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ArticleScience advances2026

Sub-10-nm imprint lithography on elastomers by chain translocated crystallization in nanochannels.

Yingchao Yang, Yunfei Ru, Shuanhu Qi, Yingzhi Sun, Jin Huang, Zhewei Yan, Tianyi Zhao, Biao Zuo, Lei Jiang, Mingjie Liu

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Yingchao YangState Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Interfacial Materials Science, Bioinspired Science Innovation Center, Hangzhou International Innovation Institute, Beihang University, Hangzhou 311115, China.ORCID 0009-0003-8323-5787
Yunfei RuState Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Interfacial Materials Science, Bioinspired Science Innovation Center, Hangzhou International Innovation Institute, Beihang University, Hangzhou 311115, China.ORCID 0009-0000-7448-6873
Shuanhu QiSchool of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4260-4641
Yingzhi SunState Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Interfacial Materials Science, Bioinspired Science Innovation Center, Hangzhou International Innovation Institute, Beihang University, Hangzhou 311115, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2043-0799
Jin HuangSchool of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China.
Zhewei YanState Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Interfacial Materials Science, Bioinspired Science Innovation Center, Hangzhou International Innovation Institute, Beihang University, Hangzhou 311115, China.
Tianyi ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Interfacial Materials Science, Bioinspired Science Innovation Center, Hangzhou International Innovation Institute, Beihang University, Hangzhou 311115, China.
Biao ZuoSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4921-8823
Lei JiangState Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Interfacial Materials Science, Bioinspired Science Innovation Center, Hangzhou International Innovation Institute, Beihang University, Hangzhou 311115, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4579-728X
Mingjie LiuState Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Interfacial Materials Science, Bioinspired Science Innovation Center, Hangzhou International Innovation Institute, Beihang University, Hangzhou 311115, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8399-2134

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Abstract

Elastomers with nanostructured surfaces exhibit substantial importance in enhancing interfacial properties including mechanics and optical diffraction. However, the structure on elastomer surfaces by imprinting is limited to microscale features due to kinetically arrested reptation diffusion and inevitable entropic recovery. Herein, we design a dynamic elastomeric network to achieve nanoimprinting with ultrahigh resolution and aspect ratios by chain translocated crystallization in nanochannels. Specifically, dynamic covalent bonds trigger network reconstruction after thermal activation and enhance chain disentanglement, which promotes chain translocation in nanochannels. Meanwhile, the crystalline phase within nanochannels creates energetic barriers that effectively restrict entropy-driven recovery. This strategy enables imprinting of elastomer surfaces with sub-10-nm structures, across a 10

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