Metallic Nanomeshes Fabricated by Multimechanism Directed Self-Assembly.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
The directed self-assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) is a powerful motif for the continued scaling of feature sizes for nanoscale devices. A multimechanism directed self-assembly (MMDSA) method is described that generates orthogonal meshes from a polystyrene-<i>b</i>-poly-2-vinylpyridine BCP that is subsequently metallized with Pt. The MMDSA process takes advantage of three different mechanisms, trench wall guidance, edge nucleation, and underlayer guidance, to align the mesh with respect to substrate features. The mechanisms and their interactions are investigated <i>via</i> both experiments and dissipative particle dynamics simulations. MMDSA is applied to produce well-aligned conductive nanomeshes and then is extended to fabricate multicomponent metallic structures with 2D/3D hybrid morphologies.