Charge Rates for SMCF Facility ($/hour) – 2023/2024
InstrumentEquipment NCMN FacultySpecialist NCMN FacultyEquipment University FacultySpecialist University FacultyEquipment IndustrySpecialist Industry
Bruker Dimension Icon SPM/AFM 34.00 62.00 39.00 70.00 62.00 109.00
204 Phoenix DSC/209 Libra TGA 18.50 62.00 23.00 70.00 35.00 109.00
Sartorius Cubis Microbalance 12.00 62.00 13.50 70.00 21.00 109.00
XPS (X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer) 36.00 62.00 45.00 70.00 68.00 109.00
XPS - DEGASSING 2.25 62.00 2.50 70.00 3.00 109.00
Attocube LTHM AFM/MFM 35.00 62.00 42.00 70.00 70.00 109.00
Attocube LTHM AFM/MFM PUMPDOWN/COOLING 1.35 62.00 1.85 70.00 3.00 109.00
Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) Microscope ProteusQLT 35.00 62.00 42.00 70.00 70.00 109.00
Metallography sample prep-saws,polishers 16.00 62.00 21.00 70.00 27.00 109.00
Light Microscope-Olympus Micro /Microscope thermal stage 11.00 62.00 11.50 70.00 17.00 109.00
Hardness Testers 20.00 62.00 23.00 70.00 33.50 109.00
Dimension 3100 SPM 23.00 62.00 26.25 70.00 40.00 109.00
EnviroScope SPM 23.00 62.00 26.25 70.00 40.00 109.00

Note: This facility is a cost-recharge center and standard fees are charged to users to help defray operating expenses.

Further reduced rates apply to NCMN F & A Grant users.
A Non-NCMN user is any University researcher who is not a member of NCMN or is not doing work for a member of NCMN.

*SPM probe provided by NCMN SPM facility in the work for any user is added to the charge.

  • AFM probe: $35
  • PFM /EFM probe: $50
  • MFM probe: $70

* DSC, TGA sample Crucible: Al pans and lids--$1.5/set, Al2O3 pan--$45/each.

**XPS Overnight Degas Policy: XPS Users who load samples for overnight degas for measurements the next day/morning should wait for 2 hours after logging in before starting the experiments.