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FORMATION OF POROUS STRUCTURES ONSiSURFACE BY LASER-ASSISTED ETCHING

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  • H. Y. ZHENG

    (Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore 638075, Singapore)

  • J. C. CHAI

    (School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore)

  • Y. C. LAM

    (School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore)

  • H. ZHU

    (Data Storage Institute, Singapore 117608, Singapore)

Abstract

Porous silicon structures were observed in laser-assisted etching in a TMAH solution. The porous structures significantly increase the active surface areas and therefore are of great interest to the pharmaceutical and fine chemicals industry, in the areas of high throughput drug discovery, reaction optimization and process development. Laser-assisted etching of silicon using aNd:YAG laser with a TMAH solution is rarely studied but desirable as the solution is nontoxic. To the best of our knowledge, the porous structures directly produced this way have not been reported previously. In this paper, we discuss our experimental results and the possible mechanism of formation of the porous structures. A dummy micro-reactor was fabricated with selective porous surface structures to demonstrate its potential industrial applications.

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  • H. Y. Zheng & J. C. Chai & Y. C. Lam & H. Zhu, 2005. "FORMATION OF POROUS STRUCTURES ONSiSURFACE BY LASER-ASSISTED ETCHING," Surface Review and Letters (SRL), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 12(03), pages 351-354.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:srlxxx:v:12:y:2005:i:03:n:s0218625x05007098
    DOI: 10.1142/S0218625X05007098
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