Patent ID: 9298086
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: B29C,B82Y,G03F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. Method for forming a siliconoxide relief layer employing a stamp having a stamping surface including a template relief pattern, the method comprising: providing a substrate surface; providing at least one of the substrate surface and the stamping surface with a siliconoxide compound solution comprising a solvent and a siliconoxide compound for forming the siliconoxide relief layer and having a degree of Si—O—Si cross-linking; removing the solvent at least partly to leave a partially dried siliconoxide compound layer, wherein the partially dried siliconoxide compound layer has a high concentration of the siliconoxide compound and said siliconoxide compound has a high degree of inorganic Si—O—Si crosslinking; sandwiching the partially dried siliconoxide compound layer in between the substrate surface and the stamping surface, the partially dried siliconoxide compound layer thereby being molded according to the template relief pattern; further drying the partially dried siliconoxide compound layer while being sandwiched, thereby forming a solidified siliconoxide layer, wherein, at least during the sandwiching and further drying operations, said stamp and said stamping surface have sufficient permeability to allow for removal, via the stamp and the stamping surface, of substantially all solvents and substantially all hydrolysis reaction products; separating the stamping surface from the solidified siliconoxide layer thereby providing the relief layer; the silicon atoms of the siliconoxide compound consist of silicon atoms chemically bound to four oxygen atoms and silicon atoms being chemically bound to three oxygen atoms and one atom different from oxygen, the chemical bond between the silicon atoms and the one atom different from oxygen being chemically inert during the method.