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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Angstrom is a very good choice for PVD. They have provided very good service and have been highly responsive, replying to emails promptly and even offering free retraining when needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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On Behalf Of </b>Peter Lomax<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 22, 2025 8:20 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Nathan Fitzpatrick <nnelsonfitzpatrick@uwaterloo.ca>; Gabriel Catalano <gcatalano@stanford.edu>; labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [labnetwork] Experience with Angstrom E-Beam Evaporators?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We have both a sputter and e-beam evaporator. We’ve been really impressed with both the equipment and the service – despite us being in Scotland.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The equipment is very easy to use with similar software.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nathan Fitzpatrick<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 21 October 2025 22:28<br>
<b>To:</b> Gabriel Catalano <<a href="mailto:gcatalano@stanford.edu">gcatalano@stanford.edu</a>>;
<a href="mailto:labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu">labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [labnetwork] Experience with Angstrom E-Beam Evaporators?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Angstrom is a very good choice for PVD hardware. Our lab has 4 Angstrom systems (1 E-beam, 2 Thermal, 1 LPCVD) and we are quite happy with our purchases.
They have been a very good partner for our lab. We also benefit greatly by having local support since Angstrom is 30 minutes away from my office.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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very familiar with the offerings from the other vendors on your list as well. I think everyone you are looking at is good.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Date: </b>Monday, October 20, 2025 at 9:31</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">PM<br>
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<b>Subject: </b>[labnetwork] Experience with Angstrom E-Beam Evaporators?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">We are in the process of procuring a new E-Beam evaporator and considering options from Kurt J. Lesker, AJA Internation, and Angstrom Engineering; the
pricing between all three vendors is comparable. We have lots experience using and maintaining KJL and AJA systems, but do not have much exposure to Angstrom Engineering's systems. We are curious for other nanolabs experience with these tools, particularly
from a maintenance prospective. We plan to use this tool for both metal and oxide depositions. Any feedback or thoughts on Angstrom's E-beam systems is very much appreciated! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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