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Symposium: S08 - (General Session 8) Polymer Nanostructures & Nanocomposites
Poster Presentation
 
 

The Effect of Hydrogen Bonding Sites on the interfacial width of PS-b-PMMA Block Copolymer Microdomains

Lee Kyuseong (1), Han Sunghyun (1), Jang Sangshin (1), Park Jicheol (1), Kim Jinkon (1)*

(1) POSTECH - Pohang - Korea

Sharp interface between two blocks in block copolymer nano pattern is one of the important issues because of strong demand in industrial applications to nano-patterning. We utilized hydrogen bonding between N-(4-aminomethyl-benzyl)-4-hydroxymethyl-bezamide (BA) and urea (U) at the interface of polystyrene-block-poly(methyl methacrylate) copolymer (PS-PMMA). For this purpose, we first synthesized PS by ATRP method, then the end group was converted to amino group. Next, it was reacted with BA, followed by reaction with 4-pentynoic acid, resulting in alkyne-terminated group (PS-U-BA-alkyne). Also, azide-terminated PMMA was prepared by anionic polymerization followed by end functionalization. Finally, by the azide-alkyne click reaction between PS-U-BA-alkyne and PMMA-azide, PS-U-BA-PMMA was synthesized. We investigated, via small angle X-ray scattering and transmission electron microscopy, phase behavior of PS-U-BA-PMMA. Furthermore, for studying the effect of hydrogen bonding in film phase we patterned block copolymer on photoresist pre-patterned wafer and analyzed such as Line edge roughness using SEM.