Molecule, layered medium and method for creating a pattern
US6031756A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 5, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 29, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 5, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/858
- WIPO fieldMicro-structural and nano-technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention relates to molecules which can be attached to a substrate (4) and switched between different stable or metastable conformations (18, 19). At least one of these conformations (19) is generated and/or stabilized by the proximity of the substrate (4). The invention further relates to a layered medium comprising such molecules and to a method to switch such molecules in a controlled way. The layered medium is usable as resists for lithographic application, data storage media, and promoter of electron transfer between two media. The method is usable to generate and interrogate patterns in the layered medium.
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