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It has been found that diamond columns can be formed unintentionally in reactive ion etching (RIE) with O2 plasma even without a precoated metal layer. The experimental results indicate that the existence of these diamond columns prevents the effective removal of polycrystalline diamond (poly-C), also known as microcrystalline diamond. A three-step sequential RIE of poly-C thin film in CF4 (or CF4...
Nanocrystalline diamond/amorphous composite carbon films were deposited by plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition method. The concentrations of species in the films were determined by RBS (Rutherford backscattering spectrometry) and ERD (elastic recoil detection) methods. The RBS results showed the main concentrations of C in the films. The concentration of hydrogen was approximately 20 at.%....
Large band gap materials such as diamond (5.5 eV) and AlN (6 eV) offer the possibility of making MEMS structures out of a single material by varying the doping level to achieve the semi-conducting, metallic and insulating (undoped) properties needed in a typical MEMS structure. Polycrystalline diamond (poly-C), which has recently been used in the fabrication of BioMEMS, RFMEMS, and MEMS packaging,...
The multi-material MEMS fabrication process often requires a larger number of masks making it more expensive as compared to single-material MEMS (SMM) technology. By varying the doping level in poly-C, semi-conducting, metallic and insulating (undoped) properties are achieved that are needed for poly-C SMM. However, the development of diamond-based SMM technology faces a number of challenges including...
Diamond Microfluidic Devices have been manufactured with the transfer moulding (so-called replica) method. Standard photolitography, SiO2/Al masking layers and high aspect ratio plasma etching (Bosch process) were used to form vertical walls of deep shapes in silicon. Then, a thick polycrystalline diamond layer was deposited (MPCVD) on the surface of the pre-shaped silicon mould, silicon was etched-off...
Fluidized bed reactors are widely used in chemical engineering, but recently there is also increasing interest for processing particulate advanced materials in fluidized bed reactors. Examples include heat treatment, plasma-assisted surface treatment, etching, and coating. In this paper, a novel process for deposition of thin metallic and metal-nitride coatings on particulate substrates is reported...
A microwave re-entrant cavity is applied to create a miniature beam of plasma species. A miniature microwave plasma discharge is created using 2.45 GHz microwave energy to generate a discharge inside 1-2 mm inner diameter (i.d.) tubes with a micromachined aperture on the end. Through this aperture the plasma stream for materials processing is formed. The diameter of the plasma stream considered in...
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