Directed assembly of polymer blends using nanopatterned templates

Ming Wei, Liang Fang, Jun Lee, Sivasubramanian Somu, Xugang Xiong, Carol Barry, Ahmed Busnaina, Joey Mead

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Abstract

A method was proposed to nano-manufacturing of highly ordered polymeric features in nonuniform geometries by directed assembly of polymer blends on chemically patterned surfaces. Alkanethiols with different chemical functionalities were prepared using electron-beam lithography and self-assembly of alkanethiol molecules. It was observed that complex geometries including 90° bends, T-junctions, square, and circle arrays for integrated circuits in nanoelectronics can be prepared with this method. The study demonstrated that these chemically patterned surface helped to direct the deposition of a single polymer component to specific regions of the surface. This method opened opportunities for using chemically functionalized substrates for applications in biosensors, biochips, photonics, nanolithography, and electronics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)794-798
Number of pages5
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume21
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Feb 2009
Externally publishedYes

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