As with other university-based shared facilities, hourly user fees are charged as a means of recovering a portion of the costs associated with operating such a facility. These fees are reviewed and approved by the SMIF Faculty Advisory Committee, the Pratt School of Engineering Dean's Office, and the Duke University Central Accounting office.
Industry users working on government contracts are billed at the "External University and Non-Profit" rate.
Note: The users fees typically increase by 3% on July 1 (the start of a new fiscal year)
Equipment Use Fees effective July 1, 2025
Note: Monthly caps are only applied to Cleanroom, EBL1 and MICROCT1 usage. The monthly cap is the maximum amount that is charged for that tool group or instrument per month. This cap is applied per user within a given fund code, and not per faculty or PI. There is no monthly cap on user fees incurred by industry users.
| Duke University | External University and Non-Profit | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|
AFM2 | $31.83/Hour | $51.41/Hour | $79.57/Hour |
AFM3 | $31.83/Hour | $51.41/Hour |
$79.57/Hour |
HUMMINK1 | $31.83/Hour | $51.41/Hour | $79.57/Hour |
Duke University | External University and Non-Profit | Industry | |
|---|---|---|---|
Clean Room Lab Usage | 0-30 hours in the month: $52.21/Hour >30 hours in the month: $0.00/Hour | 0-30 hours in the month: $84.32/Hour >30 hours in the month: $21.08/Hour | $130.53/Hour |
Deposited Materials Fees | All evaporation and sputter runs incur a $30 deposited materials charge per run. Deposition of gold films > 250nm and platinum films > 100nm incur additional charges. See the Deposited Materials policy on the evaporator and sputtering equipment web pages. | ||
EBL1 Electron Beam Lithography | 0-30 hours in the month:$33.83/Hour >30 hours in the month: $0.00/Hour | 0-30 hours in the month: $54.64/Hour >30 hours in the month: $13.66/Hour | $84.56/Hour |
*Cleanroom users are billed for the time they are in the cleanroom as noted by logging in (starting a Clean Room tool group reservation) upon entering the cleanroom and logging out (stopping a Clean Room tool group reservation) upon exiting the cleanroom. Reservations for equipment inside the cleanroom are not billed, except for the EBL.
| Duke University | External University and Non-Profit | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|
TEM3 (Krios) | $60.10/Hour | $97.06/Hour | $150.25/Hour |
TEM4 (Tundra) | $54.64/Hour | $88.24/Hour | $136.60/Hour |
| Duke University | External University and Non-Profit | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|
MTOME2 (Cryo-Microtome) | $25.01/Hour | $40.39/Hour | $62.52/Hour |
SEM3 (Apreo) | $41.82/Hour | $67.54/Hour | $104.55/Hour |
SEM4 (Tabletop) | $33.83/Hour | $54.64/Hour | $84.56/Hour |
TEM2 (Tecnai) | $65.80/Hour | $106.27/Hour | $164.49/Hour |
| Duke University | External University and Non-Profit | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|
HORIZON1 Usage HORIZON1 Sample Prep | $10.30/Run $15.45/Sample | $16.63/Run $24.95/Sample | $25.75/Run $38.63/Sample |
SAPPHIRE1 Usage SAPPHIRE1 Sample Prep | $103.00/Run $103.00/Sample | $166.35/Run $166.35/Sample | $257.50/Run $257.50/Sample |
| Duke University | External University and Non-Profit | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|
MICROCT1 | 0-30 hours in the month: $63.65/Hour >30 hours in the month: $0.00/Hour | 0-30 hours in the month: $102.79/Hour >30 hours in the month: $0.00/Hour | $159.14/Hour |
RECO Reconstruction Workstations | $25.76/Hour | $41.60/Hour | $64.40/Hour |
PRINT3D: 3D Printer | $0.30/mL regular resin $0.40/mL special resin $10.68 set-up fee | $0.48/mL regular resin $0.64/mL special resin $17.25 set-up fee | $0.75/mL regular resin $1.00/mL special resin $26.70 set-up fee |
Duke University | External University and Non-Profit | Industry | |
|---|---|---|---|
OPT3 (Raman/PL) | $31.83/Hour | $51.41/Hour | $79.57/Hour |
OPT4 (UV-Vis) | $25.76/Hour | $41.60/Hour | $64.40/Hour |
OPT5 (FTIR) | $25.76/Hour | $41.60/Hour | $64.40/Hour |
SPR1 (SPR) | $31.20/Hour | $50.39/Hour | $78.00/Hour |
| Duke University | External University and Non-Profit | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMILL1 (Ion Mill), OVEN1, OVEN4 | $6.15/Hour | $9.93/Hour | $15.37/Hour |
All other instruments ACIDHOOD3, CPD3, EVAP3, GLOW1, PARYL1, SAW3, SOLVHOOD3, SPUT6, VITROBH1, WIBO1 | $25.76/Hour | $41.60/Hour | $64.40/Hour |
Duke University | External University and Non-Profit | Industry | |
|---|---|---|---|
CONFOCAL1 | $34.00/Hour | $54.91/Hour | $85.00/Hour |
LYO1 | $6.15/Hour | $9.93/Hour | $15.37/Hour |
RSA2 | $26.52/Hour | $42.83/Hour | $66.31/Hour |
SAXS2 SAXS2 - Long Run Configuration (7 hour min) | $27.06/Hour $13.54/Hour | $43.70/Hour $21.87/Hour | $67.65/Hour $33.86/Hour |
All other instruments DLS1, DSC1, ELL2, GON1, PLAP1, RHEO1, SCOPE3 | $21.22/Hour | $34.27/Hour | $53.05/Hour |
| Duke University | External University and Non-Profit | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|
XRD2 (XRD) | $31.83/Hour | $51.41/Hour | $79.57/Hour |
XPS2 (XPS) | $37.13/Hour | $59.96/Hour | $92.83/Hour |