Nanofabrication and Electron Microscopy Facility (NEMF) is open to UC Riverside students, faculty and principal investigators, as well as non-UC Riverside researchers, on a fee for usage basis. Safety training is provided by the lab management at no additional cost, but equipment requires training fees.

We provide membership ($1,200/quarter/user) for internal users only. The membership covers unlimited access to lab equipment and discounted surcharge rates depending tier groups.

Otherwise, users are charged for general lab usage fee (internal user $39/h external user, non-profit $56/h, and external user, profit $85/h), which allows the use of equipment not in tier like light microscopes, fume hoods, wet process benches, ancillary equipment, etc. This fees also cover the cost of cleanroom staff time and some materials used in the lab PPE (cleanroom suits, gloves, hair nets, face mask, shoe covers, aprons, and face shield), bulk nitrogen, hazardous waste pickup, chemicals, and cleanroom janitorial services. More complicated equipment, such as deposition, etching, lithography, and microscopes are grouped into tiers 1 to 3, require specialized training and surcharges. Invoicing is on a monthly basis.