Ultrathin fluorinated diamondlike carbon coating for nanoimprint lithography imprinters
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Nanoimprint lithography NIL has proven to be an exceptional lithographic technique for achieving arbitrary, nanoscale features, over large areas without the use of costly step-and-repeat UV lithography tools. One requirement for NIL is to eliminate adhesion of the imprinted polymer to the imprinter upon withdrawal of the imprinter. Previous work on thick 100 nm diamondlike carbon DLC layers indicates that fluorinated DLC F-DLC provides a durable antiwear, antistick layer. In this work, a process for depositing an ultrathin layer of F-DLC is shown for SiO2 based imprinters. © 2009 American Vacuum Society. DOI: 10.1116/1.3250258
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تاریخ انتشار 2009