*Check that the gas cylinders are all on and have plenty of gas (the pressure inside a full cylinders is about 1500 psi).
  *Open furnace lid. Open growth tube carefully.  Place sample within growth tube.  Use the quartz push rod to slide the sample to the center of the furnace.
  *Close growth tube. Establish vacuum seals to the quartz tube.  Close furnace lid.
  *Set purge parameters in automated program.
  *Make sure furnace and power supplies are on.
  *If you are doing alcohol growth add ice and water to the beakers that the bubblers are in.
  *Press the start button on the automated growth display panel.
  *Allow system to cycle. 
  *Set growth parameters in automated growth program. 
  *Press the start button on the automated growth display panel.
  *Allow system to cycle. 
  *At 400C, safe to open furnace lid (speeds up cooling process)
  *At 200C, safe to handle growth tube and retrieve sample.

    * **Purge Parameters**
    -Anneal temperature = 100C
    -Anneal time = 10 minutes
    -Anneal gases (if alcohol growth is planned) = 0.45 SLM Hydrogen, 0.30 SLM Methanol, 0.15 SLM Ethanol, and 0.50 SLM Argon
    -Anneal gases (if other recipe is planned) = growth gases and flow rates, and 0.5 SLM Argon
    -Growth temperature = 0C
    -Growth time = 0 minutes
    -Growth gases = 0 and uncheck all gases (check “neither”)
    * **Alcohol Growth Parameters**
    -Anneal temperature = 800C
    -Anneal time = 15 minutes
    -Anneal gas = Atmosphere
    -Growth temperature = 900C
    -Growth time = 15 minutes
    -Growth gases = 0.45 SLM Hydrogen, 0.30 SLM Methanol, and 0.15 SLM Ethanol
    * **Methane Growth Parameters** (suggested by McEuen group)
    -Anneal temperature = 550C
    -Anneal time = 5 minutes
    -Anneal gas = Atmosphere
    -Growth temperature = 825C
    -Growth time = 60 miniutes
    -Growth gases = 1.9 SLM Methane, 0.3 SLM Hydrogen


=== Growth Success Table ===
^Catalyst ^Evaporated Stain ^ Rinsed Stain ^ Tape ^ Photoresist ^Ink Jet ^Spin Coating ^Sputtered^
| CuCl2/PVP | | | | | | N| |
| CuCl2| N | N | | | | | |
| FeMo| Y,N| N| | | | | |
|Ferritin |Y,Y | N | | Y | | N | |
| FeMo + alumina| Y| Y| | Y| | Y| |
| Sputtered Iron| | | | | | |Y|