New metal coated wafer#502
Wafer#502 was coated with 10nm_Ti & 15nm_Au on Friday.
I will pick out pinhole free membranes later today.
I will also try to get TEM images at Karen’s lab (medical center).
// The RIT clean room is closed this week.
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