NCI-SW consists of the following facilities:

ASU NanoFab

The ASU Nanofab supports a broad range of fabrication and characterization tools in a 4,000 sq. ft., class 100 cleanroom and associated laboratories. A staff of seven engineers are available to assist with process development. Fabrication expertise ranges from semiconductor devices (silicon, GaAs, GaN etc.), through micro-electro-mechanical systems, to microfluidics and bio-materials for sensing applications. The tool set is able to work with small samples up to 6 inch wafers, while some tools support 8 inch wafer processing. Electron beam lithography with 10 nm pattern resolution is available.

LeRoy Eyring Center for Solid State Science

LE-CSSS provides advanced facilities and equipment for materials characterization; surface, optical and structural analysis; and high resolution electron microscopy. The Center supports materials analysis across a broad range of scientific disciplines, including physics, chemistry, biological sciences, earth and space sciences, and engineering. Instruments & techniques include ion milling, Rutherford back-scattering, electron microprobe, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and aberration corrected electron microscopy.

User Facility for the Social and Ethical Implications of Nanotechnology
This SEI user facility has developed tools to help the nanoscience community anticipate problems, mitigate risk, and maximize the social benefit of nano-enabled products. The NCI-SW SEI staff will help users from the social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering apply these tools to develop future scenarios, cultivate ethical reflection in lab groups, and assess technologies.

ASU Solar Power Lab

The ASU Solar Power Laboratory (SPL) hosts a unique student-led pilot line for manufacturing photovoltaics. Students, postdocs, faculty researchers, and external users fabricate and characterize silicon diffused-junction and heterojunction solar cells and modules on six-inch wafers. SPL occupies 5,000 sq. ft. of class 100/1000 cleanroom space. It supports fabrication of complete single-crystal and multi-crystalline silicon solar cells, as well as fundamental growth and characterization studies on III-V materials. Its baseline processes yield large-area solar cells with efficiencies greater than 17%. On-going research development includes multi-junction and nano-structured solar cells for high efficiency power conversion.

Peptide Array Core Facility

The PACF offers peptide microarrays and processing for immunosignaturing and other applications. The microarrays are fabricated using standard UV photolithography and consist of peptides spotted or synthesized on standard glass slides or onto silicon dioxide on 8 inch wafers. For immunosignaturing a small sample of serum, saliva or other fluids can be analyzed for the antibody signature on the array. This procedure is very sample sparing and sensitive to changes in health status. It can be used to characterize vaccines/infections or to develop diagnostics for chronic diseases. Other applications include applying proteins, viruses, bacteria or cells to the arrays to find peptide ligands.

The ASU Flexible Electronics and Display Center

The FEDC supports a class 10/100 cleanroom for early-stage prototyping and low-volume manufacturing of flexible integrated circuits with 3-µm critical dimensions. FEDC operates six-inch and Gen II (370 mm by 470 mm) processes for making thin film transistor backplanes, as well as front-plane processes to create electrophoretic devices, X-ray devices, and organic light emitting diodes. The facility specializes in wearable biosensors for human physiological monitoring, large-area biosensors for detecting multiple pathogens, sensors for environmental monitoring, and neural stimulators.