Equipment Costs

Equipment (Hourly Charge)	HKU User	Other UGC User	Commercial User
Electron Microscopy Laboratory (Haking Wong Building)
Leo 1530 FEG SEM	$150	$1200	$2400
FEI Quanta 200 3D FIB	$300	$2400	$4800
Thermo Scientific Talos F200X STEM	$300	$2400	$4800
Thermo Scientific Themis ETEM	$450	$3600	$7200
Electron Microscopy Laboratory (Queen Mary Hospital)
FEI Tecnai G2 20 Scanning TEM	$150	$600	$1500
Philips CM100 TEM	$120	$480	$1200
Hitachi S4800 FEG SEM	$150	$1200	$2400
Hitachi S3400N VP SEM	$120	$960	$1920
Nanofabrication Laboratory (SEM/ FIB)
Thermo Scientific Helios 5 CX DualBeam	$450	$3600	$7200
Zeiss Sigma 300 VP FEGSEM	$150	$1200	$2400
Materials Charaterization Laboratory (Optical)
J A Woollam RC2 Ellipsometer	$150	$600	$1500
Agilent Cary 5000 UV-VIS-NIR	$150	$600	$1500
Edinburgh FLS1000 Photoluminescence Spectrometer	$100	$400	$1000
Materials Charaterization Laboratory (Analytical)
Netzsch DSC 214 Polyma DSC	$50	$200	$500
	* The maximum charge for one day is 8 hours of charge (from 09:30 to the following day 09:30 or from 13:00 to the following day 13:00). The cost for liquid nitrogen does not include if using cryo system.
Micrometritics ASAP 2020 Plus Adsorption Analyzer	$60	$240	$600
	* The maximum charge for one day is 8 hours of charge (from 09:30 to the following day 09:30 or from 13:00 to the following day 13:00).

For HKU users (University research and teaching purposes), the minimum usage of equipment is one session (1.5 hours)
For other UGC and commercial users, the minimum usage of equipment is 0.5 hour
Price subject to change without further notice.

Services Costs

Service		Charge**	Unit
Critical Point Dry		$250	per load
Ion Beam Milling		$190	per hour
Chemicals for processing	$150 per sample (TEM processing)
TEM Sectioning (Ultra/Semi-thin)	$420 per sample (included 1 semi-thin section and 2 ultra-thin section)
TEM Processing (Biological Specimen)	$450 per sample, NOT including chemicals (Process from sample in fixative to sample embed in resin block)
Freeze Dry		$250	per load
SEM Processing	$150 per sample, including chemicals (Process from sample in fixative to sample on SEM stub)
Staining service (UA)	(1 Load = 10 Grids)	$65	per load
Staining service (UA+lead citrate)	(1 Load = 10 Grids)	$125	per load
TEM Processing (Cross-section)	NOT including ion beam milling	$625	per sample
TEM Processing (Plane-view)	NOT including ion beam milling	$375	per sample

** Charges for Other UGC User and Commercial User are 4 times and 6 times of that for HKU user respectively.
Price subject to change without further notice.

Payment by Users in the University of Hong Kong

All the HKU users' payment will be done by HKU Finance & Enterprises Office directly refer to the charge account in the registration form. Copies of debit note will be sent to the users at the beginning of in January, April, July and October.

Payment by Outsiders

Copies of debit note will be sent to users at the beginning of in January, April, July and October. There are two methods to do the payment by the outside users (from other universities, company or organizations)

Bank Name:	The Hongkong and Shanghai Backing Corporation Ltd.
Bank A/C No.:	004-002-222834-001
Bank Address:	1 Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong
Payee:	The University of Hong Kong
Swift Code:	HSBC "HSBCHKHHHKH" (applicable to telegraphic transfer only)
Remark/Reference:	Department code (43400), Debit Note number, customer number must be included in the remark/ reference

By sending a Bank Draft/ Crossed Cheque to the University

Bank draft or crossed cheque should be drawn in Hong Kong dollar and make payable to 'The University of Hong Kong' and sent it to 'The University of Hong Kong, Finance & Enterprises Office, 1/F., Knowles building, Pokfulam, Hong Kong'. Please quote the department code (for EM unit - 43400), the Debit Note number, customer number at the back of the draft/ cheque