The Center for Electronic/Magnetic Nanoscale Composite Multifunctional Materials (ENCOMM) offers the IMR community access to a newly acquired FEI Helios NanoLab 600 Focused Ion Beam Mill/Scanning Electron Microscope (FIB/SEM) purchased with funds awarded through the Advanced Materials Targeted Investments in Excellence (TIE) program. The FIB has been commissioned and is available for use. Its capabilities include ion milling, high-resolution SEM, Pt deposition, e-beam lithography and X-ray microanalysis.
ENCOMM has a mission to create an environment in which multi-disciplinary teams can form and interact and to provide the infrastructure needed to conduct the research that will define this field. ENCOMM’s NanoSystems Laboratory (ENSL) offers a state-of-the-art facility to address cutting edge challenges in understanding and developing complex mulitcomponent materials. The facility features FEI Helios NanoLab 600 dual beam FIB/SEM with capabilities for e-beam lithography and X-ray microanalysis for materials characterization. Additional equipment available is a Langmuir-Blodgett trough, SQUID Magnetometer, Atomic Force Microscope, JEOL JSM-5400 Scanning Electron Microscope, and a photolithography lab. ENSL also includes 1500 ft2 of class 1000 clean room space.
The facility is open to both OSU and external users on a user fee basis. For further information, please visit the ENCOMM website or contact ENSL Manager Denis Pelekhov at dtt@mps.ohio-state.edu to arrange training for equipment use.