Pick-up and drop transfer of diamond nanosheets
Abstract
Nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) is a promising material for electronic and mechanical micro- and nanodevices. Here we introduce a versatile pick-up and drop technique that makes it possible to investigate the electrical, optical and mechanical properties of as-grown NCD films. Using this technique, NCD nanosheets, as thin as 55 nm, can be picked-up from a growth substrate and positioned on another substrate. As a proof of concept, electronic devices and mechanical resonators are fabricated and their properties are characterized. In addition, the versatility of the method is further explored by transferring NCD nanosheets onto an optical fibre, which allows measuring its optical absorption. Finally, we show that NCD nanosheets can also be transferred onto 2D crystals, such as MoS2, to fabricate heterostructures. Pick-up and drop transfer enables the fabrication of a variety of NCD-based devices without requiring lithography or wet processing.
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@article{arxiv.1503.02844,
title = {Pick-up and drop transfer of diamond nanosheets},
author = {V. Seshan and J. O. Island and R. van Leeuwen and W. J. Venstra and B. H. Schneider and S. D. Janssens and K. Haenen and E. J. R. Sudhölter and L. C. P. M. de Smet and H. S. J. van der Zant and G. A. Steele and A. Castellanos-Gomez},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.02844},
year = {2015}
}
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15 pages, 6 figures