[Fwd: Re: use of polystyrene nanospheres in SNF]

[Mary Tang]

Hi again --

My suggestion is to OK this with the following stipulations:

1.  The polystyrene beads may be spun up only at the headway2. 
2.  No lab glassware may be used (if ever required) -- users should 
bring their own and take it away.  (Don't want to risk having beads 
transfer to other people's work.)
3.  Only polystyrene beads -- no nanoparticles of any other origin is 
being approved in this request.  (In fact, metal nanoparticles are 
banned from the lab unless they are adhered onto substrates.)
4.  There should be a hot plate step to remove excess solvent/water.
5.  Instead of a sonication step (lots of opportunity to spread 
particles around wbsolvent) use an acetone liftoff to remove both 
polystyrene particles and the resist (Tracy thought this should be OK 
for her process.)
6.  They take the beads away with them.  Best not to have them stored in 
our lab -- too many opportunities for creative thinking....

What do you all think?


Mary

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Mary X. Tang, Ph.D.
Stanford Nanofabrication Facility
CIS Room 136, Mail Code 4070
Stanford, CA  94305
(650)723-9980
mtang at stanford.edu
http://snf.stanford.edu

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