 | Clean Technology 2008
Bio Energy, Renewables, Green Building, Smart Grid, Storage, and Water
Chapter 9: Environmental & Sensor Technologies |
| | Simulation and Fabrication of Large Area 3D Nanostructures | | Authors: | K.H.A. Bogart, I. El-kady, R.K. Grubbs, K. Rahimian, A.M. Sanchez, A.R. Ellis, M. Wiwi, F.B. McCormick, D. J.-L. Shir, J.A. Rogers | | Affilation: | Sandia National Laboratories, US | | Pages: | 624 - 627 | | Keywords: | nanostructure, nano-fabrication, photonic lattice, periodicity, soft lithography | | Abstract: | Three-dimensional (3D) nano-structures are vital for emerging technologies such as photonics, sensors, fuel cells, catalyst supports, and data storage. The Proximity-field nanoPatterning1 method generates complex 3D nanostructures using a single exposure and development cycle. Exposure through an elastomeric “phasemask” patterned in x, y, and z (dimensions~ exposure wavelength) generates a complex 3D light-intensity distribution due to diffraction (Abbe theory) and the Talbot effect (self-imaging) that patterns underlying photoresist in 3-dimensions. Our goals are to create full models of this process and scale fabrication to 150mm. We developed a model that predicts the phase mask required to generate a specific desired nanostructure. We have compared this inverse model with experimental 3D structures to test the validity of the simulation. We have transferred the PnP fabrication process to a class-10 commercial cleanroom and scaled-up the processed area to >2000mm2, tested photopolymer additives designed to reduce resist shrinkage, incorporated atomic layer deposition (ALD) to coat the 3D patterned resist with metals/metal-oxides improve structure robustness, and generated quasi-crystal patterned 3D nanostructures. We are investigating large-area approaches to 2-photon patterning2 of 3D structures. The successful creation of the phase mask for a particular desired device structure and the scale-up to commercially viable areas enables this method to be utilized for actual device (e.g. photonic lattices) fabrication. References 1. PNAS 101, 12728 (2004). 2. Opt. Express, 14 2300 (2006) |  | This paper is available to CTSI members in PDF© format. | | ISBN: | 1-4200-8502-0 |
| Pages: | 724 |
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