Titanium infiltration into ultrathin PMMA brushes

Vapor phase infiltration (VPI) is a bottom-up process that involves the infiltration of polymers, often using atomic layer deposition compatible precursors. By exposing a polymer to an organo-metallic precursor, area selective material formation is achieved where the precursor reacts with regions co...

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Main Author: Mani Gonzalez, Pierre Giovanni
Other Authors: McFeely, Caitlin, Snelgrove, Matthew, Shiel, Kyle, Hernandez-Marquez, Jesus Alfredo, O Connor, Robert
Format: Artículo
Language:en_US
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0001061
https://avs.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1116/6.0001061
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Summary:Vapor phase infiltration (VPI) is a bottom-up process that involves the infiltration of polymers, often using atomic layer deposition compatible precursors. By exposing a polymer to an organo-metallic precursor, area selective material formation is achieved where the precursor reacts with regions covered by an infiltration-receptive polymer brush. Combining receptive and rejecting polymers that have the capability of forming complex nanopatterns could potentially allow for the creation of nanofeatures, offering a route to area selective deposition. This work is concerned with the creation and characterization of titanium-infiltrated films with a VPI process. Thin films of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) were infused with titanium isopropoxide and subsequently analyzed with angular resolved x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. All XPS analysis and VPI treatments were completed without breaking vacuum in an integrated …