User Fees
USER FEES
CHANL is operated as a recharge center, with user fees charged to recover the cost of instrument maintenance, supplies and materials. The fees for each resource are described in the tables below. Users are required to sign in and out of a logbook to track the amount of time used on a particular tool for billing purposes.
- A printable copy of the rates can be found here.
- Users from NCSU’s department of Biomedical Engineering are charged the UNC rate
TRAINING/STAFF TIME, PER HOUR |
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| | | | UNC | NON-UNC ACADEMIC | INDUSTRY |
| $58 | $69 | $86 | |||
MICROSCOPY COSTS, PER HOUR |
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| INSTRUMENT | DESCRIPTION | UNC | NON-UNC ACADEMIC | INDUSTRY |
| SEM | Scanning Electron Microscope | $26 | $39 | $52 |
| FIB, SEM ONLY | FEI Helios 600 Nanolab Dual Beam System | $35 | $53 | $70 |
| FIB | FEI Helios 600 Nanolab Dual Beam System | $75 | $113 | $150 |
| AFM | Asylum MFP3D | $35 | $53 | $93 |
| MSP | Craic Microspectrophotometer | $23 | $35 | $46 |
| TEM - Talos F200X | FEI Talos F200X | $50 | $75 | $100 |
| Nanoindenter | Optics11 Piuma | $12 | $18 | $24 |
EM SAMPLE PREPARATION COSTS |
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| INSTRUMENT | DESCRIPTION | UNC | NON-UNC ACADEMIC | INDUSTRY |
| EM Processing | $5.00/sample + labor | $7.50/sample + labor | $10.00/sample + labor | |
| ULTRATHIN SECTIONING | $5.00/sample + labor | $7.50/sample + labor | $10.00/sample + labor | |
| THICK SECTIONING | $5.00/sample + labor | $7.50/sample + labor | $10.00/sample + labor | |
| CRITICAL POINT DRIER Self Service | Tousimis Semidri pvt3 | $10.00/run | $15.00/run | $20.00/run |
| SPUTTER COATER | Cressington 108 Auto | $1.00/nm | $1.50/nm | $2.00/nm |
FABRICATION COSTS, PER HOUR |
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| INSTRUMENT | DESCRIPTION | UNC | NON-UNC ACADEMIC | INDUSTRY |
| Clean Room Basic Tools | Any tools not listed below. Includes optical microscope, plasma cleaner, oven, profilometer, Filmmetrics, et cetera | $29 | $44 | $58 |
| ALD | Veeco/Cambridge Nanotech Savannah S200 | $23 | $35 | $46 |
| PECVD | Advanced Vacuum Vision 310 | $40 | $60 | $80 |
| DRIE | Alcatel AMS 100 | $46 | $69 | $92 |
| E-beam Evaporator | KJL PRO Line PVD 75 | $40 | $60 | $80 |
| DC Sputter Deposition | KJL PVD 75 | $40 | $60 | $80 |
| E-beam Evaporator | Thermionics | $40 | $60 | $80 |
| Photolitography/Mask Aligner | KarlSuss MA6/BA6 | $40 | $60 | $80 |
SPECTROSCOPY COSTS, PER HOUR |
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| INSTRUMENT | DESCRIPTION | UNC | NON-UNC ACADEMIC | INDUSTRY |
| EDS | Oxford | Price included in the cost of the microscope | ||
| UPS | Kratos Axis Ultra | $35 | $53 | $70 |
| XPS | Kratos Axis Ultra | $35 | $53 | $70 |
| ELLIPSOMETER | JA Woolam Co. Inc. | $17 | $26 | $34 |
| MSP | Craic Microspectrophotometer | $23 | $35 | $46 |
| FTIR - Conventional | Conventional FTIR | $17 | $26 | $34 |
| FTIR - Microscopy | Microscope FTIR | $23 | $35 | $46 |
| XRD | Rigaku SmartLab | $29 | $44 | $58 |
