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Toward Elimination of Solvents in Micro/Nanofabrication: Solventless Polymerization and Its Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Hongwei Gu ,
Degang Fu ,
Chenjie Xu ,
Jun Tang ,
Jie Xie  and
Bing Xu
Hongwei Gu
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry
Degang Fu
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry
Chenjie Xu
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry
Jun Tang
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry
Jie Xie
Affiliation:
Materials Characterization and Preparation Facility Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong (SAR), China
Bing Xu
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry
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Abstract

Here we report a solventless polymerization process, which involves adding catalysts on the surface of a solid substrate and polymerizing volatile monomers at the gas/solid interface. It provides an alternative to other thin-film-making processes and may lead to reduce or eliminate the use of solvents in micro/nanofabrication. On silicon or silicon dioxide substrates, solventless produced thin films show improved smoothness inside microchannels, and suits reactive ion etching (RIE) process. In addition, this process offers a simple route to generate microstructures that are inaccessible in the presence of solvent, and provides a simple and fast protocol to screen catalysts in a parallel mode.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 776: Symposium Q – Unconventional Approaches to Nanostructures with Applications in Electronics, Photonics, Information Storage and Sensing , 2003 , Q10.4
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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