Spin Coating
Spin coating is used to uniformly coat a flat substrate with a substance, generally oil. The substrate is placed on the spinner with a small drop of substance in the center, and then spun at high RPMs to coat. This is useful for bio team specifically, which spin coats ETFE with fluoropel to create a hydrophobic film used in electrowetting.
Spin coat for SSI
Durand has a spin coater that SSI Biology has permission to use. SOP is coming soon!
Permissions
Anyone who wants to use the spin coater has to contact Michael Arcidiacono (
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Information
The spin coater is located in the Durand Building (address) in room 150. This is the lab directly to the right of the first floor entrance. The spin coater is a model PWM32-PS-CB15 Spinner System developed by Headway Research, Inc.
Make sure you're wearing safety glasses when using the spinner! Glasses are on the wall to the right when you enter the room. Bring bring gloves, micropipettes, and a small, lightweight piece of glass/plastic to spin on.
Standard Operating Procedure
1. Plug in the vacuum and spinner power cords into the outlet by the fume hood. 2. Turn on the yellow and black box. 3. For basic spin coating, press Recipe -> 3 -> Step -> 1 -> Step terminate
Useful links
Headway Research Spin Coater User Guide