<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Rob,</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for the reply!</div><div><br></div><div>We suspected charging but couldn't figure out the cause. We use a Mo crucible liner for the Ag and a graphite one for the Cu. Is it possible that, because the materials don't wet to the crucibles, there is poor conductivity between the material and the crucible? As a first step I'll try sanding the pockets to make sure the crucible liners and pockets have good contact.</div><div><br></div><div>Warm regards,</div><div>Chris.</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:9pt"><font color="#000000">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Chris Cott <i>BAppSc, BSc, PhD.</i></font></span><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><span style="font-size:12px">Process Engineer,</span></font><br></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:9pt"><font color="#000000">Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication</font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:9pt">151 Wellington Road, Clayton 3168</span><br></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:9pt">Victorian Node of the </span><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:9pt">Australian National Fabrication Facility</span></font></p><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:9pt">Ph: </span><a value="+61399024049" style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:9pt">+61 (3) 9905 1562</a></font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:9pt"><font color="#000000"><a value="+61425703950"></a></font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:11.8182px">W: </span><font style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:11.8182px"><a href="http://nanomelbourne.com/" target="_blank">http://nanomelbourne.com</a></font></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:11.8182px">W: </span><font style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:11.8182px"><a href="http://anff.org.au/" target="_blank">http://www.anff.org.au</a></font></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:9pt"><font color="#000000">E: <a href="mailto:chris.cott@nanomelbourne.com" target="_blank"> chris.cott@nanomelbourne.com</a></font></span></p><div><br></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 at 23:20, Rob Belan <<a href="mailto:robb@lesker.com" target="_blank">robb@lesker.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">What kind of crucible liner are you using for the metals? It sounds like you are using an insulating crucible liner like Al2O3? If so, you are not allowing the electrons to ground out. This can then cause
charging effects that you may be seeing. Try switching to an electrically conductive crucible liner and this problem should go away for the metals.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Take care.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [labnetwork] Glow around metals during ebeam evaporation<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have been noticing an intermittent issue in two of our ebeam evaporators.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The symptoms are:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Higher than usual power requirements to evaporate<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Partial deflection of the beam (e.g., a sweep pattern that is usually contained within the crucible starts to contact the edges)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This happens only sometimes and only with certain materials, including Ag and Cu.<u></u><u></u></p>
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