WO2002073699A9 - Nanofabrication - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to fabrication of nanoscopic structures.
- the invention relates to functionalized nanoscopic structures on surfaces.
- Serial writing processes can be used to pattern magnetic media, as disclosed in "Writing and reading perpendicular magnetic recording media patterned by a focused ion beam," by Lohau et al., App. Phys. Lett., 78, (2001), 990, and "Magnetic block array for patterned magnetic media” by Koike, et al., App. Phys. Lett., 78, (2001), 784.
- researchers at LBM Almaden Research Center have utilized a fabrication scheme that resulted in patterned media having storage density of 100 Gb/in 2 , as described in Lohau et al. This scheme used a focused Ga + ion beam to cut trenches in granular Co 70 Cr ⁇ 8 Pti 2 film media. These processes tend to be slow, and are not well suited to high throughput manufacture.
- thermoelectric (TE) cooling devices has not increased significantly during the last 40 years, and currently, the figure-of-merit (ZT) of the best materials is less than one.
- Semimetal materials such as Bi and Bi 2 Te 3 have the highest ZT values and are currently used in commercial TE devices manufactured by companies such as Marlow and Melcor.
- nanoscale arrays By laterally patterning nanoscale arrays, a pathway to a rapid and reliable fabrication of three-dimensional nanostructures is provided.
- a simple method is described herein for the production of well-ordered, multilevel nanostructures. This is accomplished by patterning block copolymer templates with selective exposure to a radiation source.
- the resulting multi-scale lithographic template can be treated with post-fabrication steps to produce multilevel, three-dimensional, integrated nanoscale media, devices, and systems.
- the invention provides a method of preparing a laterally patterned array.
- the method includes coating some of conducting or semiconducting substrate (for example, a metal, such as gold) with a block copolymer film (for example, a block copolymer of methylmethacrylate and styrene), where one component of the copolymer forms nanoscopic cylinders in a matrix of another component of the copolymer; placing a conducting layer on top of the copolymer to form a composite structure; vertically orienting the composite structure; removing some of the first component from some of the structure to form nanoscopic pores in that region of the second component; cross-linking the second component; and at least partially filling some of the nanoscopic pores with a material.
- conducting or semiconducting substrate for example, a metal, such as gold
- a block copolymer film for example, a block copolymer of methylmethacrylate and styrene
- the substrate can include conducting and non-conducting regions, which can be lithographically patterned.
- a first component can be removed from some of the structure which is at least partially overlaying a conducting portion of the substrate.
- the structure can be vertically oriented by heating with an electric field, for example, for at least one hour.
- Some of the first component can be removed by exposing some of the structure to ultraviolet radiation, an electron beam, or ozone.
- Some of the first component can be removed by degrading the component and treating some of the structure with an agent that selectively removes the degraded component.
- Some of the nanoscopic pores can be filled by electrochemical deposition. Some of the nanoscopic pores and surface of the second component can be wetted with a surfactant prior to filling with material.
- the invention provides an array manufactured by the methods described herein.
- the array can include a substrate, a polymer film on the substrate, and at least one set of parallel metallic (for example, gold, copper or nickel) or semi-metallic cylinders in the film, and arranged perpendicular to the substrate.
- the cylinders can include a magnetic material, such as cobalt or nickel.
- the magnetic arrays can be used to make a magnetic storage medium, or a magnetoresistance device, or a giant magnetoresistive device.
- Non-magnetic metals can be used in such arrays to make, for example, a field emission device, h some embodiments of these arrays, at least one set of cylinders includes n-type material and at least another set of cylinders includes p-type material. Such an array can be used to create a theraioelectric cooler.
- the cylinders can also include alternating layers of magnetic and non-magnetic material, whether the layers alternate substantially regularly along the length of the cylinders or not. h such arrays, the sets of cylinders can be configured in substantially regular geometrical shapes, such as circles or triangles. Of course, irregular shapes can also find application in the devices disclosed herein.
- one type of cylinder has a given magnetization direction, and another type has an opposite magentization direction, h some embodiments, at least one set of cylinders is in electrical contact with another set of cylinders, for example, by a conductive contact on top of the film.
- the term "vertically-oriented," when referring to a copolymer film means a film that has cylindrical pores with the axis of the pores substantially normal to the surface with which the film is associated, or substantially normal to the film surface itself.
- the new materials can have cylindrical pores that are vertically oriented, or oriented at an angle to vertical, as long as the cylinders are oriented in substantially the same direction, e.g., in parallel.
- These cylinders can have various shapes and can, but need not, have a circular diameter cross-section.
- the term “nanoscale” refers to a characteristic size range, for example, of arrays, that is attained using the methods of self-assembly of copolymer molecules described herein.
- the pore diameter, the wire diameter, the wire lengths and the period of the array can be in the nanoscale range, that is, within a range of about a nanometer to over a thousand nanometers.
- nanowire refers to nanoscale material created in an array pore. The term does not imply that the aspect ratio of the material need be high, and in some embodiments, the material to be deposited in an array can have a low aspect ratio.
- Nanowires can also refer to material that is not necessarily electrically conductive, but is nevertheless useful when present in nanoscale arrays.
- multilevel refers to structures that can be constructed by multiple, independent levels of lithography, with at least one level created with a laterally-patterned diblock copolymer film.
- multilayering refers to a structural element within a single layer of lithography that contains more than one material.
- wire refers to conductive material having width and length, where the aspect ratio (that is the ratio of length to width) is at least 2:1. This term is distinguishable from the term “dot,” which refers to conductive material with lower aspect ratios.
- the techniques and systems described herein include many advantages.
- the extremely high density of the magnetic cylinders in the new films offers the capability of using this system for next-generation magnetic data storage applications, with potential data storage densities in excess of 1000 Gbit/in2.
- the well-controlled size and separation distance of the magnetic metals on the metal, e.g., gold, film also offer the means to engineer next-generation giant-magnetoresistance magnetic-field-sensing devices.
- the processes are parallel, scaleable, and not subject to the speed limitations experienced in nanofabrication techniques based on serial writing.
- the techniques are amenable to manufacture, in that they are simple, fast, and cost-effective. They are readily adoptable by industry and compatible with other fabrication processes.
- the techniques described herein significantly advance the general utility of nanofabrication by self-assembling copolymer templates.
- the nanofabrication teclmiques are amenable to manufacture, in that they are simple, fast, and cost- effective. They are readily adoptable by industry and compatible with other industrial microfabrication processes.
- lateral patterning offers the capability of using such systems for the manufacture of electronic circuits on chips.
- the integration of nanostructures within chips and the interfacing of the structures with other chip elements in arbitrary locations is made possible through the methods disclosed herein.
- these three-dimensional structures offer the means to engineer electronic field-emission arrays.
- the arrays can be used in flat panel displays that are brighter, higher-resolution, less expensive, thinner, and more flexible than those currently available.
- Other field emission electron devices are possible, such as transistor-like devices, spin-polarized electron emitters, and other known devices based on field emission.
- the three-dimensional structures also offer the means to engineer solid-state thermoelectric cooling devices, including those with multistage cooling.
- Other applications include magnetoresistive sensors, high-capacity magnetic data storage, smart media, spintronics, chemical-sensing devices, biomolecular diagnostic sensor arrays, designer "micromagnetic” media, and molecular electronics, for example.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an exposure process that can be used to create a nanoporous array, and subsequently can be used to create an array of nanowires.
- Fig. 2a is a side view schematic diagram of a selective exposure process that can be used to create a laterally patterned diblock copolymer film.
- Fig. 2b is an overhead view schematic diagram of a selective exposure process that can be used to create a laterally patterned diblock copolymer film, in this case, a triangle pattern.
- Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a selective exposure process that can be used to create a laterally patterned diblock copolymer film, and subsequently can be used to create a laterally patterned nanostructure, in this case, a triangle shaped nanostructure.
- Fig. 4 is a perspective view schematic diagram of a multilevel nanostructure created from laterally patterned diblock copolymer film.
- Fig. 5 is an overhead view schematic diagram of a multilevel nanostructure created from laterally patterned diblock copolymer film.
- Fig. 6 is a perspective view schematic diagram of a field emission array created from laterally pattemed diblock copolymer film, including two sets of nanowires.
- Fig. 7 is an overhead view schematic diagram of a field emission array created from laterally patterned diblock copolymer film, including four individually- addressable sets of nanowires.
- Fig. 8a is an overhead view optical image (at 5X) of a sample showing an electrode pattern with a vertically-oriented diblock copolymer film covering the surface.
- Fig. 8b is an overhead view optical image (at 5X) of the sample from Fig. 8 a after electron beam patterning and removal of a copolymer component to form nanopores.
- Fig. 8c is an overhead view optical image (at 5X) of the sample from Fig. 8b after nanowires are electrodeposited on the sample.
- Fig. 8d is a closeup overhead view optical image (at 5X) of the sample from
- Fig. 9 is a perspective view schematic diagram of a single-stage thermo electric cooler created from laterally patterned diblock copolymer film.
- Fig. 10 is a perspective view schematic diagram of a four- wire, giant magnetoresistive (GMR) device created from laterally patterned diblock copolymer film.
- GMR giant magnetoresistive
- Fig. 1 la is an overhead view optical image (at 10X) of a four- wire magnetoresistive device created from laterally patterned diblock copolymer film before nanowire electrodeposition.
- Fig. 1 lb is an overhead view optical image (at 10X) of a four- wire magnetoresistive device created from laterally patterned diblock copolymer film after nanowire electrodeposition.
- Fig. 12a is a graph of giant magnetoresistance measurements of a four- wire device as depicted in Fig. 'lib, as a function of device temperature.
- Fig. 12b is a scanning electron micrograph SEM image of vertically oriented nanowires created from laterally patterned diblock copolymer film.
- Fig. 13a is a side view schematic diagram of a particular configuration of a magneto-electronic transport nanodevice created from laterally pattemed diblock copolymer film, where the "current in” and “current out” electrodes are both on the substrate level.
- Fig. 13b is a perspective view schematic diagram of a further particular configuration of a magneto-electronic transport nanodevice created from laterally patterned diblock copolymer film, where the "current in” electrode is on the substrate level, and the “current out” electrode is on an upper interconnect level.
- Fig. 13c is a side view schematic diagram of three distinct types of magneto- electronic nanoelements used in the devices of Figs. 13a and 13b.
- Fig. 14a is an overhead view schematic diagram of a particular example of patterned media, showing patterned perpendicular media.
- Fig. 14b is an overhead view schematic diagram of a further particular example of patterned media, showing customized patterned perpendicular media.
- Fig. 15a-e is a schematic depiction of a method of interfacing metal electrodes with the button and top of nanostructures made by a nanoscale diblock copolymer template.
- Figs. 16a-c is a series of graphs of magnetoresistance measurements for the device depicted in Fig. 1 lb, taken a various magnetic field orientations.
- Fig. 17 is a microscope photograph of a device constructed as shown in Fig. 13.
- Fig. 18 is a graph of magnetoresistance measurement of electron transport tl rough the device shown in Fig. 17.
- Fig. 19 is a microscope photograph of a field emission test sample from a device constructed as depicted in Fig. 6.
- Fig. 20 is a graph of electronic field emission measurements made from an array of cobalt wires in vacuum, from the device shown in Fig. 19.
- Fig. 21 is a microscope photograph of particular field emission test samples from Fig. 19, but magnified to 50x.
- Fig. 22 is a plot of normalized MR response (%) at 0 field versus temperature, in the perpendicular orientation.
- Described herein is a process technology for the fabrication of three- dimensional devices using laterally-patterned block copolymer templates.
- copolymer films are patterned laterally by selective-area exposure to radiation sources.
- This produces a multi-scale lithographic template, that is, a regular array of nanoscale pores with an overall lateral extent confined to an arbitrary and desired design.
- the dimensions of the lateral design can range from the nanoscale to the microscale.
- the patterned array template is combined with appropriately tailored pre- and post- fabrication steps to produce multilevel, three-dimensional integrated nanoscale media, devices, and systems.
- the method introduces the ability to integrate nanoscale functional elements in arbitrary and desired locations on a chip and to integrate the functional elements with other chip components in a practical manner.
- the general utility of self-assembled copolymer templates is thereby significantly advanced.
- diblock copolymers comprised of two chemically distinct polymers covalently linked end-to-end, can be self-assembled into well- ordered arrays of spheres, cylinders or lamellae, depending on the volume fraction of the components comprising the polymer chain.
- Directed self assembly carried out with an external field (for example an electric or magnetic field, or a temperature or concentration gradient), can result in useful films, with orientation sufficiently long- ranged to allow the production of extended arrays of nanowires having aspect ratios of at least 2:1 or 3 : 1.
- an external field for example an electric or magnetic field, or a temperature or concentration gradient
- a 70/30 (by volume fraction) polystyrene-polymethylmethacrylate diblock copolymer can be exemplified.
- Other cylinder constituents of the copolymer can be, for example, polybutadienes, polycaprolactones, and other materials that can be solubilized in solvents.
- Other matrix constituents can include polybutadienes and other materials which are not reactive with agents used to remove the cylinder constituents.
- a block copolymer is first deposited, e.g., spun-cast from solution onto a substrate, such as a metallic, semiconducting, or insulating substrate.
- the substrate can be rigid or flexible.
- substrates at least partially coated with a thin film of metal include: silicon, such as silicon wafers or chips; and polymeric substrates, such as Kapon, each of which can be made conducting or semiconducting by coating at least a portion of the substrate surface with a conducting or semiconducting material.
- the oxidation of the metal should not be as rapid as the deposition rate of materials to be deposited.
- substrates for use in the devices and teclmiques described herein may be a coating or a non-continuous surface layer on an underlying material that need not be conducting.
- the amount of substrate used can be any amount that allows the substrate to function as an electrode, when electrodeposition is used to deposit functional material. If other methods of material deposition are employed, the nature and amount of substrate is not limited.
- the substrate, in embodiments in which it is present as a coating or surface layer, can be applied to an underlying substrate by conventional lithographic techniques, or other known methods of depositing * . conducting materials on surfaces.
- the substrate can include metals, for example, gold, hi other embodiments, the substrate can have gold coated or deposited on an underlying material, hi some embodiments, the substrate can be a semi-metal oxide, including for example, silicon oxide. Particular preparation methods are not required, although in some embodiments, washing the substrate with water, followed by rinsing with mild acid and/or base can be carried out.
- Diblock copolymers comprised of two chemically distinct polymers covalently linked end-to-end, can be self-assembled into well-ordered arrays of spheres, cylinders or lamellae, depending on the volume fraction of the components comprising the polymer chain.
- any copolymer will self-assemble into a hexagonal array of cylinders of the minor component embedded in a matrix of the major component.
- the mole ratio of the minor component of the diblock copolymer can range from about 0.20 to about 0.35 to permit the formation of microphases such as will result in cylinder formation. If the volume fraction of the major component is about 0.9, the minor component will form spheres, which can be elongated into very thin cylinders when an orienting field, e.g., an electric field, is applied.
- a mixture of diblock copolymers can be used to create cylinders of different types, for example B and C cylinders.
- Higher block copolymers, such as A-B-C triblock copolymers can also be used.
- the molecular weight of the copolymer can be varied to achieve differing cylinder diameters. For example, a molecular weight copolymer in the range of about 1.5 million molecular weight units (Daltons) can result in a cylinder diameter of about 70 nm. A molecular weight in the range of about 20,000 Daltons can result in a cylinder diameter of about 14 nm. A molecular weight of about 4 million Daltons results in cylinders with a diameter of about 100 nm, while a molecular weight of about 15 kilodaltons results in a diameter of about 1.0 nm.
- Daltons molecular weight units
- a molecular weight in the range of about 20,000 Daltons can result in a cylinder diameter of about 14 nm.
- the use of a block copolymer including a component that can be crosslinked is desirable.
- This component can be crosslinked before or during removal of another component, and can therefore add structural integrity to the copolymer.
- This component can be referred to as the matrix component.
- the matrix component will be the major component of a copolymer, by volume. Suitable matrix components include polystyrene, polybutadiene, polydimethylsiloxane, and other polymers.
- the component that is to be removed can be called the core component, h some embodiments, the core component will be a minor component of a copolymer, by volume.
- Suitable core components include polymethylmethacrylate, polybutadiene, polycaprolactone or a photoresist.
- core components are materials that can be degraded or decomposed differentially than the matrix material.
- block copolymers of styrene and methylmethacrylate can be used, h some embodiments, the methylmethacrylate block constitutes a minor component.
- a 70/30 (by volume) diblock copolymer of polystyrene/polymethylmethacrylate can be employed.
- any block copolymers can be used, such as alkyl/alkyl, alkyl/aryl, aryl/aryl, hydrophilic/hydrophilic, hydrophilic/hydrophobic, hydrophobic/hydrophobic, positively or negatively charged/positively or negatively charged, uncharged/positively or negatively charged, or uncharged/imcharged.
- the film thicl ⁇ iess can vary as desired, for example, from about 0.5 nm to about 10 cm, or from about 1 nm to about 1 cm, or from about 5 mn to about 1000 nm. h some preferred embodiments, film thicknesses can vary from between about 10 nm to about 200 microns, or from about 1 micron to 200 microns, or up to about 25 mil.
- Orientation of the copolymers can be carried out using directed self-assembly, that is, self-assembly which is directed by an external field, for example an electric field, a magnetic field, a thermal gradient or a concentration gradient.
- an external field for example an electric field, a magnetic field, a thermal gradient or a concentration gradient.
- Vertical orientation of the cylinders can be accomplished by, for example, electric field alignment under annealing conditions, or, for example, self-orientation using controlled interfacial conditions.
- the different chemical constitutions of the blocks of the copolymer can result in a difference in the dielectric constants of the copolymer domains.
- a difference of about 0.1% in the dielectric constants can result in a specific, e.g., vertical, orientation, h an electric field
- the orientation dependent polarization energy associated with the cylinders, dielectric bodies that are anisotropic in shape will align the cylinders in parallel to the electric field lines, for example, as described in Morkved, et al., "Local control of microdomain orientation in diblock copolymer thin films with electric fields," Science, 273, (1996), 931 ; Thurn-Albrecht, et al., "Overcoming Interfacial Interactions with Electric Fields," Macromolecules, 33, (2000) 3250-53; Amundson, et al., "Alignment of lamellar block-copolymer microstructure in an electric-field.
- any surface induced alignment of the morphology can be overcome, producing cylindrical microdomains oriented in parallel with the fields, which can be normal to the substrate, that extend completely through a one-micron-thick sample.
- Scattering experiments are an easy means to characterize the orientation of the microphase structure in a thin film. When viewed from the side, a cylindrical structure oriented normal to the substrate is laterally periodic. Consequently, the scattering pattem measured at a finite incidence angle is strongly anisotropic, consisting of two equatorial Bragg peaks.
- a removable conducting layer is placed on top of the copolymer film, sandwiching the film between two electrodes.
- a conducting layer can be deposited by spin coating and then, after annealing, be removed by etching, e.g., by solvent chemical, or physical etching.
- etching e.g., by solvent chemical, or physical etching.
- a "spin-on" sacrificial layer can be applied, followed by a metal layer that is evaporated, sputtered, or spun-on. After annealing, the sacrificial layer can be removed by solvent, chemical, or physical etching.
- This conducting layer can be metal, or semiconducting material, and can optionally be in contact with the entire film surface. For example, aluminum, copper, gold or other metal can be used as the conducting layer on the copolymer film.
- Metallized layers such as aluminized KAPTON® can also be used. Metallized layers can promote the formation of a uniform film surface as orientation, e.g., vertical orientation, is carried out.
- orientation e.g., vertical orientation
- Aluminized Kapton® is a layer of aluminum in register with a layer of Kapton®, in which the Kapton® layer is directly in contact with the copolymer film. The Kapton® layer must not be so thick as to interfere with an electric field established between the aluminum layer and the substrate on the other side of the film.
- Other metals and other polymeric materials can be used to create metallized layers for electric field-induced vertical orientation.
- the sandwich structure can be heated above the glass transition temperature of the copolymer. Voltage is then applied between the substrate and the conducting layer to create an electric field through the mobilized copolymer film.
- the electric field strengths are at least 5 N/mm, for example, at least 10 V/inm.
- the copolymer film assembly After holding the film in this state for a sufficient time to allow the copolymers to self-assemble, for example, over 30 minutes, over 60 minutes, over 1.5, over 2, or over 3 hours, the copolymer film assembly is cooled to a temperature below the glass transition temperature of the copolymer.
- the orienting field e.g., electric field, is desirably turned off after the cooling has taken place.
- the conducting layer, and any associated additional layer is removed from the polymer film.
- the film now includes an ordered array of cylinders of one copolymer component embedded in a matrix of another copolymer component.
- Self-assembly results in parallel orientation of the blocks, such that one component forms cylinders with the cylinder axis substantially in parallel to each other, e.g., all normal to the surface of the substrate, or substantially normal to the film surface itself.
- the cylinders desirably extend substantially from the substrate surface to the surface of the film.
- the cylinders have diameters ranging from about 5 nm to about 100 nm.
- the periodicity (L) of the cylindrical domains in the film is the distance between the central axes of the cylinders, and is proportional to the molecular weight of the copolymer (to the 2/3 power), h embodiments in which the mole fraction of the minor component is from 0.2 to 0.35, and the cylinders are hexagonally packed, the periodicity defines the diameter of the cylinders.
- Periodicity can range, for example, from about 1.0 to about 70 nm, but can be outside this range.
- methods other than heating are used to make the molecules of the copolymer mobile.
- a plasticizer, a solvent, or a supercritical fluid, such as supercritical CO 2 to the copolymer to mobilize the molecules and allow them to move and self-assemble.
- An orienting field is applied, and the plasticizer, solvent, or supercritical fluid is removed to immobilize the molecules. Thereafter, the orienting field is removed, but the immobilized molecules maintain their orientation.
- Nanowire aspect ratios can range, for example, from about 0.05:1 to about 10,000:1; or about 0.1:1 to about 5,000:1; or about 1:1 to about 500:1; or about 2:1 to about 10,000:1 or about 2:1 to about 5,000:1, or about 2:1 to about 500:1, or about 2:1 to about 100: 1.
- Such large aspect ratio wires in an extended array are useful for creating sufficiently large magnetic coercivity though shape anisotropy, for example.
- Orientation using controlled interfacial interaction is well suited for relatively thin diblock films. For example, less than about lOOnm, or less than about 60nm, or less than about 40nm thick.
- a substrate is pre-treated so that it presents a "neutral" surface to a copolymer diblock film.
- Hydro gen-passivated silicon, or silicon coated with a random-copolymer brush are suitable exemplary neutral surfaces.
- Thin diblock films can be spun-cast atop this surface and annealed. The cylinders will self-orient vertically without directed self assembly from an external field in sufficiently thin diblock films, for example, films of less than about lOOnm.
- Ultra-high density magnetic data storage can be achieved if magnetic materials having larger intrinsic anisotropies than cobalt are used. (FePt for example.) High pattern resolution on thin films is possible using an electron beam for lateral patterning.
- the surface of the copolymer film obtained after orientation can be used as formed for a number of applications.
- the surface of the vertically oriented copolymer film is desirably substantially smooth.
- Such arrays and techniques for producing substantially flat surfaces are described in United States Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/191,340, filed March 22, 2000, titled
- Magnetic Arrays For magnetic data storage applications, in which a reading device passes rapidly over a magnetic array, the surface is desirably smooth. Any application in which a read or write head passes over an array can require high smoothness. Smoothness of a magnetic array for data storage and retrieval applications desirably ranges from about 0.5 to about 5.0 nm.
- the surfaces of vertically oriented copolymer films can be made smooth with the use of an additional material, such as an elastomer or a crosslinked elastomer applied to the conducting layer before vertical orientation steps are undertaken.
- an additional material such as a crosslinked silicone, including crosslinked- polydialkylsiloxanes, -polydiarylsiloxanes, or -polyalkyl-arylsiloxanes, including, for example, crosslinked-polydimethylsiloxane
- a conducting layer or in some embodiments, to an additional layer, as described above.
- the conducting layer, and/or any associated additional layer is coated with the additional elastomeric material, and the layers placed in contact with the copolymer film.
- Vertical orientation is carried out, as described above, and the layers removed from the surface of the vertically oriented copolymer film. The surface can be made thereby smoother than surfaces created without the additional elastomeric material.
- the minor component (or in some embodiments the major component) of the substrate-associated copolymer is removed (either component of a diblock copolymer can be "minor” or “major,” and the components can also be equally present). Removal of the minor component is achieved, e.g., by exposure to radiation (ultraviolet light, x-ray radiation, gamma radiation, visible light, heat, or an electron beam or any other radiation source which selectively degrades the minor component). Degradation or decomposing agents such as reactive oxygen species, including for example, ozone, or solvents such as ethanol, can also be used. Ultraviolet light can be used to degrade, for example, polymethylmethacrylate as a core component. Ethanol can be used to degrade, for example, polybutadiene.
- a step to remove any residual component can include treatment with a liquid, including washing with a solvent, or a material that reacts preferentially with the residual component, such as an acid or a base.
- the material used to react with residual degraded component can be, for example, a dilute form of acetic acid.
- the volume formerly filled by a now removed copolymer component now comprises cylindrical spaces extending through the thickness of the film. The remaining volume is occupied by the remainder copolymer component and is referred to as the matrix.
- Cross-linking of a component that is not degraded by an energy source or agent can add structural strength to the film, hi some embodiments, a copolymer component is crosslinked simultaneously with the degradation of another copolymer component.
- the radiation can optionally and desirably crosslink and substantially immobilize the matrix component of the diblock copolymer, so that the matrix maintains the array structure even after the cylindrical voids are created.
- a nanoporous array template is the resulting overg.il structure.
- the pore diameters can range from about 5 nm to about 100 nm or more, and the periodicity can range from about 5.0 to 70 nm.
- the resulting pores are at least partially filled with, for example, metallic, metalloid, semiconductor, and/or magnetic materials.
- Deposition of functional material can be carried out by, for example, electrodeposition, chemical vapor deposition, electroless deposition, surface chemistry, chemical adsorption, and chemically driven layer-by-layer deposition.
- electrodeposition is a desirable method, since it provides a driving force for the deposition of material into the bottoms of the pores.
- electrodeposition within the pores of a nanoscale template derived from films of diblock copolymers provides a convenient means of filling the large aspect-ratio pores in a highly controlled manner to provide an array of nanowires.
- the nanowires include at least some magnetic material.
- Magnetic materials include cobalt, nickel, iron, and alloys which contain one or more of these materials, and includes those materials which are measurably magnetic.
- the nanowires include at least some ' magnetic material.
- Magnetic materials are those materials that are measurably magnetic, and can include magnetic metals, such as cobalt, nickel, iron, rare-earth magnetic materials, and alloys that contain one or more of these materials (such as iron-platinum alloys, or PERMALLOY®, an alloy of iron and nickel, with a stoichiometry of Ni 8 ]Fe ⁇ ), as well as magnetic non-metals, including ceramic materials such as strontium or barium in combination with iron oxide.
- Organic magnets, such as tetracyanoethylene, can also be employed as magnetic materials.
- Magnetic systems can also contain materials that are non-magnetic, including nonmagnetic metals, such as copper, gold, silver, and the like.
- Magnetic materials can also be prepared as magnetic nanowires by deposition of alternating layers of magnetic metals and non-magnetic materials.
- Such alternating layers can be optionally and, for some embodiments desirably, regularly alternating, and the regularity can include regularly alternating amounts of such materials.
- a magnetic nanowire can include at least three layers of material alternating as: magnetic metal, non-magnetic material, magnetic metal; or non-magnetic material, magnetic metal, non-magnetic material.
- the alternating layers can be optionally, and in some embodiments desirably, non-regularly alternating.
- Magnetic Multilayers and Giant Magnetoresistance Fundamentals and Industrial Applications (Springer Series in Surface Sciences, No 37),” Uwe Hartmann (editor), 370 pages, (Springer- Verlag, 2000), which is incorporated herein by reference.
- Cobalt/copper alternating multilayers have been found to be useful.
- Magnetic materials can be generally chosen to have a selected magnetic coercivity, which will depend on the desired application. For example, by using just cobalt (Co) nanowires, the coercivity can range from about 7000 Oe, to any lower number.
- the perpendicular coercivity of a cobalt nanowire array can exceed 1.7 kOe at 300K, due to the cylindrical shape anisotropy and nanowires having diameters smaller than the size of a single magnetic domain.
- the coercivity can be tuned to smaller values by selecting specific electrodeposition conditions, pore diameter, and additives. For example, using the techniques described herein (applied field perpendicular to the substrate and parallel to wire axis), one can establish perpendicular coercivity of about 800 Oe at room temperature. Higher coercivities can be obtained by depositing rare earth magnetic materials.
- Magnetic materials can also have their magnetoresistive behavior tuned by adjusting the thickness of the magnetic sections, the thickness of the normal metal sections, and the diameter of the multilayered nanowires. These devices are so-called “giant” magnetoresistive devices, which are sensitive magnetic field sensors, in that the resistance changes dramatically with a change in magnetic field.
- a spin-polarized electron current leaves the larger magnetic region and is injected into the smaller magnet. This current exerts a torque on the magnetization in the smaller magnet and can reverse the direction of magnetization.
- the change in magnetization is typically accompanied by a discrete change in measured resistance. This results in a way to "write and read” using current.
- any other material which can be electrodeposited can be employed, including metals generally, semi-metals (including, for example, Bi and BiTe), and certain semiconducting materials that can be electrodeposited.
- Optimal electrodeposition of magnetic material can involve the alignment of the magnetic axis of the material substantially, parallel or skew normal to the surface upon which the magnetic material is deposited.
- Fig. 1 shows an oriented diblock copolymer film on a substrate.
- the dark areas on the substrate represent one of the components of the diblock copolymer, and the adjacent lighter areas represent the other component of the diblock copolymer.
- the upper surface of the copolymer film is here shown perfectly flat.
- the matrix material is desirably removed from the substrate surface after deposition of functional material, hi other applications, the matrix material is desirably present subsequent to deposition to provide structural stability to the array of nanowires, or to allow further post- fabrication lithographic steps. Removal of matrix material can be achieved by treating the array with an agent that selectively degrades the matrix material with respect to the nanowires as described above.
- the methods of certain embodiments described herein are based on the selective exposure of the diblock copolymer template to a radiation source which removes material from the polymer film, to create three-dimensional nanoscale elements in a multilevel integrative technology.
- Special multilevel processing steps specifically tailored to each particular device configuration, are used to achieve the complex integration.
- a simple product may require patterned diblock level of lithography only, while a complex integrated product may also require pre- and post- fabrication lithographic steps.
- the common technique to all cases of nanostructure fabrication is the selective copolymer patterning technique.
- the process involves the selective alteration of specific areas or location of a nanoporous copolymer template, e.g., by exposure to a radiation source.
- Suitable radiation sources for the selective degradation of a copolymer component include, for example, ultraviolet (UN) light, electron beams, or other sources of radiation that can efficiently degrade a component of a diblock copolymer.
- the process is depicted generally in Fig. 2a, which shows a side view of a vertically oriented diblock copolymer fil on a surface, with radiation impinging on the copolymer film. The radiation removes material from the film to create cylinders, and since the exposure is selective, there are areas of the film that contain cylinders, and areas which do not.
- Fig. 2a shows a side view of a vertically oriented diblock copolymer fil on a surface, with radiation impinging on the copolymer film. The radiation removes material from the film to create cylinders, and since the exposure is selective, there
- FIG. 2b is an overhead view of the same film, showing explicitly that, in this case, a triangular shape has been imposed on the film surface, resulting in an area where electrodeposition can potentially be earned out, depending on the characteristics of the underlying surface.
- Fig. 3 depicts the same process and resulting template, with the matrix component of the film deleted in Fig. 3 for clarity.
- a UN mask or UN projection can be used for spatial selectivity across the surface of the array.
- a focused electron beam writer or other electron beam source can be used for spatial selectivity.
- the exposure pattern imposed on the surface can be related to, or dictated by, underlying features in the film or on an underlying surface, or can be unrelated to such features.
- the underlying surface includes an electrode pattern
- specific alignment of portions of the diblock exposure pattern with portions of the electrode pattern can be a requirement for device manufacture.
- the resulting array is referred to as being laterally pattemed.
- Nanowires will be present only in areas which are the union of areas exposed to radiation, and areas containing an electrode underlying the surface of the copolymer film.
- Electrochemical deposition teclmiques can be used, including chemical vapor deposition, electroless deposition, surface chemistry, chemical adsorption, and chemically driven layer-by-layer deposition, for example.
- different electrodes can be held at differing voltages during the electrochemical deposition to allow or prevent deposition at chosen electrodes, and this technique can be referred to as "programmed deposition.”
- one electrode or group of electrodes
- This method offers expanded materials versatility, in that different types of nanowires can be deposited on the same chip.
- Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a multilevel structure created using the concepts described above, h Fig. 4, the matrix component of the copolymer is deleted from view for clarity.
- the substrate includes thin film electrodes in, or on, its surface, which can be created by conventional lithography, for example. Lateral patterning can be carried out in registry with the underlying electrode pattern as desired, followed by electrodeposition of a first material, results in the creation of first nanowires, as shown. Subsequent electrodeposition of a second material, at an electrode potential different from that used for the electrodeposition of the first material results in the creation of second nanowires, as shown.
- First and second materials can differ in characteristics, particularly in characteristics which are relevant to the functional aspects of the devices.
- the first and second materials can be metals or semi-metals, so that characteristics, such as reduction potential, semi-metal type (for example, "n"- or "p"-type semi-metal, metalloid or semiconducting materials), reduction potential, and other useful characteristics can be varied in different locations of the film.
- lateral patterning followed by electrodeposition of a first material creates first nanowires as shown.
- Another lateral patterning step in a different location, followed by electrodeposition of a second material, at any electrode potential, results in the creation of second nanowires.
- Fig. 5 shows an overhead view of another example of such a three dimensional structure, emphasizing the relationship between electrical comiections miderlying (level #1), through (level #2), and overlying (level #3) the matrix component of the diblock copolymer to create electrical connections in registry with components on these differing levels.
- Figs. 13 a, and 13b show two basic configurations of magneto- electronic transport nanodevices.
- Figs. 13a and 13b depict magneto-electronic device configurations that utilize transport current through the nanowires. These devices utilize anisotropic magnetoresistance, giant magnetoresistance, or spin-polarized current switching magnetoresistance, as discussed in Katine et al., "Current-driven magnetization reversal and spin-wave excitations in Co/Cu/Co pillars," Phys. Rev. Lett, 84, (2000), 3149, for magnetic sensing and "spintronic" purposes.
- Fig. 13a shows a first configuration, in which the "current in” and “current out” electrodes are on the substrate level, and the interconnection between these two electrodes is on the upper interconnect level.
- Fig. 13b shows a second configuration, in which the "current in” electrode is on the substrate level and the “current out” electrode is on the upper interconnect level.
- Particular combinations of these configurations will be readily apparent to those designing circuits.
- a device of the construction depicted in Fig. 13 has been made, and a microscope photograph of this device is shown in Fig. 17. The pattemed black regions are the locations of the nanowires. Magnetoresistance measurements of electron transport through the device depicted in Fig.
- the nanowires themselves can be multilayered, using pulsed electrodeposition in a two-component bath, for example, to create Cu/Co multilayers, or by sequential electrodeposition.
- Some embodiments of multilayered nanowires are depicted in Fig. 13c.
- Magnetic nanowires are, as discussed above, created using magnetic materials, principally including cobalt, nickel, iron, and alloys containing these metals, and are useful for anisotropic magnetoresistance applications.
- Multilayered magnetic nanowires are created using substantially regularly alternating layers of magnetic materials and non-magnetic materials within individual nanowires (for example, Co/Cu alternating layers), and are useful for giant magnetoresistance applications.
- Asmmetric magnetic heterostructures are made using substantially nonregularly alternating layers of magnetic and non-magnetic materials, useful for spin-polarized current switching magnetoresistance.
- the polymer film contains polymer in three distinct states: 1) the degradation by-products; 2) the insoluble component; and 3) the virgin, oriented diblock copolymer in the unexposed regions.
- the coexistence of these three states offers additional fabrication versatility.
- solvent or radiation one can choose to remove only the exposed cylinders, or alternatively, the exposed cylinders and the unexposed regions of diblock copolymer.
- acetic acid can be used to remove degraded polymer fragments from the exposed area, but will not affect the matrix component.
- An agent such as acetic acid will also not remove material from the virgin, unexposed diblock copolymer.
- the removal of material from virgin regions can be achieved by treatment with another agent, for example, toluene.
- the removal of the unexposed diblock copolymer can be chosen to occur at a separate stage of processing, for example, after nanowires have been fabricated in the pores.
- both polymer blocks will crosslink, rendering a solid insoluble film that can also be used for fabrication purposes.
- neither component of the diblock copolymer can be removed.
- Such areas can be used as robust barriers, which protect the underlying substrate from further solvent processing.
- patterning of magnetic arrays can be used to create patterned perpendicular magnetic media, as shown in Fig. 14a. Each set of nanowires is separated from other sets of nanowires by unexposed diblock copolymer.
- All individual nanowires within a given set of nanowires have the same magnetization direction, either up or down, corresponding to a data bit of either "1" or "0.”
- the laterally pattemed arrays described herein are of utility.
- the magnetization switching field of a magnetic nanowire can be modified substantially by the magnetic dipolar interactions it experiences due to neighboring nanowires, and consequently depends on whether the nanowire is found in a circle, triangle, cross- or star-shape, or other shape which tends to maximize or minimize the exposure of nanowires to each other or non-magnetic areas of the film.
- the lateral extent and shape of an array of magnetic nanowires will influence its switching behavior dramatically.
- the three dimensional nanostructured arrays described herein can be used in of technologies, including: display technology, cooling technology, magneto- electronic technology, data storage technology, sensor technology, biomolecular array technology, molecular electronic technology, waveguide technology, and other technologies.
- display technology including: display technology, cooling technology, magneto- electronic technology, data storage technology, sensor technology, biomolecular array technology, molecular electronic technology, waveguide technology, and other technologies.
- the teclmiques presented here are general and provide advances to a variety of research materials systems.
- Field emission displays offer high brightness, low power consumption, and flat-panel design.
- the displays can include an addressable array of field emitters and a phosphorescent screen.
- Efficient field emission displays require high-aspect-ratio nanoscale metal tips (for example, from about 20:1, or about 35:1, or about 50:1 to about 10,000:1) to enable electronic field emission at low tlireshold voltages.
- the emitters are desirably arranged into a high-density array.
- the array is desirably patterned laterally into sets of nanowires, with each pixel electronically addressable. These sets can include from one to 10, 20, 30, or more nanowires, depending on the desired application.
- the present invention offers simplified processing and the ability to make tip arrays with improved orientation.
- the ultra-high density, laterally patterned arrays created by the methods described herein can be successfully used for high-resolution, low power, thin and flexible display devices.
- the high aspect ratio of nanowires created by the teclmiques described herein allow the tlireshold voltage for emission to be sufficiently low so that power consumption for such field emission devices is correspondingly lowered.
- the devices are useful for television and video screens, computer monitor screen, and many other display devices such as on watches, GPS devices, and any other devices currently using LED or LCD displays .
- the thinness of such field emission arrays allows the design of such devices to be far thinner than devices available currently. Display devices made with the technology described herein are also much brighter for a given level of energy consumption than those currently available.
- Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a diagram of such an array.
- the substrate has electrodes in or on its surface, created by conventional lithography.
- Diblock copolymer is deposited on the substrate, as described above, for example, by spin-bonding.
- Vertical orientation, selective irradiation, chemical treatment, and electrodeposition follow to create sets of nanowires, in this case, deposited on two distinct electrodes.
- the ends of the nanowires are desirably at or near the film surface.
- FIG. 19 A device according to the construction of Fig. 6 was made, and microscope photographs of this device are shown in Fig. 19.
- the diblock template is shown patterned into a circular region at 20x magnification in the upper left of Fig. 19.
- the same region is shown after 250 nm cobalt nanowires have been grown at -IV into the circular region, but before electrical measurements were made at 20x magnification in the upper right of Fig. 19.
- the same region is shown after electrical measurements were made and then having brought up the emission current to the point at which the sample was destroyed in the lower part of Fig. 19 (lower left at 5x magnification, lower right at 20x magnification).
- Fig. 20 shows a graph of electronic field emission measurements made from the array shown in Fig. 19. A large current density and a low threshold was achieved.
- Fig. 21 is a close up of the images from Fig. 19, upper right and lower left, before and after destroying the sample, respectively.
- the electrodes are individually addressable, in this case, with voltages V] and N 2 . These applied voltages are independently varied as desired to control (that is, turn “on” and “off) the emission current from each nanowire set.
- a phosphor screen can be placed above the nanowire sets to create a display.
- Fig. 7 shows an overhead view of a similar device, but with four individually addressable sets of nanowires. It is important to note that nanowires are deposited only on the substrate where: 1) the copolymer is exposed to irradiation that degrades a component of the copolymer down to the substrate surface; 2) the residue of degraded component is removed from the substrate surface; and 3) the substrate surface has an electrical contact allowing electrodeposition.
- Solid-state cooling devices can also be designed utilizing the technology described herein. At present, the best commercially available thermoelectric cooling devices have thermoelectric figures of merit of approximately 0.1. The teclmiques described herein can produce devices which have thermoelectric figures of merit approaching or exceeding 2.0, e.g., devices having a figure of unit of 0.5, 0.7, 0.9, 1.0, 1.2, 1.5, 1.7, 1.8, 1.11, 2.0 or greater.
- Fig. 9 is a diagram of a single-stage thermoelectric cooler which can be made according to the methods described herein. The substrate has electrodes pre-pattemed in or on its surface. A pattemed diblock copolymer layer is created on the substrate, as described herein.
- Nanowires of two types are deposited by programmed electrodeposition.
- “n-type” nanowires, made from “n-type” materials, well known in the art are deposited at one electrode
- p-type” nanowires, made from “p-type” materials, also well known in the art are deposited at another electrode.
- a top-layer metal interconnect is then deposited electrochemically.
- the device operates through the application of current through the device, so that the top plate becomes cold and the electrodes and substrate become warm.
- the top plate can be used as a heat sink for use in electronic devices, for example.
- Multistage coolers can also be made by this fabrication method. Heating devices are also made possible by the simple adaptation of the device for such purposes.
- Next generation magnetic data storage technologies will likely utilize perpendicular magnetic media to store data.
- Present technologies use lateral magnetic media in which the magnetic storage elements lie along the surface of the substrate.
- the size of the basic elements must be reduced. This introduces a problem, however, since as the scale of these regions is reduced, so is the blocking temperature which marks the onset of superparamagnetism.
- the blocking temperature must be kept large, otherwise the stored magnetization state of each element will decay and data will be lost.
- One way to reduce the size scale of a magnetic media element without substantially reducing the blocking temperature is to utilize shape and volume, that is, to make small cylindrically-shaped objects of high aspect ratio (for example, from about 20:1, or about 35:1 or about 50:1 to about 10,000:1).
- a cylindrically-shaped magnet of diameter 10 nm and length of 500 nm will have a much higher blocking temperature than that of a spherical magnet of 10 nm diameter.
- the highest spatial packing density of magnetic cylinders occurs for cylinders in a vertical hexagonal closed-packed arrangement.
- pure cobalt is a soft ferromagnet of relatively low coercivity and not necessarily an ideal material for magnetic data storage.
- certain cobalt alloys have "designer" magnetic properties including engineered coercivity which makes them useful for present-day magnetic media applications. These cobalt alloys can be electro-deposited from a specific plating bath containing the relevant ions.
- Magneto-electronic devices can be used for magnetic sensing applications (e.g., magnetic data storage) and for "spintronics" (e.g.,.MRAM).
- Appropriately chosen nanoscale magnetic architectures can result in improved performance since magnetic interactions can be tuned at the nanometer scale.
- the teclmiques described herein can be used to create devices in a variety of useful magneto-electronic configurations.
- GMR giant magnetoresistive
- the magnetic arrays made using techniques described herein show GMR type behavior.
- the architecture of these arrays is significantly different than others that have been produced.
- the important consideration for GMR device design is that there be electrical contact between the substrate and the magneticiianowires, not whether the wires are embedded in the template or not. Therefore, the wires can be grown (that is, electrodeposited) to less than the film thickness for GMR devices without a need to remove matrix material prior to operability.
- Of key importance to optimal performance of GMR devices is the ability to form a regular array of very small dimensions, for example, an array of 25.4 nanometer period made of cylinders 11 nanometers in diameter.
- the fabrication processes described herein permit the well-controlled height of the cylinders, and the ability to multilayer the cylinder material as it is grown.
- FIG. 10 A particular embodiment of a GMR device is shown in Fig. 10.
- the device is created by fabricating a magnetic nanoarray as described herein on a substrate patterned with an electrode.
- This particular magnetoresistive device is in a "lateral transport" configuration (the transport current is affected by the presence of the magnetic nanowires, but is not configured to pass through the wire along its length).
- the matrix component of the copolymer is deleted from Fig. 10 for clarity.
- the nanowires for such a device are desirably asymmetric magnetic heterostructures, as described above with respect to Fig. 13c.
- Fig. 13c does not imply that in a given set of nanowires, all three types are used, rather that any one of the types can be employed in a set.
- Smart media are media that sense this environment in a particular way, and create a measurable response. This could be, for example, a chemical sensor in which the device produces an electrical current when the presence of a particular type of molecule in solution is detected. Any electrical version of patterned smart media could be integrated with other signal processing on the same chip. Another example is a sensing medium that changes color upon sensing a change in chemical environment, temperature environment, optical stimulus, or other type of stimulus. Since the diblock systems are laterally patterned, arrays with large numbers of distinct sensing elements are fabricated. Each element is a localized transducer that is integrated into an on-chip circuit.
- the techniques described herein can be used to produce nanowire arrays with a nanoelement density of approximately 1.2 x 10 12 elements/in 2 . This ultimately enables data storage technologies with storage capacities exceeding a terabit/in .
- Pattemed versions of high-density media in which one bit of data is encoded in the magnetization of a group of magnetic nanowires are created.
- the pattemed diblock-derived devices described herein provide a simple fabrication route to high storage densities.
- nanoporous templates disclosed herein are used conveniently to make devices for electrochemical sensing as an array of "microelectrodes.”
- microelectrode refers to a configuration of electrode that induces radial diffusion of an electrochemically-active species toward the electrode.
- the behavior of a microelectrode differs dramatically from that of a planar electrode.
- a nanoporous polymer template nanoelecfrode array as described herein offers fast response, lower detection limits, and the possibility for molecular selectivity based on size or molecular interactions with the template.
- the lateral-patterning invention advances the use of nanoporous templates for this purpose because several distinct microelectrodes arrays are configured onto the same chip using pattemed diblock templates atop a pre-pattemed thin- film electrode set.
- Combinatorial chips are configured for DNA gene expression studies and other diagnostic applications.
- the nanoporous polymer templates described herein are patterned and filled with metals or silicon oxide that are used to attach biomolecules that will enable new types of biomolecular research capabilities. Patterned versions of such structures are of far greater usefulness.
- Another application for lateral patterning is to create structures for sorting molecules in nanoscales.
- Photonic waveguides are able to have much smaller turn radius as compared to optical fiber. Such waveguides can be used to interconnect on-chip optical components.
- Electrical interconnections to Nanowires can be made to nanowires made by patterned diblock copolymer templates. This is achieved by integrating the templating process with other pre- and post-processing steps.
- Electrodes are prepattemed onto the substrate by a suitable lithographic technique.
- a diblock copolymer film is deposited.
- a metal layer is deposited.
- a conventional (photo- or e-beam-) resist is deposited.
- the cylinders of the diblock copolymer can be oriented by the teclmiques described herein.
- the resulting structure is shown in Fig. 15 a. Selected areas of the top resist are exposed lithographically and removed by chemical development. Subsequently the exposed metal layer (#2) is removed by a metal etch.
- the diblock film is exposed to ultraviolet (UN) light or an electronic beam, if it has not been exposed in a prior step.
- UV ultraviolet
- Fig. 15b The diblock film is now chemically developed with acetic acid or another suitable developer to result in a nanoporous template. If desired, the surface of the nanoporous template can be cleaned using a reactive ion etch with oxygen. This structure is shown in Fig. 15c.
- Nanowires or other suitable nanostmctures are now deposited into the pores of the nanoporous template. To achieve top electrical contact, the deposition can continue until electrical connection is made with the top layer. As discussed herein, a range of different desired nanostmctures ⁇ can be deposited in the pores, depending on the target application. This structure is shown in Fig. 15d. hi some applications, such as field emissions arrays, electrical contact to the top layer is not desired. Rather, the isolated top metal layer would be used as an electrical gate in a triode field emission device configuration. In other applications, metal contact #2 can be replaced over the deposited nanowires to complete contact through the wires, as shown in Fig. 15e.
- the integration scheme described in Figure 15 represents only one out of several schemes for integration and interfacing nanostructures made by patterned nanoporous templates. Nanofabrication via patterned diblock copolymers can be combined easily with other (pre- and post-) process steps, and done so such that the pattem is made in registry with previous lithographic patterns.
- Electrodes are prepattemed onto the substrate by a suitable lithographic technique.
- a diblock copolymer film is deposited.
- the diblock cyclinders are then oriented , exposed lithographically in a desired pattem, and then developed into a nanoporous template.
- Nanowires or other suitable nanostmctures are now deposited into the pores of the nanoporous template.
- a suitable lithographic exposure and development a ion etch performed to remove degraded portions (for example, oxide) from the top of the nanowires, and then deposition of metal electrodes in the contact areas.
- Example 1 A Prototype of a Field Emission Array
- Figs. 8a-8d are 10X optical images of a prototype of a field emission array built by the inventors.
- the silicon substrate was gold pattemed with conventional lithography with a 1 micrometer thick, vertically oriented diblock copolymer film (polystyrene/polymethyjmethacrylate, 70/30 by volume) covering the entire surface (the film is optically transparent).
- Fig. 8b is an image of the same sample after electron-beam patterning in the shape of a square, and acetic acid development.
- the inner square was a patterned nanoporous template.
- the outer square was a solid film of crosslinked polystyrene/polymethylmethacrylate made by intentional overexposure to radiation.
- Fig. 8c is an image of the same sample after
- Example 2 A Prototype Magnetoresistive Device
- Figs. 11a and lib are 1 OX optical images of a prototypical four- wire magnetoresistive device made by the inventors.
- An array of vertical magnetic nanowires stands atop a thin-film of gold pre-pattemed into a four-probe resistor pattem.
- This device is used to investigate spin-dependent scattering in a "current-in- plane" (CIP) geometry where the scattering interface is geometrically periodic on the scale of tens of nanometers.
- Fig. 1 la is an image of a substrate with a patterned electrode underlayer covered with an optically transparent diblock copolymer film layer prepared as described in Example 1.
- the four probe resistor pattern was created as 2 ⁇ m in width and 100 ⁇ m in length, by standard electron beam lithography using a PMMA resist on a silicon substrate.
- the thin-film resistor includes a 20 nm thick gold layer on top of a 1 nm Cr adhesion layer.
- a 1.1 ⁇ m thick film of poly(styrene- ⁇ -methylmethacrylate) diblock copolymer denoted P(S- ⁇ -MMA) having 30% by volume polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) with molecular weight of 42,000 Daltons was spun coated onto the patterned surface of substrate. This copolymer microphase separates into a hexagonal array of PMMA cylinders in a polystyrene (PS) matrix.
- PS polystyrene
- the sample was then exposed to an electron beam impinging on the sample in the shape of a square (area dose of 50 ⁇ C/cm 2 , with beam energy and current used is 20 kV and 2000 pA, respectively. Generally, for such diblock films of about 1 micron, the exposure dose can range from about 20 to about 200 ⁇ C/cm 2 , with accelerating voltages and beam currents as described above. Optimal doses have been found to be about 80 ⁇ C/cm .
- the sample was then chemically developed with acetic acid. The original copolymer remains in the unexposed areas.
- Cobalt nanowires were deposited in the pores on top of the gold pattern from an aqueous deposition bath, prepared by mixing 96 grams of CoSO -7H 2 O and 13.5 grams H 3 BO 3 in 300 ml pure H 2 O, with 60 ml of methanol added as surfactant, resulting in an electrolyte pH of 3.7.
- the Co was electroplated at a reduction potential of-l.ON with respect to a saturated calomel reference electrode.
- the nanowires were 500 nm in length.
- Fig. lib is an image of the same sample after nanowire electrodeposition.
- Structural information was obtained by performing small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM).
- SAXS data confirms a perpendicular nanowire orientation with a period of 21.7 nm.
- the sample was cleaved in two, and FESEM used to examine a cross-section of the nanowire array.
- the diameter of the nanowires was found to be approximately 11 nm, with a period of 21.8 mn.
- the individual magnetic nanowires should be single-domain in equilibrium, and show interesting magnetoresistance (MR) effects, since the interwire spacing is less than the spin diffusion length.
- MR magnetoresistance
- the four- wire magnetoresistive device prepared in Example 2 was used for measurement.
- the magnetic cobalt nanowire array is composed of 14 nm diameter wires, each 500 nm long, arranged in a hexagonal lattice with a period of 24 nm.
- the structure of the device was verified by small- angle X-ray scattering measurements.
- the magnetic field direction is parallel to the nanowire axis.
- a cross sectional scanning electron micrograph (SEM) image of such an array is shown in Fig. 12b.
- the GMR ratio as a function of temperature between 2K and 300K is shown in Fig. 12a.
- the data taken at 2K shows the largest amplitude curve, and that taken at 300K shows the smallest amplitude curve, with intermediate temperatures having intermediate values, with amplitudes in line with the ordering of the temperature.
- FIG. 16a-c Other GMR ratios, as a function of orientation of magnetic field and temperature are shown in Figs. 16a-c.
- the magnetoresistance is defined as [R(H) - R(50 kOe)/R(50 kOe)].
- the data taken at 2K shows the largest amplitude curve, and that taken at 300K shows the smallest amplitude curve, with intermediate temperatures having intermediate values, with amplitudes in line with the ordering of the temperature.
- the field is normal to the plane of the Au film (parallel to the Co nanowires) and the current direction.
- Fig. 16b For the "transverse” orientation (Fig. 16b) and "longitudinal" orientation (Fig.
- the field is in the plane of the gold film (perpendicular to the Co wires), but perpendicular or parallel to the current direction, respectively.
- the different shapes and values for the MR curves for the three orientations provide evidence for the coexistence of anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) and giant magnetoresistance (GMR) scattering mechanisms in this system.
- AMR anisotropic magnetoresistance
- GMR giant magnetoresistance
- MR behavior of the Co nanowires was also investigated as a function of gold film thickness and Co nanowire length.
- Gold films of 7.5, 10 and 20 n thickness were studied with Co nanowires of 500 mn.
- samples of Co nanowire lengths of 100 and 500 nm were prepared having gold film thickness of 20 nm.
- MR behavior was found to depend principally on nanowire length.
- a plot of normalized MR max for a perpendicular orientation at 0 field versus temperature for various gold film thicknesses and Co nanowire lengths is shown in Fig. 22. The characteristics clearly indicate that the temperature dependence of MR is strongly dependent on the Co nanowire length, but not so strongly on the gold film thickness.
- Each data set is normalized to its 2K value for comparison.
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