Abstract:
According an aspect of the present invention, when causing the liquid ejection head to perform a feeding operation along a first direction, the substrate is retracted outside the projected feeding region of the liquid ejection head and the supporting member thereof prior to starting the feeding operation of the liquid ejection head, preventing dusts and other foreign matters, generated as a result of the feeding operation of the liquid ejection head and the supporting member, from being deposited on a surface of the substrate onto which the liquid is to be deposited.
Abstract:
In a nanoimprinting method, an assembly, of which the entire surface is directly exposable to the environment, is supported by a pressure vessel by a support member such that fluid pressure from the environment operates on the entire surface of the assembly. Gas is introduced into the pressure vessel, and fluid pressure exerted by the gas presses a mold and a substrate against each other. Thereby, pressing with uniform pressure onto a curable resin coated surface can be realized in nanoimprinting that employs a mesa type mold and/or a mesa type substrate to be processed, and the occurrence of residual film fluctuations can be suppressed.
Abstract:
Droplets of resist material are coated using the ink jet method under conditions that: the viscosity of the resist material is within a range from 8 cP to 20 cP, the surface energy of the resist material is within a range from 25 mN/m to 35 mN/m, the amount of resist material in each of the droplets is within a range from 1 pl to 10 pl, and the placement intervals among the droplets are within a range from 10 μm to 1000 μm. A mold is pressed against the surface of the substrate in a He and/or a depressurized atmosphere such that: an intersection angle formed between a main scanning direction of the ink jet method and the direction of the lines of the linear pattern of protrusions and recesses, which is an intersection angle when pressing the mold against the surface of the substrate, is within a range from 30° to 90°.