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Symposium: Nanocomposite Materials & Processing
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FABRICATION OF BAROPLASTIC BLOCK COPOLYMER FILMS AND APPLICATION TO NANOPATTERNS

Kim Jin Kon (1)*

(1) POSTECH - kyungbuk - Korea

We report the fabrication of an ultrahigh density array of nanopatterns by using baroplastic block copolymers. Because of baroplastic properties that enable the microphase transition of block copolymers at relatively lower pressure and temperature, nanopatterns are fabricated by the indentation of the atomic force microscope (AFM) tip on the thin film at room temperature. This method, referred to as baro-lithography, does not require the heating of either AFM tip or polymer substrate, compared with thermomechanical methods. The array of nanopatterns presented in this study could be used for ultrahigh density data storage media. We also investigated the in-situ phase transition of the nanoscopic patterns on block copolymer thin films during nanoindentation by using a transmission electron microscope (TEM) with a specially designed nanoindenter.