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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;line-break:after-white-space'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hi Brian,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>We might be able to help. We have an 8” Ir target on one of our sputter systems that we use for Ir and IrO2 sputtering. The heater is currently down for that system so we would only be able to do room temperature depositions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Rob<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Robert Burke<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Cleanroom Operations Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>U.S. Army Research Laboratory<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>2800 Powder Mill Road<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Adelphi, Maryland 20783<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Bldg. 207 | Z3D-42 | Tel: 301-394-1277<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>General Technical Services, LLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>1451 Route 34 South - Suite 301<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Wall Township, NJ 07727<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Tel: 732-280-2022 (Main) | Fax: 732-681-9314</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> labnetwork <labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>N Shane Patrick<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 21, 2022 5:27 PM<br><b>To:</b> Macdonald, Robert (GE Research, US) <robert.macdonald@ge.com><br><b>Cc:</b> labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> [URL Verdict: Neutral][Non-DoD Source] Re: [labnetwork] Iridium sputter target?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>All active links contained in this email were disabled. Please verify the identity of the sender, and confirm the authenticity of all links contained within the message prior to copying and pasting the address to a Web browser.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I don’t know who else on campus might be running a system for that, but we, at least, don’t currently have Iridium capability.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>N. Shane Patrick<br>Manager, Lab Operations and Safety<br>Electron Beam Lithography<br>Washington Nanofabrication Facility (WNF) <br>National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI)<br>University of Washington - NanoES<br>Fluke Hall 129, Box 352143<br>(206) 221-1045<br>patricns@uw.edu < Caution-mailto:patricns@uw.edu > <br>Caution-http://www.wnf.washington.edu/ < Caution-http://www.wnf.washington.edu/ > <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>On Apr 21, 2022, at 9:08 AM, Macdonald, Robert (GE Research, US) <robert.macdonald@ge.com < Caution-mailto:robert.macdonald@ge.com > > wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>UW Seattle used to have an 8” target (yes, 8”!). You can check with them?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>From:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>labnetwork <labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu < Caution-mailto:labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu > ><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Zhichao Wang<br><b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Wednesday, April 20, 2022 1:46 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>julia.aebersold@louisville.edu < Caution-mailto:julia.aebersold@louisville.edu > <br><b>Cc:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu < Caution-mailto:labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu > <br><b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>EXT: Re: [labnetwork] Iridium sputter target?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width="50%" style='width:50.0%;background:#FFEB9C;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#9C6500'>WARNING:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>This email originated from outside of GE. Please validate the sender's email address before clicking on links or attachments as they may not be safe.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The same situation there. We were asked for Ir sputtering last month. The cost of a 3 inch target is more than $100,000 from the quote that we got from a supplier. That stops us from proceeding with the project. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Chao<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>--<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#0B5394;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img width=96 height=95 style='width:1.0in;height:.9895in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:~WRD0001.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#0B5394'>Zhichao (Chao) Wang, Ph.D.</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>Nano Process Specialist</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>UDNF</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>University of Delaware</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>Pronouns: He/Him/His</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>------------------------</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>Office Number</span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MS Gothic";color:#0B5394'>：</span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>(302) 831-4839</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>221 Academy St.</span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MS Gothic";color:#0B5394'>，</span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>RM170</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>Newark, DE 19711</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 1:11 PM Aebersold,Julia W. <julia.aebersold@louisville.edu < Caution-mailto:julia.aebersold@louisville.edu > > wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>We were also asked to deposit iridium last year and the cost of the 3” target immediately stopped the project.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Cheers!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Julia Aebersold, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>University of Louisville<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Shumaker Research Building, Room 233<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>2210 South Brook Street<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Louisville, KY 40292<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>(502) 852-1572<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Caution-http://louisville.edu/micronano/ < Caution-http://louisville.edu/micronano/ > <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>From:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>labnetwork <labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu < Caution-mailto:labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu > ><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Brian K. Olmsted<br><b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Tuesday, April 19, 2022 1:03 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu < Caution-mailto:labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu > <br><b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>[labnetwork] Iridium sputter target?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;background:#FF4D4D'><b><span style='color:black'>CAUTION:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black'> </span></span><span style='color:black'>This email originated from outside of our organization. Do not click links, open attachments, or respond unless you recognize the sender's email address and know the contents are safe.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I've got a prospective customer interested in sputtering iridium. We don't have an iridium target and it probably doesn't make a lot of sense for us to purchase one for extremely limited interest/use. However, if there is another lab that has this capability I would be happy to steer them to you for at least this step in their process.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Any information or help is appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Brian K. Olmsted<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Associate Director of Laboratory Operations<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>University of Minnesota | MNC<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Caution-www.mnc.umn.edu < Caution-https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mnc.umn.edu%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cjulia.aebersold%40louisville.EDU%7C4f913867e16e4490ad5208da2255449c%7Cdd246e4a54344e158ae391ad9797b209%7C0%7C0%7C637860046892720519%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ICuT4PHPzPsTsBRbIAegatGo%2FFAg%2F0EKhkc5Vt0Uisk%3D&reserved=0 > <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>612.626.3287<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>olms0025@umn.edu < Caution-mailto:olms0025@umn.edu > <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>labnetwork mailing list<br>labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu < Caution-mailto:labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu > <br>Caution-https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork < Caution-https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork > <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>_______________________________________________<br>labnetwork mailing list<br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu < Caution-mailto:labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu > </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Caution-https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork < Caution-https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork > <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>