The incubator has developed partnerships with several key facilities and groups at Wake Forest to enable its clients to have access to advanced facilities on a very low cost fee basis. In addition to the resources listed below, additional resources can often be made available depending on need.
Chemistry
The Department of Chemistry at Wake Forest has agreed to allow incubator clients to utilize the department’s equipment on a low cost fee basis when the equipment is not otherwise being used. This equipment includes NMR machines, spectrometers, X-ray analysis equipment, and many others. For a complete list please see the Chemistry Department Facilities.
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is technology engineered at the molecular level. At Wake Forest University's NANOTECH Center the revolutionary principles of nanotechnology are being used to address the pressing needs of human society from health care to alternative energy technologies.
The Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials of Wake Forest University is located at three different locations across the WFU campuses. The largest research facility and main offices are contained in the Central Facilities of Deacon Blvd.
Microscopy FACILITY
The Microscopy Facility serves the research community of Wake Forest University as well as the research and engineering communities of the western Carolinas. The facility specializes in advanced imaging techniques for biological and bio-medically relevant materials, composite materials, interfaces, polycrystalline materials, and nanophase materials.
Optics Facility
This Optics Facility provides advanced optical tools for Nanotech not typically found open to users. The facility is located at the Deacon Blvd. site and operational hours are 9 am to 4 pm M-F.
Cleanroom Facility
NANOTECH maintains a 1000 sq. ft. clean room facility for organic device fabrication. Located at the Deacon Blvd. site, this class 10,000 facility is fully outfitted for the fabrication and testing of organic devices including OLEDs, OPVs, electrochromic devices, organic transitors, and other flexible electronics and photonics.
The laboratory was established with funding through a generous grant from the Yazaki Meter Company in Japan. Access to the facility requires a brief training period and introduction to safe wet chemical procedures. Gown, Boots, and head coverings are required in the facility.
Grown / Synthesis Facility
NANOTECH is involved in a wide range of growth efforts from high temperature formation of carbon-boron materials to low temperature templating schemes. The Synthesis Lab is a 1000 sq foot facility that is self contained for safety and provides three primary materials growth and processing capabilities.