capacitance meters (Capacitance-voltage C-V plotters)
  • Tumblers or polishers (Chemical mechanical polishing CMP systems)
  • Computer servers
  • Scanning light or spinning disk or laser scanning microscopes (Confocal Raman microscopes)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Contact mask aligners)
  • Drying cabinets or ovens (Critical point dryers)
  • Microtomes (Cryocut microtomes)
  • Cryostats
  • Desktop computers
  • Binocular light compound microscopes (Differential interference contrast DIC microscopes)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Downstream strippers)
  • Laboratory evaporators (Electron beam evaporators)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Electron beam lithography systems)
  • Thickness measuring devices (Ellipsometers)
  • Spectrometers (Energy dispersive x-ray EDX spectroscopes)
  • Scanning electron microscopes (Field emission scanning electron microscopes FESEM)
  • Laboratory evaporators (Filament evaporators)
  • Binocular light compound microscopes (Fluorescence optical microscopes)
  • Scanning electron microscopes (Focused ion beam scanning electron microscopes FIB-SEM)
  • Impedance meters (Four-point probes)
  • Fume hoods or cupboards (Fume hoods)
  • Goniometers
  • Microprocessors (Graphics processing units GPU)
  • Handheld refractometers or polarimeters (Handheld refractometers)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Image reversal ovens)
  • Impedance meters (Impedance analyzers)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Inductively coupled plasma reactive ion etchers ICP-RIE)
  • Infrared spectrometers (Infrared microscopes)
  • Inkjet printers
  • Semiconductor process systems (Ion mills)
  • Isolation glove boxes
  • Tumblers or polishers (Lapping machines)
  • Thermal differential analyzers (Laser flash systems)
  • Signal generators (Laser pattern generators)
  • Scanning light or spinning disk or laser scanning microscopes (Laser scanning confocal microscopes)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Low pressure chemical vapor deposition LPCVD systems)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Magnetron sputtering systems)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Mask writers)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Metal-organic chemical vapor deposition MOCVD systems)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Molecular beam epitaxy MBE systems)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Nanoimprint lithography NIL systems)
  • Network analyzers
  • Binocular light compound microscopes (Optical inspection microscopes)
  • Signal generators (Optical pattern generators)
  • Binocular light compound microscopes (Optical profilers)
  • Laboratory safety furnaces (Oxidation furnaces)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Oxide etchers)
  • Optical diffraction apparatus (Particle size analyzers)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Parylene deposition systems)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Plasma cleaning systems)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition PECVD systems)
  • Potentiometers (Potentiostats)
  • Electronic measuring probes (Probe stations)
  • Surface testers (Profilometers)
  • Lasers (Pulsed laser systems)
  • Polarizing microscopes (Raman scattering microscopes)
  • Spectrometers (Raman scattering spectroscopes)
  • Temperature cycling chambers or thermal cyclers (Rapid thermal annealers RTA)
  • Reciprocating shaking water baths (Reciprocating shaker water baths)
  • Laboratory evaporators (Resistance evaporators)
  • Scanning electron microscopes (Scanning auger microscopes)
  • Scanning electron microscopes (Scanning electron microscopes SEM)
  • Thickness measuring devices (Scanning ellipsometers)
  • Scanning probe microscopes (Scanning tunneling microscopes STM)
  • Spectrometers (Secondary ion mass spectrometers SIMS)
  • Semiconductor testers (Semiconductor parameter analyzers)
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Thickness measuring devices (Spectroscopic ellipsometers)
  • Drying cabinets or ovens (Spin dryers)
  • Drying cabinets or ovens (Spin rinse dryers)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Sputter coaters)
  • Voltage or current meters (Surface charge analyzers)
  • Surface testers (Surface profilers)
  • Cryogenic temperature controllers (Temperature controllers)
  • Laboratory evaporators (Thermal evaporators)
  • Transmission electron microscopes (Transmission electron microscopes TEM)
  • Lasers (Tunable lasers)
  • Microtomes (Ultramicrotomes)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Ultrasonic cutters)
  • Infrared dryers (Ultraviolet UV exposure units)
  • Vacuum ovens
  • Video attachments for microscopes (Video microscopes)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Wafer bond aligners)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Wafer bonding systems)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Wafer saws)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Wafer spinners)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Wire bonders)
  • X ray diffraction equipment (X ray diffractometers)
  • Spectrometers (X-ray photoelectron spectrometers)
  • Light scattering equipment (Zeta potential analyzers)

Technologies Include:

  • Analytical or scientific software
  • CP2K
  • CPMD
  • CSC Elmer software
  • Data acquisition software
  • DL_POLY
  • ESA MOSAICS
  • Finite difference time domain FDTD software
  • General Atomic and Molecular Electronic Structure System GAMESS
  • LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator
  • NWChem
  • QuantumWise Atomistix ToolKit
  • SEMC-2D
  • Simulation software
  • UTQUANT
  • Vienna Ab-Initio Simulation Package VASP
  • Computer aided design CAD software
  • Autodesk AutoCAD software
  • Breault Research ASAP
  • Computer aided design CAD software
  • Dassault Systemes SolidWorks software
  • IMSI Design DesignCAD
  • LinkCAD
  • Optical Research Associates LightTools
  • PTC Pro/ENGINEER software
  • Tanner EDA L-Edit
  • Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
  • Rapid prototyping software
  • Development environment software
  • National Instruments LabVIEW
  • Graphics or photo imaging software
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Freehand
  • Operating system software
  • Linux software
  • Presentation software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Word processing software
  • Microsoft Word



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