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

Patent ·
OSTI ID:912844

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.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
Assignee:
The University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Patent Number(s):
6,811,612
Application Number:
10/169,879
OSTI ID:
912844
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English