Impact of Electron-Beam Heating during 3D Nanoprinting

E. Mutunga, Robert Winkler, Jürgen Sattelkow, P. Rack, Harald Plank, Jason D. Fowlkes

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Abstract

An artifact limiting the reproduction of three-dimensional (3D) designs using nanoprinting has been quantified. Beam-induced heating was determined through complementary experiments, models, and simulations to affect the deposition rate during the 3D nanoprinting of mesh objects using focused electron beam induced deposition (FEBID). The mesh objects are constructed using interconnected nanowires. During nanowire growth, the beam interaction driving deposition also causes local heating. The temperature at the beam impact region progressively rises as thermal resistance increases with nanowire growth. Heat dissipation resembles the classical mode of heat transfer from extended surfaces; heat must flow through the mesh object to reach the substrate sink. Simulations reveal that beam heating causes an increase in the rate of precursor desorption at the BIR, causing a concomitant decrease in the deposition rate, overwhelming an increase in the deposition rate driven by thermally enhanced precursor surface diffusion. Temperature changes as small as 10 K produce noticeable changes in deposit geometry; nanowires appear to deflect and curve toward the substrate because the vertical growth rate decreases. The 3D FEBID naturally ensues from the substrate surface upward, inducing a vertical temperature gradient along the deposit. Simulations, experiments, temperature-controlled studies, and process current monitoring all confirm the cause of nanowire distortion as beam-induced heating while also revealing the rate-determining physics governing the final deposit shape.

Originalspracheenglisch
Seiten (von - bis)5198-5213
Seitenumfang16
FachzeitschriftACS Nano
Jahrgang13
Ausgabenummer5
Frühes Online-Datum2019
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2019

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Allgemeine Materialwissenschaften
  • Allgemeiner Maschinenbau
  • Allgemeine Physik und Astronomie

Fields of Expertise

  • Advanced Materials Science

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