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Computational Study on Polymer Filling Process in Nanoimprint Lithography for Bi-Layered Resist

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2013

Kosei Araki
Affiliation:
Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
Masaaki Yasuda
Affiliation:
Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
Akira Horiba
Affiliation:
Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
Hiroaki Kawata
Affiliation:
Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
Yoshihiko Hirai
Affiliation:
Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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Abstract

A molecular dynamics simulation was performed to study the polymer filling process in nanoimprint lithography for a bi-layered resist. The bi-layered resist consisted of PMMA resins with different molecular weights. When the mold cavity size became smaller than the polymer size of the top layer resist, the required force to fill the cavity became large. The molecular weight of the top layer dominated the filling characteristics in the bi-layered resist process.

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