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Patterning of nanocrystalline diamond films for diamond microstructures useful in MEMS and other devices

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Publication Date2023-01-23
JournalNCSU Libraries Repository (North Carolina State University Libraries)
AuthorsDieter M Gruen, Hans‐Gerd Busmann, Eva-Maria Meyer, Orlando Auciello, Alan R Krauss
InstitutionsDowners Grove Public Library

MEMS structure and a method of fabricating them from ultrananocrystalline diamond films having average grain sizes of less than about 10 nm and feature resolution of less than about one micron . The MEMS structures are made by contacting carbon dimer species with an oxide substrate forming a carbide layer on the surface onto which ultrananocrystalline diamond having average grain sizes of less than about 10 nm is deposited. Thereafter, microfabrication process are used to form a structure of predetermined shape having a feature resolution of less than about one micron.