User Fees
Our instrumentation rates are structured such that we are non-competitive with private enterprise. Internal user rates are based on Mines’ actual costs of maintaining the the instruments and the laboratories they’re housed in. External user rates reflect Mines’ direct, indirect and overhead costs associated with maintaining and providing access to the labs and instruments, as well as market surveys of comparable services provided by commercial (private) laboratories.
Instrument Rates (effective January 1, 2022)
| Nanofabrication | Internal Rate | External Academic Rate | External Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clean Room - Other | $20/hr | $32/hr | $120/hr |
| Clean Room - Photolithography | $25/hr | $40/hr | $130/hr |
| High Temperature Furnaces | $25/hr | $40/hr | $100/hr |
| Plasma Preen | $20/hr | $32/hr | $145/hr |
| Rapid Thermal Annealer | $25/hr | $40/hr | $100/hr |
| Reactive Ion Etchers | $20/hr | $32/hr | $145/hr |
| UV Mask Aligner | $25/hr | $40/hr | $130/hr |
| Wire Bonder | $35/hr | $56/hr | $140/hr |
| Technical Assistance | $60/hr | $98/hr | $125/hr |
| Surface Characterization | Internal Rate | External Academic Rate | External Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Instruments AFM | $25/hr | $40/hr | $120/hr |
| 4-Probe Electrical Probe Station | $20/hr | $32/hr | $120/hr |
| Hall System | $25/hr | $40/hr | $75/hr |
| Janis Cryostat | $7/hr | $40/hr | $100/hr |
| Phenom SEM | $25/hr | $40/hr | $175/hr |
| Profilometer | $20/hr | $32/hr | $120/hr |
| Solar Simulator | $25/hr | $40/hr | $120/hr |
| UV-VIs Spectrometer | $20/hr | $32/hr | $100/hr |
| Technical Assistance | $60/hr | $98/hr | $125/hr |
| Thin Film Deposition | Internal Rate | External Academic Rate | External Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| AJA Sputtering system | $40/hr | $57/hr | $150/hr |
| AJA UHV Multi Deposition System | $40/hr | $57/hr | $200/hr |
| Angstrom Thermal evaporator | $25/hr | $40/hr | $130/hr |
| High Temperature Thermal Evaporator | $30/hr | $48/hr | $130/hr |
| Semicore Sputtering System | $40/hr | $57/hr | $150/hr |
| Tabletop Gold Sputter Coater | $25/hr | $40/hr | $130/hr |
| Gold charge per nm | $1/nm | $1/nm | $1/nm |
| Technical Assistance | $60/hr | $98/hr | $125/hr |
| Instrument | Internal Rate | External Academic Rate | External Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASYLUM MFP-3D Scanning Probe Microscope | $35/hr | $53/hr | $100/hr |
| Digital Instruments AFM | $25/hr | $40/hr | $120/hr |
| FEI Helios Nanolab FIB/SEM | $62/hr | $94/hr | $310/hr |
| FEI Quanta 600i Environmental SEM | $30/hr | $46/hr | $185/hr |
| FEI Talos F200X TEM/STEM | $70/hr | $106/hr | $350/hr |
| FEI Tecnai T12 | $45/hr | $68/hr | $180/hr |
| JEOL JSM-7000F Field Emission SEM | $35/hr | $53/hr | $240/hr |
| Keyence VHX-5000 | $25/hr | $38/hr | $180/hr |
| Phenom SEM | $25/hr | $40/hr | $175/hr |
| Profilometer | $20/hr | $32/hr | $120/hr |
| Tescan S8252G Raman-SEM/FIB | $62/hr | $94/hr | $310/hr |
| WiTec Laser Confocal Raman Microscope | $25/hr | $38/hr | $210/hr |
| Technical Assistance | $60/hr | $98/hr | $125/hr |
| Sample Preparation | Internal Rate | External Academic Rate | External Rate | Training Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EM Lab Vibromet | $2/hr | $4/hr | $5/hr | |
| JEOL Cross-Section Polisher | $5/hr | $8/hr | $12/hr | |
| Hummer Gold Sputter Coater | $8/run | $12/run | $12/run | |
| Cressington Carbon Sputter Coater | $2/run | $4/run | $4/run |
| Instrument | Internal Rate | External Academic Rate | External Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameca LEAP 4000X SI | $92/hr | $151/hr | $460/hr |
| IonTOF TOF-SIMS.V | $104/hr | $157/hr | $550/hr |
| Sciex 5500 Triple Quad | $30.32/sample | ||
| Sciex x500R QToF | $31.20/sample |
| Instrument | Internal Rate | External Academic Rate | External Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| DSI Gleeble 3800-GTC | $30/hr | $46/hr | $175/hr |
| Electromechanical Load Frames | $15/hr | $23/hr | $175/hr |
| Fatigue Machines | $2.50/hr | $4/hr | $44/hr |
| Servohydraulic Load Frames | $20/hr | $31/hr | $175/hr |
| MTS Exceed Impact Tester | $10/hr | $15/hr | $175/hr |
| Technical Assistance | $60/hr | $98/hr | $125/hr |
| Instrument | Internal Rate | External Academic Rate | External Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panalytical X’Pert Pro | $23/hr | $35/hr | $105/hr |
| Malvern Panalytical Empyrean X-ray Diffractometer | $38/hr | $56/hr | $200/hr |
| Zeiss Versa 520 XCT | $80/hr | $94/hr | $338/hr |
| Technical Assistance | $60/hr | $98/hr | $125/hr |
| Instrument | Internal Rate | External Academic Rate | External Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental XPS | $80/hr | $122 | $300/hr |
| Technical Assistance | $60/hr | $98/hr | $125/hr |