New generation electron beam resists: a review

dc.contributor.authorGangnaik, Anushka S.
dc.contributor.authorGeorgiev, Yordan M.
dc.contributor.authorHolmes, Justin D.
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-18T14:16:10Z
dc.date.available2017-04-18T14:16:10Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-12
dc.date.updated2017-04-16T06:59:35Z
dc.description.abstractThe semiconductor industry has already entered the sub-10 nm region, which has led to the development of cutting-edge fabrication tools. However, there are other factors that hinder the best outcome of these tools, such as the substrate and resist materials, pre- and postfabrication processes, etc. Among the lithography techniques, electron beam lithography (EBL) is the prime choice when a job requires dimensions lower than 10–20 nm, since it can easily achieve such critical dimensions in reasonable time and effort. When obtaining pattern features in single nanometer regime, the resist material properties play an important role in determining the size. With this agenda in mind, many resists have been developed over the years suitable for attaining required resolution in lesser EBL writing time. This review article addresses the recent advancements made in EBL resists technology. It first describes the different lithography processes briefly and then progresses on to the parameters affecting the EBL fabrications processes. EBL resists are then bifurcated into their “family types” depending on their chemical composition. Each family describes one or two examples of the new resists, and their chemical formulation, contrast-sensitivity values, and highest resolution are described. The review finally gives an account of various alternate next-generation lithography techniques, promising dimensions in the nanometer range.en
dc.description.sponsorshipScience Foundation Ireland (SFI under the “Novel Nanowire Structures for Devices” Project (Grant Agreement No. 09-IN1-I2602))en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationGangnaik, A. S. Georgiev, Y. M. and Holmes, J. D. (2017) 'New generation electron beam resists: a review'. Chemistry of Materials, 29 (5):1898-1917. doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b03483en
dc.identifier.doi10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b03483
dc.identifier.endpage1917en
dc.identifier.issn0897-4756
dc.identifier.issn1520-5002
dc.identifier.issued5en
dc.identifier.journaltitleChemistry of Materialsen
dc.identifier.startpage1898en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/3882
dc.identifier.volume29en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Societyen
dc.rights© 2017 American Chemical Society. This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Chemistry of Materials, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b03483en
dc.subjectLithographyen
dc.subjectElectron beam lithographyen
dc.subjectSemiconductor device manufactureen
dc.subjectElectron beam resisten
dc.titleNew generation electron beam resists: a reviewen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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