February 13, 2026 UMD Home FabLab 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 and Al. 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: $110 per 1000A
Location FabLab | DEP Tunnel
Manufacturer Metra
Staff Contact ThomasThomas Loughran
tcl@umd.edu
301-405-3642
Rates
No Charge
$0/hr
Large Commercial
$242/hr
Small Commercial / MTECH
$166/hr
External Non-profit / University
$126/hr
UMD
$81/hr
Reservations No upcoming reservations at this time.
Logs
Tue, Feb 03, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Linfeng Ai
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Cr (5nm) + Au (15nm/30$)
Mon, Feb 02, 2026
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Soumadeep Saha
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Cr(5nm)/Au(70nm)= $168
Thu, Jan 29, 2026
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Shuhan Liu
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copper 50 nm
Thu, Jan 29, 2026
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Soumadeep Saha
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Deleted by: Soumadeep Saha

Cr(5nm)/Au(70nm) = $168
Sat, Jan 24, 2026
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Qinqin Wang
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cr/au 10/20 au 48$
Records to show:
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)

Colleges A. James Clark School of Engineering
The College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

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