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Reflow of supported sub-100 nm polymer films as a characterization process for Nano Imprint lithography

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In this paper, we address the reflow behavior of polymer thin films, focusing our effort on the accuracy of surface shape recognition. Although much work was already performed to control resist reflow during lens manufacturing for instance, our approach is significantly different since no contact line (substrate/polymer/atmosphere) needs to be considered. Here, a linear stability approach is successfully developed to describe the thin film evolution which is also compared with experiments. Polystyrene films, with thickness ranging from few tens of nanometers up to several hundred of nanometers were patterned with NanoImprint lithography technique. Atomic force microscopy measurements were used to characterize smooth or steep shapes, respectively. Mechanical measurements of earlier stages of pattern reflow were directly accessible without any assumption, contrary to the diffraction method usually employed. We show that by controlling the reflow process of any complex surface shape during the course of time, measurements of material parameters such as thin film viscosity, surface tension, or even Hamaker constant can be made possible.

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hal-00640166 , version 1 (19-04-2020)

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Tanguy Lévéder, Etienne Rognin, Stéfan Landis, Laurent Davoust. Reflow of supported sub-100 nm polymer films as a characterization process for Nano Imprint lithography. Microelectronic Engineering, 2011, 88 (8), pp.1867-1870. ⟨10.1016/j.mee.2011.01.078⟩. ⟨hal-00640166⟩
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