Direct thermal-UV nanoimprint of an iron-containing organometallic hybrid film
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Nanomoulding of Functional Materials, a Versatile Complementary Pattern Replication Method to Nanoimprinting
Published on: January 23, 2013
Huilan Han1, Abhinav Bhushan1, Frank Yaghmaie1
1Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616.
Abstract:
Direct thermal-UV nanoimprinting of an organometallic hybrid film has been demonstrated to fabricate nanoscale features into a novel organic-inorganic solution containing selected metals. The film can be patterned at low temperature and pressure, and requires only a short processing time. When analyzed by energy dispersion X-ray spectroscopy, the authors observe both organic and metal content in the final patterned features. They have also observed that film thermal stability increases after UV and oxygen plasma treatments, which may lead to devices that perform well across a wide spectrum of temperatures.

