中国物理B ›› 2015, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (10): 104215-104215.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/24/10/104215

• ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS • 上一篇    下一篇

Confinement-induced nanocrystal alignment of conjugated polymer by the soft-stamped nanoimprint lithography

李晓慧a, 俞计成b, 陆乃彦a, 张卫东a, 翁雨燕a, 顾臻b   

  1. a Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research & College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China;
    b Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hilland North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
  • 收稿日期:2015-05-20 修回日期:2015-06-17 出版日期:2015-10-05 发布日期:2015-10-05
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21204058).

Confinement-induced nanocrystal alignment of conjugated polymer by the soft-stamped nanoimprint lithography

Li Xiao-Hui (李晓慧)a, Yu Ji-Cheng (俞计成)b, Lu Nai-Yan (陆乃彦)a, Zhang Wei-Dong (张卫东)a, Weng Yu-Yan (翁雨燕)a, Gu Zhen (顾臻)b   

  1. a Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research & College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China;
    b Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hilland North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
  • Received:2015-05-20 Revised:2015-06-17 Online:2015-10-05 Published:2015-10-05
  • Contact: Weng Yu-Yan, Gu Zhen E-mail:wengyuyan@suda.edu.cn;zgu@email.unc.edu
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21204058).

摘要:

Soft-stamped nanoimprint lithography (NIL) is considered as one of the most effective processes of nanoscale patterning because of its low cost and high throughput. In this work, this method is used to emboss the poly (9, 9-dioctylfluorene) film. By reducing the linewidth of the nanogratings on the stamp, the orientations of nanocrystals are confined along the grating vector in the nanoimprint process, where the confinement linewidth is comparable to the geometrical size of the nanocrystal. When the linewidth is about 400 nm, the poly (9, 9-dioctylfluorene) (PFO) nanocrystals could be orderly arranged in the nanogratings, so that both pattern transfer and well-aligned nanocrystal arrangement could be achieved in a single step by the soft-stamped NIL. The relevant mechanism of the nanocrystalline alignment in these nanogratings is fully discussed. The modulation of nanocrystal alignment is of benefit to the charge mobilities and other performances of PFO-based devices for the future applications.

关键词: conjugated polymer, soft lithography, nanocrystalline material, x-ray technique

Abstract:

Soft-stamped nanoimprint lithography (NIL) is considered as one of the most effective processes of nanoscale patterning because of its low cost and high throughput. In this work, this method is used to emboss the poly (9, 9-dioctylfluorene) film. By reducing the linewidth of the nanogratings on the stamp, the orientations of nanocrystals are confined along the grating vector in the nanoimprint process, where the confinement linewidth is comparable to the geometrical size of the nanocrystal. When the linewidth is about 400 nm, the poly (9, 9-dioctylfluorene) (PFO) nanocrystals could be orderly arranged in the nanogratings, so that both pattern transfer and well-aligned nanocrystal arrangement could be achieved in a single step by the soft-stamped NIL. The relevant mechanism of the nanocrystalline alignment in these nanogratings is fully discussed. The modulation of nanocrystal alignment is of benefit to the charge mobilities and other performances of PFO-based devices for the future applications.

Key words: conjugated polymer, soft lithography, nanocrystalline material, x-ray technique

中图分类号:  (Polymers and organics)

  • 42.70.Jk
81.16.Nd (Micro- and nanolithography) 61.82.Rx (Nanocrystalline materials) 78.70.Ck (X-ray scattering)