Jiseok Lim and Shinill Kang 2009 J. Micromech. Microeng. 19 125001 doi:10.1088/0960-1317/19/12/125001
Jiseok Lim and Shinill Kang1
Show affiliationsA direct patterning process which uses imprinting and sintering of metal nano-powder to make conductive tracks where sintering was performed during imprinting process was designed. A silicon mold for making conductive tracks was designed and fabricated using photolithography and reactive ion etching (RIE). The effect of process conditions on pattern formation was investigated experimentally. To confirm the feasibility of the direct patterning method as an industrial process, the microstructure and electrical resistivity of the fabricated conductive tracks were analyzed. Various defects were analyzed and based on the analysis, the histories of temperature and pressure were optimized.
81.16.Rf Nanoscale pattern formation
61.43.Gt Powders, porous materials
73.63.-b Electronic transport in nanoscale materials and structures
Surfaces, interfaces and thin films
Issue 12 (December 2009)
Received 22 May 2009
Published 20 October 2009
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