Abstract:
A method of forming a periodic array of nano-scale objects using a block copolymer, and nano-scale object arrays formed from the method are provided. The method for forming the arrays generally includes the steps of depositing a block copolymer of at least two blocks on a substrate to form an ordered meso-scale structured array of the polymer materials, forming catalytic metal dots based on the meso-scale structure, and growing nano-scale objects on the catalytic dots to form an ordered array of nano-scale objects.
Abstract:
A method of forming a periodic array of nano-scale objects using a block copolymer, and nano-scale object arrays formed from the method are provided. The method for forming the arrays generally includes the steps of depositing a block copolymer of at least two blocks on a substrate to form an ordered meso-scale structured array of the polymer materials, forming catalytic metal dots based on the meso-scale structure, and growing nano-scale objects on the catalytic dots to form an ordered array of nano-scale objects.
Abstract:
An ordered, single domain nanopore array having a macroscale area in a first material is provided. A method of making a nanopore arrays with a controlled pattern include providing a substrate comprising a first surface having a first patter, depositing a first material capable of forming nanopores onto said first-surface having the first pattern, and anodically oxidizing said first material to form the nanopore array with the controlled pattern in the anodically oxidized first material.
Abstract:
An electrode array including a substrate. The electrode array includes a first plurality of electrodes disposed above a first zone of the substrate, wherein the first plurality of electrodes has a first range of spacing. The electrode array further includes a second plurality of electrodes disposed above a second zone of the substrate, wherein the second plurality of electrodes has a second range of spacing that is less than the first range of spacing.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a method for creating a metal nanowire mesh the method includes forming a first layer of block copolymer, causing the block copolymer to become aligned in approximately straight lines, infiltrating one phase of the block copolymer with a metal, and removing the block copolymer where the metal remains after the block copolymer is removed. Furthermore, the method includes forming a second layer of block copolymer, causing the block copolymer in the second layer to become ordered in approximately straight lines oriented at an angle from greater than 0 degrees to 90 degrees from a mean direction of longitudinal axes of the remaining metal, infiltrating one phase of the block copolymer in the second layer with a second metal, and removing the block copolymer in the second layer where the second metal remains above the metal after the block copolymer in the second layer is removed.
Abstract:
A pattern forming method includes forming a guide pattern on a substrate including first and second regions and applying a directed self-assembly material including a first and a second polymer portion to the substrate. The first region is irradiated with an energy beam. The substrate is subjected to a heating process after irradiation and the directed self-assembly material in the second region separates into a first polymer phase and a second polymer phase. The directed self-assembly material is removed from the first region after irradiation.
Abstract:
A contact hole pattern-forming method includes forming a hole pattern on a front face side of a substrate, directly or via other layer. A first composition including a first polymer is applied circularly in a planar view so as to coat lateral faces of holes of the hole pattern. A resin layer is provided on the front face side of the substrate and inside the lateral faces of the holes from a second composition including a second polymer. The resin layer is heated. A part of the resin layer heated is removed. The substrate is etched using a resist pattern formed. The first polymer includes a group being bound to at least one end of a main chain of the first polymer, and being capable of interacting with a third polymer constituting the hole pattern. The second polymer is a homopolymer or a random copolymer.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method of forming a semiconductor device using a self-assembly (DSA) patterning process. The method includes forming a patterned feature over a substrate; applying an orientation material that includes a first polymer and a second polymer over the substrate, wherein the first polymer has a first activation energy and the second polymer has a second activation energy; baking the substrate at first temperature thereby forming a first orientation layer that includes the first polymer; baking the substrate at second temperature thereby forming a second orientation layer that includes the second polymer; and performing a directed self-assembly (DSA) process over the first and the second orientation layers.
Abstract:
A resin composition for forming a phase-separated structure includes a block copolymer having a block (b1) having a repeating structure of styrene units; a block (b2) having a repeating structure of methyl methacrylate units partially substituted with a constituent unit represented by general formula (h1); and a number average molecular weight of less than 28,000. In general formula (h1), Rh0 is a hydrophilic functional group.
Abstract:
A method of fabricating a wire grid polarizer includes sequentially depositing a conductive wire pattern layer, and a plurality of guide patterns which forms one or more trenches therebetween on the conductive wire pattern layer, hydrophobically treating surfaces of the conductive wire pattern layer exposed in the trenches, and the guide patterns, coating the hydrophobically treated conductive wire pattern layer in the trenches with a neutral layer to partially fill the trenches, filling a remainder of the trenches with a block copolymer of two monomers with different etching rates, aligning the block copolymer filled in the trenches, selectively removing blocks of one monomer among the two monomers from the aligned block copolymer, and patterning the conductive wire pattern layer by using blocks of the other monomer among the two monomers remaining in the trenches and the guide patterns as a mask.