Abstract
Self-assembled films of octadecyltrichlorosilane were patterned with regions of different chemical functionality using extreme ultraviolet interferometric lithography. Unexposed regions of the imaging layers remain terminated in methyl groups, and exposed regions are modified so as to be terminated with polar, oxygen-containing terminal groups. Thin films of symmetric poly(styrene-b-methyl methacrylate) were deposited on the substrates and annealed. Unexposed and exposed regions are preferentially wet by the polystyrene block and poly(methyl methacrylate) block of the copolymer, respectively. The dimensions of the grating patterns on the substrate had periods (Ls) from 1400 to ∼60 nm. If Ls ≫ Lo (Lo = bulk lamellar period of the block copolymer), then the surface pattern was replicated in the topography of the polymer film with a maximum difference in film thickness of 1/2Lo on adjacent regions. The topographic pattern of the polymer film was a result of lamellae oriented parallel to the substrate with sy...
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