June 4, 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 JonathanJonathan Hummel
jhummel1@umd.edu
301 405-5017
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
Thu, Jun 04, 2026
10:00 am - 12:45 pm
Glynis Sullivan
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Tue, Jun 02, 2026
2:45 pm - 4:15 pm
Ti Xie
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Cr/Au 5/30 nm 90$
Sun, May 31, 2026
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Stefan Theodoru
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20nm Au ($60)
Wed, May 27, 2026
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Rosalin Mohanty
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Cr, Au 250 angstroms Gold charge=$75
Tue, May 26, 2026
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Stefan Theodoru
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20nm Au ($60)
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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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