Optimisation of stamp compliance for nanoimprint lithography : an experimental and simulation investigation of deformation of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and Ultraviolet Curable Polyuerthane Acrylate (UV-PUA)

Nanoimprint lithography is a method of fabricating nanometer scale patterns. These nanometer scale patterns are fabricated through replication of negative patterned imprint mold. In this Final Year Project, low mo...

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Main Author: Ong, Zongjue
Other Authors: Hayden Kingsley Taylor
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-532552023-03-04T18:32:45Z Optimisation of stamp compliance for nanoimprint lithography : an experimental and simulation investigation of deformation of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and Ultraviolet Curable Polyuerthane Acrylate (UV-PUA) Ong, Zongjue Hayden Kingsley Taylor School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering Tan Wui Siew DRNTU::Engineering Nanoimprint lithography is a method of fabricating nanometer scale patterns. These nanometer scale patterns are fabricated through replication of negative patterned imprint mold. In this Final Year Project, low modulus mold is the main focus for exploring a new possibility of imprinting on uneven surfaces. Although low modulus mold could improve conformability between mold and uneven surface, deformation of the mold might pose a problem due to the low moduli of the mold material used. The objective of this Final Year Project is to then formulate a simulation process using Ansys Workbench. This simulation is used to predict the deformation of the mold layer for nano-­‐imprint processes under variable conditions such as: 1) Different loading pressure 2) Different modulus of material 3) Different aspect ratio of structure 4) Bulging behavior with different materials For simulation to be accurate, mechanical properties of the materials are obtained by doing tensile tests on five dog-­‐bone samples of each material to acquire the engineering stress–strain curve. The true stress–strain curve is also tabulated by finding the Poisson’s ratio of each material and converting the engineering stress–strain curve to take into account for the reduction of cross-­‐sectional area during stretching. After analyzing the imprinting process in detail, proper assumptions and boundary conditions are placed in the model to attain the best possible result in the shortest amount of time. Finally, analysis is done on the results of the simulation and conclusions are drawn and summarised under conclusion section. Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) 2013-05-31T02:40:24Z 2013-05-31T02:40:24Z 2013 2013 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/53255 en Nanyang Technological University 66 p. application/pdf
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Optimisation of stamp compliance for nanoimprint lithography : an experimental and simulation investigation of deformation of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and Ultraviolet Curable Polyuerthane Acrylate (UV-PUA)
description Nanoimprint lithography is a method of fabricating nanometer scale patterns. These nanometer scale patterns are fabricated through replication of negative patterned imprint mold. In this Final Year Project, low modulus mold is the main focus for exploring a new possibility of imprinting on uneven surfaces. Although low modulus mold could improve conformability between mold and uneven surface, deformation of the mold might pose a problem due to the low moduli of the mold material used. The objective of this Final Year Project is to then formulate a simulation process using Ansys Workbench. This simulation is used to predict the deformation of the mold layer for nano-­‐imprint processes under variable conditions such as: 1) Different loading pressure 2) Different modulus of material 3) Different aspect ratio of structure 4) Bulging behavior with different materials For simulation to be accurate, mechanical properties of the materials are obtained by doing tensile tests on five dog-­‐bone samples of each material to acquire the engineering stress–strain curve. The true stress–strain curve is also tabulated by finding the Poisson’s ratio of each material and converting the engineering stress–strain curve to take into account for the reduction of cross-­‐sectional area during stretching. After analyzing the imprinting process in detail, proper assumptions and boundary conditions are placed in the model to attain the best possible result in the shortest amount of time. Finally, analysis is done on the results of the simulation and conclusions are drawn and summarised under conclusion section.
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title Optimisation of stamp compliance for nanoimprint lithography : an experimental and simulation investigation of deformation of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and Ultraviolet Curable Polyuerthane Acrylate (UV-PUA)
title_short Optimisation of stamp compliance for nanoimprint lithography : an experimental and simulation investigation of deformation of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and Ultraviolet Curable Polyuerthane Acrylate (UV-PUA)
title_full Optimisation of stamp compliance for nanoimprint lithography : an experimental and simulation investigation of deformation of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and Ultraviolet Curable Polyuerthane Acrylate (UV-PUA)
title_fullStr Optimisation of stamp compliance for nanoimprint lithography : an experimental and simulation investigation of deformation of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and Ultraviolet Curable Polyuerthane Acrylate (UV-PUA)
title_full_unstemmed Optimisation of stamp compliance for nanoimprint lithography : an experimental and simulation investigation of deformation of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and Ultraviolet Curable Polyuerthane Acrylate (UV-PUA)
title_sort optimisation of stamp compliance for nanoimprint lithography : an experimental and simulation investigation of deformation of polydimethylsiloxane (pdms) and ultraviolet curable polyuerthane acrylate (uv-pua)
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