Basic research of nanoimprint graphoepitaxy

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26870505
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Nanomaterials engineering; Structural/Functional materials
• Research Institution: University of Hyogo
• Principal Investigator: Okada Makoto 兵庫県立大学, 高度産業科学技術研究所, 助教 (60637065)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: ナノインプリント / 分子配向 / ナノインプリントグラフォエピタキシー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Nanoimprint technology is a simple nanofabrication process that can be used to fabricate a variety of nanostructures. In addition, molecular orientation can be also induced by nanoimprinting. I have previously found that a photo-cross-linkable liquid crystalline polymer (PLCP) is reoriented by thermal nanoimprinting. I refer to the nanoimprint process that induces molecular orientation as nanoimprint graphoepitaxy. I evaluated the molecular orientation phenomena of P6CAM molecules which is a PLCP material induced by nanoimprint graphoepitaxy. Additionally, I performed double nanoimprint graphoepitaxy on P6CAM and observe the resulting molecular orientation pattern.

Free Research Field

ナノインプリント、ナノテクノロジー