Because there are additional safety and protocol concerns involved in working in a cleanroom environment, the following steps are required of anyone prior to usage of or training within this facility.
CNS divides Nanofabrication Facility (NF) users into two groups; General and Specific. One must first become a General Nanofabrication Facility User in order to have any access to the LISE Cleanroom. Once the steps to become a General User have been met, a researcher can use any Nanofabrication Facility tools that do not require additional training and qualification. Once a General User, researchers can begin training on Nanofabrication Facility tools that do require additional training. One must be a General User, prior to training on a specific tool.
Please follow the steps below to become a General Nanofabrication Facility User.
Please note that Steps 1-7 can be taken out of sequence.
General Nanofabrication Facility (NF) User Qualification Procedure
1. Enroll as a CNS/NNIN User
Harvard’s Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS) is a node in the National Science Foundation funded National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN). It is required that all users of any Nanofabrication Facility (NF) tool first be enrolled in the CNS/NNIN User Program before any training or use of the NF facility.
To enroll, please go to: How do I become a CNS/NNIN User? If you have questions or concern regarding the enrollment process, please contact us at nninapply@cns.fas.harvard.edu.
2. Attend LISE/CNS Safety Training
Harvard Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) holds this safety training usually on Tuesdays from 10:00am – 12:00pm in LISE 311 (Please see the CNS Training Sign-Up Page for exact location).
This training is also usually held on the first Friday of the month from 11:00am – 1:00pm in LISE 311. (Please see the CNS Training Sign-Up page for exact dates/times/location). Please pre-register for this training by going to the aforementioned sign-up page.
LISE 311 is located at the following address:
11 Oxford Street
Laboratory for Integrated Science and Engineering (LISE)
Cambridge, MA 02138
Please note this training is incorporated into the enrollment process. Step 1 cannot be completed without this training.
3. Re-read the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences/Physics/Earth and Planetary Sciences Department Safety Manual.
You only need to complete this step if it has been over six months since the last time you read the document.
CNS requires that all Nanofabrication Facility users have read and are familiar with this document. The safety manual can be found at the URL:
www-safety.deas.harvard.edu/manual.html.
If you have read the safety manual within the last six months (you were required to do so at the time of your original enrollment), then proceed directly to Step 4.
4. Complete the online Cleanroom User Protocol (CUP) training
This training consist of a series of slides (PDF document) that instructs prospective users in basic rules of use of the Nanofabrication Facility.
5. Take and pass the online CUP Quiz
The CUP quiz is a multiple-choice, web-based quiz on the Cleanroom User Protocol (CUP). In order to take this quiz you will need to click here.
6. Read the Protocol for User Supplied Chemicals in the Cleanrooms
CNS requires that all Nanofabrication Users follow this protocol when bringing chemicals into the cleanrooms.
7. Complete Cleanrooms Orientation.
In order to become qualified as a LISE Cleanroom User, attendance at a LISE Cleanroom Orientation is required. Please print out and bring a copy of the Cleanroom Orientation Form to your scheduled orientation session.
Users are responsible for printing out and bringing this form to the orientation.
Pre-registration for the orientation is required and can be done at the CNS Special Training Sign-Up page.
Upon completion, the CNS Nanofabrication Facility staff member who conducted the orientation will sign the last page of the form. You will also need to sign it as well. Once signed, the form needs to be turned into the CNS Admin. Office (LISE 306) in person or by fax to 617-384-7302.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the LISE Cleanroom Orientation, please contact one of the following Nanofabrication Facility staff members:
Ed Macomber, 617-384-5227, eddiemac  cns.fas.harvard.edu
John Tsakirgis, 617-384-9651, jtsakirg cns.fas.harvard.edu
The meeting place for the Cleanroom Orientation is in front of the entrance to the LISE Cleanroom (G07).
8. Iris Scan System Registration
Upon completion of steps 1-7, you need to go to the CNS Admin. Office (LISE 306) to get set-up in the iris reader system used to access the LISE cleanroom.
CNS has a LISE Iris Reader System Form on the Forms page of the User Info section of this web site. The Admin Office also has copies of this form available in LISE 306.
If you want to learn more about the iris reader technology, you can visit the LG Iris website.
Once steps 1-8 are completed, you will be considered a LISE General Nanofabrication Facility User. Please see below additional information on how to become trained on specific tools within the cleanrooms.
9. LISE Wet Bench Training (Optional)
Please note that if any of the work you will do in the LISE cleanroom will involve use of the wet benches, there is a special LISE wet bench training/qualification required. Users must pre-register for this training and can do so at the CNS Special Training Sign-up Page.
You must already be a General LISE Cleanroom User (completed steps 1-8) in order to take this training. Please note that if your work in the LISE cleanroom will not involve the wet benches at all, you do not need to take this training.
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