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Electro-kinetically enhanced nano-metric material removal

dc.contributor.advisor Danyluk, Steven
dc.contributor.author Blackburn, Travis Lee en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMember Butler, David
dc.contributor.committeeMember Hesketh, Peter
dc.contributor.committeeMember Yoda, Minami
dc.contributor.department Mechanical Engineering en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-01-22T15:49:17Z
dc.date.available 2009-01-22T15:49:17Z
dc.date.issued 2008-08-25 en_US
dc.description.abstract This project is a fundamental proof of concept to look at the feasibility of using field activated abrasive particles to achieve material removal on a substrate. There are a few different goals for this project. The first goal is to prove through visualization that particle movement can be influenced and controlled by changes in electric field. The second goal is to fundamentally prove that particles controlled by electric field can remove material from a substrate. Third, it should be shown that changes in electric field can control the amount of material being removed in a given amount of time. A mathematical model will be presented which predicts metallic material removal rates based on changes in electric field strength. In this project, a technique combining concepts from electrokinetics, electrochemical mechanical planarization, and contact mechanics is proposed, aiming at enhancing planarization performance. By introducing an AC electric field with a DC offset, we try to achieve not only a better control of metallic material removal but also more flexible manipulation of the dynamic behaviour of abrasive particles. The presence of electric field will lead to electrokinetic phenomena including electroosmotic flow of an electrolyte solution and electrophoretic motion of abrasive particles. As a result, we aim to improve both the mechanical performance of planarization that is largely determined by the polishing parameters (e.g. down pressure, rotation speed, pads, and types of abrasives) and the chemical performance of planarization that is governed by selective and collective reactions of different chemical ingrediants of the slurry with the sample surface. The aim is also to understand and improve the interactions of abrasive particles with the sample. en_US
dc.description.degree M.S. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/26600
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.subject Ultra-precision metallic material removal en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Chemical mechanical planarization
dc.subject.lcsh Miniature electronic equipment
dc.subject.lcsh Electrochemical cutting
dc.subject.lcsh Grinding and polishing
dc.subject.lcsh Semiconductors
dc.title Electro-kinetically enhanced nano-metric material removal en_US
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Thesis
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local.contributor.advisor Danyluk, Steven
local.contributor.corporatename George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
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