<div dir="auto">Many thanks to all of you, much appreciated.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sincerely, </div><div dir="auto">Nagaraj </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 11, 2021, 18:38 Tim Gilheart <<a href="mailto:gilheart@rice.edu">gilheart@rice.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Hi Nagaraj,<div><br></div><div>As others have discussed on this list before, many of our facilities are equipped with the right tools to prepare these Nanoscribe substrates correctly from readily-available stock wafers. </div><div><br></div><div>In addition to dicing the different glass and silicon substrates for Nanoscribe use, we also developed our own ITO sputtering process that meets the specs in the Nanoguide resource Matthias refers to. <br><div><br></div><div>Also: we have had no issues with continued support from Nanoscibe after switching to our in-house prepared substrates. As Matthias notes, however: be sure to follow carefully all the documented protocols when deviating from standard thicknesses to avoid a crash.</div><div><br></div><div>My teammate Jing (copied here) has the lead on our Nanoscribe tool, and we’d be happy to discuss further with you directly as needed.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On May 11, 2021, at 2:44 AM, Matthias Blaicher <<a href="mailto:blaicher@nanoscribe.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">blaicher@nanoscribe.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Hi<span> </span></span>Nagaraj,<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">At Nanoscribe we go through considerable length to assure the quality of the ITO coatings for cleanliness and coating thickness. However, we do not force you to use our substrates. You can certainly source your own substrates. The substrate specifications are documented in the user-accessible and free Nanoguide [0].  If you have not registered there, I wholeheartedly recommend it.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">If you decide on not using our substrates, please check that the ITO surface resistance is low enough to guarantee a working interface detection. Also, if you use thicker than the standard 0.7mm samples, please talk to our support to have a custom holder registered in the software. That allows you to use substrate  thicker than the usual substrates with safe interface finding. If you are an advanced user, you can also do this according to the documentation [1]. Be advised however, that misconfiguration of the<span> </span><em><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NanoWrite</span></em>configuration files can result in damage to the printer if hardware-dependent parameters are missing or incorrectly set by the user. If in doubt, simply reach out to our support.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Very Best,<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div><div><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="620" style="width:465pt;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="308" style="width:231pt;padding:0cm"><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Matthias Blaicher </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div></td><td width="312" rowspan="2" style="width:234pt;padding:0cm"><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span id="m_2373064107359348154cid:image001.png@01D74649.78FC0C20"><image001.png></span><u></u><u></u></span></div></td></tr><tr><td width="308" style="width:231pt;padding:0cm"><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,175,235)">R&D Engineer <u></u><u></u></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="620" style="width:465pt;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="73" style="width:54.75pt;padding:0cm"><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Phone</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br><b>E-mail</b><br><b>Web</b><br><b> </b><u></u><u></u></span></div></td><td width="235" style="width:176.25pt;padding:0cm"><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">+49 721 981 980 720 <br><a href="mailto:blaicher@nanoscribe.com" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">blaicher@nanoscribe.com</a> <br><a href="http://www.nanoscribe.com/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.nanoscribe.com</a><br> <span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></div></td><td width="310" style="width:232.5pt;padding:0cm"><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Nanoscribe GmbH & Co. KG</span></b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:1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yle="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hi All,<u></u><u></u></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Addressing all users of Nanoscribe. Would like to know how the users of nanoscribe are procuring their consumables. Especially the ITO coated substrates, do you purchase them from the company itself or sigma or any other resource?.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">If you've used substrates from other resources, have you faced any problems with printing? And has the company turned down the support because you've used substrates bought from elsewhere?.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Your feedback is appreciated,<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thank you, <u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Nagaraj <u></u><u></u></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important">_______________________________________________</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important">labnetwork mailing list</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important"><a href="mailto:labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu</a></span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important"><a href="https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork</a></span></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquote></div>