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Precise and Smooth Removal from Polymer Surfaces by VUV Excimer Laser Ablation at 157 nm: PMMA.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

G. Padeletti ,
M. Lapczyna  and
M. Stuke
G. Padeletti
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut fir biophysikalische Chemie, P.O Box 2841, D-37018 Gottingen, Germany, mstuke@gwdg.de.
M. Lapczyna
Affiliation:
Istituto di Chimica dei Materiali-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, cp 10 Monterotondo Staz., 00016 Monterotondo (Roma), Italy, pad@mlib.cnr.it
M. Stuke
Affiliation:
Istituto di Chimica dei Materiali-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, cp 10 Monterotondo Staz., 00016 Monterotondo (Roma), Italy, pad@mlib.cnr.it
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Abstract

Smooth polymer surfaces can be generated by VUV laser ablation at 157 nm. This has been demonstrated for poly-methyl-metacrylate (PMMA) by atomic force microscopy (AFM) analysis of laser-exposed surfaces. At excimer laser fluences below 30 mJ/cm2 the mean roughness (Ra) remains below 10 nm for both single and 10 shot exposures.

A detailed characterization of the surface nano-morphology distribution carried out by the “power spectral density” (PSD) analysis, shows that the surface is smoothened by the VUV laser for lateral scales smaller than 20 μm.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 544: Symposium Y – Plasma Deposition and Treatment of Polymers , 1998 , 3
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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