Publication Date:
2008-09-27
Description:
The manufacture of smaller, faster, more efficient microelectronic components is a major scientific and technological challenge, driven in part by a constant need for smaller lithographically defined features and patterns. Traditional self-assembling approaches based on block copolymer lithography spontaneously yield nanometer-sized hexagonal structures, but these features are not consistent with the industry-standard rectilinear coordinate system. We present a modular and hierarchical self-assembly strategy, combining supramolecular assembly of hydrogen-bonding units with controlled phase separation of diblock copolymers, for the generation of nanoscale square patterns. These square arrays will enable simplified addressability and circuit interconnection in integrated circuit manufacturing and nanotechnology.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tang, Chuanbing -- Lennon, Erin M -- Fredrickson, Glenn H -- Kramer, Edward J -- Hawker, Craig J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Oct 17;322(5900):429-32. doi: 10.1126/science.1162950. Epub 2008 Sep 25.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18818367" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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