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University Central Facilities
Science and Engineering Core Service (Metaphase)

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$300$2400$4800
* For other UGC users and commercial users using ETEM with in-situ experiments, the charges are 1.5 times from the table.
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
* EBL and SEM only usage will charge One-third of the original charge.
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).
Cameca LEAP 6000 XR APT$500$0$0
* Not open to the public in the testing period.

Services Costs

Service Charge** Unit
Critical Point Dry$250per load
Ion Beam Milling$190per 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$250per load
SEM Processing$150 per sample, including chemicals (Process from sample in fixative to sample on SEM stub)
Staining service (-ve)(1 Load = 10 Grids)$65per load
Staining service (counter stain)(1 Load = 10 Grids)$125per load
TEM Processing (Cross-section)NOT including ion beam milling$625per sample
TEM Processing (Plane-view)NOT including ion beam milling$375per sample

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