The Nanoscale Fabrication Center (NFC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison provides a research facility for microfabrication technologies, products and innovations. In order to give students a state-of-the-art education and to maintain leading-edge research programs, we continue to improve this advanced laboratory.

NFC maintains a suite of semiconductor and microfabrication processing equipment in a cleanroom laboratory. Access to the lab and to all equipment is available to qualified users from the University of Wisconsin, other education institutions, or industry. WCAM is a cost recovery facility.

The laboratory is located on the third floor of the Engineering Centers Building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Click here for a searchable UW campus map, or return to the NFC home page for more contact information.

For use, questions or more information, please contact the DIrector of MRSEC facilities:

Dr. Jerry Hunter ([email protected])

(608) 263-1073

The XCL accepts samples for structural analysis from colleges and universities, as well as from industry. The XCL specializes in samples that suffer from twinning, small size or solvent loss. Please contact us for questions concerning the submission procedure (download sample submission form). Annually, we teach an X-ray crystallography class which covers theory and prepares students to carry out their own structural analyses. Students and postdocs with previous experience in X-ray crystallography may also become facility users. Policies: 1) Clients of our facility receive by email a full report file and a CIF (crystallographic information file) which is required by most journals. 2) All samples are retained by our facility for one month before disposal. Should a client wish a sample returned, he or she should request it with submission.

The Materials Cluster is a multi-function and multi-purpose Research Support Facility providing a wide spectrum of services and apparatus for materials testing, preparation, and characterization. The Cluster also provides tools that can generate images of surface or near-surface characteristics, such as topography or electronic structure, at length scales from microns down to nanometers in environments ranging from ultra-high vacuum to fluids. The CCMR facilities are run by expert staff who provide training and technical assistance. We welcome outside users from both industry and academia.

The PHaSE energy center carries out fundamental photovoltaic-oriented research using organic-based polymers and related materials to maximize efficiency in the collection and harvesting of energy over a broad frequency range of the solar spectrum. The center’s strongly-networked, interdisciplinary teams of researchers seek ways to minimize charge-quenching exciton recombination, to maximize electron transport across inorganic/organic interfaces, and to optimize design and fabrication strategies for making inexpensive photovoltaic devices.

MRSEC investigators have developed a number of biologically inspired experimental model systems, ranging from microtubule based active matter to colloidal membranes. BMF supports MRSEC investigations of active and soft matter through large-scale production of the cells, proteins, and viruses. We are now extending this service to the broader community, including extramural labs. BMF wants to help you get started studying biological material in your own lab by supplying samples and/or training you to make your own. Outside investigators are welcome to visit. For more information about the availability of these or other biological materials you need for your materials science research, please contact Dr. Marc Ridilla.

The Materials Characterization Lab (MCL) is a fully-staffed, user research facility at Penn State’s Materials Research Institute that offers researchers convenient and affordable access to a wide-range of state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation and services.

The UD Nanofabrication Facility (UDNF) enables researchers from academia, industry and government to create devices smaller than a human hair, supporting scientific advances in fields ranging from medical diagnostics to environmental sensing to solar energy harvesting.

Facility Primary Contact: Iulian Codreanu

The mission of the Microelectronics Research Center (MRC) at The University of Texas at Austin is to perform education, research and development in materials and electronic devices. MRC is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI).