Patent ID: 9487869
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: B05D,B82Y,C23F,G03F,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A method for fabricating a patterned dot array, the method comprising: providing a substrate having at least one layer in which the patterned dot array is to be fabricated; depositing, onto the at least one layer in which the patterned dot array is to be fabricated, a nanoparticle layer, wherein the nanoparticle layer comprises one or more surfactants and nanoparticles, with the nanoparticles being coated with the one or more surfactants in the nanoparticle layer, and with portions of the one or more surfactants filling spaces among the nanoparticles in the nanoparticle layer; treating the one or more surfactants that coat the nanoparticles and the portions of the one or more surfactants that fill the spaces among the nanoparticles to stabilize positions of the nanoparticles on the at least one layer in which the patterned dot array is to be fabricated; removing, from the nanoparticle layer, the portions of the one or more surfactants that fill the spaces among the nanoparticles to expose portions of the at least one layer in which the patterned dot array is to be fabricated; etching the exposed portions of the at least one layer in which the patterned dot array is to be fabricated; and removing at least a portion of the nanoparticles.