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Seminars /Workshops / Events



Dr. Carlos Gonzalez Seminar

Effective Integration of NIST Reference Data, Reference Materials, and Informatics in Support of Science and Technology<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/events/index.php?view=2081>

May 1, 2019 @ 1:00pm in MRGN 121

See attached seminar notice



Introduction to XPS workshop

What you should know about X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=2050>

May 1st -  May 2nd, BRK 1001



XPS Lite Workshop Introduction to CasaXPS<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=2051>

May 9 - May 10, BRK 1001


Birck Events<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=1835> and Birck News<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/news/index.php>



BNC 151 badge re-instatement quiz
Every January, all Birck users are required to take the BC 151 quiz and pass with at least an 80% to maintain access to Birck.  Most of you have completed this and thank you for taking care of this.  The last chance for anyone who has lost access to take the quiz is April 30th, 2019.  At that point, you will have to re-take BNC 105 and BNC 150.



Two XPS related  workshops will be held May, 2019. It is a good practice to have at least one trained student in each research group using or planning to use Surface Analysis Characterization tools.

1) Introduction to XPS workshop - What you should know about X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (http://bit.ly/1eqIM8U), May 1-2, 2019 @ 9:00 AM - BRK 1001.

Course Description: XPS is widely used to determine the chemical composition of a surface (element concentrations, chemical states, lateral and depth distributions, etc.). Nowadays XPS has become a standard technique for the characterization of solid surfaces. The course will teach how and what information can be provided by XPS. The quantification of the XPS data will be discussed in detail (thickness calculation, coverage, atomic percentage, etc.)

Instructor: Dmitry Zemlyanov, PhD, Senior  Surface Science Application Scientist, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University

2) XPS Lite Workshop Introduction to CasaXPS (http://bit.ly/IYeOeu), May 9-10, 2019 @ 9:00 AM - BRK 1001.

Course Description: XPS is widely used to determine the chemical composition of a surface (element concentrations, chemical states, lateral and depth distributions, etc.). Nowadays XPS has become a standard technique for the characterization of solid surfaces. However, XPS data require thorough analysis using a dedicated software. Purdue University has a site license for CasaXPS allowing to perform a complete analysis of XPS data. The course aims to teach (1) what analysis should be applied to raw XPS data and (2) how this can be done using CasaXPS. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of XPS data using CasaXPS will be discussed in detail as well. Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops to follow data analysis using CasaXPS.

Instructor: Dmitry Zemlyanov, PhD, Senior  Surface Science Application Scientist, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University (dzemlian at purdue.edu<mailto:dzemlian at purdue.edu>)


Birck Nanotechnology Center Fire Alarm Testing



May 9, 2019 From 5AM to 7AM

The Birck Nanotechnology Center will be performing fire alarm tests on May 9, 2019 from 5AM to 7AM.

Due to Sub Fab construction changes Purdue Fire Equipment Services (FES) will need to complete a building wide fire alarm testing.  This will involve all fire horns sounding and strobe lights flashing as if we were having a fire alarm.

On May 9, 2019 at 5AM FES will make 2 announcements over the building wide public address system informing everyone in the center about the fire testing and not to evacuate the building.  One announcement will be made 5 minutes before fire testing begins and a second announcement just before activating all fire horns and strobes.

Once the fire test is complete then a final announcement will be made over the building wide public address system informing everyone that the fire alarm testing is complete and to evacuate the building on future alarms.
EM Core

Dear BNC Community, the EM core at Birck will be merging with other EM cores on campus to form the Purdue EM Super Core. As part of the transition, in a couple of weeks, will be moving all content from Birck EM iLab to the Purdue EM iLab website:



https://purdue.ilabsolutions.com/sc/3985/purdue-electron-microscopy-facility/?tab=equipment



Please use the link above to make reservations, training and services request.



Also, the new state-of-the-art microscopes at Birck are online. More information will be posted on the Birck website as well as on the iLab Purdue EM Facility, however the new systems are the Themis Z Aberration Corrected Monochromated S/TEM with EDX and EELS capabilities, the Helios G4 Dual Beam SEM/FIB with EDX capabilities, and the Apreos SEM in the cleanroom. We will be starting training on May 6th for all systems. Please go onto iLab and request the necessary training to get you in the system queue.



Best,



Rosa E Diaz

EM Research Scientist, BNC
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