• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.672-675
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• 2005

To imprint 70-nm wide line-patterns, we used a newly developed ultraviolet nanoimprint lithography (UV-NIL) process in which an elementwise patterned stamp (EPS), a large-area stamp, and pressurized air are used to imprint a wafer in a single step. For a single-step UV-NIL of a 4' wafer, we fabricated two identical $5'\times5'\times0.09'(W{\times}L{\times}H)$ quartz EPSs, except that one is with nanopatterns and the other without nanopatterns. Both of them consist of 16 small-area stamps, called elements, each of which is $10\;mm\;\times\;10\;mm$. UV-curable low-viscosity resin droplets were dispensed directly on each element of the EPSs. The volume and viscosity of each droplet are 3.7 nl and 7 cps. Droplets were dispensed in such a way that no air entrapment between elements and wafer occurs. When the droplets were fully pressed between ESP and wafer, some incompletely filled elements were observed because of the topology mismatch between EPS and wafer. To complete those incomplete fillings, pressurized air of 2 bar was applied to the bottom of the wafer for 2 min. Experimental results have shown that nanopatterns of the EPS were successfully transferred to the resin layer on the wafer.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제34권12호
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• pp.1849-1856
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• 2010

유리/레진/유리의 샌드위치 구조는 자동차, 바이오, 디스플레이 산업 등에서 이미 상용화되고 있는 구조이다. 이러한 유리/레진/유리의 샌드위치 구조는 최근 반도체, MEMS분야 등에서 대량생산기술로 관심을 일으키고 있는 임프린트 리소그래피 공정에서도 다루어지고 있다. 나노 임프린트 공정 기술은 몰드의 마이크로, 나노패턴을 기판에 반복적으로 전사함으로써 반도체 제조공정에서 5나노미터(nm) 이하의 선폭까지 구현할 수 있는 기술이다. 이 과정에서 사용되는 레진은 패터닝된 몰드에 의해 변형되고 UV(Ultraviolet rays)에 의해 경화되어 패턴의 전사과정을 거친다. 이 때 몰드와 기판의 이형거동은 나노 단위의 정밀한 정렬과 공정의 생산성과 직결된다. 따라서 본 연구에 서는 4점 굽힘 실험을 통해 유리/레진/유리 구조의 굽힘 강도를 측정하였고, 특히 이 과정에서 계면해방률을 도출함으로써 나노 임프린트 공정 시 몰드와 레진 층의 이형거동을 기계적 측면에서 고찰하였다.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.182-189
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• 2006

In this paper, the adhesion characteristics between a fused silica without or with an anti-sticking layer and a thermoplastic polymer film used in thermal NIL were investigated experimentally in order to identify the release performance of the anti-sticking layer. The anti-sticking layers were derived from fluoroalkylsilanes, (1H, 1 H, 2H, 2H-perfluorooctyl)trichlorosilane ($F_{13}-OTS$) and (3, 3, 3-trifluoropropyl)trichlorosilane (FPTS), and coated on the silica surface in vapor phase. The commercial polymers, mr-I 7020 and 8020 (micro resist technology, GmbH), for thermal NIL were spin-coated on Si substrate with a rectangular island which was fabricated by conventional microfabrication process to achieve small contact area and easy alignment of flat contact sur- faces. Experimental conditions were similar to the process conditions of thermal NIL. When the polymer film on the island was separated from the silica surface after imprint process, the adhesion force between the silica surface and the polymer film was measured and the surfaces of the silica and the polymer film after the separation were observed. As a result, the anti-sticking layers remarkably reduced the adhesion force and the surface damage of polymer film and the chain length of silane affects the adhesion characteristics. The anti-sticking layers derived from FPTS and $F_{13}-OTS$ reduced the adhesion force per unit area to 38% and 16% of the silica sur-faces without an anti-sticking layer, respectively. The anti-sticking layer derived from $F_{13}-OTS$ was more effective to reduce the adhesion, while both of the anti-sticking layers prevented the surface damages of the polymer film. Finally, it is also found that the adhesion characteristics of mr-I 7020 and mr-I 8020 polymer films were similar with each other.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.636-641
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• 2012

In this study, we have investigated highly efficient nanoscale surface corrugated light emitting diodes (LEDs) for the enhancement of light extraction efficiency (LEE) of nitride semiconductor LEDs. Nanoscale indium tin oxide (ITO) surface corrugations are fabricated by using the conformal nanoimprint technique; it was possible to observe an enhancement of LEE for the ITO surface corrugated LEDs. By incorporating this novel method, we determined that the total output power of the surface corrugated LEDs were enhanced by 45.6% for patterned sapphire substrate LEDs and by 41.9% for flat c-plane substrate LEDs. The enhancement of LEE through nanoscale surface corrugations was studied using 3-dimensional Finite Different Time Domain (FDTD) calculation. From the FDTD calculations, we were able to separate the light extraction from the top and bottom sides of device. This process revealed that light extraction from the top and bottom sides of a device strongly depends on the substrate and the surface corrugation. We found that enhanced LEE could be understood through the mechanism of enhanced light transmission due to refractive index matching and the increase of light scattering from the corrugated surface. LEE calculations for the encapsulated LEDs devices also revealed that low LEE enhancement is expected after encapsulation due to the reduction of the refractive index contrast.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.79-84
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• 2013

Nanoimprint lithography (NIL) is the next generation photolithography process in which the photoresist is dispensed onto the substrate in its liquid form and then imprinted and cured into a desired pattern instead of using traditional optical system. There have been considerable attentions on NIL due to its potential abilities that enable cost-effective and high-throughput nanofabrication to the display device and semiconductor industry. Although one of the current major research trends of NIL is large-area patterning, the technical difficulties to keep the uniformity of the residual layer become severer as the imprinting area increases more and more. In this paper, with the rolling type imprinting process, a mold, placed upon the $2^{nd}$ generation TFT-LCD glass sized substrate($370{\times}470mm^2$), is rolled by a rubber roller to achieve a uniform residual layer. The prediction of residual layer thickness of the photoresist by rolling of the rubber roller is crucial to design the rolling type imprinting process, determine the rubber roller operation conditions-mpressing force & feeding speed, operate smoothly the following etching process, and so forth. First, using the elasticity theory of contact problem and the empirical equation of rubber hardness, the contact length between rubber roller and mold is calculated with consideration of the shape and hardness of rubber roller and the pressing force to rubber roller. Next, using the squeeze flow theory to photoresist flow, the residual layer thickness of the photoresist is calculated with information of the viscosity and initial layer thickness of photoresist, the shape of mold pattern, feeding speed of rubber roller, and the contact length between rubber roller and mold previously calculated. Last, the effects of rubber roller operation conditions, impressing force & feeding speed, on the residual layer thickness are analyzed with consideration of the shape and hardness of rubber roller.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.96-104
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• 2010

NIL, S-FIL과 같은 각인 기술(Imprinting lithography)를 적용하기 위한 투명하고 단단한 복제 틀(replica hard mold)을 제작하여 고가의 원판(master)와 패턴이 형성되는 기판과의 접촉을 근본적으로 방지해 경제적인 공정이 가능함을 제안한다. 실리콘 웨이퍼(Si wafer)와 같은 원판(master)과 패턴 형성 시 사용되는 기판과 직접적인 접촉을 방지하기 위해 우선 액상 공정을 이용하여 비접착성 표면처리된 고분자 복제(polymer copy)를 매개체(carrier)로 단단한 복제 틀을 제작한다. 이렇게 제작된 단단한 복제 틀(replica hard mold)는 유리와 거의 같은 강도와 투명도를 나타내며, 각인 공정(imprinting process)에서 석영 틀, 실리콘 웨이퍼(quartz mold, Si wafer)과 같이 값비싼 원판(master)의 직접 사용을 대체하여 성공적으로 패턴을 구현할 수 있다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.433-437
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 나노임프린트 리소그래피를 이용하여 500 nm line, 600 nm pore, $1{\mu}m$ pore, $2.5{\mu}m$ pore의 마이크로 수준에서 나노 수준에 이르는 다양한 크기와 모양의 nanopore 형태 패턴을 제작하였다. Thermal imprint 방식과 달리 상온, 저압에서 임프린팅이 가능하며 사용되는 스탬프의 수명을 늘리고 보다 미세하고 복잡한 형태의 패턴을 제작할 수 있는 UV-assisted imprint 방식을 사용하였다. E-beam lithography로 패턴을 각인한 quartz소재의 스탬프를 사용하였으며 스탬프의 재질이 투명하여 UV 조사시 UV curable resin이 경화될 수 있도록 하였다. 또한 스탬프의 표면을 (heptadecafluoro-1,1,2,2-tetrahydrodecyl) trichlorosilane의 monolayer 층으로 미리 코팅하여 임프린트 후 스탬프와 기판과의 releasing을 쉽게함과 동시에 패턴의 일부가 스탬프에 묻어 나와 전사된 패턴에 defect가 없도록 하였다. 또한, gold를 미리 증착하여 임프린팅함으로써 lift-off 시에 필요한 hi-layer 층이 필요 없게 되어 산소 플라즈마를 이용한 에칭이 더욱 쉽고 lift-off 공정이 생략될 수 있도록 하였다. 나노임프린트 공정에 있어 가장 큰 문제점은 잔여층의 생성이며 이러한 잔여층을 제거하고자 산소 플라즈마 에칭을 하였다. 에칭공정을 통해 gold의 표면이 완전히 드러났으며 산소 플라즈마를 통해 gold의 표면이 친수성으로 바뀌어 추후 단백질 고정화를 더욱 쉽게 하였다. 그리하여 나노임프린트 기술을 이용해 나노크기의 바이오소자 제작을 가능하게 하였다.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.255-263
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• 2008

Adhesion tests were conducted to investigate the adhesion characteristics between mold and thermoplastic polymer film. Coating of anti-sticking layer (ASL), a kind of polymer material, imprint pressure, and separation velocity were considered as the process conditions. A piece of fused silica without patterns on its surface was used as a mold and the thermoplastic polymer films were made on Si substrate by spin-coating the commercial polymer solution such as mr-I PMMA and mr-I 7020. The ASL was derived from (1H, 1H, 2H, 2H - perfluorooctyl) trichlorosilane($F_{13}$-OTS) and coated on the fused silica mold in vapor phase. The pull-off force was measured in various process conditions and the surfaces of the mold and the polymer film were observed after separation. It was found that the adhesion characteristics between the mold and the thermoplastic polymer film and the release performance of ASL were changed according to the process conditions. The ASL was effective to reduce the pull-off force and the damage of polymer film. In cases of the mold coated with ASL, the pull-off force did not depend on imprint pressure and separation velocity.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.113-117
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• 2020

논문에서는 고분자 나노구조 필름의 기계적 물성을 향상하기 위하여 광열효과를 이용한 열처리 공정을 응용하여 나노임프린트로 제작된 고분자 나노구조 필름의 기계적 물성에 미치는 영향을 규명하였다. Hybrid resin과 UV 나노임프린트을 이용하여 저반사 나노구조를 성형하고 IPL (intense pulsed light)를 이용하여 열처리를 수행한 뒤, 제작된 나노구조 필름의 투과율과 내스크래치성을 평가하여 나노구조의 성형성과 기계적 물성의 변화를 관찰하였다. 나노패턴의 특성에 의해서 나노구조의 투과율은 550 nm 파장에서 97.6%로 고투과율의 기능을 확인하였으며, IPL을 이용한 열처리를 진행한 경우 Hotplate를 이용한 열처리보다 경도는 0.51 GPa로, 0.27 GPa로 열처리한 시편에 비해 1.8배 향상하였으며, 동일 실험 조건에서 탄성율은 Hotplate 이용 시 4 GPa에서 IPL 이용 시 5.9 GPa로 1.4배 증가하였다.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.199-206
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• 2022

We present the high-brightness large-area 10.1" in-cell polarizer display panel integrated with a wire grid polarizer (WGP) and metal reflector, from the initial design to final system development in a commercially feasible level. We have modeled and developed the WGP architecture integrated with the metal reflector in a single in-cell layer, to achieve excellent polarization efficiency as well as brightness enhancement through the light recycling effect. After the optimization of key experimental parameters via Taguchi method, the roll nanoimprint lithography employing a flexible large-area tiled mold has been utilized to create the 90 nm-pitch polymer resist pattern with the 54.1 nm linewidth and 5.1 nm residual layer thickness. The 90 nm-pitch Al gratings with the 51.4 nm linewidth and 2150 Å height have been successfully fabricated after subsequent etch process, providing the in-cell WGPs with high optical performance in the entire visible light regime. Finally we have integrated the WGP in a commercial 10.1" display device and demonstrated its actual operation, exhibiting 1.24 times enhancement of brightness compared to a conventional film polarizer-based one, with the contrast ratio of 1,004:1. Polarization efficiency and transmittance of the developed WGPs in an in-cell polarizer panel achieve 99.995 % and 42.3 %, respectively.