Merck Patent Gmbh

Victor Monreal

Durairaj Baskaran

The present invention relates to a composition comprising components a), b) and c). The component a) is a block copolymer or a blend of block copolymers. The component b) is a low Tadditive selected from the group consisting of an oligo random oligo random copolymer b-1), an oligo diblock copolymer b-2), an oligo diblock copolymer b-3) and a mixture of at least two of these. The component c) is a is a spin casting organic solvent. The invention also pertains to the use of said compositions in directed self-assembly. The invention further pertains to the novel oligo diblock copolymer b-2) which is an oligo diblock copolymer of block A-b) and block B-b), wherein block A-b) is a random copolymer of repeat units having structures (III), and (IV and block B-b) is a random copolymer of repeat units having structures (V), and (VI).

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