Instrument charge rates
* Effective from September 1st 2023
Usage time on Imaging Instruments and Sample Preparation
Equipment will be rounded up to the nearest 1/2 hour for billing. Minimum
charge per use is by default 1 hour, except
as noted below.
Base Rates
Base rates apply to unassisted use by Princeton University undergraduate students, graduate
students, postdocs, research and technical staff, and faculty. If the
usage is assisted by a member of the professional IAC staff, or if the user is from outside Princeton,
the actual charge rate differs from the base rate, as described under
"Rate Factors by User" and "Assistance Surcharges"
below.
| Optical Microscopy |
Current Rate* |
Minimum Use |
| Zeiss Axioscope A1 |
$22 |
one hour |
| Zeiss Discovery V12 Stereomicroscope |
$22 |
one hour |
| Leica DCM3D Confocal Microscope |
$40 |
one hour |
| Keyence VK-X3050 Confocal |
$50 |
one hour |
| Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) |
|
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| Quanta 200 FEG Environmental-SEM |
$50 |
one hour |
| Verios 460 XHR SEM |
$55 |
one hour |
| Focused Ion Beam System (FIB) |
|
|
| Helios G3 DualBeam FIB/SEM |
$70 |
two hours |
| Aquilos 2 cryo-FIB |
$70 |
four hours |
| Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) |
|
|
| Talos L120C G2 |
$60 |
two hours |
| Talos F200X S/TEM equipped with SuperX-EDS |
$70 |
two hours |
| Titan Themis 80-300 Cubed Double Cs-corrected S/TEM |
$100 |
two hours |
| Titan Krios G3 300 TEM |
$168 |
four hours |
| Titan Krios G4 300 TEM |
$168 |
four hours |
| X-ray Scattering and Diffraction System |
|
|
| Rigaku MiniFlex XRD/X-Ray Diffractometer |
$40 |
one hour |
| Xenocs Small-angle X-ray Scattering System (SAXS) |
$45 |
two hours |
| Zeiss Xradias Versa 520 3D X-ray microscope |
$45 |
two hours |
| Bruker D8 Discover X-Ray Diffractometer |
$50 |
one hour |
| Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) |
|
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| Bruker NanoMan AFM |
$45 |
one hour |
| Bruker Dimension ICON3 AFM |
$55 |
two hours |
| Surface Analysis |
|
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| FLS980 Steady State, Phosphorescence/Fluorescence Lifetime Spectrometer |
$45 |
one hour |
| Horiba Raman Spectrometer |
$45 |
one hour |
| Nicolet iN10 MX Infrared Microscope |
$45 |
one hour |
| RAME-HART Goniometer |
$45 |
one hour |
| Thermo K-alpha X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer (XPS-UPS) |
$45 |
one hour |
| UV-VIS Cary 5000 Spectrometer |
$45 |
one hour |
| Woollam M-2000 Ellipsometer |
$45 |
one hour |
| Thermo and Other Analysis Tools |
|
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| Anton Paar MCR501 Rheometer |
$40 |
one hour |
| Anton Paar MCR702 Rheometer |
$45 |
one hour |
| Differential Scanning Calorimeter 8500 (DSC) |
$45 |
one hour |
| Thermogravimetric Analyzer coupled to Clarus 680 SQ 8T Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (TGA-GC/MS) |
$45 |
one hour |
| Dynamic Mechanical Analysis 8000 (DMA) |
$45 |
one hour |
| Keithley 4200-SCS Semiconductor Characterization System |
$45 |
one hour |
| Imaging and Analysis Sample Prep |
|
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| Cressington Carbon Coater |
$22 |
one hour |
| Fischione 1010 Dual-Beam Ion Mill |
$22 |
one hour |
| Vitrification Robot |
$22 |
one hour |
| Allied Multiprep Polisher |
$26 |
one hour |
| Leica Sputter Coater |
$26 |
one hour |
| Leica Ultracut UCT Microtome |
$26 |
one hour |
| VCR IBS/TM 200S Ion Beam Sputterer |
$26 |
one hour |
Rate Factors by User
The factors listed below multiply the base rate, e.g., two hours' use
of the Quanta 200 FEG Environmental-SEM at the base rate is $100.
| User is conducting work for another academic institution. |
2x |
| User is conducting work for an outside corporation. |
4x |
Assisted Surcharges
Assisted use of Imaging Instrument by a member of the professional IAC staff
This is a rate multiplier as defined under "Rate Factors
by User", e.g., two hours' use of the Quanta 200 FEG Environmental-SEM by a Princeton graduate
student (base rate) is $100, but if the student was assisted for these two
hours, the charge will be $300 (3x). If only one of the two hours was assisted,
the charge will be $50 (unassisted hour) + 3 x $50 (assisted hour) = $200. |
3x |
Assisted use of Sample Prep Equipment by a member of the professional IAC staff
This is a straight surcharge to which the user rate factors also apply, e.g., 1 hour of assisted use of the Ion Beam Sputter Coater will be billed at $26 (equipment use) + $75 (assistance) = $101 for a Princeton graduate student.
|
+$75/hour |
Consumables
AFM Tips (Si, tapping mode)
For more information about the consumables for various instruments, please don't hesitate to contact Nan Yao (nyao@princeton.edu) or John Schreiber (js51@princeton.edu). |
$30/each |