Who can use the nanoFAB? Everyone.

We are an open access nanofabrication & characterization centre.

 

The nanoFAB is a national, open-access training, service, and collaboration centre, focused on academic and industrial applications in micro- and nanoscale fabrication and characterization.

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Totaling over $110 million in
specialized equipment and infrastructure
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Fabrication for MEMS, sensors, microfluidics, and photonics
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Advanced materials, microscopy, and spectroscopy analysis suite
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Comprehensive capabilities for microscopy, spectroscopy, material analysis, lithography, thin-film deposition, and etching
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Over 200 pieces of equipment in 25,000ft² communal laboratory space
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Fully equipped 4" (100 mm) and 6" (150 mm) processing capabilities

We are an unparalleled Canadian centre supporting research and development in nano sciences and engineering.

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Objectives

Hands on training of academic and industry highly qualified personnel.
Process development and fee for service offerings for enhanced capabilities to support advanced research and industry development.
Support academic and industry development through proof of concept, prototyping and low volume manufacturing capabilities
Sustainable and transparent operations and administration
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Facility Highlights

120000
Annual equiment-hours
195
Active tools
790
Active users
176
Active groups
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Testimonials

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Avalon Holographics has been an industrial user of the nanoFab facilities for over 7 years. Having access to an open access shared cleanroom environment including a wide variety of microfabrication and characterization equipment has been instrumental to our process development and technology realization. Interactions with nanoFab staff are friendly and professional, and their technical expertise serves as an excellent resource for problem solving and troubleshooting. We look forward to continuing to work with the nanoFab in years to come!
Steve Rutledge, Ph. D.
Managing Director, Avalon Holographics
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The nanoFAB is unique. It’s probably the best nanotechnology centre in western Canada. This is a facility that Canadians, Albertans, Edmontonians should be proud of. This is a facility that is going to build our future, and has been a big part of building diversified economies in Alberta for the past 15, 20 years. This is the future.
Hooman Hosseinkhannazer
CEO, Norcada
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The nanoFAB is my second favourite place on campus, after my own lab. It basically has to be because nothing that we do in my lab could happen without the nanoFAB . Everything that we study at some point in its creation goes through the nanoFAB.
Dr. Mark Freeman
Professor, Faculty of Science - Physics, University of Alberta

Partnerships

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