Chemically amplified molecular resists for electron beam lithography

Molecular resists, such as fullerene and triphenylene derivatives, use small carbon rich molecules, which give the potential for greater resolution, lower line edge roughness and higher etch durability than traditional polymeric materials. Their main limitation has been low sensitivity to irradiation. Here the chemical amplification of fullerene and triphenylene negative tone molecular resists is demonstrated. The sensitivity of a fullerene resist to 20keV electrons was improved from 550 to [email protected]/cm^2 by addition of an epoxide crosslinker and photoinitiator. Lines of width 25nm were written using 30keV electrons. A triphenylene with pendant epoxy groups was also studied. In this case the sensitivity reached on addition of photoinitiator was [email protected]/cm^2 at 20keV and lines of width 40nm have been achieved at 30keV.

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