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Self-Assembly of Cylinder-Forming Block Copolymers on Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (UNCD) Thin Films for Lithographic Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Muruganathan Ramanathan ,
Seth B. Darling ,
Anirudha V. Sumant  and
Orlando Auciello
Muruganathan Ramanathan
Affiliation:
[email protected]@gmail.com, Argonne National Laboratory, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne, Illinois, United States
Seth B. Darling
Affiliation:
[email protected], Argonne National Laboratory, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne, Illinois, United States
Anirudha V. Sumant
Affiliation:
[email protected]
Orlando Auciello
Affiliation:
[email protected], United States
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Abstract

Block copolymers (BCPs) consist of two or more chemically distinct and incompatible polymer chains (or blocks) covalently bonded. Due to the incompatibility and connectivity constraints between the two blocks, diblock copolymers spontaneously self-assemble into microphase-separated nanoscale domains that exhibit ordered 0, 1, 2 or 3 dimensional morphologies at equilibrium. Commonly observed microdomain morphologies in bulk samples are periodic arrangements of lamellae, cylinders, or spheres. Block copolymer lithography refers to the use of these ordered structures in the form of thin films as templates for patterning through selective etching or deposition. The self-assembly and domain orientation of block copolymers on a given substrate is critical to realize block copolymer lithography as a tool for large throughput nanolithography applications. In this work, we survey the morphology of cylinder-forming block copolymers by atomic force microscopy (AFM). Three kind of block copolymers were studied: a) poly(styrene-block-ferrocenyldimethylsilane), PS-b-PFS b) poly(styrene-block-methylmethacrylate), PS-b-PMMA and c) poly(styrene-block-dimethylsiloxane) PS-b-PDMS. Block copolymers were dissolved in a neutral solvent for both blocks (toluene) in order to obtain solutions of various concentrations (1 and 1.5 wt %). From these solutions, films were prepared by spin casting on ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) thin film substrates. Results indicate that PS-b-PFS exhibits chemical and morphological compatibility to the UNCD surface in terms of wetting and domain control. A systematic comparison of self-assembly of these polymers on silicon nitride substrates demonstrates that UNCD thin films would require pre-treatment to be considered as a substrate for BCP lithography.

Keywords

polymerself-assemblydiamond
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1203: Symposium J – Diamond Electronics and Bioelectronics-Fundamentals to Applications III , 2009 , 1203-J17-15
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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