The Micro / Nanofabrication Center (MNFC) is the central user cleanroom for micro / nanofabrication at Princeton University. Part of the Princeton Materials Institute, the MNFC has over 15,000 sq. ft. of ISO 5 – 6 cleanroom with over 75 tools to support researchers’ start-of-the-art fabrication needs. Contiguous with the main cleanroom is a 1,500 sq. ft. undergraduate teaching lab committed to educating and training. An adjacent stand-alone Packaging Lab houses a full range of services including dicing & singulation, lapping and polishing, wedge, ball and flip-chip bonding techniques.

With a professional and experienced staff of 8 to support your fabrication needs, the MNFC is the preeminent cleanroom core facility for researchers in Princeton University and external users from industry and academia in the New Jersey and Mid-Atlantic region. The MNFC houses a broadly encompassing suite of fabrication and characterization tools and associated processes. In addition to more typical electronic and quantum device development, the MNFC also supports fabrication in a variety of areas including Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), photonics, microfluidics, detectors for high-energy physics and cosmology, structures for analysis in chemistry and the life sciences, and much more.

Our eight technical staff each have 20+ years of experience in fabrication techniques and are here to assist and advise on your project. Coupled with the adjacent Imaging & Analysis Center (IAC), the PMI Core Facilities are a complete set of tools for your fabrication and material research needs. Come leverage our knowledge and resources to further your research and fabrication goals!