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Hysitron TI-950 Triboindenter
Information the Equipment Can Provide
Coming soon
Fees and Policies
- UT Users: $15/hour
- Higher Education/State Agencies: $42/hour
- Corporate/External Users: $42/hour
To become a new user of this facility, please read the Instrument Reservation Information page. If you are already a user you can make a reservation in FBS.
To become a user of this instrument you must first complete the Cleanroom Safety Class. Please contact the facility manager to schedule a training session.
KLA P-7 Stylus Profilometer
Instrument Capabilities
Coming soon
Fees and Policies
Cleanroom Entry fee: (The cleanroom entry fee is charged in addition to the cleanroom facility usage fee)
- UT Users: $6
- Higher Education/State Agencies: $10
- Corporate/External Users: $10
Cleanroom Facility
- UT Users: $35/hour
- Higher Education/State Agencies (Assisted): $92/hour
- Corporate/External Users (Assisted): $94/hour
- Higher Education/State Agencies (Unassisted): $64/hour
- Corporate/External Users (Unassisted): $65/hour
Please contact Dr. Raluca Gearba and/or James Smitherman to schedule a training session.
HMDS YES OVEN
Key capabilities and features:
- The YES prime oven dehydrates the wafers at 150°C and primes the wafers using hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) allowing better coverage and adhesion between oxides are resists.
- Controlled vapor-phase HMDS priming for uniform surface treatment.
- The HMDS oven is configured with settings 0 and 1 which correpsond to 5 minutes and 1 minute prime, respectively.
- Precise temperature and process time control for repeatable results.
- Uniform HMDS vapor distribution across the substrate.
- Vacuum-assisted process to enhance adhesion promotion.
- Compatible with silicon, glass, quartz, and other substrate materials.
- Available holders for wafer sizes: 3 inches and 4 inches; smaller pieces can be mounted on a carrier wafer using the provided heat resistant Kapton tape.
CAUTION:
The oven idles/runs at 150°C, therefore be careful when loading/unloading wafers! Use the provided heat-resistant gloves to load/unload the wafer carriers.
Fees and Policies
Cleanroom Entry fee: (The cleanroom entry fee is charged in addition to the cleanroom facility usage fee)
- UT Users: $6
- Higher Education/State Agencies: $10
- Corporate/External Users: $10
Cleanroom Facility
- UT Users: $35/hour
- Higher Education/State Agencies (Assisted): $92/hour
- Corporate/External Users (Assisted): $94/hour
- Higher Education/State Agencies (Unassisted): $64/hour
- Corporate/External Users (Unassisted): $65/hour
Please contact Dr. Raluca Gearba and/or James Smitherman to schedule a training session.
Aixtrom Black Magic
Instrument Capabilities
The Aixtrom Black Magic is a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system dedicated to growing graphene. It can accommodate multiple samples or a single 4-inch wafer. Available gases include Ar, N₂, CH₄, and H₂. Optimized recipes on copper have been characterized to provide excellent monolayer coverage with minimal areas of bilayer formation.
Fees and Policies
Cleanroom Entry fee: (The cleanroom entry fee is charged in addition to the cleanroom facility usage fee)
- UT Users: $6
- Higher Education/State Agencies: $10
- Corporate/External Users: $10
Cleanroom Facility
- UT Users: $35/hour
- Higher Education/State Agencies (Assisted): $92/hour
- Corporate/External Users (Assisted): $94/hour
- Higher Education/State Agencies (Unassisted): $64/hour
- Corporate/External Users (Unassisted): $65/hour
Please contact Dr. Raluca Gearba and/or James Smitherman to schedule a training session.
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Texas Materials Seminar Series
The Texas Materials Seminar Series features MSE 397 Seminars, TMI Distinguished Lectureships, and TMI Special Seminars, where leading faculty and professionals from around the world share cutting-edge innovations and advancements in materials engineering with our students.
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News
Zhantao Chen Publishes New Article on AI-assisted Tool
Zhantao Chen, an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and a TMI-affiliate, has published an article on an AI tool in Nature Machine Intelligence. The article used AI to help researchers in ways that would assist in experimental tasks that are often labor-intensive and tiresome.
Terry Zheng & Yu Group Publish New Work on Water-Based Electrolytes
Materials Science and Engineering graduate student Tianrui (Terry) Zheng, under the supervision of Dr. Guihua Yu has published research in Advanced Materials introducing a biphasic electrolyte architecture that combines the strengths of water-based (aqueous) and organic-based electrolytes for long-duration, high-rate zinc metal batteries.
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Yuebing Zheng Awarded 'New Directions' Seed Funding from UT OVPR
Yuebing Zheng was awarded seed funding through the University's Office of the Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors. The 'New Directions in Research' grants are one time payments that give faculty an opportunity to obtain proof-of-concept or pilot data for future, larger grants.
Terry Zheng Awarded UT Chevron Energy Graduate Fellowship
Tianrui (Terry) Zheng, a Materials Science & Engineering graduate student working with Dr. Guihua Yu, is a recipient of the 2026-2027 UT Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows Award from UT's Energy Institute.
