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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 122, Issue 14, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.5006608
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In this paper, we report on a simple, feasible method to fabricate microchannels in diamond. Polycrystalline diamond microchannels were produced by fabricating trenches in a Si wafer and subsequently depositing a thin layer of diamond onto this substrate using the hot filament vapor deposition technique. Fabrication of trenches in the Si substrate at different depths was carried out by standard photolithography, and the subsequent deposition of the diamond layer was performed by the hot filament chemical vapor deposition technique. The growth mechanism of diamond that leads to the formation of closed diamond microchannels is discussed in detail based on the Knudsen number and growth chemistry of diamond. Variations in the crystallite size, crystalline quality, and thickness of the diamond layer along the trench depths were systematically analyzed using cross-sectional scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. Defect density and formation of non-diamond forms of carbon in the diamond layer were found to increase with the trench depth, which sets a limit of 5-45 mu m trench depth (or an aspect ratio of 1-9) for the fabrication of diamond microchannels using this method under the present conditions. Published by AIP Publishing.
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