Method to improve the flow rate of imprinting material employing an absorption layer
AssigneeMolecular Imprints, Inc.
InventorsMichael Watts, Byung-Jin Choi, Frank Xu
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method to improve a flow rate of imprinting material, said method including, inter alia, propagating radiation through said imprinting material to impinge upon an absorption layer; absorbing said radiation by said absorption layer to collect thermal energy with said absorption layer, defining collected thermal energy; and transferring said collected thermal energy to said imprinting material through thermal conduction to increase a temperature of said imprinting material
Claims20
A method to improve a flow rate of imprinting material, said method comprising:
- propagating radiation through said imprinting material to impinge upon an absorption layer;
- absorbing said radiation by said absorption layer to collect thermal energy with said absorption layer, defining collected thermal energy;
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- transferring said collected thermal energy to said imprinting material through thermal conduction to increase a temperature of said imprinting material.
A method to improve a flow rate of imprinting material, said method comprising:
- positioning said imprinting material upon a substrate;
- propagating radiation through said imprinting material and said substrate to impinge upon an absorption layer;
- absorbing said radiation by said absorption layer to collect thermal energy with said absorption layer, defining collected thermal energy;
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- transferring said collected thermal energy to said imprinting material through thermal conduction to increase a temperature of said imprinting material.
A method to improve a flow rate of imprinting material, said method comprising:
- propagating radiation through said imprinting material to impinge upon an absorption layer, said imprinting material having a glass transition temperature associated therewith;
- absorbing said radiation by said absorption layer to collect thermal energy with said absorption layer, defining collected thermal energy;
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- transferring said collected thermal energy to said imprinting material through thermal conduction to increase a temperature of said imprinting material greater than said glass transition temperature and reduce a viscosity of said imprinting material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.