In order to achieve the use of pure water in the developable process of extreme-ultraviolet and electron beam lithography, instead of conventionally used tetramethylammonium hydroxide and organic solvents, a water developable resist material was designed and developed. The water-developable resist material was derived from woody biomass with beta-linked disaccharide unit for environmental affair, safety, easiness of handling, and health of the working people. 80 nm dense line patterning images with exposure dose of 22 μC/cm² and CF₄ etching selectivity of 1.8 with hardmask layer were provided by specific process conditions. The approach of our water-developable resist material will be one of the most promising technologies ready to be investigated into production of medical device applications.

Date Published: 31 August 2017
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 10354, Nanoengineering: Fabrication, Properties, Optics, and Devices XIV, 1035414 (31 August 2017); doi: 10.1117/12.2271024

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 10354:
Nanoengineering: Fabrication, Properties, Optics, and Devices XIV
Eva M. Campo; Elizabeth A. Dobisz; Louay A. Eldada, Editor(s)