Since micro machining technologies are dramatically improved, many kinds of meso-to-micro scale products are developed. The Coordinate Measuring Machine(CMM) and the Scanning Probe Microscope(SPM) are the most commonly used instrument for precision measurement. To acquire geometric characteristic of products in meso scale, the CMM is not adequate due to the minimum diameter of ruby-ball head probes are 300 to 500£gm; while the SPM will be a time-consuming process. Thus, proper probes for meso-scale coordinate measuring machines are necessarily developed. The commercial fusion splicers are available to fabricate glass probes with spherical head. However, the commercial fusion splicers are expensive and the fiber clamps can not fit the diameter of probe stylus in this study. Therefore, instruments are implemented to fabricate the glass probe with spherical head for the meso-scale coordinate measuring machine. The

Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-27T18:56:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Claudir Gabriel Kaufmann Junior.pdf: 4409753 bytes, checksum: 7098b87dc0b890c9350164eb26517c90 (MD5) Claudir Gabriel Kaufmann Junior.pdf.jpg: 3059 bytes, checksum: 586a2e911c55b542c5c656ea1f983b22 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-06-05 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The nanotechnology has been focused of many studies and become scientifically and technologically revolutionary. It can be found in many products on the market. The nanoscale is defined as a billionth of a meter (10-9m). The manipulation in this scale has provided a series of studies in the health, computing, physics, chemistry, materials and others fields. In the context of manipulation of nanostructures, this paper proposes an alternative produtcion of NTC on arc discharge method, which dispense the use of sealed cameras and working with water as an insulator environment. The project was divided in two main stages: the software development and the production of NTC. A control system via software to manage the approach speed of the electrode (cathode) and the speed of rotation of electrode (anode) was developed in the first stage. In the second stage, tests were performed with different parameters for the production of NTC: source type (direct current and alternating current), type of catalyst, solubilized iron in the water and iron doped in the anode electrode, and also two types of graphite called A and B (higher purity). The material produced was characterized by the Raman Spectroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy techniques. Carbon nanotubes were produced when the graphite with higher purity was used, independently of the type of catalyst and the source used. In addition to the CNT was possible to observe with graphite B the production of several carbon nanostructures as nanosphere, nanorods, nanohoneycombs and nanoflowers of grapheme. However the graphite A (low purity) produced microspheres and nanospheres. / A nanotecnologia vem sendo o foco de diversas pesquisas tornado-se uma verdadeira revolução na ciência e tecnologia, já se pode encontrá-la em diversos produtos no mercado. A nanoescala é definida como a bilionésima parte do metro (10-9m). A manipulação nesta ordem de grandeza despertou uma serie de estudos nas áreas de saúde, computação, física, química, materiais, entre outras. Dentro do contexto de manipulação de nanoestruturas o presente trabalho propõe um método alternativo de produção de nanotubos de carbono por arco elétrico, o qual dispensa a utilização de câmeras seladas, trabalhando com água como meio isolante. O Trabalho foi divido em duas etapas principais: o desenvolvimento do software e a produção de NTC. Na primeira etapa foi desenvolvido um sistema de controle via software para gerenciar a velocidade de aproximação do eletrodo (cátodo) e a velocidade de giro do eletrodo (ânodo). Na segunda etapa realizaram-se testes com diferentes parâmetros para produção de NTC: tipo de fonte (corrente continua e alternada), tipo de catalisador: ferro solubilizado em água e ferro dopado no eletrodo ânodo, além de dois tipos de grafite, denominadas A e B (grafite B com maior pureza). O material produzido foi caracterizado pelas técnicas de Espectroscopia Raman e por Microscopia Eletrônica de Varredura. Nanotubos de carbono foram produzidos quando se utilizou grafite B de alta pureza, independendo do tipo de catalisador e da fonte utilizada. Alem dos NTC foi possível observar com a grafite B a produção de diversas nanoestruturas de carbono como nanoesferas, nanorods (nanovaras), nanofavos de mel e nanoflores de grafeno. Já para a grafite A, com baixa pureza, produziu apenas microesferas e nanoesferas.

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In this thesis I deal with the project of a robotic apparatus that could be used for material treatment by using the gliding arc discharge as well as the appropriate design and choice of materials for the atmospheric pressure discharge jet with regards to a possibility of an industrial use. The input and output parameters were studied, such as the air flow regulation with regards to cooling, the design and choice of materials. Then I observed the temperatures near electrodes depending on the air flow. The applicability of the created atmospheric discharge was taken into account.

The diploma thesis is focused on the study of chemical reaction products in prebiotic atmospheres. The theoretical part deals with the main theories of composing the atmosphere of the early Earth, hypotheses of the origin of life and genetic code in the form of RNA, the atmosphere of the moon Titan and the basic characteristics of the gliding arc discharge, and the analytical techniques used in the diploma thesis. In the experimental part, study of products was carried out by experimental atmospheric simulations in a special stainless steel reactor in various mixtures of gases N2, CH4, CO2 and O2. The electrical discharge for atmospheric simulation was generated by an electrode configuration for the gliding arc discharge and glow discharge. Detection and identification of chemical reaction products was performed by Gas Chromatography with Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) and Flame Ionization Detector (GC-FID), Testo 350 M/XL and Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS). A theoretical kinetic model was created to predict and confirm the detected products. During the experiments, the dependence of the product intensity on changes in the composition of the gaseous mixture and the applied value of the electric current was also observed.

Diploma thesis deals with gliding arc discharge in non-equilibrium plasma, its properties and usage for dissociation of volatile organic compounds. Plasma techniques create a perspective alternative to classical methods such as adsorption, biofilters, thermal processes, freezing and condensation. The method used for analysis of dissociation products is described in the theoretical part as well. Method is gas chromatography and it is combined with mass spectroscopy. The experimental part contains the overall description of GlidArc reactor where volatile organic compounds were dissociated. The volatile organic compound is brought into the reactor from the reservoir by carrier gas (nitrogen); synthetic air was used as working gas. The reactor is connected to the device for sampling. This device has several openings for sampling by SPME fibre method, sorption tubes method and a special opening for probe entry from the device Testo 350 M/XL, which enables instant analysis of low-molecular compounds. GC-MS was used for determination of high-molecular products of dissociation. Products sorbed on SPME fibres were analysed directly, compounds sorbed by active carbon were extracted by carbon disulphide. Samples obtained using SPME fibres were analysed. The major products of the dissociaton were found due to this analysis, those major products are in the case of hexane: pentanal, 4 methyl-3-pentanal, 2-butoxy-ethanol, pentane a 2-hexene. Major products detected when dissociating cyclohexane were: l,3-dimethyl-butane, propanal, cyklohexanone, 5-hexenal a 2-pentyn-1-ol. Major products of xylene dissociation were methyl-benzene, benzaldehyde, 4-methyl-benzaldehyde, 1-nitroethyl-benzene a benzenmethanol. After analysis obtained using sorption tubes showed that mainly the dissociated compound was sorbed, but the products of the dissociation were presented in too low concentration for an adequate analysis. For that reason the sorption tubes were used only for quantitative determination of the compounds depending on the power supply. The dependence of the dissociation of the compounds on the power supply was observed using SPME fibres which were used for quantitative determination. The Results obtained by both obtained techniques were almost in accordance. Speaking of low-molecular compounds, dissociation of all compounds gave the same products, i.e. carbon dioxide, hydrogen, nitrogen oxide, nitrogen dioxide and water. The results show that the dissociation of VOC gives - besides many potentially dangerous dissociation products - significant amounts of nitrogen oxides which is harmful to the environment. Hence it is necessary to be concerned with problems studied in the future mainly with respect to limitation of NOx generation. It will be possible to optimalize the conditions of the VOC dissociation on the basis of future kinetic analysis.

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), discovered by Ijima in 1991, are one of the allotropes of carbon, and can be described as cylinders of graphene sheet capped by hemifullerenes. CNTs have excellent electrical, mechanical, thermal and optical properties and very small size. Due to their unique properties and small size, CNTs have a great potential for use in electronics, medical applications, field emission devices (displays,scanning and electronprobes/microscopes) and reinforced composites. CNTs can be grown by different methods from a number of carbon sources such as graphite, CO,C2H4, CH4 and camphor. Under certain conditions, a metallic catalyst is used to initiate the growth. The three main methods used to grow CNTs are: Arc-discharge, laser ablation (LA) and chemical vapour deposition (CVD). In the present work CNTs were grown from a mixture of camphor (C10H16O) and ferrocene (C10H10Fe) using Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) and argon was used as a carrier gas. The iron particles from ferrocene acted as catalysts for growth. The substrates used for the growth of CNTs were crystalline Si and SiO2 (Quartz) placed in a quartz tube in a horizontal furnace. Several parameters have been found to affect the CNT growth process. The effects of three parameters: growth temperature, carrier gas (Ar) flow rate and catalyst concentration were investigated in the present work in order to optimize the growth conditions with a simple and economical CVD setup. The samples were characterized using electron microscopy (EM), thermogravimetirc analysis (TGA), Raman and FTIR spectroscopy techniques. It was found that the quality and yield of the CNTs were best at 800°C growth temperature, 80sccm flow rate and 4% catalyst concentration.

Die vorliegende Dissertation behandelt Charakterisierung, Modellbildung sowie Anwendung einer magnetfeldgestützten Hohlkathoden-Bogenentladung. Hohlkathoden sind seit den 1960er Jahren Gegenstand grundlagen- sowie anwendungsorientierter Forschung und werden seit 20 Jahren am Fraunhofer-Institut für Elektronenstrahl- und Plasmatechnik für die Anwendung auf dem Gebiet der Vakuumbeschichtung weiterentwickelt. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, die technologischen Fortschritte physikalisch zu verstehen und gezielte Weiterentwicklungen für spezifische Einsatzgebiete zu ermöglichen. In der untersuchten Hohlkathodenbauform ist das aus Tantal bestehende, vom Arbeitsgas Argon durchströmte Kathodenröhrchen koaxial von einer Ringanode sowie von einer Magnetfeldspule umgeben. Die Entladung wird durch Hochspannungspulse gezündet, worauf sich ein diffuser Bogen im Röhrchen (internes Plasma) ausbildet. Das Röhrchen wird von Plasmaionen auf hohe Temperaturen geheizt, die eine thermionische Emission von Elektronen ermöglichen, welche das Plasma speisen. Das technologisch nutzbare externe Plasma wird im Vakuumrezipienten durch Wechselwirkung der Gasteilchen mit Strahlelektronen aus der Kathode erzeugt. Bei starker Reduktion des Arbeitsgasflusses wird die Entladung durch das Magnetfeld der Spule stabilisiert. Der experimentelle Befund, dass dadurch Plasmadichte und -reichweite sowie ggf. die Ladungsträgerenergien im Rezipienten aufgrund des intensiveren Elektronenstrahls wesentlich gesteigert werden können, wird durch ortsaufgelöste Langmuir-Sondenmessung, optische Emissionsspektroskopie und energieaufgelöste Massenspektrometrie ausführlich belegt und nach der Lösung von Strom- und Wärmebilanzgleichungen durch die Verhältnisse im Kathodenröhrchen begründet. Neben Argon werden auch typische Reaktivgase der Vakuumbeschichtung im Hohlkathodenplasma betrachtet: zum einen Stickstoff und Sauerstoff, die in reaktiven PVD-Prozessen (physikalische Dampfphasenabscheidung) zur Beschichtung mit Oxid- bzw. Nitridschichten zum Einsatz kommen und durch Ionisation, Dissoziation und Anregung im Hohlkathodenplasma verbesserte Schichteigenschaften ermöglichen; zum anderen Azetylen, das bei PECVD (plasmagestützte chemische Dampfphasenabscheidung) von amorphen wasserstoffhaltigen Kohlenstoffschichten z. B. für tribologische oder biokompatible Beschichtungen genutzt wird. Azetylen wird durch Streuprozesse mit Elektronen und Ionen im Plasma aufgespalten, wodurch schichtbildende Spezies erzeugt werden, die am Substrat kondensieren. Durch die Wahl der Plasmaparameter sowie durch abgestimmte Substratbiasspannung und Substratkühlung lassen sich die Beschichtungsrate einstellen sowie polymer-, graphit- oder diamantartige Eigenschaften erzielen. Neben der Plasmadiagnostik mittels energieaufgelöster Massenspektrometrie werden die erzeugten Kohlenstoffschichten vorgestellt und hinsichtlich Härte, Zusammensetzung und Morphologie analysiert. / In the present thesis, characterization, modeling and application of a magnetically enhanced hollow cathode arc discharge are presented. Since the 1960s, hollow cathodes are being studied in basic and applied research. At Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology, further development concerning the application in vacuum coating technology has been carried out for about twenty years. The present work targets on physically understanding the technological progress in order to enable specific further development and application. In the investigated hollow cathode device, a ring-shaped anode and a magnetic field coil are arranged coaxially around the tantalum cathode tube, which is flown through by argon as the working gas. The discharge is ignited by high voltage pulses establishing a diffuse arc within the cathode tube (internal plasma). The cathode is being heated by the plasma ions to high temperatures, which leads to thermionic emission of electrons sustaining the plasma. The external plasma in the vacuum chamber, which can be used for technological applications, is generated by collisions of gas atoms with beam electrons originating from the cathode. In the case of strongly reduced working gas flow, the discharge is stabilized by the magnetic field of the coil; the related experimental findings such as significantly increased plasma density and range as well as higher charge carrier energies in the external plasma are extensively proved by spatially resolved Langmuir probe measurements, optical emission spectroscopy, and energy-resolved ion mass spectrometry. Furthermore, the results are correlated to the conditions within the cathode tube by solving the current and heat balance equations. Besides argon, typical reactive gases used in vacuum coating are examined in the hollow cathode plasma, too. First, nitrogen and oxygen, which are applied in PVD (physical vapor deposition) processes for the deposition of oxide and nitride layers, are ionized, dissociated, and excited by plasma processes. In the case of practical application, this plasma activation leads to improved film properties. Second, acetylene is used as a precursor for PECVD (plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition) of amorphous hydrogenated carbon films, e.g. for tribological or biocompatible applications. Acetylene is cracked by electron and ion scattering in the plasma providing film-forming species to be deposited on the substrate. The deposition rate as well as the polymeric, graphitic, or diamond-like properties can be controlled by plasma parameters, a defined substrate bias, and substrate cooling. The hollow cathode-generated acetylene plasma has been characterized by energy-resolved ion mass spectrometry, and the carbon films obtained are analyzed regarding hardness, film composition, and morphology.

Arc welding still requires deeper process understanding and more accurateprediction of the heat transferred to the base metal. This can be provided by CFD modelling.Most works done to model arc discharge using CFD consider the arc corealone. Arc core simulation requires applying extrapolated experimental data asboundary conditions on the electrodes. This limits the applicability. To become independent of experimental input the electrodes need to be included in the arcmodel. The most critical part is then the interface layer between the electrodesand the arc core. This interface is complex and non-uniform, with specific physicalphenomena.The present work reviews the concepts of plasma and arc discharges that areuseful for this problem. The main sub-regions of the model are described, andtheir dominant physical roles are discussed.The coupled arc-electrode model is developed in different steps. First couplingsolid and fluid regions for a simpler problem without complex couplinginterface. This is applied to a laser welding problem using the CFD softwareOpenFOAM. The second step is the modelling of the interface layer betweencathode and arc, or cathode layer. Different modelling approaches available inthe literature are studied to determine their advantages and drawbacks. One ofthem developed by Cayla is used and further improved so as to satisfy the basicprinciples of charge and energy conservation in the different regions of thecathode layer. A numerical procedure is presented. The model, implementedin MATLAB, is tested for different arc core and cathode conditions. The maincharacteristics calculated with the interface layer model are in good agreementwith the reference literature. The future step will be the implementation of theinterface layer model in OpenFOAM.

Since their discoveries, carbon nanotubes have been widely studied, but mostly in the forms of 1D individual carbon nanotube (CNT). From practical application point of view, it is highly desirable to produce carbon nanotubes in large scales. This has resulted in a new class of carbon nanotube material, called the vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays (VA-CNTs). To date, our ability to design and model this complex material is still limited. The classical molecular mechanics methods used to model individual CNTs are not applicable to the modeling of VA-CNT structures due to the significant computational efforts required. This research is to develop efficient structural mechanics approaches to design, model and characterize the mechanical responses of the VA-CNTs. The structural beam and shell mechanics are generally applicable to the well aligned VA-CNTs prepared by template synthesis while the structural solid elements are more applicable to much complex, super-long VA-CNTs from template-free synthesis. VA-CNTs are also highly “tunable” from the structure standpoint. The architectures and geometric parameters of the VA-CNTs have been thoroughly examined, including tube configuration, tube diameter, tube height, nanotube array density, tube distribution pattern, among many other factors. Overall, the structural mechanics approaches are simple and robust methods for design and characterization of these novel carbon nanomaterials