Learn More About Fusion Bond

By Marisol Guy


Fusion bond is among the different bonds which are found in science. There is nothing like magnet, electric current or oppositely charged substances which are needed for its formation and establishment. Consequently, it becomes very simple and easy type of bonding more often then ever found between different substrates, despite its being very tough. It can as well be called direct bonding.

There are diverse types of chemical links. They include electrovalent bond, covalent and molecular bonds, and metallic lattice. All these bonds need electrical current or opposite charges resulting from transfer of electrons for them to be formed. So, their formation can be complex or challenging.

Fusion bonding is formed when the substrates are firstly forced into intimate touching base by applying a high interaction force. As soon as they are in contact, they are thoroughly rubbed against each other. This leads to the dislodging of electrons and the development of electrostatic forces of attraction between the substrates.

The substances then get stuck together due to the atomic attraction forces known as Van der Waal forces of attraction. These allow the linked substrates to remain together. The substrates are again put in a very hot oven and then toughened in great temperatures, allowing solid bonding to form between the substrates.

The substrates needed to form these bonds must have certain qualifications. The requirements are definite to the surfaces hence must be sufficiently spotless, flat and pretty smooth. Likewise, unbonded areas called voids can form. These voids are known as interface bubbles. Their presence lowers the integrity and strength for these bonds.

The object that is used in most cases for the development of this linkage is a wafer. It is an adhesive disk made of dried paste and contains some coloring matter. It is usually used for sealing.

The method of developing this kind of direct linkage between wafer and other surfaces is procedural, thus divided into various sections. It begins with initial preprocessing of these wafers then followed with bonding in room temperature. Finally, galvanizing is performed at someway elevated temperatures.

Though contact bonding using wafer procedure can process almost all materials, silicon remains to be most established material currently. Therefore, this bonding procedure can as well be called silicon straight bonding or silicon fusion bonding. Intermolecular forces of pull involved here include Van der Waals pulls, hydrogen bonds as well as strong covalent bonds.

Silicon direct bonding can further be divided depending on the surface of its chemical structure. It can either attract water molecules or repel water molecules. Therefore, this means that the surface can either be hydrophilic or hydrophobic respectively.

The contact angle occurring between the water drops and the outer part of this silicon wafer is used to classify whether the surface may be hydrophilic or hydrophobic. An angle lower than five degrees means that the surface is hydrophilic. However, an angle beyond ninety degrees shows that the surface is hydrophobic.

Fusion bond is applied in different fields. It includes synthesis of Silicon on insulators, sensors, wafers and actuators. Production of multi-wafer micro-objects like micro valves, accelerometers, and micro pumps still uses such a similar technique.




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