Inorganic Facility
Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The references you need, all in one place.
WELCOME TO THE INORGANIC FACILITY!
We are really happy that you have joined us and look forward to helping you advance your science goals.
These references will help you get started.
You will need this for your 4th floor orientation, even if you have already been working in other facilities. The document contains important safety guidelines and lab rules specific to the Inorganic Facility
All or our work is authorized through a website called "Work Planning & Control." You will become very familiar with this tool during your stay with us.
EVERY DAY REFERENCES
The links below provide useful information to help make your user experience run smoothly while working on the 4th floor of the Foundry. Please remember that none of these resources are a replacement for on-the-job training, and that you should always stay in communication with your proposal's assigned staff contact.
We have developed dedicated pages for many of our instruments that highlight safety points and let you know the information of the current staff contact so that you can easily schedule training or get help troubleshooting. Several instrument pages also include video tutorials that are easy to access.
Most of the Foundry uses the same calendar system to reserve instrument time. As you are trained on various tools you will be given permission to make reservations to schedule time here. In the Inorganic Facility, if your name is reserved on the calendar than you have the rights to use the instrument at that time. Feel free to remind people of this when they forget!
Chemical Reaction Authorizations
All chemical reactions must be approved prior to running. The way it typically works is that you complete an ISM form, email it to your staff contact, then meet and discuss. Once you and your contact feel comfortable with the procedure you will be authorized to run the reaction.- ISM for Synthesis: Guides the required safety discussion with your staff contact (blank form and example provided)
- Unattended Reaction Form: required when stepping away from the reaction for more than 4hrs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Outreach
NancyNano: Free kid-friendly books explaining the science being published with the help of the Foundry.Classrooms Science Kits: Do you have an interest in bringing science into the classroom? Check out a kit through the BLISS program.
The UEC group was established to be the voice of the users. It's a very active community dedicated to improving the Foundry, and their website offers a lot of resources.
This link is for staffs member who are on-site when notification of a pending PG&E power outage is confirmed. It provides instructions on the safe shutdown of instruments in the solution phase labs.
O.L.I.V.E.R.
We have developed short tutorials to explain how you might repeat some of the chemical reactions we have worked with over the years. If you are interested, take a look. If you are a user and wish to contribute your own Foundry-involved science, let us know that, too!
You can find additional information about the Molecular Foundry at Foundry.lbl.gov.
Check the website for the next proposal call deadline, and feel reach out to any of our staff if you have questions. We are here to help! :)