Birck Nanotechnology Center Recharge Rates.

Effective June 1, 2023.

• Rate Types
  • INT = Internal (Subsidized)
  • ENP = External Non‐Profit, Academic, Governmental, and Indiana Small Business
  • EFP = External For‐Profit
• Facilities and Administrative (F&A) costs are included in listed external prices.

Lab Access Charges

• Entering BRK labs incurs daily charges to pay for consumables and staff support.
  • The Birck Lab Fee is charged for any day of lab entry into any BRK lab/galley.
  • An additional surcharge also applies depending on the type of lab.
  • If labs of different types are entered, multiple surcharges may be incurred.
• Each fee/surcharge is daily: charged up to once per calendar day, per user, regardless of the number of entries or different labs of that type entered.
• Monthly Lab Access Cap (Internal Users): Lab fees/surcharges are subsidized by BNC after paying 15 days per month (per user, per account, per fee/surcharge).
  

Equipment Rates

• Rates are $ hourly unless specified otherwise in the service name. Hourly billed tools are billed in time step increments of 5 - 60 minutes depending on the particular tool. Check iLab or contact the staff in charge of the tool for more information.
• "C ‐ " indicates services eligible for Scifres Equipment Cap for internal users.
• Precious metals are charged at market prices plus applicable markups and overhead charges.
  

Staff Time Charges

• Rates are $ hourly.

Notes

Scifres Equipment Service Cap

Scifres Equipment Service Cap: For internal users, a $13,000 hard cap is implemented for shared use equipment services on the Scifres cost center per user, per account (WBSE/IO), per fiscal year (by billing date). Any user is “uncapped” after being subsidized a total of $12,000 under this cap across all their associated accounts per fiscal year (by billing date). Capping is done monthly by covering the costs for the affected usage from the Birck General Fund.

Staff Core Services

Any training or core services on tools by BNC engineers/scientists will be added onto the iLab calendar charge as an add-on based on the amount of actual time spent on the training/core service, rounded up to a reasonable fraction of the hour.

Staff time related to researchers having used equipment, laboratories, or software in a manner inconsistent with BNC standard operating procedures, including staff time for communications, retraining, user identification, determining a timeline of events, extraordinary repair, etc., may be charged as core services at an unsubsidized rate for internal users (the approved break-even rate for the relevant Staff Time, rounded up to the nearest dollar). Where applicable, and consistent with the principles in 2 CFR 200, direct costs for replacement/repair of equipment, parts, and consumables may be charged directly to the relevant user and grant which incurred the cost if the research techniques which incurred the cost were outside the scope of relevant standard operating procedures. Operation of shared equipment/spaces inconsistent with the relevant standard operating procedures is generally not covered by the recharge rate.

Definition of Indiana Small Businesses

Indiana Small Business are defined here as *'s organized for profit, with a place of business located in the State of Indiana, or which makes a significant contribution to the economy of the State of Indiana through use of Indiana labor; is in the legal form of an individual proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, joint venture, association, trust or cooperative; and has, including its affiliates, not more than 50 employees.

Birck Laboratory Stocked Supplies (subject to change without notice)

• General Labs stocked supplies: 
  • Gloves 
    • Ultrasense (Deep blue) nitrile gloves 
    • Accutech latex gloves (for solvent use, cleanroom grade) 
    • Acid gloves (cleanroom grade) 
  • Wipes 
    • 1109 Techwipe cleanroom wipes 
    • Kimwipes (Small, Standard, EXL) 
  • Solvents 
    • Isopropanol 
    • Methanol 
    • Acetone 
    • Toluene 
    • Solvent squeeze bottles 
    • Solvent waste bottles 
  • Acids 
    • Hydrogen Peroxide 
    • Buffered Oxide Etch 
    • Hydrofluoric Acid 
    • Hydrochloric Acid 
    • Ammonium Hydroxide 
    • Sulfuric Acid 
    • Nitric Acid 
    • Phosphoric Acid 
    • Acetic Acid (Glacial) 
  • Chemical PPE 
    • Acid PPE (aprons and face shields) 
    • Sharps containers and broken glass containers 
    • HF Safety Items 
    • Bottle carriers 
  • Available by request, if needed and used responsibly: 
    • Supreno (light blue) nitrile gloves 
    • Tacky mats 
    • Swiffers 
    • Hair covers 
    • Shoe covers (conductive or non-conductive) 
    • Microscope slides 
    • Pasteur pipettes 
    • Small latex bulbs 
    • Swabs 
    • UHV foil 
    • 2069 cleanroom wipes 
    • Nanofabrication solvents and optical lithography chemicals  
• BioLabs Stocked Supplies: In addition to General Labs supplies: 
  • Bio specific PPE and safety items 
    • Midknight nitrile gloves (BSL1) or Sterling nitrile gloves (BSL2) 
    • Biowaste bags 
    • Soap 
    • Paper Towels 
    • Serological pipettes (3 sizes) 
    • Aspirating pipettes  
• Cleanroom: In addition to general lab supplies: 
  • Cleanroom Chemicals 
    • Nanofabrication Solvents 
      • Chlorobenzene 
      • HMDS 
      • Xylene 
      • PGMEA (SU8 Developer) 
    • Nanofabrication Acids/bases 
      • PRS 2000 
      • Remover PG 
      • CR-16 Chrome Etchant 
      • FE-12-CC-11 Iron Oxide Etchant 
      • Pure Strip 
      • 25% TMAH 
    •  Lithography Chemicals 
      • AZ Developer 
      • AZ 1518 Photoresist 
      • AZ 9260 Photoresist / AZ 10XT Photoresist 
      • AZ 400K KOH Developer 
      • MF26A Developer 
    • E-Beam Lithography Chemicals 
      • 950 PMMA and 495 PMMA EBL Resist 
      • MIBK/IPA 1:3 PMMA Developer 
      • AR-P 6200.13 EBL Resist (see Bill Rowe for details, wrowe@purdue.edu) 
      • XR-1541 HSQ EBL Resist 
  • Cleanroom supplies 
    • Many “by request” items are stocked:  
      • Hair covers 
      • Shoe covers (non-conductive) 
      • Microscope slides 
      • Pasteur pipettes 
      • Small latex bulbs 
      • Swabs 
      • UHV foil  
      • 2069 cleanroom wipes 
  • Cleanroom veils and Cleanroom M3 face masks   
  • Cleanroom paper and pens 
  • Label makers and printer labels for glassware 
  • Cleanroom tape