Patent ID: 8142702

Claim:
An imprint lithography method, comprising: applying a liquid composition onto a surface of an imprint lithography substrate to form a multiplicity of spaced-apart, discrete portions of the liquid composition on the surface of the imprint lithography substrate, wherein the composition comprises: a solvent; and a polymerizable material; then allowing the spaced-apart, discrete portions of the liquid composition to spontaneously spread and merge on the surface of the imprint lithography substrate to form a substantially continuous layer of the liquid composition with a depth between about 5 nm and about 1 μm on the surface of the imprint lithography substrate and with an exposed liquid surface, formed by the spreading of the discrete portions of the liquid composition, opposite the surface of the imprint lithography substrate; evaporating at least some of the solvent from the exposed, substantially continuous layer of the liquid composition having a depth between about 5 nm and about 1 μm; and polymerizing the polymerizable material to form a solid layer of polymerized material on the imprint lithography substrate, wherein the solid layer of polymerized material is substantially free of interstitial voids.