Mechanical characterisation of nanocrystalline graphite using micromechanical structures

Sam Fishlock, David Grech, John McBride, Harold Chong, Suan Hui Pu

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Abstract

Conductive nanocrystalline graphite has been deposited using plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition at 750 °C, directly onto silicon substrates without any catalyst and fabricated into micromechanical membrane and beam structures. Using the buckling profile of the membrane and beam structures, we measure a built-in strain of − 0.0142 and through wafer-bow measurement, a compressive stress of 436 MPa. From this we have calculated the Young's modulus of nanographite as 23.0 ± 2.7 GPa. This represents a scalable method for fabricating nanographite MEMS and NEMS devices via a microfabrication-compatible process and provides useful mechanical properties to enable design of future devices.
LanguageEnglish
Article numberVolume 159
Pages184-189
Number of pages6
JournalMicroelectronic Engineering
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Mar 2016

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Fishlock, Sam ; Grech, David ; McBride, John ; Chong, Harold ; Hui Pu, Suan. / Mechanical characterisation of nanocrystalline graphite using micromechanical structures. In: Microelectronic Engineering. 2016 ; pp. 184-189.
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Fishlock, S, Grech, D, McBride, J, Chong, H & Hui Pu, S 2016, 'Mechanical characterisation of nanocrystalline graphite using micromechanical structures', Microelectronic Engineering, pp. 184-189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mee.2016.03.040

Mechanical characterisation of nanocrystalline graphite using micromechanical structures. / Fishlock, Sam; Grech, David; McBride, John; Chong, Harold; Hui Pu, Suan.

In: Microelectronic Engineering, 22.03.2016, p. 184-189.

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Fishlock S, Grech D, McBride J, Chong H, Hui Pu S. Mechanical characterisation of nanocrystalline graphite using micromechanical structures. Microelectronic Engineering. 2016 Mar 22;184-189. Volume 159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mee.2016.03.040

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