2017-03-24
Extreme ultraviolet patterning of tin-oxo cages
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We report on the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) patterning performance of tin-oxo cages: molecular building blocks that are known to turn insoluble upon EUV exposure, thus having the properties of a negative tone photoresist. In this work, we focus on contrast curves of the materials using open-frame EUV exposures and their patterning capabilities using EUV interference lithography. It is shown that baking steps, such as post-exposure baking (PEB) can significantly affect both the sensitivity and contrast in the open-frame experiments as well as the patterning experiments. In addition, we show that the exchange of the anions of the cage can make a difference in terms of their physical properties. Our results demonstrate the significance of process optimization while evaluating the resist performance of novel molecular materials.
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| SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng | |
| E.M. Panning , K.A. Goldberg | |
| doi.org/10.1117/12.2257911 | |
| Proceedings SPIE | |
| Organisation | Nanophotochemistry-Former Group |
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Haitjema, J., Zhang, Y., Vockenhuber, M., Kazazis, D., Ekinci, Y., & Brouwer, A. (2017). Extreme ultraviolet patterning of tin-oxo cages. In E. M. Panning & K. A. Goldberg (Eds.), Proc. SPIE 10143, Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) Lithography VIII (pp. 1014325: 1–10). doi:10.1117/12.2257911 |
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