Nanoimprint Resist Material Containing Ultraviolet Reactive Fluorine Surfactant for Defect Reduction in Lithographic Fabrication
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Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Toyama Prefectural University, Imizu, Toyama 939-0398, Japan
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Department of Materials Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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Appl. Sci. 2012, 2(1), 24-34; https://doi.org/10.3390/app2010024
Received: 9 December 2011 / Revised: 4 January 2012 / Accepted: 5 January 2012 / Published: 16 January 2012
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Organo-Fluorine Chemical Science)
The generated resist based defects on the template in addition to the presence of particles and contaminants is critical for ultraviolet curing of nanoimprint lithographic fabrication. This procedure is proven to be suitable for advanced resist material design under the process conditions. Nanoimprint resist material containing an ultraviolet reactive fluorine surfactant was developed to modify the fundamental surface interactions between resists and the template for defect reduction in nanoimprint patterning replication. The developed acrylate type nanoimprint resist material containing 4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,9,9,10,10,11,11,11-heptadecafluoro-2-hydroxyundecyl acrylate as an ultraviolet reactive fluorine surfactant, indicated excellent patterning dimensional accuracy by minimizing surface free energy, and having the effect of improving the generated resist based defect numbers on the template, with a 500 nm contact hole and 2 μm line patterns, in the replication of 20 nanoimprint process cycles. This desirable concept using an ultraviolet reactive fluorine surfactant with an acrylate group in the acrylate type nanoimprint resist material is one of the most promising processes ready to be incorporated into mass fabrication in the next generation of electronic devices.
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Keywords:
ultraviolet reactive fluorine surfactant; nanoimprint lithography; resist; defect reduction; surface free energy
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Takei, S.; Sekiguchi, A. Nanoimprint Resist Material Containing Ultraviolet Reactive Fluorine Surfactant for Defect Reduction in Lithographic Fabrication. Appl. Sci. 2012, 2, 24-34. https://doi.org/10.3390/app2010024
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Takei S, Sekiguchi A. Nanoimprint Resist Material Containing Ultraviolet Reactive Fluorine Surfactant for Defect Reduction in Lithographic Fabrication. Applied Sciences. 2012; 2(1):24-34. https://doi.org/10.3390/app2010024
Chicago/Turabian StyleTakei, Satoshi; Sekiguchi, Atsushi. 2012. "Nanoimprint Resist Material Containing Ultraviolet Reactive Fluorine Surfactant for Defect Reduction in Lithographic Fabrication" Appl. Sci. 2, no. 1: 24-34. https://doi.org/10.3390/app2010024
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