121st General Meeting of the KCS

Type Oral Presentation
Area Oral Presentation for 2018 DOW Chemical Korea Award
Room No. Room 202A
Time THU 11:35-:
Code KCS.O-11
Subject Simultaneous fabrication of line and dot dual nanopatterns using miktoarm block copolymer with photocleavable linker
Authors Chungryong Choi, Jichoel Park, Kanniyambatti L. Vincent Joseph, Jaeyong Lee, Seonghyeon Ahn, Jongheon Kwak, Kyu Seong Lee, Jin Kon Kim*
Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea
Abstract Block copolymers with various nanodomains, such as spheres, cylinders, and lamellae, have received attention for their applicability to nanolithography. However, those microdomains are determined by the volume fraction of one block. Meanwhile, nanopatterns with multiple shapes are required for the next-generation nanolithography. Although various methods have been reported to achieve dual nanopatterns, all the methods need sophisticated processes using E-beam. Here, we synthesized a miktoarm block copolymer capable of cleavage of one block by ultraviolet. Original cylindrical nanodomains of synthesized block copolymer were successfully transformed to lamellar nanodomains due to the change of molecular architecture by ultraviolet. We fabricated dual nanopatterns consisting of dots and lines at desired regions on a single substrate. We also prepared dual nanopatterns utilizing another phase transformation from spheres to cylinders in a block copolymer with higher interaction parameter. Since our concept has versatility to any block copolymer, it could be employed as next-generation nanolithography.
E-mail ccdragon@postech.ac.kr