Análise quantitativa na fidelidade de microestruturas em réplicas de diamante e recobrimentos de DLC. / Quantitative analysis of microstructure s fidelity in diamond replicas and DLC coantings.

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2006

RESUMO

One of the techniques to fabricate microstructures in diamond is to use microfabricated silicon molds. Microstructures are produced on silicon wafer; diamond film is deposited on it and the silicon is etched. In this way, it is possible to obtain diamond replicas of the microstructures that were present in the silicon surface. In this technique it is very important the morphological fidelity of the diamond replica, when compared with the silicon mold previously microfabricated. One of our objectives in this work is to analyze quantitatively the reproduction fidelity of microstructures in diamond films, using microfabricated silicon molds. The results show that, roughnesses of the diamond replicas are systematically higher than the roughness of the silicon molds. Measuring steps in scales of hundreds of nanometers, the reproduction error is between 6 and 11 %. In the case of steps measured in scales of tenth of nanometers, the reproduction error is about 18 %. A second objective of this work is to compare the roughness change of rough surfaces coated with DLC films. The results suggest that, for substrates with original roughness of hundreds of nanometers, the roughness shift tends to increase with the DLC film thickness until a maximum value and then it tends to decrease. For substrates with original roughness of few nanometers, the roughness shift oscillates erratically and it does not tend to increase or decrease with the DLC film thickness. Finally, the last part of this Thesis was to fabricate a diamond micronozzle, using the technique of silicon molds microfabricated.

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diamante diamond filmes finos microstructures thin films microestruturas

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