Request To Bring A Silane To SNF

[Mary Tang]

Hi SpecMat'rs --

I spoke with Claudia on the phone.  I think this is fine.  She's agreed 
to keep this out of litho, use her own labware, and use wbsolvent if 
using IPA and wbgeneral if using water.  There is such a small amount of 
the aminosilane -- and it turns pretty much to silicate over time -- 
that disposal should not be a problem.  She's not bringing the materials 
back into the lab for further process, so there should be no concerns 
about downstream contamination.

Mary

Claudia Richter wrote:
> Dear Specmat,
>
> We plan on using water as the solvent for aminosilane process. We'll use
> the wbgen as the location where the processing will take place. 
>
>
> -Claudia
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Claudia Richter 
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 12:47 PM
> To: 'Mary Tang'
> Cc: specmat at snf.stanford.edu; Andres Fernandez; Bryan Staker
> Subject: RE: Request To Bring A Silane To SNF
>
> Hi Mary,
>
> Ideally, we'd like the chemical to be stored at SNF. Would the chemical
> be ok to store in the flammable cabinet behind the furnaces? We plan on
> getting our own designated labware(Pyrex or polypropylene) for this
> process on these test wafers. We can most certainly use the solvent
> bench in the wbsolvent. This process does not require being in the litho
> room. 
>
> All further processing on these substrates will be brought back in-house
> (the company) for testing and/or processing.
>
>
> Claudia
>
>
>
> - Will you be storing the chemical here?
>
> Ideally
> - I would strongly suggest that you use your own dedicated labware for
> this.
> - Is there any reason this needs to be done in the litho area? If not, 
> wbsolvent would be a better place (surface modification processing is 
> generally a bad idea in the litho area - cross-contamination, such as 
> with used glassware, can drastically affect surface properties of other 
> people's substrates.)
> - If you are using IPA, dispose of waste in the solvent carboy. If you 
> are using water, please process at wbgeneral and aspirate waste or 
> collect locally.
> - What kind of processing in the lab will be done subsequent to your 
> surface modification and where?
>
> Mary
>
> Claudia Richter wrote:
>   
>> Dear Specmat Committee,
>>
>> I'd like to request to bring in to SNF 
>> 3-aminopropyldimethylethoxysilane. The amine part of this silane is 
>> important for further derivatization of the surface of our substrates.
>>
>> The process plan is to use this silane to coat silicon wafers (with 
>> oxide). This silane is diluted down to a solution that is 1% in 
>> isopropanol (99.98%) or DI water. The solution poured into a 
>> dish/beaker large enough to accommodate the wafers. The wafers are 
>> dipped in this solution and rinsed with isopropanol and water; then 
>> dried with an air gun. The proposed plan is to do this in the solvent 
>> bench in the lithography room and use the existing carboy that is 
>> provided to collect the waste or have our own waste bottle to collect 
>> this waste.
>>
>> Attached is the MSDS sheet. We would like to begin this process within
>>     
>
>   
>> the next week. Please contact me for any questions or further
>>     
> information.
>   
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Claudia
>>
>> ____________________________________
>>
>> Claudia M. Richter
>>
>> Sr. Process Engineer
>>
>> Complete Genomics
>>
>> 750 N. Pastoria Ave.
>>
>> Sunnyvale, CA. 94085
>>
>> P: 408.730.5700
>>
>> F: 408.769.2258
>>
>> www.completegenomics.com <http://www.completegenomics.com>
>>
>>     
>
>
>   


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