Rates

Payment is due prior to accessing any of the facilities.

Cleanroom Facilities

Use of the cleanroom is priced per user per time period

Period WVU Users* WV Academic Users** Non-Profit Organization Users*** External Users
Jul 1, 2011 - Aug 15, 2011
$475
$1200
$1502
$2250
Aug 16, 2011 - Dec 31, 2011
$950
$2400
$3012
$4500
Jan 1, 2012 - May 14, 2012
$950
$2400
$3012
$4500
May 15, 2012 - Jun 30, 2012
$475
$1200
$1506
$2250

 

Materials Fabrication and Characterization Facilities

Per Hour

WVU Users*

WV Academic Users**
Non-Profit Organization Users***

External Users

XRD

$4

$8
$10

$15

XPS

$7

$12
$16

$23

FTIR

$20

$40
$50

$75

Ellipsometer

$14

$28
$35

$55

AFM

$4

$6
$7

$11

Raman

$15

$24
$30

$45

Per Day

WVU Users*

WV Academic Users**
Non-Profit Organization Users***

External Users

Sputter System (WH)

$50

$80
$100

$150

Pulsed Laser Deposition

$50

$80
$100

$150

 

Electron Microscopy

Per Hour

WVU Users*

WV Academic Users**
Non-Profit Organization Users***

External Users

SEM Assisted

$21

$25
$31

$33

SEM Unssisted

$6

$10
$13

$18

TEM Assisted

$65

$125
$156

$230

TEM Unassisted

$50

$96
$120

NA

Sample Prep Lab

Assisted

$20

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Sample Prep Lab

Unassisted

$15

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NA

 

Bio-Nano Research Facility

Use of the Bio-Nano Research Facility is priced per user per time period

Period WVU Users* WV Academic Users**
Non-Profit Organization Users***
 External Users
Jul 1, 2011 - Aug 15, 2011
$84
$135
$168
$250
Aug 16, 2011 - Dec 31, 2011
$167
$270
$333
$500
Jan 1, 2012 - May 14, 2012
$167
$270
$333
$500
May 15, 2012 - Jun 30, 2012
$84
$135
$168
$250

 

* WVU users includes all WVU researchers, plus researchers from Marshall or West Virginia State participating in the NSF-funded RII grant.

** WV Academic Users are researchers from state-funded academic institutions.

*** Non-profit organizations, government labs and out-of-the-state academic institutions.