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Atrium Elevator closed tomorrow - Wednesday 10/7
by Totten, Mary J 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

Everyone, Tomorrow we will be scrubbing and waxing the 2nd floor area in front of the elevator. The elevator will be closed till 1PM, but you can still use the stairs or the west end elevator. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Thank you, Mary Jo Totten Birck Nanotechnology Center Discovery Park/Purdue University 1205 West State Street BRK 1220 West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 (765) 496-1173 "Kindness is the language the blind can see and the deaf can hear." - Mark Twain

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Callout of OSA/SPIE Student Chapter: this Tue (Oct 6) in EE 224, 4:45PM to 6PM
by SPIE Purdue Student Chapter 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

Dear All: You are cordially invited to a callout by OSA/SPIE Purdue University student chapter. The program will take place tomorrow *(**Oct 6) in EE 224 from 4:45PM to 6PM*. This is a great opportunity to meet and network with other students and learn about opportunities with the Optical Society (OSA) and the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE). Moreover there will be an interesting *talk on Optics by Professor Andrew Weiner*. Food and drinks will also be provided. Please see the attached flier for details. Sincerely, OSA/SPIE Purdue Student Chapter

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FW: VACCINE Annual Meeting
by Turner, Jaime J 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

Please send the following to faculty, staff, and students: Homeland Security Challenges to be Addressed During the Purdue VACCINE (Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments) Center's Annual Meeting October 7th and 8th, 2015. Location: Kurz Purdue Technology Building, 1281 Win Hentschel Blvd. West Lafayette, IN 47906 Contact: Kaethe Beck at 217-721-1251 or Heather Connell 765-491-3279 A full agenda and list of speakers can be found here: http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/vaccine/annualmeeting.php Event Overview: VACCINE (Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments) is a U.S. Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence based at Purdue and specializing in providing visual analytics solutions to help our nation's homeland security personnel to make decisions in time-sensitive situations. The annual meeting provides a public forum to discuss VACCINE activities and the challenges of visual analytics, data, and homeland security. The event also includes invited presentations, panel discussions and a technology showcase of decision-making tools with hands-on demonstrations of state-of-the-art technologies. U.S. Coast Guard, senior U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials, law enforcement, and emergency response personnel, as well as faculty and students from Purdue and VACCINE's 29 member schools will be in attendance and actively participating in this event. Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski will also be in attendance on October 7th and giving remarks at 9:00 a.m. Attendees from any government, corporate, academic, or non-profit agencies associated with homeland security or visual and data analytics issues are welcome to ensure a broad range of input and perspective on important challenges facing the nation's overall security. Thank you, Elliott Clare Administrative Assistant VACCINE<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/vaccine/> Purdue University eclare(a)purdue.edu<mailto:eclare@purdue.edu> Direct: 765.494.3747 Fax: 765.494.1028

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2nd floor men's restroom and stairwell closed tomorrow
by Totten, Mary J 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

Everyone, Tomorrow the custodial staff will be scrubbing and waxing the area at the top of the stairs and in front of the men's restroom on the 2nd floor. This area will be unavailable until about 12 Noon. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you, Mary Jo Totten Birck Nanotechnology Center Discovery Park/Purdue University 1205 West State Street BRK 1220 West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 (765) 496-1173 "Kindness is the language the blind can see and the deaf can hear." - Mark Twain

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BNC e-news for the week of Oct. 5th.
by Anthrop, Heather L 02 Oct '15

02 Oct '15

Discovery Lecture Series featuring Paul Nunes Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation Wednesday, October 7th at 1:30 pm MRGN 121 For more information: https://nanohub.org/groups/bnc/calendar/details/1378 Flu Shots Tuesday, October 13th - There will be flu shots available in BRK 1001 all day from 8:00Am - 4:00PM. PM Shut Down Notice 10.19 - 10.23 The Birck Nanotechnology Center will be undergoing a semi-annual preventive maintenance and service shutdown October 19 through October 23, 2015. Air handling systems, exhaust systems, toxic gas delivery, and monitoring systems will be down beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, October 19 through 4 p.m. Friday, October 23. The BNC staff will be performing appropriate preventive maintenance on the process equipment at this time as well. All CLEANROOM research work will be suspended until the maintenance activities are completed and all systems are returned to normal. No one will be allowed to enter the cleanroom during this time period. In addition, the laboratory areas will also be affected by this systems maintenance. As such, all LABORATORY activities that involve exhausted hoods, vacuum systems, and/or toxic gas systems will be down beginning 7 a.m. Monday, October 19 through 4 p.m. Friday, October 23. However, work that involves taking standard electrical measurements may be carried out in the LABS provided that fluctuating air temperature and humidity do not affect the readings. No chemical work will be allowed during this period. It is anticipated that the building and process tool maintenance will be completed by the end of the day on Friday, October 23. Please check Coral for equipment status and availability. For long term research planning please refer the following future dates for our future preventive maintenance shutdowns. Spring PM: May 2, 2016 Fall PM Oct 17, 2016 Spring PM: May 1, 2017 Fall PM Oct 16, 2017 Thank you for your cooperation and understanding during these important preventive maintenance shutdowns. Needs Seminar Peide Ye Green Light on Germanium Friday, October 16th at 3:00 pm in MJIS 1001 For more information please visit: https://nanohub.org/groups/bnc/calendar/details/1379

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Keyence VK-3D Microscope Demo in BRK 2001, OCT 1st at 1:30p
by Reger, Ronald K 30 Sep '15

30 Sep '15

From: Raghunathan, Nithin Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 4:44 PM To: 'BNC-all' <bnc-all-bounces(a)ecn.purdue.edu<mailto:bnc-all-bounces@ecn.purdue.edu>> Subject: Keyence VK-3D Microscope Demo in BRK 2001, OCT 1st at 1:30p Hi All, Please see below, There will be a demonstration from Keyence on their new confocal system IN BRK 2001 on Thrusday at 1:30p. If you are available, please try to attend and bring a few samples to test Best, Nithin Raghunathan, Ph.D. Research Scientist Birck Nanotechnology Center West Lafayette, Indiana 47906 nithin(a)purdue.edu<mailto:nithin@purdue.edu> Office: +1-765-496-7326 -----Original Appointment----- From: Andrew Braun [mailto:ABraun@keyence.com] Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 5:08 PM To: Andrew Braun; Raghunathan, Nithin Subject: Keyence VK-X 3D Microscope Demonstration, Birck Nanotechnology Center When: Thursday, October 01, 2015 1:30 PM-2:30 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada). Where: 1205 West State Street , WEST LAFAYETTE IN (POC: Nithin Raghunathan, 765-494-4600) Hi Nithin, As we discussed, I will be at your location on Thursday next week. Please invite anyone who may have some applications that we can check out. Below is a quick 20 second video on each system: VK-X Laser Confocal Measurement System<http://www.keyence.com/products/microscope/laser-microscope/vk-x100_x200/> -- SEM + Profilometer + Microscope + Thin film analysis (the system I will show you) VR-3000 Macro Measurement System<http://www.keyence.com/products/measure-sys/3d-measure/vr-3000/index.jsp> -- 3D model in 5 seconds with light scanning I have also attached a couple brochures. Let me know if you have any questions. Take care, Andrew Braun Application Engineer KEYENCE Corporation Office: 1-888-KEYENCE (539-3623) x85406 Cell: 317-318-5221 Email: abraun(a)keyence.com<mailto:abraun@keyence.com> Check us online at: www.keyence.com<http://www.keyence.com/> Nithin Raghunathan, Ph.D. Research Scientist Birck Nanotechnology Center West Lafayette, Indiana 47906 nithin(a)purdue.edu<mailto:nithin@purdue.edu> Office: +1-765-496-7326

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NSAC Coffee Hour
by Anthrop, Heather L 25 Sep '15

25 Sep '15

Please join us for NSAC Coffee hour at 3:30 pm in the atrium. The presentation for today is: Title: The Hybrid Electrothermoplasmonic Nanotweezer (HENT): A New Paradigm in Nanomanipulation Presenter: Justus Ndukaife

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BNC E-news for the week of Sept. 28th
by Anthrop, Heather L 25 Sep '15

25 Sep '15

Process Support in the Cleanroom Dr. Nithin Raghunathan has joined our Birck staff to provide processing services, support, consultation, and mentoring. Nithin has several years' experience in MEMS and other micro- and nano-processing so please consult with him for process questions and discussion. In addition we have had several new user process meetings recently. If you're a new user in the cleanroom please schedule a new user process meeting with Kenny Schwartz, kfschwar(a)purdue.edu<mailto:kfschwar@purdue.edu>. These meetings are very productive and include a number of the engineering staff members who help guide users to the proper equipment and process recipes. New Touch Screens You have probably noticed the nice new 70" touch screens installed in our conference rooms. These are high-tech screens that provide much more capability than just being monitors on which to display PowerPoint and other information from laptops, tablets, and phones. We are learning how they work now, and if anyone has had previous experience with them please contact Mike Bayless, mbayless(a)purdue.edu<mailto:mbayless@purdue.edu>, so that we can accelerate the learning process. Reminder: Please Don't Store Chemicals in Cleanroom Totes This week we found PMMA stored in a user's cleanroom tote. Please remember that no chemicals are to be stored in totes. This includes all chemicals such as acids, bases, solvents, photoresists, developers, etc. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. VB-6 The VB-6 is up and ready for processing. Vacuum issues, robot control problems, and gun trips have been fixed and we've released it for processing. Remote Source Material Listing A user suggested that source materials for the evaporators be listed not only on the upper atrium display, but also somewhere in Coral or on-line. We believe this is an excellent suggestion as it will allow users to remotely check which source materials are available at any given time. Coral will be replaced sometime in the future with a more capable equipment scheduling system and this will be an ideal place to put such information. Scott-Gross Gases and Equipment Representatives from Scott-Gross Gases and Equipment will provide a 50 minute presentation about handling compressed gases and cylinders, followed by questions and discussion, at the four times/dates shown here. All groups storing or using compressed gas are encouraged to sign up and send a representative while space is available. Sessions will be closed when/if registration reaches 25 attendees. Direct questions to Linda Swihart (swihart(a)purdue.edu<mailto:swihart@purdue.edu>). Tuesday Sep 29, two sessions BRWN 4102 9:00A - 11:00A BRWN 4102 2:00P - 4:00P Wednesday Sep 20, two sessions BRWN 4102 9:00A - 11:00A BRWN 4102 2:00P - 4:00P For more information and registration form see https://www.chem.purdue.edu/chemsafety/SafetySeminarsWorkshops.php NEEDS Seminar J.A. del Alamo Nanometer-Scale III-V Electronics: from Quantum-Well Planar MOSFETs to Vertical Nanowire MOSFETs Tuesday, September 29th at 10:30 am in MRGN 121 For more information please contact Prof. Mark Lundstrom Discovery Lecture Series featuring Paul Nunes Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation Wednesday, October 7th at 1:30 pm MRGN 121 For more information: https://nanohub.org/groups/bnc/calendar/details/1378 PM Shut Down Notice 10.19 - 10.23 The Birck Nanotechnology Center will be undergoing a semi-annual preventive maintenance and service shutdown October 19 through October 23, 2015. Air handling systems, exhaust systems, toxic gas delivery, and monitoring systems will be down beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, October 19 through 4 p.m. Friday, October 23. The BNC staff will be performing appropriate preventive maintenance on the process equipment at this time as well. All CLEANROOM research work will be suspended until the maintenance activities are completed and all systems are returned to normal. No one will be allowed to enter the cleanroom during this time period. In addition, the laboratory areas will also be affected by this systems maintenance. As such, all LABORATORY activities that involve exhausted hoods, vacuum systems, and/or toxic gas systems will be down beginning 7 a.m. Monday, October 19 through 4 p.m. Friday, October 23. However, work that involves taking standard electrical measurements may be carried out in the LABS provided that fluctuating air temperature and humidity do not affect the readings. No chemical work will be allowed during this period. It is anticipated that the building and process tool maintenance will be completed by the end of the day on Friday, October 23. Please check Coral for equipment status and availability. For long term research planning please refer the following future dates for our future preventive maintenance shutdowns. Spring PM: May 2, 2016 Fall PM Oct 17, 2016 Spring PM: May 1, 2017 Fall PM Oct 16, 2017 Thank you for your cooperation and understanding during these important preventive maintenance shutdowns. Thank you, Heather L Anthrop Secretary V Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University (765) 494 - 7053

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Celebrating 10 Years of Nanotechnology in the BNC!
by Weaver, John R 23 Sep '15

23 Sep '15

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West 1st floor entrance closed tomorrow (Wednesday Aug 23rd)
by Totten, Mary J 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

Everyone, The custodial staff will be scrubbing and waxing the west end of the first floor tomorrow morning. You will not be able to access the 1st floor from the west entrance. Please use the front doors. The entrance will open again at 12 Noon. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you, Mary Jo Totten Birck Nanotechnology Center Discovery Park/Purdue University 1205 West State Street BRK 1220 West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 (765) 496-1173 "Kindness is the language the blind can see and the deaf can hear." - Mark Twain

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