Abstract
The report is divided into two parts. Part 1 looks at the possibility of creating ahydrophobic surface on a square piece of silicon using SF6 in a plasma state. In a
previous study it was briefly shown that creating a hydrophobic surface produced
noticeable effects on achieving a better growth with micelle templated diamonds.
The results shown analyse the inconsistency due to errors in the plasma generator
and how it can be solved in the future. There were also errors in the process used to
clean the silicon as a lot of debris was observed under AFM. A better methodology is
drawn out for future experimentation on this subject matter.
In part 2 the data collected and analysed are in relation to a bigger study surrounding
the area of block co-polymeric micelles as templates for diamonds. The analysis
focuses on the effect of different conversion temperatures, the conversion step is a
precursor in the micelle diamond growth process using a microwave reactor. The
optimum temperature to convert a micelle is around 800°C. At higher temperatures
other factors hinder the diamond growth.
| Date of Award | 18 Jun 2024 |
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| Original language | English |
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| Supervisor | Paul W May (Supervisor) |