CN104592539B - Acid anhydride copolymer finishing coat for film block copolymer tropism control - Google Patents

Acid anhydride copolymer finishing coat for film block copolymer tropism control Download PDF

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CN104592539B
CN104592539B CN201410409101.4A CN201410409101A CN104592539B CN 104592539 B CN104592539 B CN 104592539B CN 201410409101 A CN201410409101 A CN 201410409101A CN 104592539 B CN104592539 B CN 104592539B
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Advanced Lithographic pattern is prepared using self-assembled block copolymers structure to depend on controlling the orientation of these structures in the film.Particularly, the orientation of the cylindrical body perpendicular to block copolymer membrane plane and sheet is needed in most applications.The preferred method for realizing orientation is to pass through heating.The present invention includes controlling Block Copolymer Thin Film by heating using dipole inversion (polarity-switching) finishing coat to be orientated.Finishing coat can be spin-coated on Block Copolymer Thin Film from polarity casting solvent, and it changes composition in thermal annealing and becomes " neutral ".Finishing coat can aid in the tropism control of block copolymer, and in addition to this only by heating, the tropism control is impossible.

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Acid anhydride copolymer finishing coat for film block copolymer tropism control
Cross reference to related applications
The part continuation application requires U. S. application the 13/761,918th preferential proposed on February 07th, 2013 Power, U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/597,327 priority which proposed on February 10th, 2012, it Content be incorporated herein by reference.
Invention field
Advanced Lithographic pattern, which is prepared, using self-assembled block copolymers depends on its tropism control in the film. Block copolymer can be made to be orientated by thermal annealing finishing coat, otherwise the orientation of block copolymer can be extremely difficult.Packet of the present invention It includes using copolymer finishing coat, can be spin-coated on Block Copolymer Thin Film, and for by heating to control the block The orientation of copolymer microcell, is then removed.The finishing coat can make existing in Block Copolymer Thin Film in no finishing coat Under only by heat its will not be orientated microcell orientation.
Background of invention
It is well known [1] that diblock copolymer, which is self-assembled into the clear structure with 5-100nm grades of sizes,.In order to make these Structure can be used for a variety of applications, needs to use it with film and takes block copolymer structure (such as sheet and cylinder) To make them perpendicular to the substrate coated by them.A kind of method is needed to generate with the required structure that can be etched The feature of arrangement.
Brief summary of the invention
The present invention includes polymer topcoat, the block copolymer in film can be made to be orientated by heating, so that Only by heating the phase separation structure that will not be orientated perpendicular to the planar orientation of film.Moreover, from insoluble or essentially insoluble swollen The solvent of any component of the block copolymer is by the top coat.Topcoat polymer of the present invention occurs when heated Performance change, this makes them effective in orientation process.Moreover, by using insoluble or essentially insoluble swollen block copolymerization The solvent of any component of object can remove topcoat polymer of the invention from the surface of the block copolymer.
In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a kind of is applied to block copolymer film for finishing coat to generate stratiform knot The method of structure, the layer structure include substrate, surface energy neutral layer, block copolymer and can be total to not destroying or being modified the block The topcoating composition coated under polymers.The insoluble surface neutral layer generates by methods known in the art, and It can be made of self-assembled monolayer, " molecular brush (brushes) " or cross-linked polymer.Usually pass through spin coating for the block copolymer It is applied on insoluble neutral layer.In one embodiment, which is made of various ingredients, one of them is acid Acid anhydride.In one embodiment, which is derived from maleic anhydride monomer part.It can change component ratio in finishing coat to come most Optimize the performance of specific block copolymer.In one embodiment, which is dissolved in insoluble or substantially In the solvent of the non-swelling block copolymer film.In one embodiment, which can be water, alcohol or water and alcohols Mixture.The solvent can be alkali.In one embodiment, the alkali is aqueous ammonium hydroxide or aqueous alkylaryl hydroxide Change the like derivatives of ammonium or alkyl ammonium hydroxide.In one embodiment, which is dissolved in alkali, by gained Salt separate and be re-dissolved in new casting solvent (casting solvent).In one embodiment, the salt casting film Solvent (salt casting solvent) is the mixture of water, organic solvent or water and organic solvent.In another embodiment party In case, which is the mixture of alcohol or pure and mild organic solvent.
In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a kind of methods, comprising: a) providing has the substrate on surface, in surface With layer, block copolymer and finishing coat, b) under conditions of generating first layer, the substrate table is handled with the surface neutral layer Face;C) under conditions of generating the second layer comprising block copolymer film on said surface, the table is coated with block copolymer Face neutral layer;D) block copolymer described in top coat, so that third layer is generated on said surface, wherein the third Layer only can be such that block copolymer microcell is orientated perpendicular to membrane plane by thermal annealing.In numerous applications, preferably only lead to It crosses heating or so-called thermal annealing realizes orientation.In one embodiment, thermal annealing in the presence of no finishing coat is not Vertical features can be generated.In one embodiment, the finishing coat of step d) is not damage, dissolving or essentially insoluble swollen In the solvent or solvent mixture of the block copolymer.In one embodiment, the finishing coat of step d) is applied with face In the solvent of layer reaction.In one embodiment, the finishing coat of step d) be in solvent mixture, and the solvent mix Object includes the ingredient reacted with finishing coat.In one embodiment, which is dissolved in comprising water, pure and mild organic solvent In the liquid of at least one of (or combinations thereof).In one embodiment, which is dissolved in comprising water, pure and mild had In solvent it is any two or more mixture liquid in.In one embodiment, which also includes alkali.? In one embodiment, which is alkali.In one embodiment, which is amine.In one embodiment, the amine choosing Free alkylamine, aliphatic amine and be connected to any combination of functional groups amine (or combinations thereof) constitute group.In an embodiment party In case, the amine is salt.In one embodiment, the salt has selected from by ammonium cation, alkyl ammonium cation and fat The cation in group that race's ammonium cation (or combinations thereof) is constituted.In one embodiment, which includes the combination of cation. In one embodiment, the salt includes anion.In one embodiment, the anion is hydroxide radical anion. In one embodiment, the alkali includes ammonium hydroxide.In one embodiment, the alkali includes alkyl ammonium hydroxide. In one embodiment, the alkali includes trimethylamine.In one embodiment, the alkali includes the mixture of salt and amine. In one embodiment, the finishing coat of reaction is separated again.In one embodiment, the finishing coat of dissolution is separated again. In one embodiment, the finishing coat separated again is reused in the above-mentioned methods.In one embodiment, pass through one Kind or a variety of technologies selected from precipitating, evaporation and distillation (or combinations thereof) separate the finishing coat again.In one embodiment, should Method further includes the thermal annealing after step d).In one embodiment, this method further includes with not damaging, dissolve or not The removing solvent for being obviously swollen the block copolymer removes the finishing coat from the block copolymer.In an embodiment In, the finishing coat includes acid anhydrides.In one embodiment, which is derived from maleic anhydride.In one embodiment, Substrate is selected from by silicon, silica, glass, surface modified glass, plastics, ceramics, transparent substrates, flexible substrates and is used for roll-to-roll The group that the substrate (or combinations thereof) of technique is constituted.In one embodiment, the block copolymer is by multiple and different block structures At.In one embodiment, which includes at least one speed to be different from other (one or more) blocks The block of rate etching.In one embodiment, which includes silicon at least one block.In an embodiment party In case, which is poly- (styrene-b -4- trimethyl silyl styrene-b-styrene) (poly (styrene-block-4-trimethylsilylstyrene-block-styrene)).In one embodiment, this is embedding Section copolymer is poly- (4- trimethyl silyl styrene-b-D, L- lactide) (poly (4- Trimethylsilylstyrene-block-D, L-lactide)).In one embodiment, block copolymer is at least one It include tin in a block.In one embodiment, block copolymer includes inorganic component.In one embodiment, block Copolymer includes organometallic components.In one embodiment, the thermal annealing generates the block copolymerization perpendicular to membrane plane Object microcell.In one embodiment, the form of the microcell is selected from by sheet, spherical shape and the cylindrical group constituted.In a reality It applies in scheme, the nanostructure is selected from by sheet, cylinder, vertical arrangement cylinder, horizontally arranged cylindrical, spherical, spiral shell Revolve the group that shape, reticular structure and classification nanostructure are constituted.In one embodiment, selected from by air environment, indifferent gas The thermal annealing is carried out under conditions of the group that body environment, decompression and pressurization are constituted.In one embodiment, the surface neutralizes Layer is comprising selected from by cross-linked polymer, brush (brushes), self-assembled monolayer, chemical modification surface, physical modification surface and thermosetting Change the component in the group that surface (or combinations thereof) is constituted.
In one embodiment, the present invention provides a kind of method, comprising: a) providing has the substrate on surface, in surface With layer, block copolymer and finishing coat, b) under conditions of generating first layer, the substrate table is handled with the surface neutral layer Face;C) under conditions of generating the second layer comprising block copolymer film on said surface, the table is coated with block copolymer Face neutral layer;And d) with block copolymer described in top coat, to generate third layer on said surface, e) can make it is embedding Under conditions of section copolymer characteristic is perpendicular to membrane plane orientation, the third layer is handled.In numerous applications, preferably only lead to It crosses heating or so-called thermal annealing realizes orientation.In one embodiment, the processing of step e) includes thermal annealing.? In one embodiment, thermal annealing in the presence of no finishing coat will not generate vertical features.In one embodiment, will The finishing coat is dissolved in trimethylamine.In one embodiment, the coating includes spin coating.
In one embodiment, the polymer salt is and dissolution anhydride polymer and then evaporation solvent in liquefied ammonia Preparation.In another embodiment, which is dissolved in the solution of ammonia or alkylamine, and by precipitate or evaporate solvent come Separate the salt.In one embodiment, the alkali is trimethylamine.In numerous applications, preferably only by heating or So-called thermal annealing realizes orientation.In one embodiment, the invention also includes: heat under conditions of forming nanostructure (thermal annealing) layer structure.In one embodiment, the method for removing finishing coat includes: to be dissolved in insoluble de-embedding substantially not It is swollen in the solvent or solvent mixture of Block Copolymer Thin Film layer.In one embodiment, the nanostructure includes circle Column construction, the cylindrical structure is relative to membrane plane substantially vertical orientation.In one embodiment, the nanostructure Including sheet (line-space, line-space) structure, the cable architecture is relative to surface plane substantially vertical orientation.We It is not intended to the form based on block copolymer to limit the present invention.
In one embodiment, the present invention relates on the surface including first, second, and third layer of layer structure, Described in first layer include cross-linked polymer, wherein the second layer includes block copolymer film, and the wherein third layer Include acid anhydrides.In one embodiment, the surface includes silicon.
In one embodiment, the substrate is silicon wafer.In one embodiment, the substrate is quartz.? In one embodiment, the substrate is glass.In one embodiment, the substrate is plastics, in an embodiment In, the substrate is transparent substrates.In one embodiment, the substrate is the substrate of roll-to-roll.In an embodiment In, the substrate is coated with interface can be in the substrate surface energy neutral layer between the interface energy of two kinds of blocks.We are not intended to base The present invention is limited in the neutral layer or substrate that use.In one embodiment, block copolymer is diblock copolymer.? In one embodiment, block copolymer is triblock copolymer.We be not intended to based in block copolymer block number, The form of the structure of block/bonded or the orientation texture generated due to annealing is limited the scope of the invention, we are also not intended to The present invention is limited with regard to the chemical component of block copolymer.
In one embodiment, the present invention relates to apply finishing coat to block copolymer film including multiple steps to produce The method of raw layer structure.For example, (being shown in Fig. 3) in one embodiment: 1) surface treatment is dissolved in toluene, and is revolved Be applied on substrate (such as silicon wafer) surface, 2) surface treatment be 250 DEG C be crosslinked 5 minutes, 3) washed 2 times with toluene.For Next layer has step 4): block copolymer is dissolved in toluene simultaneously spin coating.For another layer, there is step 5): face is applied Layer is dissolved in trimethylamine aqueous solution and spin coating, then 6) at 190 DEG C by Thin-film anneal 1 minute.Annealing, which can be, keeps nanometer special Collect to thermal annealing;Can be by 7) by with 3000rpm spin coating water, and apply 40 drop trimethylamine aqueous solutions, then apply 10 drop methanol, so that finishing coat is removed, to show these nanofeatures.Then it can be etched, such as in an embodiment party 8) under the following conditions to block copolymer application oxygen plasma etch in case: pressure=20mTorr, RF power=10W, ICP power=50W, O2Flow velocity=75sccm, argon gas flow velocity=75sccm, temperature=15 DEG C, time=30 second, as shown in Figure 3.
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Fig. 1 diagram display introduces a kind of finishing coat polymerization of the anhydride moiety derived from the maleic anhydride reacted with trimethylamine The typical example of the finishing coat technique of open loop and the ring-closure reaction of object.
Fig. 2 shows the specific examples of the representative film laminated body for the material for being suitable for invention disclosed herein finishing coat.
Fig. 3 illustrates an embodiment of coating, the annealing and stripping technology of the material for specific group.The figure illustrates The representative experiment flow of processing step relevant to finishing coat of the present invention disclosed herein.
Fig. 4 provides the non-limiting example of finishing coat design to illustrate the opposite of each component of topcoat copolymer The control of composition.
It is that Fig. 5 provides an embodiment as a result, including the poly- (styrene-b -4- for being handled and being orientated with finishing coat Trimethyl silyl styrene-b-styrene) (poly (styrene-block-4-trimethylsilylstyrene- Block-styrene)) the scanning electron microscope microphoto of block copolymer film.The block copolymer is in the presence of no finishing coat It cannot be only orientated by heating.
Fig. 6 provides representative as a result, including poly- (the 4- trimethyl silyl benzene second for handling orientation with finishing coat Alkene-block-D, L- lactide) (poly (4-trimethyl s i lyl styrene-block-D, L-lact ide)) block The scanning electron microscope microphoto of copolymer.
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In order to be conducive to understand the present invention, many terms are defined below.Here the term meaning defined is related to the present invention The routine of field technical staff understands identical.Term such as "one" and "the" is non-only to refer to single entity, but including for saying The general classes of bright specific examples.Here term specific embodiment for describing the present invention, but in addition to claim Except book limits, uses and do not limit the present invention.
In addition, constitute the compounds of this invention atom be intended to include these atoms all isotope forms.Used here as Isotope include those with same atoms number but with the atom of different quality number.Pass through general example and does not limit System, the isotope of hydrogen includes tritium, deuterium, and the isotope of carbon includes13C and14C.Similarly, it is contemplated that the one of the compounds of this invention A or multiple carbon atoms can be replaced by (one or more) silicon atom.Moreover, it is contemplated that the compounds of this invention (one or It is multiple) oxygen atom can replace by (one or more) sulphur or selenium atom.
" alkali " used herein includes any entity that can be reacted with anhydride moiety.
" surface energy neutral layer " used herein is identical as " substrate surface neutral layer ".
Brush polymer used herein is the quasi polymer [2] for adhering to the surface of solids.Adhere to solid substrate Polymer must be intensive enough, to have intensive polymer, then forces polymer from surface extension to avoid being overlapped. [3]
In field of electronic device, roll-to-roll technique (roll-to-roll processing), also referred to as web processes (web Processing), reel-to-reel technique (reel-to-reel processing) or R2R, are in flexiplast or metal foil Roller on prepare the technique of electronic equipment.In the other field earlier than the purposes, the production since flexible material roller is referred to The applied coatings of raw outlet roller, printing carry out any technique of other techniques and batching after the technique again.The film sun Can battery (TFSC), also referred to as film photovoltaic cell (TFPV) is that one or more layers thin layer is deposited in substrate or surface is (thin Film) photovoltaic material and the solar battery for preparing.Possible roll-to-roll substrate includes but is not limited to metallized polyimide terephthaldehyde Sour glycol ester, metal film (steel), glass-film (such as Corning Gorilla Glass), graphene coating film, poly- naphthalene diformazan Sour glycol ester (Dupont Teonex) and Kapton film, polymer film, metallized polymeric film, glass or silicon, carbonization polymerization Object film, glass or silicon.Possible polymer film includes polyethylene terephthalate, kapton, mylar etc..
Block copolymer used herein is made of two or more polymer chains (block), they are chemically distinct And the connection of mutual covalence key.Block copolymer is proposed to be used in a variety of applications, is based primarily upon them and forms nano-scale patterns Ability.These self assembly patterns are construed to nanolithographic mask, and inorganic or organic structure as further synthesizing Template.Lead to the comparison of the chemically or physically performance of different etching speeds between each block by utilizing, so that these are applied It is possibly realized.Such as do not have the new opplication in standby to often rely in block in fuel cell, battery, data storage and photoelectron In performance.All these purposes all rely on the self assembly and orientation of rule of the block copolymer in naked eyes visibility.
4- trimethyl silyl styrene is the example of styrene derivative.The following representation of monomer:
And it is abbreviated as TMSS TMS-St.Corresponding polymer architecture are as follows:
And it is abbreviated as PTMSS P (TMS-St).
Present invention further contemplates that for example the modified styrene of basic styryl structures " is spread out by the way that substituent group is added into ring Biology ".Any derivative of compound shown in Fig. 4 can also be used.Derivative can be such as hydroxy derivatives or halogenated Derivative." hydrogen " expression-H used herein;" hydroxyl " expression-OH;" oxo " indicates=0;" halogenated " independently expression- F ,-Cl ,-Br, or-I.
" nanostructure " is preferably generated on the surface using block copolymer, or " the physics spy with controlled orientation Sign ".These physical features have shape and thickness.For example, the component by block copolymer can form different structures, example Such as vertical sheet, face inner cylinder and vertical cylinder shape, and they can depend on film thickness, surface can neutral layer and embedding The chemical property of section.In a preferred embodiment, the block copolymer microcell relative to the first film plane substantially Vertical arrangement.The structural approach that can control in nanoscale domain or region (i.e. " microcell " or " nanometer microcell ") is substantially It is even, and the space arrangement of these structures can also be controlled.For example, in one embodiment, the microcell interval of nanostructure It is about 50nm or smaller.Method described herein can produce with required size, shape, orientation and the structure in period.Its Afterwards, in one embodiment, it can etch or be further processed these structures in other cases.
It should be pointed out that in one embodiment, this method includes annealing and preferred thermal annealing.We are not intended to The present invention is confined to a seed type or method for annealing.In one embodiment, annealing includes ultrasonic treatment.In a reality It applies in scheme, annealing uses solvent.Importantly, block copolymer material preferably below annealing effect rearranges.
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The present invention includes using copolymer finishing coat, which can be spin-coated on Block Copolymer Thin Film, and be used for The orientation of block copolymer microcell (or feature) is controlled by heating, and then removes it.The finishing coat enables to The microcell in Block Copolymer Thin Film that will not be orientated in the presence of no finishing coat only by heating is orientated.
In one embodiment, finishing coat is made of each same polymers compositions.In one embodiment, acid anhydrides is Constant component.In one embodiment, finishing coat components be soluble is in alkali.In one embodiment, finishing coat is dissolved In trimethylamine.It is had the advantage that using trimethylamine, the advantages of including that can cooperate with the compound of numerous species.
In one embodiment, the present invention expects removing finishing coat.In some embodiments, finishing coat can divide again From and recycle.
Therefore, the specific group of the acid anhydride copolymer finishing coat for the tropism control of film block copolymer has been disclosed At and method.However it will be appreciated that those skilled in the art, other than those of having been described, without departing substantially from There are also more deformations in the case where the present inventive concept of this paper.Therefore subject of the present invention is not limited other than disclosed objective System.Moreover, all terms are all solved in the mode that most probable is wide in range and context is unified when explaining these contents It releases.Especially, term " includes " and "comprising" should be construed as non-excluded mode and refer to element, component or step, indicate to refer to Element, component or the step presence or use or combine that element, component or step can be not expressly mentioned with other.
All publications mentioned in text by it is open or describe relevant method cited in these publications and/or Material and with herein in conjunction with.Publication described herein is used only for the disclosure of which before the application applying date.This Do not have any content in text for showing: the present invention invents known to be utilized due to the publication by as discloses in advance.And The publication date of offer may be different from the practical publication date, need individually confirmation.
Embodiment 1
Acid anhydride copolymer finishing coat for film block copolymer tropism control
With 0.2 micronFilter filters poly- (4- t-butyl styrene -co- methyl methacrylate- Co- 4- vinyl-benzyl azide) (poly (4-tert-butylstyrene-co-methyl methacrylate-co-4- Vinyl-benzylazide)) the 0.5wt% solution in toluene, and with 3000rpm spin coating 30 seconds to prepare the flat of about 15nm Synovial membrane.The film is heated 5 minutes at 250 DEG C with crosslinking on hot plate, and then cleans 3 times with toluene with 3000rpm to remove Uncrosslinked chain.The most telolemma measured after cleaning with ellipsometry with a thickness of about 14nm.With 0.2 micron Filter filters the poly- (styrene-b -4- trimethyl silyl styrene-b-benzene of various concentration (1-2.5wt%) Ethylene) (poly (styrene-block-4-trimethylsilylstyrene-block-styrene)) molten in toluene Liquid, and (cast) is cast to crosslinking substrate surface under different rotation speeds to generate thickness~30-60nm (1-2*L0) The film of relative smooth.Then by finishing coat (see Fig. 5) in MeOH:30wt%NH4OH aqueous solution is the molten of 3: 1 (by quality ratio) 1wt% solution in liquid is spun on BCP film with 3000rpm.Discovery MeOH:30wt%NH is measured with ellipsometry4OH water Solution is that 3: 1 solution does not make block copolymer film thickness change by quality ratio.By sample in Thermolyne It anneals 1 minute on HP-11515B hot plate at 190 DEG C.Then it is rapidly removed, and is cooled to room temperature on solid metal block. With 3: 1 MeOH:30wt%NH4OH aqueous solution removes the finishing coat.The sample of removing includes the face of a small amount of (<=5nm) remnants Coating.Etch the block copolymer film with oxygen plasma etch block copolymer under the following conditions: pressure= 20mTorr, RF power=10W, IcP power=50W, O2Flow velocity=75sccm, argon gas flow velocity=75sccm, temperature=15 DEG C, Fig. 5 is seen in time=30 second.
Embodiment 2
By the toluene solution of poly- (4- methoxy styrene -co- 4- vinyl benzyl nitrine) (XST-OMe) of 0.5wt% With 3000rpm spin coating 30 seconds on the chip for cleaned respectively with acetone and isopropanol 3 times.The chip is opened in air It anneals 5 minutes at 250 DEG C so that film is crosslinked on hot plate.Once chip to be removed to from hot plate and is cooled to room temperature, then just will It is submerged into toluene 2 minutes, and dries up twice to remove uncrosslinked polymer.The typical film measured by elliptical polarizer Thickness is 13-15nm grades.Thin slice is formed with poly- (4- trimethyl silyl styrene-b-D, L- lactide) (poly (4- Trimethylsilylstyrene-block-D, L-lactide)) 1wt% toluene solution is administered to the XST-OMe film of crosslinking. Then the NH of 30wt% is used4Finishing coat 60nm (TC-PS) shown in OH aqueous solution spin coating Fig. 6.Make together with the application of TC-PS Topcoat film more evenly is prepared with methanol.It was found that the NH of 30wt%4OH aqueous solution by ellipsometry for being measured Block copolymer film thickness does not influence.Then by trilamellar membrane stacked body at 170 DEG C (for PTMSS-PLA, in vacuum drying oven In) annealing 20 hours.When annealing is completed, by the PTMSS-PLA sample annealed in vacuum drying oven under vacuum through about 5 hours Process is cooled to room temperature.Then by rotating chip with 3000rpm and applying 20 drop strippers with pipette, 30wt% is used NH4OH aqueous solution removes finishing coat.In general, the film of removing includes considerably less (even if having as surveyed by elliptical polarizer Words) measurable remaining finishing coat (< 4nm).The sample of removing is without etching direct imaging.See Fig. 6.
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1. a kind of method, comprising:
A., substrate, surface neutral layer, block copolymer and the finishing coat for having surface are provided,
B. under conditions of generating first layer, the substrate surface is handled with the surface neutral layer;
C. under conditions of generating the second layer including block copolymer film on said surface, the table is coated with block copolymer Face neutral layer, and
D. the block copolymer described in top coat, to generate third layer on said surface, wherein only pass through thermal annealing The third layer can be such that block copolymer microcell is orientated perpendicular to membrane plane, wherein finishing coat is dissolved in liquid, the liquid Body includes water, two or more any mixture in pure and mild organic solvent.
2. the method according to claim 1, wherein thermal annealing in the presence of no finishing coat does not generate vertical features.
3. the method according to claim 1, wherein the finishing coat of step d) is will not to damage, dissolve or essentially insoluble swollen embedding In the solvent or solvent mixture of section copolymer.
4. the method according to claim 1, wherein the finishing coat of step d) is in the solvent reacted with finishing coat.
5. the method according to claim 1, wherein the finishing coat of step d) is in solvent mixture, which includes The component reacted with finishing coat.
6. the method according to claim 1, wherein being dissolved in finishing coat comprising at least one of water, pure and mild organic solvent In liquid.
7. the method according to claim 1, wherein the liquid also includes alkali.
8. the method according to claim 1, wherein the liquid is alkali.
9. method according to claim 7, wherein the alkali is amine.
10. method according to claim 9, wherein the amine is selected from by alkylamine, aliphatic amine and is connected to any functional group The group that combined amine is constituted.
11. method according to claim 9, wherein the amine is salt.
12. method according to claim 11, wherein the salt has selected from by ammonium cation, alkyl ammonium cation and aliphatic The cation in group that ammonium cation is constituted.
13. method according to claim 11, wherein the salt contains the combination of cation.
14. method according to claim 11, wherein the salt contains anion.
15. method according to claim 14, wherein the anion is hydroxide radical anion.
16. method according to claim 7, wherein the alkali includes ammonium hydroxide.
17. method according to claim 7, wherein the alkali includes alkyl ammonium hydroxide.
18. method according to claim 7, wherein the alkali includes trimethylamine.
19. method according to claim 7, wherein the alkali includes the mixture of salt and amine.
20. method according to claim 4, wherein the finishing coat of reaction is separated again.
21. method according to claim 6, wherein the finishing coat of dissolution is separated again.
22. method according to claim 21, wherein the finishing coat that this is separated again is again used in the method according to claim 1 In.
23. method according to claim 21, wherein being separated again by one or more technologies selected from precipitating, evaporation and distillation The finishing coat.
24. the method according to claim 1 further includes the thermal annealing after step d).
25. method according to claim 24 further includes removing the finishing coat from the block copolymer using removing solvent, The removing solvent will not damage, dissolve or unobvious swelling block copolymer.
26. according to the method in claim 3, wherein the finishing coat includes acid anhydrides.
27. method according to claim 26, wherein the acid anhydrides is derived from maleic anhydride.
28. the method according to claim 1, wherein the substrate be selected from by silicon, silica, glass, surface modified glass, plastics, In the group that ceramics, transparent substrates, flexible substrates and the substrate applied to roll-to-roll technique are constituted.
29. the method according to claim 1, wherein the block copolymer includes multiple and different block.
30. method according to claim 29, wherein the block copolymer include it is at least one be different from it is one or more its The block of the rate etching of its block.
31. method according to claim 29, wherein the block copolymer contains silicon at least one block.
32. method according to claim 29, wherein the block copolymer is poly- (styrene-b -4- trimethyl first silicon Ring-alkylated styrenes-block-styrene).
33. method according to claim 29, wherein the block copolymer is poly- (4- trimethyl silyl styrene-embedding Section-D, L- lactide).
34. method according to claim 29, wherein the block copolymer contains tin at least one block.
35. method according to claim 29, wherein the block copolymer includes inorganic component.
36. method according to claim 29, wherein the block copolymer includes organometallic components.
37. method according to claim 24, wherein the thermal annealing generates the block copolymer microcell perpendicular to membrane plane.
38. wherein the form of the microcell is selected from sheet, spherical shape and the cylindrical group constituted according to the method for claim 37.
39. method according to claim 24, wherein the thermal annealing selected from air environment, inert gas environment, decompression and It is carried out under conditions of the group that pressurization is constituted.
40. method according to claim 2, wherein the surface neutral layer includes selected from by cross-linked polymer, brush (brushes), the component for the group that the single layer of self assembly, chemical modification surface, physical modification surface and heat cure surface are constituted.
41. a kind of method, comprising:
A) substrate, surface neutral layer, block copolymer and the finishing coat for having surface are provided,
B) under conditions of generating first layer, the substrate surface is handled with the surface neutral layer;
C) under conditions of generating the second layer including block copolymer film on said surface, the table is coated with block copolymer Face neutral layer;And
D) block copolymer described in top coat, so that third layer is generated on said surface, wherein finishing coat is dissolved In liquid, which includes water, two or more any mixture in pure and mild organic solvent;
E) under conditions of being orientated block copolymer feature perpendicular to membrane plane, the third layer is handled.
42. wherein the processing of step e) includes thermal annealing according to the method for claim 41.
43. according to the method for claim 42, wherein thermal annealing in the presence of no finishing coat does not generate vertical features.
44. according to the method for claim 41, wherein the finishing coat is dissolved in trimethylamine.
45. according to the method for claim 41, wherein the coating includes spin coating.
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