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Fabrication of Diamond Nanowires for Quantum Information Processing Applications
We present a design and a top-down fabrication method for realizing diamond
nanowires in both bulk single crystal and polycrystalline diamond. Numerical
modeling was used to study coupling between a Nitrogen Vacancy (NV) color
center and optical modes of a nanowire, and to find an optimal range of
nanowire diameters that allows for large collection efficiency of emitted
photons. Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) reactive ion etching (RIE) with
oxygen is used to fabricate the nanowires. Drop-casted nanoparticles (including
, and ) as well as electron
beam lithography defined spin-on glass and evaporated have been
used as an etch mask. We found nanoparticles to be the most
etch resistant. At the same time FOx e-beam resist (spin-on glass) proved to be
a suitable etch mask for fabrication of ordered arrays of diamond nanowires. We
were able to obtain nanowires with near vertical sidewalls in both
polycrystalline and single crystal diamond. The heights and diameters of the
polycrystalline nanowires presented in this paper are \unit[\approx1]{\mu m}
and \unit[120-340]{nm}, respectively, having a \unit[200]{nm/min} etch
rate. In the case of single crystal diamond (types Ib and IIa) nanowires the
height and diameter for different diamonds and masks shown in this paper were
\unit[1-2.4]{\mu m} and \unit[120-490]{nm} with etch rates between
\unit[190-240]{nm/min}.Comment: 11 pages, 26 figures, submitted to Diamond and related Materials;
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Dielectric Breakdown Strength of Regenerated Silk Fibroin Films as a Function of Protein Conformation
Derived from Bombyx
mori cocoons,
regenerated silk fibroin (RSF) exhibits excellent biocompatibility,
high toughness, and tailorable biodegradability. Additionally, RSF
materials are flexible, optically clear, easily patterned with nanoscale
features, and may be doped with a variety bioactive species. This
unique combination of properties has led to increased interest in
the use of RSF in sustainable and biocompatible electronic devices.
In order to explore the applicability of this biopolymer to the development
of future bioelectronics, the dielectric breakdown strength (<i>E</i><sub>bd</sub>) of RSF thin films was quantified as a function
of protein conformation. The application of processing conditions
that increased β-sheet content (as determined by FTIR analysis)
and produced films in the silk II structure resulted in RSF materials
with improved <i>E</i><sub>bd</sub> with values reaching
up to 400 V/μm