A method of manufacturing a plurality of through-holes in a layer of first material by subjecting part of the layer of said first material to ion beam milling. For batch-wise production, the method comprises after a step of providing the layer of first material and before the step of ion beam milling, providing a second layer of a second material on the layer of first material, providing the second layer of the second material with a plurality of holes, the holes being provided at central locations of pits in the first layer, and subjecting the second layer of the second material to said step of ion beam milling at an angle using said second layer of the second material as a shadow mask.

The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for biomaterial detection sensors. In some embodiments, a biomaterial detection sensor includes a membrane including a plurality of wells. Each of the plurality of wells is configured to encapsulate a biomaterial contained in a sample solution. A surface of the membrane is selectively modified into at least one of a hydrophilic surface and a hydrophobic surface. In some embodiments, a method of manufacturing a biomaterial detection sensor includes depositing a first membrane and a second membrane on respective surfaces of a wafer, forming a window by etching the first membrane and the first surface of the wafer, forming a plurality of wells on the second membrane, modifying a surface of the second membrane into at least one of a hydrophilic surface and a hydrophobic surface; and transferring a two-dimensional graphene oxide material onto a bottom of each of the plurality of wells.

A method for producing a micromechanical device. The method includes: providing a MEMS substrate having micromechanical functional layers bounding a cavity; structuring an oxide layer to form an oxide mask having at least one first recess having a first diameter; applying a resist mask to the oxide mask and the first recess; introducing a second recess into the resist mask in the area of the first recess, the second diameter being smaller than the first diameter; introducing a first trench into the MEMS substrate through the second recess; removing the resist mask; introducing a second trench into the MEMS substrate through the first recess and simultaneously deepening the first trench at least through the micromechanical substrate; adjusting a desired gas composition at a desired pressure in the cavity; sealing the first trench using a melt plug by melting substrate material of the MEMS substrate that surrounds the first trench.

Methods for fabricating sub-lithographic, nanoscale microstructures utilizing self-assembling block copolymers, and films and devices formed from these methods are provided.

The disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing recessed micromechanical structures in a MEMS device wafer. First vertical trenches in the device wafer define the horizontal dimensions of both level and recessed structures. The horizontal face of the device wafer and the vertical sidewalls of the first vertical trenches are then covered with a self-supporting etching mask which is made of a self-supporting mask material, which is sufficiently rigid to remain standing vertically in the location where it was deposited even as the sidewall upon which it was deposited is etched away. Recess trenches are then etched under the protection of the self-supporting mask. The method allows a spike-preventing aggressive etch to be used for forming the recess trenches, without harming the sidewalls in the first vertical trenches.

A MEMS device includes a first structure including at least one first bump over a surface of the first structure, a second structure including a first side facing the surface of the first bump and a second side opposite to the first side, and a gap between the first structure and the second structure. The first structure and the second structure are configured to move in relation to each other. The first bump includes a plurality of first teeth over a stop surface of the first bump.

A MEMS device includes a first structure including at least one first bump over a surface of the first structure, a second structure including a first side facing the surface of the first bump and a second side opposite to the first side, and a gap between the first structure and the second structure. The first structure and the second structure are configured to move in relation to each other. The first bump includes a plurality of first teeth over a stop surface of the first bump.

A method for forming a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device structure is provided. The method includes forming a second substrate over a first substrate, and a cavity is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The method includes forming a hole through the second substrate using an etching process, and the hole is connected to the cavity. The etching process includes a plurality of etching cycles, and each of the etching cycles includes an etching step, and the etching step has a first stage and a second stage. The etching time of each of the etching steps during the second stage is gradually increased as the number of etching cycles is increased.

The present disclosure provides a method of fabricating a diamond membrane. The method comprises providing a substrate and a support structure. The substrate comprises a diamond material having a first surface and the substrate further comprises a sub-surface layer that is positioned below the first surface and has a crystallographic structure that is different to that of the diamond material. The sub-surface layer is positioned to divide the diamond material into first and second regions wherein the first region is positioned between the first surface and the sub-surface layer. The support structure also comprises a diamond material and is connected to, and covers a portion of, the first surface of the substrate. The method further comprises selectively removing the second region of the diamond material from the substrate by etching away at least a portion of the sub-surface layer of the substrate.

An optical scanning device, which is a MEMS element, includes a first insulating layer, a first semiconductor layer, a second insulating layer, and a second semiconductor layer that are laminated in this order, a first doped region formed at an interface between the first insulating layer and the first semiconductor layer, a second doped region formed at an interface between the first semiconductor layer and the second insulating layer, and a first wiring portion and a second wiring portion disposed on the first insulating layer apart from each other. The first doped region and the second doped region are electrically connected in parallel between the first wiring portion and the second wiring portion.