McGray, C.
, Allen, R.
, Cangemi, M.
and Geist, J.
(2011),
Rectangular Scale-Similar Etch Pits in Monocrystalline Diamond, Diamond and Related Materials, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=908075
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Rectangular Scale-Similar Etch Pits in Monocrystalline Diamond
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Etching of monocrystalline diamond in oxygen and water vapor at 1100° C through small pores in a silicon nitride film produced smooth-walled rectangular cavities. The cavities were imaged by electron microscope and measured by interferometric microscopy. The observed cavities ranged in size from approximately 1 µm up to 72 µm wide, in each case exhibiting smooth, vertical sidewalls, a flat bottom, and a depth equal to half its width. Cavity boundaries were determined to lie along slow-etching (100) crystallographic planes, suggesting the possibility of a powerful class of techniques for high-aspect-ratio bulk micromachining of diamond.Citation
Diamond and Related Materials
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20
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10
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diamond, anisotropic etching, crystallographic etching, oxidation, micromachining, MEMS, nanofabrication
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Created September 15, 2011, Updated February 19, 2017