Birck Nanotechnology Center
Purdue Nanotechnology Center | West Lafayette, IN, US
Purdue Nanotechnology Center | West Lafayette, IN, US
Purdue Nanotechnology Center | West Lafayette, IN, US - clean room security
Purdue Nanotechnology Center | West Lafayette, IN, US - clean room
Purdue Nanotechnology Center | West Lafayette, IN, US - clean room
- Type of Construction: New Construction
- Size: 215,000 SF (19,970m2)
- Professional Services: Architecture, Engineering, Planning
- Project Components: Atrium, Biology Laboratory, Cleanroom, Collaborative Space, Conference Room, Metrology Laboratory, Nanoscale Laboratory, Nanotechnology Incubator, Teaching Laboratory
- Project Type: Academic Building, Controlled Environment, Critical Environment, Higher Education, Nanotechnology, Research Laboratory, Science + Technology
- Related Projects: Academic, Architecture, Critical Environments, Research, Science + Technology
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana, US
Establishing Purdue as a national leader in nanoscale research, the Birck Nanotechnology Research Center has approximately 25,000-SF of cleanroom space, including a pharmaceutical-grade bio-cleanroom, the largest and cleanest at any U.S. university.
The lithography bay maintains less than two-tenths of a degree in temperature variation, with Class 1 particle control, a NIST-A vibration rating and low EMI levels. One pair of laboratories is set up for extreme vibration control, electromagnetic field (emf) shielding and temperature stability.
A separate laboratory complex within the building provides non-cleanroom capabilities for a wide variety of tasks from teaching to high-end microscopy.