Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2012-01-19
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
17 pages
Scientific paper
A suspended system for measuring the thermal properties of membranes is presented. The sensitive thermal measurement is based on the 3$\omega$ dynamic method coupled to a V$\ddot{o}$lklein geometry. The device obtained using micro-machining processes allows the measurement of the in-plane thermal conductivity of a membrane with a sensitivity of less than 10nW/K (+/-$5x10^{-3}$Wm$^{-1}K^{-1}$ at room temperature) and a very high resolution ($\Delta K/K =10^{-3}$). A transducer (heater/thermometer) centered on the membrane is used to create an oscillation of the heat flux and to measure the temperature oscillation at the third harmonic using a Wheatstone bridge set-up. Power as low as 0.1nanoWatt has been measured at room temperature. The method has been applied to measure thermal properties of low stress silicon nitride and polycrystalline diamond membranes with thickness ranging from 100 nm to 400 nm. The thermal conductivity measured on the polycrystalline diamond membrane support a significant grain size effect on the thermal transport.
Bourgeois Olivier
Eon D.
Ftouni H.
Hébert Christina
Omnès Franck
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