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Block copolymer based nanostructures: materials, processes, and applications to electronics.

Ho-Cheol Kim, +2 more
- 01 Jan 2010 - 
- Vol. 110, Iss: 1, pp 146-177
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A comparison study of how three different approaches to placement control of block Copolymer Ordering in Thin Films changed the quality of the films they produced.
Abstract
2.4. Block Copolymer Containing Hybrids 151 3. Block Copolymer Ordering in Thin Films 153 3.1. General Process Steps 153 3.2. Morphology of Thin Films 154 3.3. Thickness-Dependent Nanopatterning 154 3.3.1. Ultrathin Films: Monomolecular Films 155 3.3.2. Sub-L0 Thick Films 155 3.3.3. Thick Films 157 3.4. Placement Control: Directed Self-Assembly (DSA) 162 3.4.1. Topographic Guiding Patterns: Graphoepitaxy 163

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