Our user base continues to grow. The UH Nanofabrication Facility is available to researchers both on and off campus; we're here to help the nanotechnology community in Houston and beyond. We've also started offering contract services so if you cannot come in person our staff can still help you.

Construction has begun on the the new Houston Football Stadium. It's scheduled to be finished in August of 2014; you can learn some facts about the new stadium here. Parking near the UH Nanofab facility will be impacted by the construction.

Our Leitz Microscope has a new 10 mega pixel camera and updated software. A new SOP has been added to our website http://nanofab.uh.edu/equipment/analysis/optical-microscopes (you have to be logged in to access it.)

The sample exchange rod for the UHV Sputtering System has a small machined part with three 'fingers' mounted on the end; an accidental drop caused one of these fingers to break off. Because of the three-dimensional nature of the part it would be an involved process to make in the machine shop, instead a relatively simple 3D model was created using Alibre (www.alibre.com) and the part was ordered from Shapeways (www.shapeways.com) where it was made using a 3D printing process. The part is made from bronze-infused stainless steel powder; it has slightly different dimensions form the original due to limitations on the printing process but it is a completely functional replacement that required very little design time and minimal cost.