Equipment Charges
Instrument charge rates
Usage time on Imaging Instruments and Sample Preparation
Equipment will be rounded up to the nearest 1/2 hour for billing. Minimum
charge per use is by default 1/2 hour, but is 1 hour for high-vacuum instruments,
as noted below.
Base Rates
Base rates apply to unassisted use by Princeton University undergraduate students, graduate
students, postdocs, research and technical staff, and faculty. If the
usage is assisted by a member of the professional IAC staff, or if the user is from outside Princeton,
the actual charge rate differs from the base rate, as described under
"Rate Factors by User" and "Assistance Surcharges"
below.
| Optical Microscopy |
Current Rate* |
Minimum Use |
| Zeiss Discovery V12 Stereomicroscope |
$20 |
one hour |
| Leica DCM3D Confocal Microscope |
$35 |
one hour |
| Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) |
|
|
| FEI XL30 FEG SEM |
$30 |
one hour |
| FEI Quanta 200 FEG Environmental-SEM |
$40 |
one hour |
| FEI Verios 460 XHR SEM |
$45 |
one hour |
| Focused Ion Beam System (FIB) |
|
|
| FEI StrataTM DB 235 FIB (being replaced by the Helios) |
$55 |
one hour |
| FEI Helios G3 DualBeam FIB/SEM |
$60 |
one hour |
| Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) |
|
|
| FEI CM200 FEG - TEM |
$50 |
one hour |
| FEI CM100 TEM |
$30 |
one hour |
| Titan Themis 80-300 Cubed Double Cs-corrected S/TEM |
$80 |
two hours |
| Talos F200X S/TEM equipped with SuperX-EDS |
$55 |
two hours |
| Titan Krios G3 300 TEM |
- |
four hours |
| X-ray Diffractometer (XRD) and 3D X-Ray Microscope |
|
|
| Bruker D8 Discover X-Ray Diffractometer |
$40 |
one hour |
| Rigaku MiniFlex XRD/X-Ray Diffractometer |
$30 |
one hour |
| Zeiss Xradias Versa 520 3D X-ray microscope (to be installed in September 2016) |
$35 |
one hour |
| Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) |
|
|
| Bruker MultiMode AFM |
$30 |
one hour |
| BrukerNanoMan AFM |
$35 |
one hour |
| Bruker Dimension ICON3 AFM |
$40 |
one hour |
| Surface Analysis |
|
|
| Horiba Raman Spectrometer |
$35 |
one hour |
| Woollam M-2000 Ellipsometer |
$35 |
one hour |
| Thermo K-alpha X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer (XPS-UPS) |
$35 |
one hour |
| Nicolet iN10 MX Infrared Microscope |
$35 |
one hour |
| UV-VIS Cary 5000 Spectrometer |
$35 |
one hour |
| FLS980 Steady State, Phosphorescence/Fluorescence Lifetime Spectrometer |
$35 |
one hour |
| Thermo and Other Analysis Tools |
|
|
| Differential Scanning Calorimeter 8500 (DSC) |
$35 |
one hour |
| Thermogravimetric Analyzer coupled to Clarus 680 SQ 8T Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (TGA-GC/MS) |
$35 |
one hour |
| Dynamic Mechanical Analysis 8000 (DMA) |
$35 |
one hour |
| Anton Paar MCR501 Rheometer |
$30 |
one hour |
| Anton Paar MCR702 Rheometer |
$35 |
one hour |
| Keithley 4200-SCS Semiconductor Characterization System |
$35 |
one hour |
| Imaging and Analysis Sample Prep |
|
|
| Allied Multiprep Polisher |
$20 |
one hour |
| Cressington Carbon Coater |
$20 |
one hour |
| Fischione 1010 Dual-Beam Ion Mill |
$20 |
one hour |
| Leica Sputter Coater |
$20 |
one hour |
| Leica Ultracut UCT Microtome |
$20 |
one hour |
| Reichert-Jung Ultracut E Microtome |
$20 |
one hour |
| VCR IBS/TM 200S Ion Beam Sputterer |
$20 |
one hour |
* Effective from October 1st 2016
Rate Factors by User
The factors listed below multiply the base rate, e.g., two hours' use
of the XL30 at the base rate is $60.
| User is conducting work for another academic institution. |
2x |
| User is conducting work for an outside corporation. |
4x |
Assisted Surcharges
Assisted use of Imaging Instrument by a member of the professional IAC staff
This is a rate multiplier as defined under "Rate Factors
by User", e.g., two hours' use of the XL30 by a Princeton graduate
student (base rate) is $60, but if the student was assisted for these two
hours, the charge will be $180 (3x). If only one of the two hours was assisted,
the charge will be $30 (unassisted hour) + 3 x $30 (assisted hour) = $120. |
3x |
Assisted use of Sample Prep Equipment by a member of the professional IAC staff
This is a straight surcharge to which the user rate factors also apply, e.g., 1 hour of assisted use of the ion beam sputter coater will be billed at $20 (equipment use) + $50 (assistance) = $70 for a Princeton graduate student.
|
+$50/hour |
Consumables
Consumables are charged on a cost-recovery plus handling basis; user rate factors do not apply to consumables charges.
| AFM Tips (si, tapping mode) contact Nan Yao (nyao@princeton.edu) or John Schreiber (js51@princeton.edu) for information. |
$25/each |