Patent ID: 8641941

Claim:
A method of forming an anti-wetting layer on an imprint lithography template comprising: providing an imprint template having an etched-back surface having hydroxyl groups; applying an anti-wetting film to the etched-back surface, the anti-wetting film including a silane, a photoinitiator, and a solvent; evaporating the solvent from the anti-wetting film; and exposing the anti-wetting film to radiation, whereby the photoinitiator upon exposure to the radiation generates a catalyst that catalyzes: (i) condensation reactions between the silane and the hydroxyl groups of the etched-back surface to yield silane components coupled to the etched-back surface, and (ii) condensation reactions between the silane components coupled to the etched-back surface to form Si—O—Si bonds between the silane components, thereby forming an anti-wetting layer comprising silane components coupled to each other and to the etched-back surface of the imprint template.