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ArticleMicromachines2025

Investigation into Ultrasonic Oscillation-Assisted Nickel Electroplating onto a Diamond Surface.

Qingming Fan, Bin Guo, Guokang Su, Hui Qi, Pengfan Li, Chuanyun Zhang, Kai Cheng

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Article in Micromachines, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Qingming FanSchool of Mechatronic Engineering, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an 710021, China.
Bin GuoSchool of Electro-Mechanical Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Guokang SuSchool of Mechatronic Engineering, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an 710021, China.
Hui QiCollege of Chemistry and Materials, Taiyuan Normal University, Jinzhong 030619, China.
Pengfan LiSchool of Mechatronic Engineering, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an 710021, China.
Chuanyun ZhangSchool of Mechatronic Engineering, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an 710021, China.
Kai ChengCollege of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences, Brunel University London, London UB8 3PH, UK.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 52405510Research Program of Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education 24JK0483Shaanxi Province Key Research and Development Program 2025GH-YBXM-010Shaanxi Province Natural Science Basic Research Program 2025JC-YBQN-786Xianyang Science and Technology Plan-Major Science and Technology Innovation Special Project L2023-ZDKJ-QCY-SXGG-GY-001
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Abstract

At present, there are some challenging issues for diamond electroplating devices, such as poor particle-cathode contact uniformity, low conductivity, inefficient deposition, and complex disassembly/cleaning process of the device. To overcome these issues, an ultrasonic oscillation-assisted nickel electroplating device is innovatively designed and presented in this paper. The device features: (1) innovative architecture enabling rapid disassembly; (2) ultrasonic enhancement of diamond particle mobility (frequency × amplitude); (3) optimized electrical contact interfaces. In this paper, the effects of electroplating current, output power of ultrasonic oscillator and diamond particle size on nickel electroplating onto diamond surface are further studied particularly by ultrasonic assisted electroplating. The experimental results show that the ultrasonic oscillation assisted electroplating greatly improves the uniformity of the coating on the diamond surface and effectively prevents the adhesion between diamond particles. While the process parameters are electroplating current of 3 A, output power of ultrasonic oscillator 900 W, diamond particle size of 120/140, the weight-gain rate is 20.6%, the nickel content of the coating reaches 81.95%, and the coating is excellent uniformed without agglomeration. The research presented provides fundamental understanding for further development and application of ultrasonic oscillation-assisted electroplating technology particularly for broad precision engineering purposes.

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diamond surfacenickel electroplatingultrasonic assisted electroplatingweight-gain rate

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PMID40872469
PMCPMC12388650

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