October 24, 2026 UMD Home NanoCenter AIM Lab
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Description The Metra Thermal Evaporator is used to deposit a variety of metals and dielectrics using resistance heating. Some, but not all, of the materials include: Cr, Au, Ag, Cu . It has two thermal sources but only one can be run at a time. Buy switching the power leads, a user can evaporate up to two different materials in the same pump down cycle. The Metra will accommodate up to 4" diameter substrates. Precious metals surcharge Au: $300 per 1000A
Location FabLab | DEP Tunnel
Manufacturer Metra
Staff Contact DanielDaniel Lewis
dlewis17@umd.edu
301-405-5018
Rates
Large Commercial
$242/hr
Small Commercial / MTECH
$166/hr
External Non-profit / University
$126/hr
UMD
$81/hr
Staff Technical Assistance Time is added based on the time spent by staff members providing technical support, guidance & training outside of equipment training, and technical services for users of the lab. Click here for full rate details.
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External Materials

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Logs
Fri, Oct 23, 2026
7:45 pm - 9:45 pm
Konstantin Davydov
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Fri, Oct 23, 2026
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Konstantin Davydov
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Deleted by: Konstantin Davydov

Wed, Oct 21, 2026
9:45 pm - 11:15 pm
Yixiao Wang
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Deleted by: Daniel Lewis

Overnight pump 5nm Cr + 50nm Au = &150 Gold Charge
Mon, Oct 19, 2026
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Brandon Zink
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Cr 5nm/Au 50nm Gold charge=$150
Thu, Oct 15, 2026
2:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Yinqi Fang
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deposition of Cr and Au-70nm Gold charge=$210
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SOPs
dep-02_sop_metra_thermal_evap.pdf (131 KB)
index.php (38 B)
Manuals

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Recipes

Evaporation Recipes

evapguide.pdf (180.42 KB)

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