Computational Study of Electrohydrodynamic Jet Printing with Block-Copolymer Inks
Directed self-assembly (DSA) enables to fabricate below 10-nm patterns. However, DSA has patterning limitation of spin coating to define arbitrary patterns with various sizes, periodicities, and morphologies in a wafer. Electrohydrodynamic (E) jet printing with block copolymer (BCP)
inks can create BCP patterning with complex structures and tunable periodicities across a large substrate. In this paper, E-jet printing with BCP inks is computationally modeled to reduce this process complexity. For E-jet printing, analytical methods are described for jet radius, surface
charge density, jet velocity, electric field, and working distance. BCP patterning is simulated by using the dissipative particle dynamics (DPD). Simulation results can agree well with experimental results within the allowable range. Among process parameters of E-jet printing with BCP inks,
working distance, volume fraction, molecular weight, and a maximum repulsion factor between PS and PMMA particles are dominant factors on BCP random patterns.
Keywords: Block Copolymer; Dissipative Particle Dynamics; E-Jet Printing; Lithography; Lithography Simulation; Self-Assembly
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: Hongik University, Department of Science, Seoul 121-791, Republic of Korea
Publication date: 01 August 2017
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