Rates

Nanofabrication and Electron Microscopy Facility (NEMF) welcomes UC Riverside students, faculty, principal investigators, and non-UC Riverside researchers to use its facilities on a fee-for-usage basis. The staff provides safety training at no additional cost, but equipment requires training fees.

Nanofabrication users are charged a cleanroom fee, which grants access to essential equipment like microscopes, fume hoods, dry etching, and wet chemical processing. However, more advanced equipment such as metal evaporators, sputters, and lithography necessitates specialized training and additional surcharges. While cleanroom supplies and safety equipment are provided, users are responsible for supplying their own substrates and any unique labware. Deposition sources currently available include aluminum, titanium, nickel, chrome, copper and others. Gold and platinum require extra charges that fluctuate based on market prices. 

Facility Service and Equipment Rates by Membership and Fiscal Year
Service / Item Member Nonmember
Academic / Nonprofit Profit
FY25-26 FY26-27 FY25-26 FY26-27
Membership Fee* (quarterly) $1.2k small $2.8k
other $6k
Staff Fee (Training / Operator Assistance) $42/h $43/h $48/h $60/h $66/h
Staff Fee (Advanced support / FIB) $100/h $100/h $110/h $180/h $198/h
New User Setup Fee* $0/user $0/user $200/user
Reactivation Fee* $50/user $50/user $50/user
Gold** $253/g (effective 6/1/2026; no nonmember rate available)
Platinum** $104.43/g (effective 4/1/2026; no nonmember rate available)
Nanofabrication Lab (Equipment Surcharge + General Lab Use = Total Charge)
General Lab Use $0/h $33.16/h $36.5/h $62.84/h $69/h
EBL (Raith Pioneer2) $63/h $80/h $75/h $153/h $168/h
ADCS (MCS8) $42/h $48/h $48/h $108/h $108/h
AFM (ICON6) $42/h $48/h $48/h $108/h $108/h
EBE 1 (BJD-FC-2000) $42/h $48/h $48/h $108/h $108/h
EBE 2 $18/h $20/h $21/h $29/h $48/h
EBE 3 $18/h $20/h $21/h $29/h $48/h
DWL $18/h $21/h $21/h $48/h $48/h
Sputter 1 $18/h $15/h $21/h $22/h $48/h
Sputter 2 (AJA) $18/h $15/h $21/h $22/h $48/h
MA (MA6)* $18/h $21/h $48/h
ALD* $18/h $21/h $48/h
ALE* $18/h $21/h $48/h
Si Etcher* $18/h $21/h $48/h
Metal Etcher* $18/h $21/h $48/h
PPMS* $18/h $21/h $48/h
Wire Bonder* $18/h $21/h $48/h
Microscopy Lab
STEM (Titan) $63/h $69/h $75/h $185/h $168/h
TEM (Talos) $42/h $45/h $48/h $100/h $108/h
SEM (NNS 450) $42/h $45/h $48/h $100/h $108/h
SEM (Quanta) $42/h $40/h $48/h $75/h $108/h
SEM (Mira3) $42/h $45/h $48/h $100/h $108/h
DLM (VHX-7000) $18/h $25/h $21/h $54/h $48/h
Vitrobot $18/h $45/run $21/h $100/run $48/h
Ultramicrotome $13.2/h $12/h $13.2/h $30/h $33/h
Glass knife maker $5.5/run $5/run $5.5/run $30/run $33/run
Sputter coater $9.9/min $9/min $9.9/min $12/min $13.2/min
Glow discharger $11/run $10/run $11/run $20/run $22/run
Vacuum evaporator $24.2/h $22/h $24.2/h $40/h $44/h
CPD $24.2/h $22/h $24.2/h $40/h $44/h
Disc cutter $24.2/h $22/h $24.2/h $40/h $44/h
Fischione plasma cleaner $12.1/h $11/h $12.1/h $20/h $22/h
Lapping/polishing $23.1/run $21/run $23.1/run $40/run $44/run
Diamond saw $23.1/run $21/run $23.1/run $40/run $44/run
Fullam carbon coater $23.1/run $21/run $23.1/run $40/run $44/run
Dimpler $23.1/run $21/run $23.1/run $40/run $44/run
Tripod polisher $23.1/run $21/run $23.1/run $40/run $44/run
Diamond lapping films $38.5/film $35/film $38.5/film $35/film $38.5/film
Non-diamond lapping films $5.5/film $5/film $5.5/film $5/film $5.5/film
C-coated Cu TEM grids $5.5/grid $5/grid $5.5/grid $5/grid $5.5/grid
Chemical reagents** nominal price nominal price nominal price

* New rates. ** Subject to market prices.

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