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ACS Nano. 2017 May 23;11(5):5160-5166. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.7b02357. Epub 2017 May 12.

Formation of Nanogrooves with Sub-5 nm Periodicity Using Local Silicification at the Interspace between a Si Substrate and Lyotropic Liquid Crystals.

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Shintaro Hara, Hiroaki Wada, Atsushi Shimojima, Kazuyuki Kuroda

Affiliations

  1. Department of Advanced Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University , 3-4-1 Ohkubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan.
  2. Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University , 3-4-1 Ohkubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan.
  3. Kagami Memorial Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Waseda University , 2-8-26 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0051, Japan.

PMID: 28481508 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b02357

Abstract

Bottom-up fabrication of nanopatterns with single nanometer-scale periodicity is quite challenging. In this study, we have focused on the use of the outermost convex surfaces of lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs) as a template. Periodically arrayed single nanometer-scale nanogrooves consisting of silica are successfully formed on a Si substrate covered with LLCs composed of cylindrical micelles of cetyltrimethylammonium chloride. Soluble silicate species are generated from the Si substrate by a treatment with an NH

Keywords: liquid crystals; nanoimprint mold; nanopattern; silicification; template

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