Effect of annealing temperature on the morphology and optical properties of PMMA films by spin-coating method

Journal Article · Wed Jul 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4948863· OSTI ID:22608601

Afaah, A. N.; Asib, N. A. M. ^[1]; Mohamed, R.; Rusop, M. ^[1]

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1. NANO-SciTech Centre, Institute of Science, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor (Malaysia)

Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) films were deposited on glass substrate by sol-gel spin-coating method. The films were annealed for 10 minutes in furnace at different annealing temperature of room temperature, 50, 100, 150 and 200 °C. The effect of annealing temperatures to the surface and optical properties of PMMA films spin-coated on the substrate were investigated by Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) and Ultraviolet-Visible (UV-Vis) Spectroscopy. It was observed in AFM analysis all the annealed films show excellent smooth surface with zero roughness. All the samples demonstrate a high transmittance of 80% in UV region as shown in UV-Vis measurement. Highly transparent films indicate the films are good optical properties and could be applied in various optical applications and also in non-linear optics.

• OSTI ID: 22608601
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1733, Issue 1; Conference: IC-NET 2015: International conference on nano-electronic technology devices and materials 2015, Selangor (Malaysia), 27 Feb - 2 Mar 2015; Other Information: (c) 2016 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ANNEALING
ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY
FILMS
GLASS
METHACRYLIC ACID ESTERS
NONLINEAR OPTICS
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PMMA
ROUGHNESS
SOL-GEL PROCESS
SPECTROSCOPY
SPIN
SPIN-ON COATING
SUBSTRATES
SURFACES
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION